National Taiwan University

This course strengthens Chinese listening, writing, and speaking skills and focuses on improving pronunciation. The course is designed for exchange students and visiting students only. The Chinese course is offered for those students who are taking Chinese course Elementary I, II & III from NTU Center for International Education.This class goes over vocabulary and grammar in depth. There are class discussions every lesson. Class discussions are held every class for approximately one hour. The course also furthers understanding of Taiwanese culture and language. Attendance is required. Students who miss five courses will receive an F. Assessment: attendance and participation, midterm exam, interview, written exam, assignments, quizzes and reports. Textbook: FAR EAST EVERYDAY CHINESE (2A)

This course instructs on international ballroom dancing etiquette, skills, and the fundamental principles of dance. The course also addresses basic steps, posture, progression, and transitions required in ballroom dancing.

The course aims to provide students with the skills and tools to design major machine components and analyze their safety factors. The course covers: stress, failure and strength; strain; materials; design for different types of loading; shafts, tolerance and fits; couplings; screws and fasteners; bearings; springs; gears; electronic motors and controls; and project. 

Tort law is one of the core courses of Anglo-American law. Recently, the insurance crisis has emerged in the United States under the circumstance of increasing lawsuits on product defects; medical injuries; environmental protection, and new technologies. Thus, a re-examination of the functions, rules, and practical applications of torts are underway. In addition to discussing the basic theories of Anglo-American tort law, this course focuses on the direction of institutional reform.

Population health and the health care system of a nation are increasingly affected by the processes of globalization. This introductory course provides an overview of the emerging field of global health. Lectures and discussions introduce the principles and goals of global health; measurement tools for global health research, and the contemporary development of global health. Invited speakers address global health theories and practices on a range of topics, such as health care delivery systems, control of communicable and non-communicable diseases, occupational health, environmental health, and the rising influences of global trade policies on health and health inequalities. This course is designed for undergraduate students majoring in global health and students in other departments who may or may not have previous exposure to public health sciences.

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.