National Taiwan University

This course provides students with knowledge and tools to analyze and understand marketing practices across national borders. Major topics include an overview of international marketing; cultural and political implications of target market selection; marketing mix planning, and execution issues in a global environment.  

Tuberculosis remains a major cause of morbidity and mortality in Taiwan as well as in many middle and low income countries. The course focuses on the epidemiology and current control strategies of tuberculosis from a global perspective. It discusses the natural history of tuberculosis, key elements in tuberculosis diagnosis and treatment, transmission dynamics, evolving concepts in tuberculosis control at World Health Organization and International Union Against Tuberculosis and Lung Disease, drug-resistance tuberculosis, and HIV-TB co-epidemic. The course consists of a series of lectures and in-class discussions, field trips (Taiwan CDC mycobacteria laboratory and Taiwan Anti-Tuberculosis Association), paper presentation, and final group-project report.

This course integrates economic principles and planning tools to develop management skills applied in agricultural and relevant sectors. Major topics including: fundamental of management, strategic management, marketing strategy and financial management (capital budgeting). Students are requested to prepare and present a business plan, providing a great opportunity to practice concepts learned in the classroom. 

This course introduces the poetic and literary features of English modernism through close study and discussion of a series of modern poets, beginning with G. M. Hopkins and ending with Seamus Heaney. Through analysis of perspectives and background, students learn about the relationship of modern poetry with its evolving cultural and political surroundings.

The purpose of this course is to introduce Micro-Electro-Mechanical Systems to students with mechanical and electrical engineering background. Key topics include Basic IC board manufacturing process, basic MEMS development process, microsensors, microactuators, system energy supply, assembly and testing, current technology applications, and the industry’s future.

This course is for students who have taken Intermediate I of the Chinese Language Course for International Students or those who have taken Chinese for at least 450 hrs. The course develops proficiency in listening, speaking, reading and writing to deal with complex situations within daily lives, and discuss about complex issues, such as economy, transportation, societal culture and etc with people. Students learn to read simple document forms and announcements and to write a short essay of at least 300 words to express oneself. This course uses the textbook “Practical Audio-Visual Chinese IV” (chapter 1-11). Assessment: attendance and participation (20%), quizzes (20%), assignments (20%), midterm exam (20%), final exam (20%).

This course introduces five mainstream Chinese philosophical thoughts of Confucianism, Mohism, law, Taoism and Buddhism, and reflects on the theoretical gains and losses of traditional thoughts and contemporary significance from a critical perspective.

This course aims to explain the relationship between mental health and disease, as well as the impact of stress on physical and mental diseases. The purpose of the course is to promote self-reflection on physical and mental health issues among college students and learn care for oneself (self-care) and others (social care). The introduction covers the causes and treatment of insomnia, anxiety, depression, and even suicide, and strengthens students' concepts of stress management and mental health promotion. The course also covers understanding the role of suicide prevention gatekeepers; mental health communication skills and their importance to suicide prevention; the use of screening tools to identify needs, and how to communicate and respond to high-risk groups for subsequent referral to the medical system or further treatment. Self-study, group discussion, peer interactive learning, and teacher lectures are utilized throughout the course.

The course introduces field study and geological surveying methods. The teaching material is lecture based and includes the concept of field geological surveying and the Heng-Chun Peninsula, which the class will embark on a four-day trip to Southern Taiwan to examine the rock and land formations of the area. Field practice is held during the semester, and performance during the field observation is the main determinant for performance assessment. A final examination is given after the field study, covering information on land formations, geological mapping, etc.

This course is designed to help upper level Chinese as a Second Language students to improve their literacy through Chinese newspaper articles. The goal of this class is reach at least a 70% understanding of articles. Every class focuses on one section within a news site. Each week a student chooses an article and prepares to teach the rest of the class the key words needed to grasp a basic understanding of the content.