National Taiwan University

This course is directed towards those who have taken Intermediate High Chinese of the Chinese Language Course for International Students or those who have learned Chinese for at least 350-400 hours (6 hours/week). 

This course uses the textbook Practical Audio-Visual Chinese III (chapter 1~ chapter 7) to help students develop proficient language skills in listening, speaking, reading and writing that would enable them to communicate effectively in their daily lives. Students will learn commonly used new vocabulary and grammar that are not often used in daily conversations. Students will be able to use appropriate Chinese language to carry on discussions to further understand Taiwanese culture and language as they progress through the course.

This course is directed towards those who have taken Elementary High Chinese of the NTU Chinese Language Course for International Students or those who have learned Chinese for 200-250 hours (6hrs/week). This course uses the textbook Practical Audio-Visual Chinese II (chapter 1~chapter 7) to help students develop proficient language skills in listening, speaking, reading and writing that would enable them to communicate effectively in their daily lives. Students will further understand Taiwanese language and culture and language through the course. 

This course introduces new trends in Chinese cultural studies. Through examining the evolving discourse of animal representations and their roles in Chinese history, it provides insight on how human-animal agencies evolved in time. Taking an interdisciplinary approach, this course covers different fields and endeavors to connect animal studies to broader political questions such as religions, knowledge production and state-building. With a special focus on the Song, Ming, Qing, and Republican periods, this course pays close attention to literary sources regarding animal welfare during these eras. 

This course is directed towards those who have taken Advanced Low Chinese II of the NTU Chinese Language Course for International Students or those who have learned Chinese for 600-700 hours (6hrs/week). This course uses the textbook Far East Daily Chinese III (chapter 3~ chapter 10) to help students develop proficient language skills in listening, speaking, reading and writing that would enable them to communicate effectively in their daily lives. Students will learn new vocabulary and grammar not often used in daily conversations. Students will be able to use appropriate Chinese language to carry on discussions and further understand Taiwanese language and culture as they progress through the course.

The course outline is as follows:

Lecture 1 - Introduction
Lecture 2 - Formulation of Circuit Equations
Lecture 3 - Direct Methods for Linear Systems
Lecture 4 - Direct Methods for Sparse Linear Systems
Lecture 5 - Iterative Methods and QR Factorization
Lecture 6 - Krylov-Subspace Methods - I
Lecture 7 - Krylov-Subspace Methods - II
Lecture 8 - Solutions for Nonlinear Equations
Lecture 9 - Modified Newton Methods
Lecture 10 - Methods for Ordinary Differential Equations
Lecture 11 - Multistep Methods
Lecture 12 - Large Timestep Issues
Lecture 13 - Digital Systems Verification
 

This course introduces student government and politics of America, including its major elected offices (president, senators, congress persons and state governors), nomination process (caucuses and primaries), political parties and candidates, campaign issues and financing, and the general election. The course also analyzes the cleavages that divide American societies, seeking to understand how race, ethnicity, gender, religion, region, and sexual orientation affect people’s support for political parties and voting behavior.  In addition, there will be discussion on American foreign policy.  

This course is directed towards those who have taken Advanced Low Chinese I of the NTU Chinese Language Course for International Students or those who have learned Chinese for 500-600 hours (6hrs/week).  This course uses the textbook Practical Audio-Visual Chinese IV (chapter 8~ chapter 14) to help students develop proficient language skills in listening, speaking, reading and writing that would enable them to communicate effectively in their daily lives. Students will learn new vocabulary and grammar that are not often used in daily conversations. Students will be able to use appropriate Chinese language to carry on discussions and further understand Taiwanese language and culture as they progress though the course. 

This course covers basic molecular and cell biology fields together with its methodologies, providing the class opportunities to read scientific papers. Special emphases will be on the biologists’ way of thinking as well as the basic concepts on the gene/protein structure and function. The course covers:

1. Logic and basic concepts in biology: How does a biologist work and what does a biologist know?  

2. Methods in biology: What kind of techniques does a biologist employ?  

3. Specific topics dealing with the cell structure and function.

This course introduces economic, political, cultural, religious, gender, and other dynamics of Taiwan’s society. The primary goal is to bring about an in-depth understanding of the contending forces that are constantly remaking Taiwan. While the focus is on the present, some historical topics are included for a grip on the preceding transformations in the postwar era. A survey on contemporary Taiwan’s society necessarily sensitizes us to the complicated nature of social groupings. Differences in ethnicity, class, gender, region, age, sexual orientation, religious belief, and lifestyle give rise to highly diversified cultural expressions, among which contention and cooperation co-exist.

This course is directed towards those who have taken Intermediate Chinese of the NTU Chinese Language Course for International Students or those who have learned Chinese for 250-350 hours (6hrs/week).  This course uses the textbook Practical Audio-Visual Chinese II (chapter 7~ chapter 13) to help students develop proficient language skills in listening, speaking, reading and writing that would enable them to communicate effectively in their daily lives. Students will further understand Taiwanese language and culture through the course.