Chinese

This course examines the major philosophical texts and ideas of the Daoist tradition.

This Chinese language course is for students who have taken General Chinese Language course - Beginning Chinese III or those who have taken Chinese for at least 250 hours. The course enables students to express one's opinion effectively; to write a short essay of at least 300 words to express oneself; and to communicate about daily life activities all in Chinese. The course helps students develop proficient language skills in listening, speaking, reading, and writing that would enable them to communicate effectively in their daily lives. Through the course, students further understand Taiwanese culture and language. Text: “Practical Audio-Visual Chinese II” (chapter 8~) and “Practical Audio-Visual Chinese III” (~chapter 3) Assessment: attendance and participation (20%), quizzes (20%) (usually once a week at the end of the week), assignments (20%), midterm exam (20%), final exam (20%).

The aim of Spoken Chinese is to enhance the proficiency of oral communication by learning common vocabularies and sentences.

Elementary Class: For those who have vocabulary skill of more than 200 Chinese words. The class mainly teaches basic grammar and daily expressions.
 

By introducing the basic elements of traditional Chinese opera and the influential opera types (Peking Opera, Kunqu Opera, Huangmei Opera, Sichuan Opera, etc.), international students experience the richness and diversity of Chinese culture. In the opera analysis, students learn the essence of opera culture and qualities of opera characters.

This course begins with an analysis of banking regulation. Due to the potentially enormous impact of bank runs, panics, and financial crises on the economy, the financial industry is heavily regulated. The course discusses the influence of regulations on the development of financial markets. In turn, the course addresses how the financial regulations had evolved in face of fast-growing financial innovations. Finally, we discuss how the central bank controls the supply of money and uses available tools to achieve the desired goals, the monetary transmission mechanisms, and how the public reacts to changes of monetary policies. The course also provides insight into the role of real estate markets and stock markets in the transmission of monetary policies and whether the central bank should react to the fluctuations of these asset prices. 

This course strengthens Chinese listening, writing, and speaking skills and focuses on strengthening oral and expressive skills The course is designed for exchange students and visiting students only. The Chinese course is offered for those students who are taking Chinese course Intermediate I, II & III from NTU Center for International Education. The course aims to enable students to learn Chinese with joy through games and group activities. Except for improving students' listening, speaking, reading and writing skills, the course could help students further understand Taiwanese culture and language.

This course introduces international macroeconomics and international finance. It examines the macroeconomic and financial linkages between countries. Topics include national income accounting, the balance of payments, the operation of the exchange rate systems, the international capital market, the international monetary system, and the mechanisms of adjustment of exchange rate, interest rate, current account balance, output and price level in response to monetary and fiscal policies. Some issues regarding the Chinese economy, such as the current account imbalance and capital flow, and RMB exchange rate are discussed. 

Note: This course has a different unit value than a similar course with the same name (International Finance) also offered by the School of Economics at Fudan University.

This course focuses on elaborating the logic of the interaction between non-profit organizations and the government by introducing the theoretical evolution of the relationship between non-profit organizations and the government while also touching upon the NGO-government relationship models in several countries. This course aims to clarify how non-profit organizations could contribute in social development, and examine how civil society organization development and organizational actions would influence the formal power structure. This course would explore the development trend and institutional construction of the relationship between non-profit organizations and government in China.

This course introduces the concepts, principles, theories, and history of Marxist Philosophy. Topics include the historical origin of the birth of Marxist Philosophy; the ideological revolution accomplished by Marxist Philosophy; the basic concepts of Marxist Philosophy; the problem areas and basic theories of Marxist Philosophy; the theory of Marxist philosophy; and the contemporary significance of Marxist philosophy.

This course, based on lectures, requires students to read important discussion papers about the nature of Marxist Philosophy and its place in the history of idea. It guides students in the ideological debate in a more comprehensive and in-depth understanding of the revolutionary nature of Marxist philosophy and the truth of the times.