National Taiwan University

This course introduces the rich combination of text and illustrations in picture books, exploring their entertainment, educational, artistic, and literary qualities. It progresses from appreciating picture books to creating illustrated stories based on one's own life experiences, showcasing personal emotional expression. The theoretical component uses "Healthy Little Parade" as a textbook, referencing its application of emotional themes and teaching methods for extending and applying storytelling. The creative practice section combines art therapy and narrative therapy.

Health issues are highly politicised (domestically and diplomatically), and health governance has been complicated by involving diverse actors with different agendas and approaches. This course considers the questions: How "global" is global health? What are its normative implications? Therefore, this course explores the role of law and ethics in global health governance, including but not limited to the work of related multilateral institutions, policy implementations, research activities, and political processes.
 

The course is divided into two parts. The first part looks at the normative dimension of global health, particularly reflecting on the contestation and application of core concepts, theories, and analytical frameworks. Part II turns to its empirical dimension to identify the legal and ethical accounts of different global health issues. 

This course comprehensively introduces the physics of stars. It explores the fundamental principles that govern the structure, evolution, and final fate of stars. The following topics are covered: 

1. How to measure stellar parameters. 

2. Stellar atmosphere and radiative processes.  

3. Fundamental equations of stellar evolution.  

4. Stellar interiors.  

5. Stellar stabilities.  

6. Formation of stars.  

7. Overview of stellar evolution.  

8. The end of stars.  

9. Compact objects. 

This course provides a broad introduction to traditional Chinese learning. It examines the overall structure, development, and classification of Chinese intellectual traditions. Major classical texts and documents are read and discussed to enhance proficiency in Classical Chinese. Key themes include an introduction to academic classifications and overview of pre-Qin thought.

This course discusses political philosophy in general and the conception of justice in particular. The most prominent issues in political philosophy are ethical and political controversies as there are various theories proposed throughout history to solve them. In ethical and political theories, nothing is more important than the explication of justice. The conception of Justice is extremely complicated that it has become a subject of philosophy since its beginning in the world of ancient Greece.  

This course addresses justice as a virtue due to the following three characteristics:  

1. It is the only virtue that needs others to admit is validity; there is no concept of justice to be defined by any person alone. 
2. It is a perennial issue in political philosophy. The debates about justice have lasted more than 2500 years. 

3. It has been an issue in philosophy without a definite solution or even improvement. 

This course introduces the field of public health and aims to provide a bird's-eye view of the discipline's orientation and content, the historical development and institutional status of public health in Taiwan, current important public health research and practice issues, and the field of practice of public health professionals through a macro perspective.

This course takes the development of classical Western music history as the main axis, with special emphasis on the role and influence of composers in the changes of different eras. The course explores the hymns of the Middle Ages, through the polyphonic art of the Renaissance, the splendor and order of the Baroque, the balanced structure of the classical period and the soulful expression of the romantic period, to the opportunity music, spectrum music, electronic music and cross-disciplinary creations of the 20th and 21st centuries. Through the works and life stories of representative composers of each era, the class analyzes how music responds to and shapes culture, thought, and social trends. Classes combine listening experience, film viewing, and interactive discussions to cultivate students' artistic perception and critical thinking. 

This course guides students in a shared exploration of the history of Chinese-US relations mainly from the 1770s to the present. It starts with the Qing Dynasty (1644-1911), through the Republican period (1911-1949), and through the current era (1949-present). The course incorporates a collection of primary sources, secondary sources and non-traditional materials like art, music, new media, and films. One of the main themes of the course is examining the dominant national mythologies of the United States and China, and how these have developed since the respective nations’ beginnings. The course examines the layers of national narratives in different periods both in terms of how the two powers perceived and depicted themselves, and how they perceived and depicted each other. It also explores the most recent national narratives, incorporating popular and official voices in Beijing and Taipei, Hollywood and Washington, and more.

The course introduces the principles of probability and statistics and their applications in engineering. Topics include the relationship between probability and statistics; random variables; probability distributions; mathematical expectation; random sampling; estimation; tests of hypotheses, and regression analysis. 

This course explores the principles of preventive medicine, focusing on health promotion, disease prevention, and rehabilitation. It covers primary prevention strategies such as nutrition, exercise, vaccination, environmental risk reduction, and the prevention of occupational or accidental injuries. Secondary prevention emphasizes early detection and timely intervention through disease screening, health checkups, and identification of pre-clinical conditions. Tertiary prevention addresses limiting disability, preventing complications, and supporting recovery through medical treatment, psychological support, physical therapy, occupational therapy, and long-term care.