National Taiwan University

This course provides the pieces of knowledge and theories of the physical environment in forests. It consists of the basic information of physical phenomena in forests, basic theories of micrometeorology, and environmental biophysics relating to the processes of heat, water, and carbon exchange between forests and the atmosphere. 

This course is primarily designed for undergraduate students who want to improve their English presentation language and techniques for future academic presentations. The focus is on developing commonly used functional skills for all types of presentations. 

This course introduces basic neuroscience. The scope of the course covers the basic structures and sensory and motor function of the nervous system, as well as the high function of the brain and related diseases. The course provides a broad perspective of how neural information is processed in the brain, and how brain activity determines individual behaviors in response to environmental stress. Text: Mark Bear, Barry Connors, and Michael Paradiso, eds., EXPLORING THE BRAIN.

This course explores how Taiwan developed into a multilingual society from ancient times to the present, delving into: (a) How Taiwan's multilingual society was formed, and how language and phenomena appeared in Taiwanese society during each period; and (b) how the various language groups interact, and what kind of relationship between language and power is presented. The course also addresses interesting phenomena involving language and society, history, culture, and politics.

This class presents Solo (singing), the basic of finger-style technique, how to read sheet music and the knowledge of music theory and analysis. At the end of the semester, the students will have the ability to develop and promote multicultural music and art, and the ability to create and perform independent music.

The environment influences organisms profoundly. It affects their present-day ecology (determining where they live and how many can survive there) and, through natural selection acting over past generations, influences their form and adaptations. Present day human-induced changes to the environment are also responsible for endangering species and even driving them to extinction. This course introduces principles and applications of ecology at different levels of ecosystems (i.e. individual, population, community, ecosystem, regional and global scales). The ecological theories are illustrated with examples in order to enable better understanding of the links between the environment and organisms as well as the biological interactions and human-induced threats at each level of ecological organization. The course concludes with the introduction of biodiversity management, i.e. conservation, restoration and sustaining biodiversity, global ecological crisis, and the economical and socio-political dimensions of nature and environmental management. 

This course is primarily taught in Chinese. It teaches classic and practical Chinese idioms used in everyday conversations, as well as how to read short passages in written form

This course offers an exploration to introduce the history of China and kingdoms from the 14th century through the end of the 1800s with focus on academic journals and discussion classes. Students translate course materials from ancient mandarin texts. Topics include: Qin monarchy, Han Empire, Tang and Song, Mongol Empire, Confucianism, Taoism and Buddhism. AssessmentL final exam, class discussion, reading summaries.

This course applies political risk analysis to explain the linkage between luxury consumption and the anti-corruption movement in China. It cultivates students’ understanding about how economic behavior and commercial market are affected by political dynamics in a one-party regime like China. The course analyzes the anti-corruption campaigns during the two decades under the Hu-Wen and Xi-Li regime from 2003 to 2022, and the varieties of luxury goods that are commonly used to capitalize illegal gains. Quantitative, analytical tools, such as game theory and regression methods, are introduced.

The purpose of this course is to introduce the basic principles of statistics and its application. The course focuses on introducing and proving the basic theorem of statistics, statistical data processing and computer software applications, and the interpretation of statistical analysis.