National Taiwan University

Ecology explores how organisms interact with each other and their environment at the molecular, individual, population, community, ecosystem, and global levels.  This introductory course covers basic ecological concepts and their applications in conservation, agriculture, habitat/ecosystem management, and climate change mitigation. Led by multiple professors with their extensive expertise in ecology, the course instructs on why ecology is the "user manual of the Earth" (Ho 2018) and how ecological processes play their role in maintaining biodiversity richness, ecosystem functions, and the overall health of our planet.  

A continuation Labor Economics I, this course delves further into the subject by combining theoretical concepts with empirical methods to gain a comprehensive understanding of the field.
 

This course begins with a review of dynamic models and the techniques used for their estimation and offers the opportunity to write, solve, and estimate a dynamic model using these techniques. Then, the course shifts exploring family formation through matching models, as well as delving into family decision models, which include unitary and collective models. Additionally, the course covers various topics, such as the gender gap, retirement, and dynamic family decisions, using these models.

The primary objective of this course is to offer students a wide-ranging knowledge of the field and familiarize them with essential discoveries and advancements in the literature, thereby aiding them in their future research endeavors.

Other than its discursive normality, how can public speaking be an artistic act? How do speaking and writing go together? How is public speaking different from casual conversation or informal briefing? If such an act entails a creative process, are there strategies for any public speaker to convey ideas not only in a comprehensible manner but also in an animating and persuasive fashion? What are other complications when language makes the challenge even more stupendous? From Aristotle to Obama, what commonalities are still practiced by these public figures?  

This course aims at incorporating three important elements together in presenting a successful speech in English: drafting ideas, structuring a narrative, and delivering a speech. The course goes through certain rhetorical analysis with certain successful written speeches and impressive public speeches. Throughout this small-sized, highly interactive course, students will also practice many ceremonial speeches such as how to draft and deliver such speeches as a welcome address, introductory statements, and closing remarks. Throughout the semester, the course will develop students’ creative ideas and narrative structuring: what to say and what to avoid. Participation and attendance are obligatory as part of students’ performance will be assessed by other members. 

This class introduces the core concept of contemporary resilience theory to provide students with a conceptual framework for understanding and evaluating social-ecological resilience. Key ecological planning concepts and strategies, including green infrastructure planning, ecosystem services, and nature-based solutions, are designed as part of module for fostering students with capacity to bridge concepts and practice for nature-based resilience planning. This course emphasizes learning from doing, and will combine lectures, case study, field work, and team work for presenting planning proposals. 

This course focuses on reading works by contemporary Latin American writers, all of which are literary texts from the 20th century. The main genres are short stories, very short stories, and some modernist poem selections. Writers include Ruben Dario, Jose Marti, Enrique Anderson Imbert, Marco Denevi, Pablo Neruda, Gabriel Garcia Marquez, Julio Cortazar, Jorge Luis Borges, etc.  

This tutorial course is directed towards those who are enrolled in the Intermediate Chinese and Intermediate High Chinese levels of the NTU General Chinese Language Course. This course helps students polish their listening and speaking skills in making effective daily conversation. The course focuses on listening and speaking, training students to communicate with basic vocabulary and grammar in dealing with daily issues such as ordering meals, asking directions, making requests and leaving a message, etc.

Population aging is a global trend, especially in East Asia. In Taiwan, the population of those ages 65 and over will reach 20% of the total population in 2025. Though the total number of the aging population is relatively small compared to developed countries, the speed at which it is occurring is one of the fastest in the world, thus leaving Taiwan less time to prepare policies and reconstruct an aging society. 

Aging-related social policies are major challenges for many countries. This course introduces various policy areas among different countries: health and mental health, social care, economic security, lifelong learning, senior employment, voluntary services, age-friendly community development, social sustainability, and SDGs, etc. 
 

This course is directed towards those who have taken Advanced Mid Chinese III of the NTU Chinese Language Course for International Students or those who have learned Chinese for at least 700 hours (6hrs/week). This course will not use a specific textbook, but will discuss topics by the class to develop proficiency in listening, speaking, reading and writing. Through the course, students will be able to use appropriate Chinese to carry on discussions, and read newspapers and magazines to further understand Taiwanese language and culture.

This tutorial course is directed towards those who are enrolled in the Advanced High Chinese levels of NTU General Chinese Language Course. This course does not use a specific textbook, but will discuss topics of interest chosen by the class to develop proficiency in listening, speaking, reading and writing. The course will provide a space to use appropriate Chinese to carry on discussions and read newspapers and magazines to further understand Taiwanese language and culture. By the end of this course, students are expected to be capable of expressing oneself fluently on the discussion of specific articles and topics.  Student swill be capable of reading magazines and newspapers containing difficult vocabulary and special sentence structures.

This course focuses on core muscle training, combined with correct breathing and movement techniques, to help you improve your posture, sculpt your curves, and strengthen muscle control and stability to promote physical and mental health.