Chinese

This course surveys the internal development and external relations of East Asia since 1800. Topics include interaction with the West, internal rebellions and reforms, the importance of certain key figures, the changing roles of women, protests, and current social issues. By the end of the course, students should have a firm understanding of changes in East Asia over the past two centuries and be able to assess these historical factors that shaped the current societies.

Through reading world literary masterpieces, this course examines the composition of various literary elements, meaning of classic literature, and relationship between literature and our life and times. This course selects world literary masterpieces from different periods and regions, and analyzes the themes, characters, structure, style, and language of the works.

This course strengthens Chinese listening, writing, and speaking skills and focuses on improving pronunciation. The course is designed for exchange students and visiting students only. The Chinese course is offered for those students who are taking Chinese course Elementary I, II & III from NTU Center for International Education.This class goes over vocabulary and grammar in depth. There are class discussions every lesson. Class discussions are held every class for approximately one hour. The course also furthers understanding of Taiwanese culture and language. Attendance is required. Students who miss five courses will receive an F. Assessment: attendance and participation, midterm exam, interview, written exam, assignments, quizzes and reports. Textbook: FAR EAST EVERYDAY CHINESE (2A)

This course includes the basic concepts and theories of trauma, basic skills of trauma treatment, assessment of the condition of trauma, organization and management system of integrated treatment, complications of various traumas, cardiopulmonary resuscitation technology, and trauma hemostasis bandaging fixed transportation technology.

This course in cryptography introduces techniques used in secure communication, from historical ciphers to modern symmetric and asymmetric encryption schemes. The course begins with a guide through the necessary mathematical foundation for advanced cryptographic studies. The latest developments in computer cryptography, including the Rijndael algorithm chosen for the new Advanced Encryption Standard, the OAEP padding system for RSA and modern stream ciphers are covered. Key encryption, exchange, and digital signatures are also discussed. The course also looks at attacks on insecure cryptosystems and how to prove that a cryptosystem is secure.

This course studies fundamentals in algebra. Topics include field theory, dedekind domains, finite group representations, and lie algebras.

This course presents the basic principles of market research to provide understanding of the basic content and basic characteristics of market research in marketing communication activities, and lays a good foundation for further learning the marketing theory and skills of advertising and public relations. The course also discusses the relationship between the various links of market research and the inherent rules of those activities; the general situation and latest developments of domestic and international market survey activities and theories, and the reality, theory and experience of domestic and international market surveys; and the link between theory and practice and the basic principles and methods of preliminary investigation, planning and effect measurement of marketing communication activities.

Through the lens of sociology and psychology, this course explores interpersonal relationships, including kinship, friendship, love, and marriage. It looks at interpersonal relationships as an essential component of human social interaction. The course also analyzes the reasons for conflict and ways to improve interpersonal relationships.