National Taiwan University

This course focuses on the fundamental knowledge for conservation biology by introducing: (1) Biodiversity; (2) Threats to biodiversity, and (3) the approaches to reduce the threats and restore biodiversity. The lectures cover principles and theories of ecology. Given the interdisciplinary framework of conservation biology, lectures cover economics and politics, thereby encouraging students to evaluate ecology findings from different viewpoints. 

The course consists of reading and analyzing modern Chinese prose, short stories, poetry. The course requires in-class writing assignments and discussions, a presentation, as well as a creative writing assignment. 

This course provides students the experience the joy of planting dill flowers and understanding the various physiological processes from seed germination to harvest through hands-on practice, so as to learn the basic techniques of flower planting. The main items of study include: grass and flower sowing and seedling raising, transplanting seedlings, fertilizing, cutting propagation, high pressure propagation, hedge plant pruning and landscaping, etc. Students are exposed to the following flower species: African impatiens, sunflowers, marigolds, coleus, milkweed, peppermint, lemon balm, rosemary, lavender, sage, peony, pine peony, peonies , Jinluhua, echidna, hibiscus, dragon cypress, weeping banyan and so on. Upon completion of the course, students are expected to understand the growth habits, environmental requirements, medium and fertilizer selection, sowing, propagation, watering and fertilization, and various cultivation techniques. 

This course introduces astronomy. it begins by looking at stars as the beuty and wonder of the universe and important astronomical phenomena. Other topics include the moon and planetary phases; solar and lunar eclipses; ancient Chinese astronomy; history of astronomy in Europe; comests meteorites, and meteor showers; and modern astronomical observation techniques. This courses is conducted in Chinese, but uses an English textbook by Carl Sagan.

This is a special topics course in the that presents various topic on environmental occupational health. The course presents the methodology in the field of occupational and environmental health through the research work presented by each lecturer.

This is an introduction course to feedback control system analysis, control principles, control systems design, and system stability. The course content includes the modeling of physical systems in engineering and other fields; transform methods; controller design using Nyquist, Bode, and root locus methods; compensation; computer-aided analysis and design with MATLAB. 

This course provides an introduction to virtual reality. Topics: 3D sound technology; space tracker, motion tracker: mechanical, optical, ultrasound, magnetic; head mounted display (HMD), retina display; force feedback devices; modeling (prototyping, building large models, physically based modeling, motion dynamics); global illumination algorithms (radiocity, volume rendering, scientific visualization); texture mapping and advanced animation; graphics packages: OpenGL , DirectX; and high performance graphics architectures (Pixel-Planes, Pixel Machine), SGI reality engine, PC graphics (nVidia, ATI), accelerator chips and cards).

This course clarifies relations between the fundamental groups and the Galois groups. As Galois groups can be seen as etale fundamental groups of the base field, the algebraic fundamental groups of algebraic curves (or even schemes) can also be regarded as an etale realization of more general objects, which is the point of view proposed by Grothendieck. The course investigates the algebraic fundamental groups from this point of view. Topics include infinite Galois theory and finite etale algebras of fields; Galois covers and monodromy actions; universal covers and local systems; riemann surfaces; algebraic curves; fundamental groups of algebraic curves.
 

This course explores the ways in which firm strategy affects, and is affected by, how markets work. Understanding this interplay is crucial for those interested in management, public policy, consulting, antitrust law, as well as those generally curious about why certain products are (or are not) available and why it is that firms behave the way they do. This course will explore this interplay using a mixture of theoretical models and empirical tools with a heavy emphasis on real-world applicability.

This course covers the meaning and relevance of intermediate microeconomics concepts including consumer theory, production theory, market competition, market structure, welfare theory, game theory, public goods, externality, labor market, intertemporal choices, risk and uncertainty, and principal-agent programs. Topics include the theories of the consumer and the producer; the study of individual markets, including perfect competition, monopoly, and oligopoly; efficiency properties of the competitive system; and some circumstances in which competitive markets may fail to produce efficient outcomes. Text: Steven E. Landsburg, PRICE THEORY. Assessment: quizzes, midterm exam, final exam, presentation and discussion.