This course is the first of a two-semester sequence in intermediate-level macroeconomics. This course is designed to introduce macroeconomic issues such as growth, inflation, unemployment, interest rates, exchange rates, and budget deficits. This course will provide a unified framework to address these issues and to study the impact of different macroeconomic policies on the aggregate behavior of individuals. The course will provide a unified framework to address macroeconomic issues such as economic growth and business cycles. We also study the impact of different policies, such as monetary and fiscal policies, on the aggregate behavior of individuals. College of Social Science Main Campus Byeonghwa Choi,Yi-Chan Tsai 83 Wednesday 6,7,8 ECON2003 3 Half Department of Economics http://www.econ.ntu.edu.tw/db/new2011/index.asp?l=english

Statistics and Econometrics I and II are designed for Econ major students to fulfill the departmental quantitative analysis requirements, and ECON 2014 Statistics and Econometrics I is the first half of this sequence.

In Statistics and Econometrics I, we will focus on basic probability theory and fundamentals of mathematical statistics, since probability and statistics are important tools to predict economic outcomes under uncertain environments. Some important topics covered in Statistics and Econometrics I are conditional probability, interval estimation, hypothesis testing, and introduction of linear regression. Its objective is to provide students with basic statistical tools and concepts that will help them estimate economic models and do subsequent inferences. College of Social Science Main Campus Sheng-Kai Chang 140 Tuesday 6,7,8 Wednesday 3,4 ECON2014 4 Full Department of Economics http://www.econ.ntu.edu.tw/db/new2011/index.asp?l=english

Dr. Su is now Jean Monnet Chair Professor at National Taiwan University and the Director General of the European Union Centre in Taiwan. He has also served as President of ECSA Taiwan (European Community Studies Association Taiwan) since January 2015, Member of Council of Jean Monnet Foundation for Europe since November 2003 and Member of European Academy of Science and Liberal Arts since May 2015. He is also the chief editor of Book Series on EU Studies in Taiwan and Taiwan Political Science Review. He got his Ph. D. of International History of University Paris-Sorbonne after he had obtained a Master of EC Law of University Pantheon-Sorbonne, a Master of Diplomacy and International Law of National Cheng-Chi University and a BA of National Taiwan University. His expertise is on the European Union Studies, EU-Asian relations and Asian regionalism. His current research focuses on public diplomacy and regional cooperation.

– Guest Speaker: Mr. Roland Schwinn

Roland Schwinn is the CEO of Eurex Clearing Asia and Head of Business Development for Asia, Pacific and the Middle East for Eurex, the derivatives market of the Deutsche Boerse Group. He joined Eurex in 2007 as Head of Business Research until he took over the business development role for the Asia Pacific region in July 2007. He is also the founding director of Deutsche Boerse Asia Holding and Eurex Clearing Asia and since July 2015 he acts as the Chief Executive officer of Eurex Clearing Asia in Singapore.

Proposed speeches by Mr. Roland Schwinn

A 1. An European Enterprise in Asian financial markets: Opportunities and Challenges

2. An European enterprise in Asian financial markets: Case studies in India, China, Taiwan, Singapore and Korea

B 3. “Ever fast changing financial markets in Asia”.

4. Revolution with FinTech in Asia

This seminar aims to equip students with knowledge of institutional and political dimensions of Asian regionalism and its role in world and regional politics. It is an English teaching seminar. College of Social Science *Restrict to 3rd-year and above. Hung-Dah Su 30 Thursday 8,9 PS5675 2 Half Department of Political Science,
Graduate Institute of Political Science,
Program for East Asian Studies
http://politics.ntu.edu.tw/english/

The subject of this course is to introduce East Asia as an integral whole and its development in various aspects at modern times. For the aforementioned purpose, this course is divided into three parts. The first part covers the region’s geography, ethnicity, and civilization to give students general picture of what East Asia is, has been, and should be. The second part discusses the region’s international relations, economic linkages, as well as political, social, and legal development. The third part proceeds in a round-table format, in which the students, on a group basis, debate on two themes, one being political reconciliation and identity construction, and the other the future direction of socio-economic development and civilization.

This course trains students to get acquainted with principle of political economy. Students are expected to develop knowledge about the history and development of political economy of East Asia with the aim to build up macro perspective on the future of the regions integration.

Course Schedule

Week 1 Introduction (Instructor: Prof.Chen-Dong Tso)

Week 2 Scope of East Asia (Instructor: Prof. Yu-Ting Lee)

John Fairbank et al., East Asia: Tradition & Transformation, Revised Edition (Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1989), Ch. 1

Week 3 East Asian Civilization (Instructor: Prof. Yu-Ting Lee): Confucianism, spread, and shock

Charles Holcombe, A History of East Asia: From the Origins of Civilization to the Twenty-First Century (New York : Cambridge University Press, 2011), Ch. 1 – 3

Week 4 Chinas and Japans response to the West(Instructor: Prof.Chen-Dong Tso)

M. C. Bergère, , J. K. Fairbank, , E. O. Reischauer, , & A. M. Craig, East Asia. The modern transformation, 1967, Ch. 3 & 5

Week 5 Sino-Japanese Rivalry: From 1st Sino-Japanese War to Pacific War (Instructor: Prof.Chen-Dong Tso)

M. C. Bergère, , J. K. Fairbank, , E. O. Reischauer, , & A. M. Craig, East Asia. The modern transformation, 1967, Ch. 7 – 8

Week 6 Sino-Japanese Rivalry: Battle over the Peripheral Areas (Instructor: Prof.Chen-Dong Tso)

M. C. Bergère, , J. K. Fairbank, , E. O. Reischauer, , & A. M. Craig, East Asia. The modern transformation, 1967, Ch. 9 – 10

Week 7 Economic Issues East Asia (Instructor: Prof. Kuo-Chun Yeh): Why Euro, Why Not Asian Monetary Union? Theory and Current Development of Asian Economic Integration

De Grauwe, P. (2016) Economics of Monetary Union, Oxford University Press.

Yeh, K.C. and C. Tso (2015) Policy configurations of PRC and East Asian emerging economies after the global financial crisis era: An analysis of tri-lemma indexes, China: An International Journal 13 (1), 139-154.

Week 8 Economic Issues in East Asia (Instructor: Prof. Kuo-Chun Yeh): the Economic Consequences of FTAs: The Case of South Korea and Its Implications to Taiwan

Yeh, K.C. (2016) South Koreas Trade and Industry Policies after the EU-Korea FTA, Bureau of Foreign Trade, mimeo.

Week 9 Mid-Term Report

Week 10 Social Issues in East Asia (Instructor: Prof. Pei-Chia Lan) : Migration in East Asia

Lan, Pei-Chia. 2016. Deferential Surrogates and Professional Others: Recruitment and Training of Migrant Care Workers in Taiwan and Japan. Positions: Asia Critique 24(1): 253-279.

Week 11 Social Issues in East Asia (Instructor: Prof. Ming-Sho Ho): Students Movement in Taiwan and Hong Kong

Ho, Ming-Sho. 2015. Occupy Congress in Taiwan: Political Opportunity, Threat, and the Sunflower Movement. Journal of East Asian Studies 15: 69-97.

Francis L. F., Lee. 2015. Social Movement as Civic Education: Communication Activities and Understanding of Civic Disobedience in the Umbrella Movement. Chinese Journal of Communication 8(4): 393-411.

Week 12 Legal Issues in East Asia (Instructor: Prof. Ying-Chieh Wu): Civil Code in Taiwan and China

Tsung-Fu Chen, Transplant of Civil Code in Japan, Taiwan, and China: With the Focus of Legal Evolution,�h National Taiwan University Law Review, Vol. 6, Iss 1, 2011, pp. 389 _ 432

Week 13 Legal Issues in East Asia (Instructor: Prof. Ying-Chieh Wu): Legal Systems of Japan and Korea Compared

Hiroshi Oda, Japanese Law, Oxford University Press, 2011

Korean Legislation Research Institute, Introduction To Korean Law, Springer Publishing, 2013

Week 14 American Hegemony in East Asia (Instructor: Prof.Chen-Dong Tso)

Warren Cohen, The Asian American Century, Cambridge: Harvard University, 2002, Ch. 1

Week 15 Asia�fs Americanization and America�fs Asianization (Instructor: Prof.Chen-Dong Tso)

Warren Cohen, The Asian American Century, Cambridge: Harvard University, 2002, Ch. 2 – 3

Week 16 Group Report I

Week 17 Group Report II

Week 18 Final Examination

College of Social Science Main Campus *Restrict to 2nd-year and above.
*Required course of Program for East Asian Studies.
Chen Dang Tso 30 Wednesday 6,7 COSS1001 2 Half College of Social Sciences, Program for East Asian Studies http://www.coss.ntu.edu.tw/

To discuss contemporary issues on the US and Latin America during the beginning of the 21st century under a comparative perspective and taking into account bilateral relations. Allow students to have a greater perspective of relevant contemporary issues related to the US and Latin America, including bilateral relations between Washington and the Western Hemisphere. Institute of International Relations (IRI) São Paulo main campus 1. Politics and Society in Contemporary United States 2. Politics and Society in Contemporary Latin America 3. US and Latin American Economies in the Contemporary Era 4. US and Latin American Culture and Society in the Contemporary Era 5. US-Latin American Relations in the Contemporary Era Pedro Bohomoletz de Abreu Dallari, Felipe Pereira Loureiro 18 PRI5048 4 Seminars and a Final Essay http://www.iri.usp.br/index.php?option=com_k2&view=item&layout=item&id=29&Itemid=172

The field of gender studies has been growing in importance since the 1980s in the area of international relations. Proof of this are the creation of the Women Caucus at ISA (International Studies Association) and the International Feminist Journal of Politics, which is now one of the most cited in the area of IR Studies. The importance of the study of women’s participation in international politics in peace operations, democratization processes and the improvement of international institutions with greater gender equality is greatly appreciated. The course brings an important approach to postgraduate students in the field of international relations who aim to study and better understand the role of women in politics in order to create and foment debate inside and outside the institute. The topics of study in the area and methodological approaches required for research in Security, Regimes and Institutions will be deeply explored. The participation of Professor Emeritus Jane S. Jaquette is of great importance, given her proven experience in the field and great success of publications and research, which will bring more knowledge to the faculty and our students about the field of gender within the area of international relations. The course aims to contemplate the debate about gender studies and international relations and women’s political participation. In the context of international relations studies, it is essential to note the role of women in peace processes, democratization processes and in international organizations. The theoretical conceptual aspects of the area will be presented in this course, along with methodological practices known in the area, as well as recent studies in the field of gender and international relations. It is expected that at the end of the course, students will have: (1) developed an understanding of the main theories on feminism and international relations; (2) familiarized themselves with the main contemporary debates on the subject and (3) have acquired analytical capacity to understand the role of women in international politics. Institute of International Relations (IRI) São Paulo main campus 1. Introductory meeting: Feminism and Politics 2. Theoretical debate: Feminist Theory in International Relations 3. Feminist problems as international norms: integration in global governance 4. Women and gender equality in practice 5. Women and democracy 6. Feminism in Latin America and democratic transition Janina Onuki 23 PRI5052 4 • Participation in class debates (10%) • A critical review of literature analyzed in class (1500-200 words) (40%) • Final paper (3500-5000 words) analyzing a http://www.iri.usp.br/index.php?option=com_k2&view=item&layout=item&id=29&Itemid=172

This course explores some of the major episodes and themes in 20th and 21st century inter-American politics, largely from the vantage point of two of the most important countries in the region, Brazil and the USA. Combining comparative politics and international relations, the module is based on the premise that regional politics still matter in a globalizing world, and are increasingly important in both Brazil and the USA. Three themes will recur over the course of the term. One is the difficulty of Latin American states, including Brazil, in dealing with the overweening power of the USA. The second is the Brazilian pursuit of a foreign policy autonomous of the USA. This involves a debate about Brazil’s global and regional interests, and a search for the recognition of those interests on the part of its bilateral and multilateral partners. The third theme is how politics in the Americas are changing. This includes the extent of the USA’s relative decline, the degree of convergence between the USA and Latin America, and the relevance and effectiveness of regional institutions and attempts at problem solving in a globalizing world. Institute of International Relations (IRI) São Paulo main campus 1- Key historical moments that have shaped inter-American relations, as well as some of the most important contemporary public policy debates in the Western Hemisphere. 2- Inter-American relations from different theoretical perspectives. 3- Changes to inter-American relations that occurred during and after three key historical events. 4- Features of inter-American political and economic institutions (such as the Organisation of American States, the Inter-American Commission for Human Rights, the Inter-American Court of Human Rights, the North American Free Trade Agreement, Mercosur, Unasur, the South American Defence Council, Alba, Celac, and the UN�fs ECLAC and UNDP). 5- Evaluations of political and policy outcomes in several key areas affecting countries in the Americas (including the commitment to democracy, the human rights system, trade policy and regional economic integration, and illicit drug production, trafficking and consumption). Janina Onuki 22 PRI5039 4 Two essays and the presentation of seminars. http://www.iri.usp.br/index.php?option=com_k2&view=item&layout=item&id=29&Itemid=172

The concept of natural resources remains vague and loose. Thus, there is a tenuous limit between what is still natural resource and what is already transformed by mankind to some extent. I the same way, a mere classification of renewable and exhaustible resources is insufficient to promote a satisfactory comprehension about this subject. Hence, before analysing natural resources themselves, it is necessary to undertake a conceptual revision that strengthens the accuracy of definitions towards their empirical correspondent objects – Mature the conceptual background about natural resources under a geographical perspective through which social and natural dimensions merge. – Comprehend the complex relationship between natural resources and human development. – Develop analysis skills by building links between conceptual background and Brazil´s natural resources. Faculty of Philosophy, Languages and Human Sciences (FFLCH) São Paulo main campus 1 – The concept of natural resource and its derivations Introduction 1.1 Some complementary issues 1.2 Renewable x exhaustible resources: a false antagonism 1.3 Renewable or Inexhaustible? 1.4 Difference between renewable and naturally recyclable resources: the case of water 1.5 Difference between renewable and reproductive resource Conclusions Activities 2 – The richness of resources in Brazil: natural premises Introduction 2.1 Geographical positioning and climate features 2.2 Tectonic: the architecture of territory and water concentration 2.3 Macro-structures: cratons, sedimentary basins and orogenic belts 2.4 Macro-sculptures: highlands, plains and depressions 2.5 Biodiversity: the result of combination of the landscape components Conclusions Activities 3 – Natural resources and territorial organisation Introduction 3.1 Global scale 3.2 Continental scale: Latin America 3.3 National scale: Egypt 3.4 Regional scale: Amazon 3.5 Local scale: coastal areas 3.6 Other examples 3.7 Territorial configuration beyond natural resources 3.8 The influence of natural conditions over the urbanisation of S_o Paulo State Activities 4 – Energy: an essential knowledge Introduction 4.1 Brief historic of use 4.2 Useful concepts: energy, force, work 4.3 Types of energy and possibilities of conversions 4.4 Potency and efficiency 4.5 Energy losses and rational use Conclusions Our vital virtual energy Activities EMPIRICAL LESSONS 5 _ Non-renewable minerals for energy generation Introduction 5.1 Hydrocarbons – Petrol – Natural gas – Shale gas – Coal 5.2 Uranium Activities 6 – Minerais (non-renewables, renewables and inexhaustibles) for other uses Introduction 6.1 Impacts and restoration 6.2 Raw material for construction – Aggregates, Stones, Sands, Clays, Chalk – Aggregates from rejects (non-naturals) 6.3 Other minerals (non-metallics) – Evaporites: salt and gypsum – Barite 6.4 Soils – Conservation of soils 6.5 Agrochemicals and natural resources 6.6 Ferrous metallic minerals – Iron ore – Other ferrous metallic minerals 6.7 Non-ferrous metallic minerals – Aluminium ore – Copper ore – Other non-ferrous metallic minerals Activities 7 – Renewable and reproductive natural resources: biomass Introduction 7.1 Biomass for food production – Agriculture – Livestock – Aquaculture and mariculture 7.2 Biomass for energy production – Modern biomass – Traditional and other biomasses 7.3 Biomass for other uses – Silviculture – Timber from deforestation – Other biomasses 7.4 Biomass related to environment preservation – Protected areas – Sustainable ways to produce biomass – The milestone of biodiversity and bio-piracy Conclusions Activities 8 – Water resources: a special chapter Introduction 8.1 Definition and essential information – Atmospheric waters – Superficial, fresh and liquid waters – Underground fresh water 8.2 Water uses – Non-energy uses – Energy uses 8.3 Desalination of ocean water 8.4 The Brazilian paradox 8.5 San Peter: wanted alive or dead 8.6 S_o Francisco river transposition 8.7 Perspectives Activities 9 – Natural resources for non-traditional or alternative energy production Introduction 9.1 Sun energy – Transformation of Sun energy into thermo-energy – Transformation of Sun energy into electrical energy 9.2 Wind energy 9.3 Geothermal energy – Transformation of geothermal energy into electricity – Geothermal energy in Brazil 9.4 Alternative hydraulic energy – Tidal energy – Wave energy – Water flow energy 9.5 Hydrogen (H2) Conclusion Activities Luis Antonio Bittar Venturi 42 FLG5144 8 Fieldworks may have alterations due to logistic issues All demanded activities during the course will be assessed. The final mark will be composed by the average marks of: exercises (E), seminars (S), fieldwork repo https://www.google.com.br/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=web&cd=10&ved=0ahUKEwi3paLQ9tzYAhXBE5AKHdAvBDkQFghfMAk&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.ru.nl%2Fpublish%2Fpages%2F798477%2Fstudent_guide_fflch.pdf&usg=AOvVaw1Cv-BPFTbngDpr4qVjQBud

The course offers an introduction to programming logic and computational tools for the social sciences graduate students. The course focus on procedures to (1) gather (2) organize and (3) present social data. The course aims to develop programming skills for handling data with academic purposes. Notice that this is not a methods, data analysis or computational social science course. The course is divided in two parts. In the first part we focus on preparing the computational enviroment, getting used with the tools and developing programming literacy in R, Git, SQL, Markdown, and other languages required in class. In the second part we apply the skills acquired in the first part to handle big datasets, webscrapping and third party APIs, digital files management for textual analysis, graphs, maps and other topics of interest. This course aims to fill a gap _common among social science students- providing the training in data management and computational skills Faculty of Philosophy, Languages and Human Sciences (FFLCH) São Paulo main campus 1 – Basics of R Programming 2 – Data structures and data management in R 3 – Tables and graphs in R 4 _ R + SQL basics 5 – Git basics 6 – Markdown basics 7 – LaTex basics 8 – Webscraping 9 – Text, corpus and natural language processing 10 – Maps and GIS 11 – Networks and graphs Glauco Peres da Silva, Leonardo Sangali Barone 40 FLS6397 8 Weekly activities (50%) and a final project (50%). https://www.google.com.br/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=web&cd=10&ved=0ahUKEwi3paLQ9tzYAhXBE5AKHdAvBDkQFghfMAk&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.ru.nl%2Fpublish%2Fpages%2F798477%2Fstudent_guide_fflch.pdf&usg=AOvVaw1Cv-BPFTbngDpr4qVjQBud

The course aims to introduce students to the main research paradigms in comparative political behavior; and, to advance training in doing original empirical research on political participation, voting, public opinion analysis, etc. in a comparative perspective. Faculty of Philosophy, Languages and Human Sciences (FFLCH) São Paulo main campus Students should have a background in statistical inference (for example, FLS 5028, or a similar course) and multivariate regression analysis (for example, FLS 6183, or a similar course). 1. Participation 2. Values, Issues and Ideological Orientations 3. Partisanship and Voting 4. Attitudes and Political Behavior 5. Representation 6. Performance and the Vote 7. Economic Crisis and Reform 8. Globalization and the Vote Lorena Guadalupe Barberia 40 FLS6403 8 Problem Sets and Quizzes 50% Final Paper 50% https://www.google.com.br/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=web&cd=10&ved=0ahUKEwi3paLQ9tzYAhXBE5AKHdAvBDkQFghfMAk&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.ru.nl%2Fpublish%2Fpages%2F798477%2Fstudent_guide_fflch.pdf&usg=AOvVaw1Cv-BPFTbngDpr4qVjQBud

Spatial thinking has become increasingly significant in the field of cultural geography because it allows us to pay attention to trans-regional cultural flows and their effects on a range of different scales, as well as how similar cultural phenomena bear different cultural implications in diverse local contexts. More importantly, various forms of cultural logic underlying the power mechanism of space have bearing on the subject formations of different identities; for example, we might consider the power effects of familial space on queer subjects, or the implications of urban gentrification on homeless people. To understand how the power mechanism works, it is important to attend to the complexity of the ways in which politics, economics, culture and society are interwoven in the production of space. Based on the conceptual framework, this course covers four main themes: a theoretical introduction, landscape and representation, identity politics and trans-border cultural flows/geopolitics. The first two sections will give students an understanding of the epistemology and methodology of space, with an emphasis on ways of mapping meanings in landscapes and rethinking the nature/culture divide, in order to reveal the importance of space and geography. The section covering identity politics will then introduce important issues concerning the questions of identity organized around gender/sexuality, race, and class to emphasize how identity politics are always situated in different local social contexts. The last section of this course focuses on trans-border cultural flows and geopolitics to help students comprehend the links between geography, state territoriality, world power politics and popular culture. Some readings in the class are quite complex; however, for those who are interested in learning spatial thinking and cultural politics, these readings will help them cultivate cultural sensitivity in analyzing the issues of identity and space in everyday life. College of Science 1. Class Participation (10%): Students are expected to read the designated readings before class and participate in class discussions. 2. Group Presentations (20%): Each team has a minimum of 15 minutes for each presentation. 3. Final Report (70%): A reflection on the theoretical concepts that we have discussed in class or a case study taken from everyday life (the report can be written in English or Chinese) should be submitted by the end of the semester. HUANG TSUNG YI Thursday 789 Geog5051 3 The upper limit of the number of non-majors: 25.

[For the complete info, please refer to http://homepage.ntu.edu.tw/~josephw/principles_micro_15F.htm ] This is the introductory class for the principles of microeconomics. It serves as an introduction of economics to an audience that are not familiar with Calculus. (Those who have took Calculus should consider taking microeconomics instead.) One interesting feature of this class is there will be various classroom experiments throughout the semester, and students are expected to participate actively in them. This is a course taught in English, and all assignments are in English. If you feel that you would be in a disadvantaged position, please take other principles classes instead. The Goal of this class is to introduce how economists think (without the math required for microeconomics), and, help you think like an economist! Specifically, we will see how economists observe real world phenomenon, build simplified models of reality, derive theories to provide policy advice, and test implications with empirical or experimental data. College of Management There are no prerequisites for this course. JOSEPH TAO-YI WANG Monday 5 Wednesday 5 Friday 234 ECON1004 4 The upper limit of the number of non-majors: 150.