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This course is designed primarily for non-business majors, offering basic knowledge of international business practices and the theory behind them. It covers a large area of business practices including exporters and importers.  The course aims to understand the basic logics why cross-broder business exists and also the significance behind the documents or procedures for trade practices. The course discusses current topics relating to international trade and business.

This course examines how international factors influence the economic policies of developing countries. Students evaluate different theoretical debates, with an emphasis on how cross-border flows – such as goods, capital, production, people, and pollution – influence economic policymaking in developing regions. They address several themes that are central to understanding the politics of economic policymaking in emerging economies, including, the legacies of colonialism, trade protectionism and liberalization, globalization and the race to the bottom, the role of the state in development, and the influence of international organizations on developing countries.

This course examines sociological concepts and debates related to these family/marriage issues, focusing on the patterns, causes, and potential consequences of the changing family behaviors and values. While this scholarly exploration will take a global perspective, a particular attention will be given to (1) East Asian societies and (2) cross-cultural differences between East Asian societies and Western postindustrial societies. 

This course covers the problems and challenges faced in practice by administrators of adult education programs. Topics include recruitment and retention of learners, diverse learner needs, funding constraints, program evaluation, and policy and regulatory changes, all of which affect program maintenance and management. Adult education administrators or practitioners are expected to navigate these challenges by leveraging innovative practices, advocating for relevant policy support and resources, and employing effective management and leadership skills. 

In this course, students develop a comprehensive overview of the challenges outlined above and how to handle them timely and efficiently. This course prepares students to understand what organizing and administrating education programs in adult education context means, and to identify common challenges adult education administrators face in practice and how to handle them. 

This course provides an opportunity to appreciate the beauty of biodiversity from lecture instructor lectures and from field work in the NTU Experimental Forest. The course invites multiple instructors to provide general knowledge of biodiversity, sustainable development goals and the idea of 30 by 30. The course includes a five-day field trip to the NTU Experimental Forest where students conduct hands-on experiments with the instructors and discuss biodiversity management with the local community. 

This course teaches the materials, theories and methods of the comparison of classical civilizations in the Two Rivers region, ancient Egypt, ancient Greece, the Roman Empire, the ancient Middle East, medieval Europe, Central America, South Asia, etc.Focusing on the frontier discussions of interdisciplinary research in the disciplines of paleography, history, literature, philosophy, etc. of classical civilizations, the study of cross-cultural primary materials, and the analysis of civilization comparison cases, this course introduces and discusses the frontiers of comparative research on classical civilizations. 

This course introduces the basic principles of toxicology: the physical and chemical properties of poisons and their distribution processes (absorption, distribution, metabolism, and excretion); Toxicokinetics, and Toxicodynamics. The course also discusses the effects on toxic distribution, toxic reactions and mechanisms, and then the distribution of chemical substances in the environment. Finally, the course explains emerging technologies applied in toxicant metabolism and environmental toxicology, which is accompanied by a laboratory tour. 

This graduate-level course prepares students for theoretical research in financial markets and is based on journal articles and working papers. The first part of the course discusses different methods to facilitate transactions. The course introduces secured and unsecured credit, and compares the difference between credit and money. The second part of the course discusses search and matching friction in the financial markets, discussing models applying search and matching friction to study stock markets, housing markets, and bond markets. The last part of the course discusses the current development of fintech, introducing the theory behind cryptocurrencies and analyzing how digital currencies influences the current economy.

This course introduces the broad array of disciplines dealing with the management of different types of institutions (firms, families, public administration) and with different degrees of specialization (manufacturing, service companies, firms operating in specific industries), analyzing their management, organization, performances, and the relationship they put in place with different stakeholders, namely customers. During the course, concepts and tools are presented, stressing in particular the conditions for the economic viability of cultural firms and institutions. More specifically, the course aims at: Transferring concepts and the basic management vocabulary; providing a unified view of firms’ structure and functioning, independently from their type (private, public, no profit) and industry; highlighting the role of the manager in charge of making a synthesis between multiple stakeholders with often conflicting goals, for the sake of the firm’s continuity; showing the specificity and the main managerial challenges for firms operating in cultural industries and often influenced by the political and institutional level, and for those characterized by a tension between creativity and industrial logic (design-based companies, fashion companies). 

This course provides an insight in the molecular-physiological mechanisms that plants use to adjust to their environment. Students learn how light, light quality, and daylength control plant growth and development. The course examines temperature as an environmental signal for plants, how the phytohormone mediate environmental impacts plant to plant competition, and plants and herbivores.