National Taiwan University

This course provides a rigorous presentation of thermodynamics principles, with emphases on the application of mathematical methods to the study of the spontaneity of processes, chemical reactions, and chemical energy. In addition to thermodynamics description of chemical equilibrium phenomena that form the basis of macroscopic chemical principles, connections between microscopic pictures (quantum mechanics and statistical mechanics) and bulk properties are highlighted.

This course provides essential statistics and its applications. The first semester (Statistics I) covers summary statistics, distribution and data, probability, parametric distribution, sampling, estimation and statistical inference. The second semester (Statistics II) introduces regression analysis, AONVA, nonparametric method, logistic regression and time series analysis. Students are also expected to use basic statistics software, at least Excel, to analyze the statistical issue. This course is conducted in Chinese, but uses an English textbook.

This course covers fundamental microeconomics tools. The course is divided into five parts: (1) the theory of the consumer, (2) the theory of the firm, (3) partial equilibrium, (4) general equilibrium, and (5) market failures.

The course, Differential Equations, is a fundamental mathematics course for the students in the EE department. The contents of this course are as follows:
1. Introduction: definition and terminology
2. First-order differential equation
3. Applications of first-order differential equation
4. Differential equations of higher order
5. Applications of high-order differential equations
6. Series solutions of linear equations
7. Orthogonal functions and Fourier series
8. Boundary-value problems in rectangular coordinates 

This course provides knowledge of cross-cutting global health issues from diverse national and international perspectives (e.g. philanthropists, WHO, WHA, etc.), and ways of working together to improve global health. In addition to lecture, the course pedagogy includes analysis of case studies, discussion, and debates.

Physical and mental disability social work is the new course field of the social work. With the deepening understanding of the global society towards disabilities, the support and construction of the services have been affected too. The course topics include: how to dissipate the work and cooperate among national responsibility, family responsibility, and social responsibility; how to construct the support system and deliver the services to support the disabled people and for the diversity of their house life; what contributes to the difference between the legally defined disabled people and the actual situation of their disabilities; the power shift between the oriented and individual oriented disabilities; how to pave the way from ability to power; how to transform from service to construction of a friendly environment; how demands are decided, by whom they are decided, and the strategies they used from needing to satisfy the needs. Assessment: participation/discussion (30%), midterm reports (30%), final exam (30%), attendance (10%).

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. 

This intermediate macroeconomic course covers the neoclassical framework, including both the neoclassical growth theory and neo-classical business cycle. It examines both theory and data to analyze how macro-economists answer economic questions.

The course examines the motions of linkages, gear sets, and cams. Students learn about the analysis of displacement, velocity, and acceleration of mechanisms by using graphical and analytical methods. The course analyzes real-world engineering applications of the mechanisms. It covers the kinematic analysis by using Autodesk Inventor. 

This course provides a fundamental knowledge of dynamics, including kinematics and kinetics of particle, system of particles, and rigid bodies in planar and three-dimensional motion. A systematic approach, namely Vector Analysis and Modeling Procedure (VAMP), is introduced to precisely describe linear and angular positions, velocities, accelerations, forces, and torques for generating a set of equations of motion, without missing any terms. Other modeling of work/energy equations, impulse/momentum equations, impact of particles and rigid bodies, and Euler equations are also addressed. Not only are students trained to have the ability of modeling dynamic systems in terms of equations of motion, but they are also experienced with engineering insight of physical laws.