National Taiwan University

The curriculum of this course includes: interdisciplinary understanding of fundamental issues in climate change and sustainable development, professional skills and knowledge in climate change and sustainable development from a global perspective, oral and written presentation and communication skill. Some sample discussion topics are climate change, nuclear energy, and microplastics. Students are graded on leading the seminar about a specific environmental topic and a final paper.

The course introduces the main concepts of human resource management, practical use, and research discoveries. Topics include recruitment and selection, training and development, performance management and evaluation, compensation management, and workplace health management, lending understanding to the role and function of human resource management, as well as how the field of psychology is involved within the organizations. Text: G. Dessler, HUMAN RESOURCE MANAGEMENT; and various references. Assessment: group project (40%), participation (20%), final exam (40%).

This course provides a basic understanding of how health communication can be used in the field of health promotion, including strategic planning for integrated mass media campaigns and the development of health communication messages that are consistent with principles of behavioral sciences. This course reviews the role of health communication as a means of promoting public health and also stimulates thinking about how the power of health communication can be harnessed to advance a public health agenda. Topics include the history of health communication and its underpinning theories; key elements of developing evidence-based health communication strategies; and major steps involved in the health communication process. Text: National Cancer Institute, MAKING HEALTH COMMUNICATION PROGRAMS WORK. Assessment: attendance and participation (10%), class discussions (20%), concept papers (35%), oral presentations (35%).

The course provides knowledge of non-agricultural animals, their diet, management, conservation, and uses. It provides a comparative study of animal physiology and introduces the anatomy, physiology, behavior, and management of rare birds, mammals, reptiles, and aquatic animals. Assessment: attendance (20%), midterm paper (30%), final exam (50%).

Theatrical performance is not a mere imitation, but a very imaginative and creative art. This course focuses on improvisation to inspire the imagination of actors and the expressiveness of body voices. In addition, through the analysis and interpretation of drama texts, and through the discussion of characters, relationships, emotional motivations, and presentation of short scenes in the classroom, students are guided how to discover, construct, and enter their characters in the text. This course is not only an introduction to various performing arts (such as mime, dance, opera, musical, etc.), but also one of the best ways to appreciate dramatic literature.

This course begins with basic classical primers and steadily leads students to read more difficult and complicated literary Chinese writings in the Qin, Han, Tang, and Song Dynasties. The ultimate objective is to foster students’ literary Chinese reading ability. With classical poems and articles of all the past dynasties as the main materials, this course teaches step by step the methods for reading literary Chinese. This course is taken by local students as well as international students from around the world with varrying degrees of Chinese language ability.

This engineering mathematics course covers ordinary and series solutions of differential equations, vectors and vector space, matrix, determinants, linear systems, eigenvalues, diagonalization, system of linear differential equations, and Laplace transformation. 

This course is the second of a two-course sequence. This course builds on the fundamental knowledge learned from the first course, to explore more advanced issues related to the linkage between organizational mission and governance structures and accounting’s role in coordinating, controlling, and managing organizations. 

This course focuses on the history of economic development in East Asian countries as well as the West, covering topics including: the rise and demise of the development state and macroeconomic stability and crisis. lectures focus on the history, nature and the process of economic development and its effects in East Asia; patterns of economic development in historical perspective; determinants of growth; globalization and regionalization. Text: Dennis W. Carlton and Jeffrey M. Perloff, MODERN INDUSTRIAL ORGANIZATION. Assessment: class participation, midterm, and final.

This course covers basic concepts and language of photography, tradition and digital cameras, photography classification and its required equipment, focal length, aperture, shutter, exposure principle, composition principle, color temperature and light application, color matching and color psychology, controlling depth of field, visual effects of different lens focal lengths, advanced exposure applications, related accessories applications, and introduction to photography masters. This course entails classroom lectures, analysis, practical operations, and practical reviews to deepen learning outcomes. This course includes group and individual projects.