National Taiwan University

Workplace ethics (Occupational Ethics) is an emerging issue of the times. When working hours continue to prolong, work relationships continue to complicate, work values continue to be disintegrated due to diversity, and the continuous innovation of technology at work subverts inherent behavior patterns. In chaos of disagreement, the thinking and dialogue of workplace ethics is meeting the needs of this era and helping people to find the greatest common divisor of interests and well-being. Since the 20th century, the tide of capitalism's consequentialism and the pursuit of maximum profit has been hitting and submerging the entire world of work. People are confused about how to find the real meaning and value of work. This is a construction that requires the help of inner life experience. Among them, the promotion of Workplace Spirituality is a good choice, because its purpose is to help workers realize the inner spiritual meaning of work, spread a sense of harmony, and get the whole workplace community to be inspired.

A tutorial course for beginners, students will enhance their Chinese characters writing and recognition skills. The course aims to enable students to learn Chinese with joy through games and group activities. The course also furthers understanding of Taiwanese culture and language. Attendance is required.

This course covers the conceptual frameworks and applied methodologies for user centered design and user experience research. Emphasis is placed on learning and practicing a variety of usability research methods/techniques such as scenario development, user profiling, tasks analysis, contextual inquiry, card sorting, usability tests, log data analysis, expert inspection and heuristic evaluation. This is a research and evaluation course on usability and user experience with the assumption that the results of user and usability research would feed directly into various stages of the interface design cycle. Assignments include learning to use Morae software suite to run tests, conducting literature review of usability research, performing a method and tool review of usability research approaches and a variety of emerging usability research software, and completing the term project in usability testing. The usability test project uses actual real time cases from organizations in the local area.

This course surveys classical theories and analytical approaches of political economy. Emphasis is placed on understanding the processes by which agents' political (economic) incentives influence economic (political) outcomes in the public domain, and vice versa. The course consists of two parts. Part I of this course introduces core concepts and theories – collective action, public goods, preference, social structure and power, and institutions – in the study of political economy. Part II of this course applies the knowledge introduced in part I to analyze a range of issues in political economy: institutional change, development, the interplay between different types of resources and channels of influence, and international trade. Contrary to what have been indoctrinated in the fields of economics and political science, the aim of this course is to leverage “political economy”—as an analytical approach—to help understand the sources of sub-optimal socio-economic outcomes.

This course introduces the development of Chinese calligraphy from its origin to the present, enabling students to have a basic understanding of the style and tradition of Chinese calligraphy and the cultural significance behind it. In addition to analyzing the development of various calligraphy styles, styles and artistic expressions according to the evolution of the times, we will pay special attention to the roles played by historical, cultural, and social factors. Important topics include "the establishment and transformation of calligraphy paradigms", "calligraphy and religion ", "Calligraphy and Painting", "Modern and Traditional", etc.

This course discusses fluid statics (hydrostatic forces on submerged plane and curved surface, buoyancy, fluids in rigid motion), fluid kinematics(lagrangian and eulerian descriptions-acceleration field and material derivative, streamlines, streaklines, pathlines, profile plot, vector plot, contour plot), Reynolds transport theorem, control volume analysis, conservation of mass, conservation of momentum (Newton's Laws and choosing control volume, linear momentum and angular momentum), conservation of energy, mechanical energy and efficiency, the Bernoulli equation and its applications, general energy equation and energy analysis of steady forms, dimensional homogeneity, dimensional analysis and similarity, method of repeating variables and the Buckingham pi theorem, ideal flow, compressible flow.

This course surveys current psycholinguistic research on how humans learn, represent, comprehend, and produce language. Specific topics covered include visual and auditory word recognition, word production, sentence comprehension and production, changes of language ability through out the life span, neural representation of language, computational modeling of language processing, bilingualism, language disorders and the relation between language and the cognitive systems.

Rail transportation requires infrastructure, vehicles, motive power and energy to move goods and people. Each of these factors interact to affect the efficiency, energy requirements and economics of railroad operation. This course covers the principles of railroad transportation efficiency; economics, energy, and engineering. Topics include: Introduction to railroad infrastructure; rolling stocks; signal systems, and operations. The course is designed to establish the basic understanding and skills for conducting railway research and industrial projects. 

This course examines the current sociology and political science research in globalization. The first part of the course looks at the history of globalization and discusses both the research to analyze and understand the future of globalization. The second part discusses global political and economic change and the consequences after the latest wave of globalization, with particular focus on the global production chain, the role of the nation-state, global governance, as well as the phenomenon of globalization and inequality. The third part of the course examines the impact of globalization class, gender, culture, social movements, environmental justice and health management. Assessment: class participation (50%), the final report including oral reports and written research report (50%).

This course is for students who have taken Intermediate III of the Chinese Language Course for International Students or those who have taken Chinese for at least 700 hrs. By the end of the course students are capable of using written language to communicate effectively in formal writing and of understanding public announcements, news, and other broadcasts. In addition to the text lessons, this course also brings up topics each class that help students develop proficiency in listening, speaking, reading and writing. Through the course, students are able to use appropriate Chinese to carry on discussions, and read newspapers and magazines to further understand Taiwanese culture and language. Text: PRACTICAL AUDIO-VIDUAL CHINESE 1N, lessions 1-10. Assessment: midterm and final presentations, homework, quizzes, attendance and performance.