National Taiwan University

This course provides a broad overview of Corporate Finance. The primary objectives of the course are: 1) To familiarize oneself with the principles and techniques of financial management; 2) To help develop and sharpen analytic abilities in financial management, and 3) To apply financial management and skills in corporate decision-making.

For the understanding of Southeast Asian cultures and peoples, this course explains the general historical change from the 19th century to the 1990s by focusing on cultural change. In this area, what is formed is not a gathering of each history of present nations, but total perspectives based on several important historical waves. Topics: early colonization, the period of mercantilism: before 18th century; Imperialism-19th century; birth of Nationalism - first half of the 20th century; decolonization - 1940s and 50s; The Cold War - 1960s); New Change Period - 1970s and 80s. Generally Southeast Asian history in the Modern times was recorded by documents written in several languages. For easier understanding this course focuses on material cultural elements or pictorial data in each period.

This course is based on the "General Zoology Experiment Guide" written by the department as the textbook. The book is co-authored by many professors of the department. There are more than 30 experiments planned in total, covering important fields of life science, such as cells and tissues; the structure and function of organs and various systems; the heredity of life; the classification of animals; the origin and evolution of life, the behavior of animals and ecology, etc. Based on this book, this course selects 1~2 experiments from each field. First, the basic theory and experimental content on which each experiment is based is introduced through lectures and pictures. Students then complete the experiment and discuss it.  After class time, students serve as teaching assistant trainees in the general biology laboratory animal (or general zoology laboratory course) class offered by the department for university students for one semester, and apply what they have learned to practical work. 

This course is a continuation of Elementary Taiwanese Hakka I. It reinforces both Hakka literacy and spoken conversation. Conversation topics include: interpreting literature and documents; conducting research; critical appreciation and inquiry; communication and writing skills and creativity; language analysis abilities; analytical understanding and creative thinking in the humanistic study of Chinese language, literature and culture; global vision; and multicultural understanding. Text: BEGINNING COLLEGE HAKKA LANGUAGE. Assessment: quizzes, participation, attendance, midterm exam, and final presentation.

The course provides a study of the history, theory, tradition, and style of the Guqin, a plucked seven-string Chinese musical instrument. Repertoire exercises will also be taught based on individual student ability and experience level. The course explores the beauty of Guqin music and establishes its musical aesthetic foundation in a cultural and historical context.

This course develops a critical framework for thinking about gender and sexuality, with special attention to issues of class, race, and ethnicity under different societies. The course is based on a participatory, active learning approach, with an emphasis on critical reflection and peer-to-peer learning. Participants do the required readings, weekly assignments, participate in group discussions and final group oral presentation.

Plagiarism, currency trading scam, doping in sports, money fraud, emission testing scandal, or sexual harassment are all related with “ethics” and ethical violations. This course presents methods and concepts of ethical decisions. This course focuses on the most important lessons in business ethics with every lesson beginning with a “guiding question” to be answered in the class and ending with a “practice question” to be discussed in groups for applying ethical lesson in practical issues. Corporate visit are arranged to familiarize students with business practices in real world. Text: Howard and Korver, ETHICS FOR THE REAL WORLD; various references and articles. Assessment: class participation, quizzes, individual study, group case study.

This is an undergraduate-level course, suitable for students without any background in marine geology and geophysics. The course covers geological processes across scales, spanning plate tectonics, marine sediment types, formation and process, as well as paleoceanography. Some of the topics covered are across disciplines, such as sediment type (chemistry) and benthic bioturbation (biology), with emphasis on the link between different branches of oceanography.  

This course covers the most prominent poems from the Tang dynasty looking at poem structure, syntax and rhyme. The significance of the poems is analyzed both in the context of past and modern eras. The course also covers new vocabulary words and sentence structures. Students will be given weekly homework assignments, a midterm exam and a final exam. The course is conducted in Chinese.

This course introduces the political and economic interaction between Mainland China and Taiwan since 1949. It covers a wide range of topics divided into three parts. The first part deals with the economic interaction between Mainland China and Taiwan, including topics such as trade, investment, production network, and people mobility. The second part deals with the political foundation of Cross-Strait economic relations, including topics such as comparing capitalism across the Strait; Taiwanese identity; Chinese nationalism, and political development in Hong Kong. The third part deals with the grand strategy adopted by either side of the Strait, including topics such as Mainland China’s Taiwan policy; Taiwan’s Mainland China policy; U.S. Cross-Strait policy; Taiwan’s international space, and the future of Cross-Strait relations.