National Taiwan University

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.

This course provides a systematic overview of the philosophical thinking of each philosopher, school of thought, or classic, presenting the inherent theoretical structure of each, and emphasizes the connections displayed in the mutual inheritance and criticism of each philosopher and school of thought. The class teaches philosophical issues through interpretation of the classical literature, and how to analyze and discuss these issues. The content of this course includes: Confucius and the Confucianists, Laozi and the Taoists, Micius and the Mohists, Gongsun Long and the Logicians, Han Fei and the Legalists, and Qin and Han Dynasty philosophy.

The course develops proficiency in listening, speaking, reading and writing that builds off already existing advanced proficiency in Chinese and further hones that proficiency through weekly discussion of student and instructor selected articles. Class groups present articles found in newspapers, magazines, or online each class. Assessment: attendance and participation, quizzes, assignments , exam.

This course considers key issues of new technology, constitutional rights, and economic issues in the 21st century, with a specific focus on how new technology and constitutional rights interact. Many examples come from the US context, but focus is global, not exclusively American. Some topics include New York Times v. Sullivan, freedom of the press; Wikileaks, privacy, and government classified information; copyright and "fair use" doctrine; Net neutrality; intellectual property law background; Napster, Grokster, and ABC v. Aereo; and the future and the past, technology versus traditional values. Readings include relevant US Supreme Court cases, international law treaties, and leading scholars' articles.

The first half focuses on Western plays and the second half focuses on Chinese plays. Guided readings through Western cultivates the ability to analyze and appreciate the power of plays as well as how to analyze the structure, language, characters, etc of the different plays. The section on Chinese/Taiwanese plays goes over an introduction of drama and screenplay readings. The introduction of dramas covers the history, characteristics, and admiration of Chinese plays, providing knowledge and ability to read and understand Chinese plays.

This course examines modern Middle Eastern history from the nineteenth century to the Arab Spring in 2010. The framework study of the region and its peoples is political history. Starting in the early nineteenth century, European states such as France and Britain invaded the region, ushering in a new era. In response to the European threat, Ottoman, Egyptian, and Iranian governments instituted drastic military, economic, and political reforms. Inevitably these reforms also led to social and cultural transformations. World War I disrupted these states and a variety of new states including Iraq, Lebanon, Syria, Turkey and the Gulf emirates emerged from the cataclysm. We will study the efforts of these states, along with those of Egypt and Iran, to achieve independence and find a new political identity and structure for their communities. The end of World War II marked a drastic period of decolonization for Britain and France, and many Middle Eastern states now fully independent, developed military-authoritarian regimes. We will study the dynamics of these regimes, the socio-economic changes they enacted, and socio-religious groups that mobilized in protest. This course then moves toward the twenty-first century to understand the increasing wealth of the region, stagnation, and violence in the region up to the Arab Spring.