National Taiwan University

As a democratized, globalized and multi-ethnic society, contemporary Taiwan is rich in cultural diversity. Not only is Taiwan often influenced by international trends, but its domestic environment provides a fertile ground for social innovations; as a result, Taiwan’s cultural landscape is undergoing a process of permanent revolution. Multiculturalism is not a proclaimed future goal ahead of us, but is taking place in our daily life. This course follows Raymond Williams in viewing culture “not only as a body of intellectual and imaginative work; it is also and essentially a whole way of life.” In other words, culture should not be taken narrowly as a prized property monopolized by an elite group of people, but various ways of acting and thinking embraced by different groups. A survey on contemporary Taiwan’s cultures necessarily sensitizes us to the complicated nature of social groupings. Differences in ethnicity, class, gender, region, age, sexual orientation, religious belief, and life-style give rise to highly diversified cultural expressions, among which contention and cooperation co-exist.

This is a lab course intended to complement the lecture course (ENT3003). It is designed such that students who are concurrently enrolled in ENT3003 can have a better understanding of selected topics covered in the lecture course. Students cannot take the lab course without concurrently taking the lecture course. Students who had completed an equivalent ecology lecture course in a previous semester may be allowed to take this course, but it is not recommended to do so because the lecture (ENT3003) and the lab (ENT3020) are not designed independently.
 

This course examines the basic principles of engineering mathematics, calculation, and their practical applications in engineering. The course covers linear algebra (matrix, vector, determinant, linear equation system, matrix eigenvalue problem), vector calculus, vector divergence and curl, gradient and direction derivative function of scalar field, Fourier series analysis and integration, Conversion and other units.

This course examines the fundamentals of financial management and provides a framework for understanding the theories and techniques used for business decisions in working capital management, capital budgeting, financial control, and long-term financing.

The course sets out to achieve four main goals. 1) Give a historical overview of feminist film theory and queer film theory. 2) Engage with some of the key concepts crucial to the understanding of queer cinematic practices. 3) Survey some of the landmark titles in the history of queer cinema. 4) Introduce contemporary Chinese language cinemas with queer subject matters. Assessment: quizzes, group or individual presentation and its write up, final presentation, final paper.

Taiwan during the Japanese occupation era marked a great change in music, the music of the postwar Taiwan left a profound impact. The course uses music social history perspective to explore the music life during the Japanese occupation of Taiwan. Because the research in Taiwanese music history is still in its nascent stage, the course focuses on topics that have accumulated substantial research results, combining secondary source literature and primary source history as well as various video and network resource. The course is divided into three parts: influence of Western civilization and technology; Taiwanese music life; and composers and performers.

The course presents the field of sustainable health and environment from an East Asian perspective in a globalized world. It covers facts and developments in issues related to sustainable health and environment through cross-country lectures, multimedia viewing, panel discussion, and group projects and presentations. The sciences of sustainable health and environment cover broad and intersected disciplines from health sciences, physical sciences to social sciences locally, regionally, and globally. Views of sustainable health and environment are cultivated from current and historical perspectives as well as local and regional living experience. Global perspectives are further cultivated through in-class discussion among students, group projects by cross-country teams, and essay writing. Guest lectures by distinguished experts in the fields of sustainable health and environmental sciences provide global perspectives on sustainable issues.

This course provides students with a broad background in the principles of ecology. It covers ecology at different levels of organization including behavioral, physiological, evolutionary, population & community, and ecosystem ecology. Some other specialized topics are also discussed.

 

The course enables students to develop knowledge in the management of people, processes, and product design in a global context through collaboration with Chung-Hwa Telecomm International (CHTI).

This course enables students to understand CHTI from the following perspectives:
People – Enhancing and developing competencies to manage people across national and cultural boundaries.
Processes – Integrating knowledge development, product procurement, manufacturing, and distribution for a global supply chain.
Product design – Managing internal and external environments such as globally-dispersed stakeholders, corporate vision, and cross-border regulations in targeted international market.

The goal of this course is to help improve students' various physical ability indicators and special sports ability through special physical training and repeated practice of taekwondo, and through the inheritance of knowledge and experience, players can flexibly use it in competitions to improve better sports performance.