The aim of this course is to provide a general introduction to path analysis, factor analysis, structural equation modeling and multilevel analysis. The examples and data are extensively drawn from literature in health and medical sciences. Students will learn how to use Mplus and Lisrel software to undertake these analyses. After attending the course, students should be able to describe the relationship between commonly used statistical methods and structural equation modeling (SEM); define the statistical concepts behind factor analysis, path analysis, and structural equation modeling; understand the relation between SEM and multilevel modeling (MLM); explain the above statistical methods and properly interpret their results; and use a computer software package to undertake the statistical analyses and correctly specify the statistical models. SEM has been very popular among quantitative social scientists in the last two decades, and has started to draw attentions from epidemiologists. SEM is a very useful tool for testing causal models, and learning SEM theory is very helpful for students to understand the causal assumptions behind different models. SEM is also useful for explaining the concepts of confounding, mediation and moderation in epidemiological research. The course will start with basic concepts of SEM, such as model specification, fitness testing, interpretation of causality and model modification. Then, more advanced topics will be introduced, such as equivalence models, identification issues, and multiple groups testing. MLM will then be introduced for the analysis of clustered data, where random effects may be viewed as latent variables. Students will be assessed by their participation in the classroom discussion, one interim and one final report on the critical appraisal of literature and real data analysis. By the end of this course, students should be able to: Describe the relations between general linear models and structural equation models Explain the statistical theory of principal component analysis, exploratory and confirmatory factor analysis, path analysis and structural equation models Understand the concepts and rationales of causal models within the framework of structural equation models Understand the concept of mediation and the decomposition of total effects into direct and indirect effects Undertake structural equation modeling using statistical software packages and interpret the results properly Report the results from structural equation modeling properly College of Public Health Downtown Campus-College of Public Health Active participation in class discussion and practical session is required. Tu, Yu Kang 30 Friday 3,4 EPM7001 (849EM0850) 2 (College of Public Health) Graduate Institute of Epidemiology and Preventive Medicine,
Common General Education Center Master Program In Statistics of National Taiwan University
http://epm.ntu.edu.tw/?locale=en

The aim of this course is to provide a general introduction to the research methods and application in global health. The examples and data are drawn from published literatures related to evidence-based medicine and health data research. The course will start with basic concepts of global health and evidence-based approach. Then, more advanced topics will be introduced, such as selection of a topic of interest, setting up the search strategy for literature review, and formation of a synthesis. Introduction to the management of public health data, as well as the assessment for quality of care using health claims data, will also be provided. Three special lectures will also be provided by experts in the relevant fields. Students will be guided to conduct projects related to their research, and present their results at the end of this semester. By the end of this course, students should be able to: 1. Understand the concepts and rationales of evidence-based medicine within the framework of global health. 2. Understand the process of forming a synthesis from literature review, quality assessment, statistical analysis, to manuscript writing. 3. Understand the statistical theory and the application of different statistical theories of meta-analysis. 4. Understand the management and assessment of quality of care for health data. 5. Report the results from their personal project properly. College of Public Health Downtown Campus-College of Public Health 1. Students should have the basic concept of epidemiology and biostatistics. 2. Students should have the basic concept of systematic review and meta-analysis. 3. Active participation in class discussion and practical session. Hon-Yen Wu 20 Tuesday 8,9 EPM7007 (849EM0910) 1 (College of Public Health) Graduate Institute of Epidemiology and Preventive Medicine http://epm.ntu.edu.tw/?locale=en

The measurement and quantification of population health could assist health policy making and priority setting. In the past few years there have been major advancements in burden of disease research, mainly led and stimulated by the Global Burden of Disease Study (GBD). This course will give an overview on the concepts and methods used to quantify the burden of disease at the national and global level. The GBD will be a main focus of this course, but other alternative approaches will also be reviewed. The course consists of lectures, computer labs, a hands-on group-based project, and a field visit to the Department of Statistics of Ministry of Health and Welfare. At the end of the course the students are expected to: 1. Understand the key concepts and elements in burden of disease studies 2. Comment on the strengths and limitations of burden of disease studies 3. Understand the estimating procedures of the GBD study 4. Be familiar with and be able to use the major databases of GBD while acknowledging their limitations College of Public Health Downtown Campus-College of Public Health The course will be offered in English. Basic understanding of key concepts of epidemiology will be helpful but is not absolutely required. Lin Hsien-Ho 30 Tuesday 6,7 EPM5018 (849EU0460) 2 (College of Public Health) Graduate Institute of Epidemiology and Preventive Medicine http://epm.ntu.edu.tw/?locale=en

This course is designed to provide students with a basic understanding of how health communication can be used in the field of health promotion, including strategic planning for integrated mass media campaigns and the development of health communication messages that are consonant with principles of behavioral sciences. This course reviews the role of health communication as a means of promoting public health and also stimulates thinking about how the power of health communication can be harnessed to advance a public health agenda. After completing this course, students will be able to: 1. Describe the history of health communication and underpinning theories 2. Understand the key elements of developing evidence-based health communication strategies 3. Describe all major steps involved in the health communication process other Downtown Campus-College of Public Health Assigned readings; attendance and participation; class discussions; concept papers; oral presentations Jiun-Hau Huang 30 Monday 3,4 HBCS7008 (850EM0090) 2 *Registration eligibility: graduate students.
(College of Public Health) Institute of Health Behaviors and Community Sciences http://hbcs.ntu.edu.tw/?locale=en

This special consulting-based intensive course is designed for aspiring change leaders who want to create social and environmental impact through impact business models. There are three components of the course: 1) Systems thinking: you will learn the tools of systems thinking and system dynamics to help you map and analyze a company’s business strategy using a systemic approach. 2) Impact business model: you will learn how to develop an impact business model for a company who aspires to become a B Corp. B Corps (Benefit Corporations) are certified for-profit companies that meet rigorous standards of social and environmental performance, accountability, and transparency and aspire to use the power of markets to solve social and environmental problems. 3) Consulting projects: you will apply what you learn to consult for real companies and help them develop their impact business strategies to become B Corps. Class will be held all day in RM 203 (Building 1, College of Management) on the following dates: March 11, 12, 18, 19 April 23 May 21 Application for this class is not required. College of Management Main Campus Joe Chiao-Jen Hsueh 30 Intensive courses GMBA7108 (749EM1300) 3 (College of Management Global Mba
*Registration eligibility: juniors and above of College of Management. http://www.management.ntu.edu.tw/en/GMBA

This course is an intensive course on leadership that seeks to address some of the challenges of leadership in a changing world. Through four topical blocs (what is leadership?, managing our hungers, authentic leadership, and sustainable leadership), students are invited to reflect more deeply on what constitutes responsible leadership today, by making sense of tensions at the micro, meso and macro levels as well as opportunities to take the lead in a triply constructive (i.e. social, environmental and economic) sense. The sessions are distributed across four weekends, each involving highly interactive sessions through a combination of discussions and other in-class activities. Students are expected to actively participate in all elements of the course, and have prepared readings beforehand. College of Management Main Campus This course follows the MBA format, hence the following classroom policy and etiquette apply: 1. Without special dispensation from the instructor, the use of any sort of personal computer during class is prohibited. 2. Meals and snacks are reserved for break time; please do not bring food to the classroom to consume during the session. 3. Latecomers are expected to enter the classroom discreetly taking care not to disturb the ongoing session. 4. Active participation in class discussion is required. Students are expected to arrive prepared, having read the session materials beforehand. 5. In the event a student is absent from a session, a make-up assignment shall be completed for that particular session. However, more than two absences will affect the grade. Miriam Garvi 30 Intensive courses GMBA7112 (749EM1340) 3 (College of Management Global Mba
*Registration eligibility: juniors and above of College of Management. http://www.management.ntu.edu.tw/en/GMBA

Building strategic alliances has become one of the most widely used strategies in multinational enterprise or domestic firms alike. Firms can share resource, diffuse technologies rapidly, enter a new market easily, and absorb knowledge from the partner firms. However, many firms fail to achieve these competitive advantages, which often results in deteriorating performance. To answer why some firms exploit strategic alliance successfully and others fail, we will examine the ways firms establish and manage their alliance partners using well-known frameworks and cases. Furthermore, we will read some academic papers and discuss their theoretical implications in class to deepen our understanding on strategic alliances and develop own research ideas for master thesis. This is a seminar-course. Students should read assigned papers and cases in advance and prepare for discussion. There is no written exam. Instead, students need to present their group project twice( interim presentation, final presentation) during the semester. To do so, 3-4 students make a group and choose a firm in their interests to examine the evolution of its strategic alliance and suggest strategic directions based on their evaluation. In Session 7-8, students present interim output of their analysis using frameworks and theoretical arguments covered in session 1-6. In session 16-17, students present their final projects, incorporating key concepts and frameworks into their analysis. This course is designed to provide you with frameworks for understanding process involving building and managing strategic alliances and cooperative partnership. Our main objective is to understand how successful firms realize value from strategic alliances and to link it to strategic management in general. This course is of interest to students who are thinking of joining consulting firm or corporate strategy division. Students exploring an option of writing thesis about corporate strategy will also benefit from this course, as this course covers a broad range of topics related to corporate strategy and encourage students to raise own research questions. College of Management Main Campus Jung Yun Han 50 Wednesday 2,3,4 GMBA7113 (749EM1350) 3 (College of Management Global Mba
*Registration eligibility: juniors and above of College of Management. http://www.management.ntu.edu.tw/en/GMBA

This Contemporary Issues in Global Health is designed for doctoral students, majoring in global health. This course will provide students with knowledge of cross-cutting global health theme and global burden of diseases, and ways of working together to improve global health. In addition to lecture, it will cover global health cases in Asia an Africa. College of Public Health Downtown Campus-College of Public Health 1. Preview each week’s reading material 2. Participation in class and at group discussions 3. Complete group assignments by the end of each class 4. Final project and presentation Chang-Chuan Chan 12 Friday 2,3,4 OMIH5125 (841EU5770) 3 (College of Public Health) Graduate Institute of Occupational Medicine and Industrial Hygiene http://omih.ntu.edu.tw/?locale=en

Introduce the core knowledge in environmental and occupational health. Understand the real-world application and practical issues through site visits. (The site visits may be arranged outside regular class time.) Be familiar with environmental factors affecting human health. Can summarize and interpret variables and indicators commonly used in the field of environmental and occupational health. College of Public Health Downtown Campus-College of Public Health Required course for students in the Global Health program of College of Public Health. Restriction: Doctoral and master students not in College of Public Health but with background in natural sciences may take this course. Please consult with the instructor first. This course is offered in English. Chang-Fu Wu 10 Tuesday 2,3,4 OMIH5126 (841EU5780) 3 (College of Public Health) Graduate Institute of Occupational Medicine and Industrial Hygiene http://omih.ntu.edu.tw/?locale=en

This is an elective course for students interested in toxicogenomics. Application of genomic technologies, i.e. genomics, transcriptomics, proteomics, and metabolomics will be introduced. Genomic technologies will be first discussed. The course will then focus on application of genomic approaches to study the adverse effects of environmental stressors on health of human and environment at gene, protein, and metabolite level. The class is offered in English. To learn the technologies in toxicogenomics and be able to apply techniques to conduct toxicological studies. College of Public Health Downtown Campus-College of Public Health There will be a mid-term and a final examination. An oral presentation is also required. The class is offered in English. Ching-Yu Lin 12 Monday 3,4 EH5018 (844EU1260) 2 (College of Public Health) Graduate Institute of Environmental Health
*Registration eligibility: juniors and above. http://ieh.ntu.edu.tw/?locale=en

1. Understand the key concepts and practices for exploring, executing, exploiting, and renewing innovations. 2. Acquire knowledge and skills needed for managers and entrepreneurs whose goal is to play a leading role in innovation-driven firms. 3. Learn how to build an organization to successfully and repeatedly bring innovations to market. College of Management Main Campus Chialin Chen 50 Thursday 7,8,9 GMBA7061 (749EM0840) 3 (College of Management Global Mba
*Registration eligibility: juniors and above.
*Registration eligibility: students of College of Management.
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Course Introduction: The course will cover financial statements mainly from an investor’s perspective. It is expected that students can learn the information in financial statements and technical tools for analyzing and valuing companies and communication of your analysis. This course is designed to take the students beyond the routine filling of boxes with standard financial ratios. The primary focus of the course is not on the accounting rules, but the use of accounting information. We will use firms’ publicly available financial statements to assess current performance, forecast future performance and estimate fundamentals of the firm. Course Objective: The primary learning objective/outcome of this course is to provide students with an in-depth exposure to various financial statements used in business activities — specifically to evaluate how statements and their construction vary from firm to firm within various legal and institutional requirements. Additionally, a perspective of the following will be explored: Be able to assess the business environment of the firm and its industry Be able to assess the financial condition of a firm. Be able to make a forecast of future financial statements. Be able to apply income-based and cash flow-based valuation models Be able to read analyst report and how companies communicate with their investors (e.g., conference call). Be able to perform a complete analysis of a company and present clearly a business and financial summary to a group. Be able to prepare the analyst report. College of Management Main Campus Class participation and discussion We expect active class participation. Please email the lecturer in advance if you will miss a class session. Class participation credit is awarded for the quality and frequency of your contribution to the class discussion. All students are expected to obey the following classroom rules: 1. Respect others and their property. 2. Come prepared to class. 3. Do not use “Laptop” and “Cell phone” in class. Problem set Assignments You are required to turn in the assignment to TA in the beginning of each class. You can discuss the homework assignments with your classmates, but you are expected to solve the problems and write-up the solutions on an individual basis. These problem sets will be graded on satisfactory/unsatisfactory basis. Group Case Assignments Students in the class will form groups and each group will need to prepare the presentation for the case. Final Exam Final exam will consist of numerical problems. The exam will be closed book. Final Group Project Each group needs to finish an analysis report for one company, including business strategy, ratio analysis, forecasting, and valuation analysis. Wen-Hsin Hsu 50 Tuesday 6,7,8 GMBA7071 (749EM0930) 3 *Registration eligibility: juniors and above.
*Registration eligibility: students of College of Management.
(College of Management Global Mba http://www.management.ntu.edu.tw/en/GMBA