The course aims at introducing students to the major genres and themes of Chinese literature and thought. The representative literature works ranging from pre-Qin, Han, Tang, Song dynasties to the present are profoundly studied and discussed. This course also addresses different schools of thought in |
Practical English (I) (II)
This course is graded into three levels through an entry-placement test for college freshmen upon admission: elementary, intermediate and advanced.
The elementary level:
The course at this level aims to develop and extend students’ English language abilities to read college-level materials. Through the elementary-level or the low-intermediate level input (equivalent to the A2 level under the Common European Framework of Reference for Languages) and practice in the four skills with emphasis on comprehension skills, vocabulary, grammar as well as thinking skills in theme-based content area reading, students should be able to improve reading fluency and expand their vocabulary by 500~1000 words within one academic year. |
The intermediate level:
The course at this level aims to develop and extend students’ English language abilities to read college-level materials. Through the intermediate-level input (equivalent to the B1 threshold level under the Common European Framework of Reference for Languages) and practice in the four skills with emphasis on comprehension skills, vocabulary, grammar as well as thinking skills in theme-based content area reading, students should be able to improve reading fluency and expand their vocabulary by 500~1000 words within one academic year. |
The advanced level:
The course at this level aims to develop and extend students’English language abilities to read college-level materials. Through the high-intermediate or the low-advanced level input (equivalent to the B2 vantage level under the Common European Framework of Reference for Languages) and practice in the four skills with emphasis on comprehension skills, vocabulary, grammar as well as thinking skills in theme-based content area reading, students should be able to improve reading fluency and expand their vocabulary by 500~1000 words within one academic year. |
English Listening and Speaking Lab (I) (II)
A placement test is carried out for college freshmen in the middle of the second semester in order to subsequently grade this course for college sophomores into three levels: elementary, intermediate and advanced. |
The course at this level provides practice in English listening comprehension and speaking through oral class work and a variety of elementary and low-intermediate audio-visual materials. Particular stress is placed on listening strategies and communication in real-life situations. |
The course at this level provides practice in English listening comprehension and speaking through oral class work and a variety of intermediate audio-visual materials. Particular stress is placed on listening strategies and communication in real-life situations. |
The course at this level provides practice in English listening comprehension and speaking through oral class work and a variety of high-intermediate and low-advanced audio-visual materials. Particular stress is placed on listening strategies and communication in real-life situations. |
Constitutionalism and Rule of Law
1. Course Objectives
a. To help students understand the basic principles of constitutions
| b. To help students understand the legal framework and operation of a government |
d. To help students understand the basic theories of human rights
e. To help students understand how to protect themselves and respect others
2. Students will be expected to obtain the following knowledge required:
a. To equip students with a basic democratic consciousness
b. To cultivate students’ respect for the constitutions
| c. To help students understand the protective scope and restrictions of human rights |
| d. To help students learn how to safeguard their own rights and interests and respect others’ rights |
| e. To help students to comprehend the relationship between rights and obligations |
3. Course Content
| a. The meaning of democratic politics and the basic conditions for enforcement b. The meaning and functions of constitutions c. The transformation of constitutional thought |
| d. The constitutional developments in the |
e. The major governmental systems: cabinet system, presidential system, council system |
| f. The principles and contents of human rights |
Civilization
This course is intended to explore cultural historicity and heredity and theindivisibility between history and culture. By using historical materials, the instructors expound the origin, development, heritage resulted from acculturation, and context of a specific culture in discussion. |
| 1st week Introduction 2nd week Religion and Civilization in Western History 3rd week Religion and Civilization in Chinese History 4th week Religion and Civilization in Taiwanese History 5th week Man and Nature in the Renaissance 6th week Scientific Revolution 7th week Science and Enlightenment 8th week Change in Political System 9th week Mid Exam 10th week Formation of Political Institution 11th week Change of Social Construction 12th week Myth and History 13th week Age of Ideology 14th week Conflict of Civilization and Reconstruction of World Order 15th week 16th week 17th week 18th week Final exam |
Social Sciences
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Natural and Applied Sciences
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Life Sciences
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