National Taiwan University

This course studies the natural healing power of forests and gardening environments. It covers the importance, hazards, and risks, as well as the health effects and benefits of forests, wood, and gardens.  

This is a beginners' course in the Sanskrit language. It introduces the most important Sanskrit grammar in one year by using M. Deshpande's Samskrta-Subodhini's A Sanskrit Primer as the textbook. The course also begins by reading Sanskrit verses from the story of Nala and Damayant in Charles Lanman's A Sanskrit Reader. The course then reviews major Indian religions and philosophical texts in Chinese translations to know the basics about Indian culture. Students are expected to memorize basic Sanskrit grammar, to start reading sentences from primary texts, and to know the basics about classical Indian religions and culture. 

This course offers a comprehensive introduction to the world of insects and addresses common misconceptions. Through a combination of classroom lectures and hands-on field trips, the course explores the fascinating world of these six-legged creatures. Field trips include visits to the NTU campus, the NTU Insectarium, the Taiwan Insect Museum, Fuyang Ecological Park, and Zhinan Temple. These excursions aid the observation and identification of insects in their natural environments, using field guides and direct observation. 

Lectures cover a range of subjects, including insect morphology, systematics, diversity, ecology, and behavior. Additionally, guest lectures from faculty at NCHU/NCU and industry experts provide valuable insights and broaden students' perspectives.   

This course introduces the fundamentals of understanding user needs, designing prototypes, and evaluating user interfaces. It explores principles, techniques, and tools to create effective and intuitive interfaces, with a special focus on using AI tools. Students of all levels in design and coding skills are welcome. 

This class provides training in experimental skills and scientific presentation for doing research in the field of Life Science. Students perform their assigned research project; join weekly lab meetings; present up-to-date research articles, and participate in scientific discussion with the instructor and lab colleagues. Students are required to perform experiments under instructor's supervision and present their research work and scientific paper over the semester.

This comprehensive course provides a balanced and stimulating overview of marine ecology. It introduces the fundamental processes and systems that shape the marine environment and addresses the pertinent issues and challenges associated with its future conservation.

The course covers the following topics: 

• Patterns in the Marine Environment
• Primary Production
• Microbial Production and Decomposition
• Secondary Production
• Estuaries
• Salt Marsh Mangrove Seagrass
• Rocky and Sandy Shore
• Coral Reef
• Pelagic Ecosystems
• Continental shelf seabed
• The deep sea
• Polar ecosystems

This graduate research course provides training in experimental skills and scientific presentation for doing research in the field of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology. Students choose their own research topic and perform research under the guidance of a subject matter expert in their field. The course varies depending on the research topic but it may include weekly lab meetings; presentations of up-to-date research articles, and participation in scientific discussion with the instructor and lab colleagues. 

This course concentrates on the beginning stages of working on a play: from the initial reading through early conceptualization (before the artists go into their studio or rehearsal room.) Using the text as the foundation, students deepen their understanding of the play through brainstorming, discussions and research (both of the play, the playwright, and the visual world of the play). The class uses the basic building blocks of the theater (ACTORS performing an ACTION while an AUDIENCE watches) and asks how these elements can be used and exploited to further the ideas of the artist.   

The course begins with students working on short plays then moves into longer dramatic works. The course features texts with a clear narrative form that allows multiple interpretations, with the first projects being short, individual projects and the final project being a collaborative group project. Last, the course features three professional theater artists to share their early interruptive processes with the class.    

This is a project-oriented class covering trending and novel Human-Computer Interaction (HCI) research topics. This course focuses on Human-centered AI. 

The course surveys recent award-winning HCI papers for insight, with students undergoing through a complete HCI research cycle: Identifying a research question and reviewing related work to exploring solution design spaces; prototyping; conducting user studies, and writing a short paper. 

Previous class projects have been published in top HCI conferences (e.g., ACM CHI, UIST, SIGGRAPH, and MobileHCI) and have received multiple Best Paper/Honorable Mention awards. 
 

This is a research-oriented course for cybersecurity, a broad, fast, evolving discipline. The course covers important concepts but it not meant to be comprehensive. The following topics will be covered:

• The applied aspects of cryptographic primitives (randomness, hash, MAC, encryption, digital signatures)
• Cryptographic protocols (key exchange, authentication, anonymous communication, privacy-enhancing technologies)
• Network security (TCP/IP, DNS, BGP, TLS, DDoS, wireless, email, MLS)
• Advanced topics: _ security (IoT, SDN, blockchain, web, software, systems,...)

Course prerequisites: Basic knowledge in discrete mathematics, programming, and networking is strongly recommended. Class participants are also expected to comprehend research papers and conduct a research project.