National Taiwan University

The course has four main focuses. It begins with an overview of the biotechnology and pharmaceutical industry with introduction on the biotech-pharmaceutical industry, market overview, and aspects of drug development. Second, the course offers an introduction of drug development focusing on small-molecule drug/anticancer drug, drug development and translational research, antibody and plant drug development, and immunotherapy. The third section is on research and development: preclinical, focusing on animal application, pharmacokinetics, pre-formulation and formulation development of new drugs, clinical trials, small molecule drug development. The final section covers industry business outline focusing on the biotech industry, biomedical research, development of patent protection, biotech economy.

This course provides an introduction of the Taiwan tea production industry. Topics include breeding and varieties of tea, tea tree and the soil, cultivation of tea, conservation of water and soil, machine of tea cultivation, and also outline of tea manufacturing. Introduction of Taiwan specific tea, selection and how to pour tea, machine of tea manufacturing, package and storage of tea, sensory tasting of tea quality, chemistry and healthy effect of tea, and multiple utility of tea.

The purpose of the course is to improve students' professional and creative writing abilities through the monthly publication of an online journal: taidajournal.tumblr.com. Students work together as a team to publish each issue, writing and editing stories. News stories as well as those that lean more toward creative writing are accepted. The class includes group discussions, workshops, peer editing conferences, and in-class presentations. Students usually spend the first week of the month presenting their ideas to the class and commenting on their classmates’ ideas.

This course is for students who have completed Elementary Chinese III or at least 350 hours of Chinese language study. The course develops proficient language skills in listening, speaking, reading and writing that enables students to communicate effectively in their daily lives. Students learn commonly used new vocabularies and grammar that are not often used in daily conversations. Through the course, students learn to use appropriate Chinese language to carry on discussions to further understand Taiwanese culture and language. This course uses the textbook “Practical Audio-Visual Chinese III” (chapter 4-14) Assessment: attendance and participation (20%), quizzes (20%), assignments (20%), midterm exam (20%), final exam (20%).

This course examines the ways insects interact with microbes—bacteria, fungi, protozoans, parasites, viruses, etc. This includes symbiotic microbes that assist insects in digestion, metabolism, detoxification; pathogenic microbes that harm insects; vector-pathogen relationships; and potential uses of microbes by humans to control insects or study them in the laboratory.

This course focuses on the key issues on formation, decision-making, communication and negotiation, and implementation of international business strategy (IBS). The course discusses core theories, best business practices, visionary thinking, seamless implementation, and policy implications. In global business environment under strategic uncertainty, flexibility and speed are key to competitive supremacy. The course presents the relevant models and approaches for seeking untapped opportunities, for strengthening economic performance and social legitimacy, for upgrading technical and structural innovation, and for responding to dynamic changes in frontier-, or emerging-, or maturing-economies. This case-based teaching strategy aims at shedding light on the critical issues on why and how a firm goes global and competes in the global marketplace, responds to Covid-19 Pandemic & de-globalization; an industry profits from disruptive innovation & global entrepreneurial opportunities, and a nation makes policy changes toward smart cities/nations, clean energy, among others. 

The course introduces and analyzes situations and expressions of modern Chinese, as well as different types of modern Chinese works, focusing on the improvement of students' expression skills (listening, speaking, reading, and writing). Through this course, students become familiar with modern Chinese pragmatics and assist them with expression of their inner feelings and thinking.Through the reading and analysis of classic chapters, students develop basic professional knowledge of Chinese.

Some say that being in love is the human condition. What is love? Is it an abstract feeling or could there be some science behind it? This short course explores the science behind attraction, intimacy, and love. The course examine the concept and experience of love from social, historical, physiological, and psychological perspectives.

This course addresses modeling and control of dynamic systems. It focuses on systems that can be modeled by Ordinary Differential Equations (ODEs), and that satisfy certain linearity and time-invariance conditions (a.k.a. LTI systems).  The course also analyzes the output response of these systems to initial conditions and inputs; investigates feedback control on LTI systems, and introduces the methods of classical control techniques.  Students learn how to design a controller that ensures desirable properties (e.g., stability, performance, and robustness) with a given dynamic system.

This course begins with introductory level coverage of basic principles of thermodynamics: conservation of mass, conservation of energy, the Second Law of thermodynamics, power cycles, refrigeration, thermodynamic relations, and gas mixtures. The applications to various areas of engineering are also discussed.