National Taiwan University

This course is for students who have taken Intermediate II of the Chinese Language Course for International Students or those who have taken Chinese for at least 600 hours. The course develops proficiency in listening, speaking, reading and writing to deal with complex situations within daily lives, and discuss about complex issues, such as economy, transportation, societal culture. Students learn to read simple document forms and announcements and to write a short essay of at least 500 words to express oneself. This course uses the textbook “Far East Daily Chinese III” (chapters 1-7). Assessment: attendance and participation (20%), quizzes (20%), assignments (20%), midterm exam (20%), final exam (20%).

This course examines the organization, structure, and performance of the economy of mainland China. It focuses on the institutional structure of the economy on the micro level, on the changing economic system including the roles of planning and markets, on government economic strategy and policies, and on outcomes with respect to industrialization, the distribution of activity among sectors, economic growth, income distribution, and welfare. The pre-reform period receives attention in its own right, but especially as it influences developments in the market-oriented reform period since 1978. Topics covered include rural and urban development, industrial strategy and planning, economic reform, agriculture, industry, and international trade and investment.

Digital platforms, especially social media, help consumers garner information, network, socialize, and share opinions on their consumption decisions with friends and other like-minded consumers. Hence, to achieve their profitability objectives, business managers need a clear understanding of engaging with the new socially connected consumer through an effective marketing strategy.

This course teaches fundamental principles of how to manage networked customers. In addition, it provides a basic understanding of social media platforms and how to choose amongst the various platforms. Finally, students learn the foundations of developing a successful network marketing strategy  from industry stalwarts, sharing their experience and insights as guest speakers. 

Prior basic knowledge of marketing is preferred though not necessary.

This course provides a comprehensive overview of the archaeological evidence for Southeast Asian history. It is generally possible to see Southeast Asian culture as a diverse historical complex of local pre-historical cultures, Indian-influenced cultures, Chinese-influenced cultures, Islamic-influenced cultures, and European-influenced cultures. Geological separation between insular and mainland Southeast Asia further complicates the situation. This course traces the development of each culture in Southeast Asian through an archaeological examination of its material culture. Course topics include: the age of European influence; the age of Islamic influenc; the age of Chinese influence; the pre-modern ceramic trade and Taiwan; sunken ships and underwater archaeology; Southeast Asian castles and towns.

This course examines in-depth wireless communication systems and their protocols. It focuses on the design rationales of communication protocols, the overall network architectures and performance evaluation of complicated wireless systems so that students are capable of designing next-generation communications systems through rigorous simulation and mathematical analysis. In addition, the course introduces the IEEE 802.15.4 experiment test bed for hands-on experiments. Students learn from hands-on experimentation the design of wireless protocols and thus how to develop new applications in wireless networking. Course topics include: modular communication systems and protocol design; experiment and algorithm development in IEEE 802.15.4 platform; network and MAC protocol designs for personal and local area networks; mathematical modeling for communication systems and protocols; physical and MAC protocol designs for mobile and wide area networks; cross layer design and optimization for emerging wireless communication systems.

Weekly talks by invited distinguished scholars. Topics across pure math, applied math, and statistics are allowed. The course is a requirement for masters and PHD students. 

This course introduces psychology as a science that integrates the two fields of natural science and social science. Students are exposed to a variety of topics, including biological, perceptual, cognitive, developmental, social, and clinical orientations. Students learn about the workings of the mental process, which is the result of the simultaneous interaction of the above-mentioned orientations. The class also explores how to apply the theories of psychology to everyday life. The first part introduces the history of psychology, explaining the evolution of psychology from the basis of philosophy and physiology; the second part discusses the initial mental process of external information processing, including sensation, perception and consciousness, and the third part details high-level cognitive mental processes, including learning (theory of constraints), memory, and language. Part IV explores the mental processes of individual differences, including intelligence, development, and motivational emotions; Part V describes the mental processes of social groups, including Social Psychology and Personality Theory, Part VI explores the clinical applications of psychology, including mental illness, psychotherapy, and health psychology. Each chapter topic is taught on a weekly basis as much as possible.

This course explores the career paths of many excellent female scientists, including how they have persevered through a variety of challenges. It examines many classic and contemporary female role models in science, such as Mary Curie (Mrs. Curie), Academician Wu Jianxiong, Dr. Inez Fung, Dr. Susan Solomon, Dr. Joanne Simpson, Academician Wang Yu, Academician Peng Wang Jiakang, Academician Meng Huaiying, and more.

This course cover major topics in deep-sea ecology including the physical environments and history, sampling techniques, adaptations of deep-sea organisms, community composition and functions, major habitats, and anthropogenic effects. Other focus include guest lectures to explore Taiwan's deep-sea environments and living resources. Assessment: participation 920%), discussion (20%), presentation (30%), final (30%).

This course closely examines several Taiwanese films from the past two decades, and through them, discovers what prominent phenomena and changes have been taking place in Taiwan's social culture. Taiwanese films present themselves as various attempts to make conversations with the world that we call Taiwan and live in. This course explores and reflects on Taiwanese social culture by not just watching but also reading Taiwanese films. The course intends for the students to familiarize themselves with Taiwanese history in the recent past, crucial events, contemporary social issues as well as cultural conditions. Through this course students expect to understand the social development vis-a-vis cinema in Taiwan. Students look closely at the emergence of Taiwan New Cinema in the 1980s as well as the socio-political and -cultural contexts in which it emerged. This course moves on to discuss various subject matters and social trends in Taiwan from the 1990s on; students also look at the films produced in Taiwan in relation to those matters and trends.