National Taiwan University

This comprehensive course provides a balanced and stimulating overview of marine ecology. It introduces the fundamental processes and systems that shape the marine environment and addresses the pertinent issues and challenges associated with its future conservation.

The course covers the following topics: 

• Patterns in the Marine Environment
• Primary Production
• Microbial Production and Decomposition
• Secondary Production
• Estuaries
• Salt Marsh Mangrove Seagrass
• Rocky and Sandy Shore
• Coral Reef
• Pelagic Ecosystems
• Continental shelf seabed
• The deep sea
• Polar ecosystems

This graduate research course provides training in experimental skills and scientific presentation for doing research in the field of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology. Students choose their own research topic and perform research under the guidance of a subject matter expert in their field. The course varies depending on the research topic but it may include weekly lab meetings; presentations of up-to-date research articles, and participation in scientific discussion with the instructor and lab colleagues. 

This course concentrates on the beginning stages of working on a play: from the initial reading through early conceptualization (before the artists go into their studio or rehearsal room.) Using the text as the foundation, students deepen their understanding of the play through brainstorming, discussions and research (both of the play, the playwright, and the visual world of the play). The class uses the basic building blocks of the theater (ACTORS performing an ACTION while an AUDIENCE watches) and asks how these elements can be used and exploited to further the ideas of the artist.   

The course begins with students working on short plays then moves into longer dramatic works. The course features texts with a clear narrative form that allows multiple interpretations, with the first projects being short, individual projects and the final project being a collaborative group project. Last, the course features three professional theater artists to share their early interruptive processes with the class.    

This is a project-oriented class covering trending and novel Human-Computer Interaction (HCI) research topics. This course focuses on Human-centered AI. 

The course surveys recent award-winning HCI papers for insight, with students undergoing through a complete HCI research cycle: Identifying a research question and reviewing related work to exploring solution design spaces; prototyping; conducting user studies, and writing a short paper. 

Previous class projects have been published in top HCI conferences (e.g., ACM CHI, UIST, SIGGRAPH, and MobileHCI) and have received multiple Best Paper/Honorable Mention awards. 
 

This is a research-oriented course for cybersecurity, a broad, fast, evolving discipline. The course covers important concepts but it not meant to be comprehensive. The following topics will be covered:

• The applied aspects of cryptographic primitives (randomness, hash, MAC, encryption, digital signatures)
• Cryptographic protocols (key exchange, authentication, anonymous communication, privacy-enhancing technologies)
• Network security (TCP/IP, DNS, BGP, TLS, DDoS, wireless, email, MLS)
• Advanced topics: _ security (IoT, SDN, blockchain, web, software, systems,...)

Course prerequisites: Basic knowledge in discrete mathematics, programming, and networking is strongly recommended. Class participants are also expected to comprehend research papers and conduct a research project. 

Designed for sophmore students and above, this course requires no previous knowledge of literary criticism. Introducing textual analysis through hands-on exercises, the course exposes students to various perspectives for reading literature and culture through lenses of class, gender, power, knowledge production, economics, health, globalization, etc. The course covers important debates in literary and cultural studies, developing skills for analyzing texts to help them succeed in literature courses. Over two semesters, six professors introduce a variety of critical lenses for viewing literature and society. Students engage with a range of literary and cultural objects to gain new perspectives on our world and better prepare them for future courses in DFLL. Students may take one or both semesters. 

This is the second semester of the course. 

This course is directed towards those who have taken Advanced High Chinese I of the NTU Chinese Language Course for International Students. This course provides opportunities for students to read two news reports per week as well as short classical Chinese, poetry, and prose. 

This graduate research course provides training in experimental skills and scientific presentation for doing research in the field of Life Sciences. Students choose their own research topic and perform research under the guidance of a subject matter expert in their field. The course varies depending on the research topic but it may include weekly lab meetings; presentations of up-to-date research articles, and participation in scientific discussion with the instructor and lab colleagues. 

This course introduces the dynamics of particles and rigid bodies, focusing on kinematics and kinetics. The course explores motion characteristics, force applications, and analytical methods in the contexts of engineering applications, such as rigid body movements. This course serves as a cornerstone for learning advanced civil engineering dynamics, and the course materials integrate theoretical principles with practical applications. 

Course Prerequisite: Calculus  

This course explores the timeless journey of coming of age through a diverse selection of literary works, ranging from classic novels to contemporary fiction and short stories. By examining these texts, the course delves into the emotional, social, and cultural challenges faced by characters as they navigate the transition from youth to adulthood. Through close reading and class discussions, the course explores how themes like identity, relationships, societal expectations, and self-discovery are reflected and reimagined across different historical periods, cultural contexts, and narrative styles.