[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 Social Science Main Campus Joseph Tao-Yi Wang 250 Monday 5 Wednesday 5 Friday 3,4,5 ECON1004 4 Full Department of Economics,
Department of Economics,
Department of Accounting,
Department of Finance,
Department of International Business
http://www.econ.ntu.edu.tw/db/new2011/index.asp?l=english

This class is taught in English. The two semesters are independent and can be taken separately. The first semester deals with early economic history (pre-1900) and focuses primarily on Asia. During this semester we will deal with broad issues concerning how the human race came to dominate the planet using increasingly complex means of cooperation. The second semester covers the 20th-century. The focus will remain primarily on Asia. The second semester will have a more practical orientation. We will primarily discuss what has been causing modern economic growth. Given the broad subject matter, the course will only be able to offer a general overview of the periods and economic regions covered.

The course will meet three hours, one day a week. Generally, the first two hours will be lectures with question & answer periods. Then, the third hour will be devoted to group work. Students will generally be randomly assigned to small groups and required to read one English-language paper or book chapter to prepare for this work. By the end of the class, the group should e-mail me a two page paper. Grades will be based on group work (40%), a midterm quiz (15%) and a final exam (45%). There is no text, but you will be responsible for the weekly readings, lecture material and notes posted on line.

Learn a little about how the world grew more populous and prosperous, and how we investigate this growth. Also, learn to work in small groups with people from other countries. College of Social Science Main Campus Kelly Barton Olds 87 Monday 7,8,9 ECON3007 3 Half Department of Economics http://www.econ.ntu.edu.tw/db/new2011/index.asp?l=english

I open several related courses. Please visit our lab website for more detailed info on how to choose my lectures based on your preference.

http://homepage.ntu.edu.tw/~tksmiki/for_Students_%28zhong_wen%29.html

This is a basic course intended for senior undergraduate and graduate students with knowledge of basic biology. Students who are interested in any fields in ecosystem sciences (e.g. ecology, microbial biology, oceanography, and conservation biology) are all welcome. The background for advanced mathematics is not presumed. We will learn basic mathematical methods for analyzing ecological systems with one-species, two-species, and more species. Statistics and computer programming are beyond our focus. The course is designed for hand-on work. We just need ?gpaper-and-pencil?h for learning how to think quantitatively about populations and communities. If necessary, we will also use well-developed software but we do not need skills in computer programming. There will be dedicated time every week for students to do ?gpaper-and-pencil?h exercise. The topics may include:

1. Introduction to theoretical ecology

2. Exponential and logistic population growth

3. Competitive interaction

4. Resource-consumer dynamics

5. Community dynamics and material fluxes

6. Population dynamics in space

7. Community dynamics in space

8. Matrix models for populations and communities

9. Biodiversity and ecosystem functioning

10. Introduction to numerical calculations

11. Practice for developing a new model The objectives is to provide students with mathematical skills for dynamical modeling of populations and communities, which are necessary for mechanistic and quantitative understanding of complexity in ecological systems. College of Science Main Campus Takeshi Miki 25 Thursday 2,3,4 Ocean5054 3 Half Graduate Institute of Oceanography, Marine Biology & Fisheries Division,
Introductory Course of Marine Science http://www.oc.ntu.edu.tw/?lang=en

I open several related courses. Please visit our lab website for more detailed info on how to choose my lectures based on your preference.

http://homepage.ntu.edu.tw/~tksmiki/for_Students_%28zhong_wen%29.html

The objective is to provide students with computer skills for dynamical modeling of populations and communities, which are governed by difference equation, ordinary differential equation, or partial differential equation.

This is an introductory course intended for undergraduate and graduate students with knowledge of basic ecology. We will learn basic skills of computer programming (C language) with Linux. If necessary, we will also learn mathematical theories of numerical calculations. Every student needs to bring his/her own notebook PC/Mac with enough memory size (2GB in total is recommended) and empty part of hard disk. Ubuntu does not work in a sufficient speed in some of Netbook (e.g. old Eee PC). All applications that are necessary for this course will be provided. Each lecture will include:

1. Setting up your computer

2. Basic commands in Linux

3-9. Basic grammar and algorithms in C-language

10. How to use gnuplot (an application for graphics)

11. Numerical calculations for difference equations

12-13. Mathematical theories of numerical calculations of ordinary differential equations

14. Numerical calculations for population dynamics of a single species

15. Numerical calculations for population dynamics of multiple species

16. Numerical calculations for reaction-diffusion models To learn computer skills for dynamical modeling of populations and communities, which are governed by difference equation, ordinary differential equation, or partial differential equation. College of Science Main Campus Takeshi Miki 15 Thursday 6,7 OCEAN5069 2 Half Graduate Institute of Oceanography, Marine Biology & Fisheries Division http://www.oc.ntu.edu.tw/?lang=en

I open several related courses. Please visit our lab website for more detailed info on how to choose my lectures based on your preference.

http://homepage.ntu.edu.tw/~tksmiki/for_Students_%28zhong_wen%29.html

This is a course intended for students with basic knowledge of life science and/or ecology. Most examples are based on ecological processes, but students in any fields of life science are also welcome. The skills to build and analyze a dynamical model will be obtained in the first stage. The computer software to easily analyze mathematical models without programing will be provided. In the second stage, students will select a subject based on his/her own interest and will learn how to develop a model based on the subject and how to analyze the model. The objectives are to provide students know-how and tacit knowledge to develop a new dynamical model based on research interest. Opportunities to learn basic modeling blocks and how to analyze dynamical models are also provided. College of Science Main Campus Takeshi Miki 15 Wednesday 2,3,4 Ocean5084 3 Half Graduate Institute of Oceanography, Marine Biology & Fisheries Division http://www.oc.ntu.edu.tw/?lang=en

The rapid decline of coral reefs around the world motivates research to better understand how this complex ecosystem will respond to future environmental changes. This course will review current knowledge on reef organisms and coral reef ecosystem, and will study the factors responsible for reef degradation. The basic elements to assess resilience of this ecosystem will be introduced. The students will learn how the knowledge and skills obtained through the lectures and practice work can be used for the management and the conservation of this fragile ecosystem. College of Science Main Campus Vianney Denis 15 Tuesday 6,7,8 Ocean5097 3 Half Graduate Institute of Oceanography, Marine Biology & Fisheries Division http://www.oc.ntu.edu.tw/?lang=en

This course is designed based on the teaching method of “authentic learning” to guide students to learn about the applications of statistics in marine chemistry. Basic statistics will be introduced with real-world marine chemical data sets. This course is complementary to the mandatory course “NTU Fundamentals of Oceanic Statistics” (基礎海洋統計) and to the Marine Chemistry Laboratory (海洋化學實習) for students in the chemical oceanography division.

A variety of data set from analytical methods including spectrophotometry, chromatography, mass spectrometry, chemiluminescent, fluorimeter, optical sensor and pH sensors, commonly used by chemical oceanographers. While the principles of analysis differs significantly among analytical methods, it is important that students be versatile in dealing with various data set. For example, spectrophotometry is a basic method for the analyses of marine micro nutrients, its sensitivity and stability can be directly estimated based on the extinction coefficient—the intensiveness of the color. The limit of detection is a fixed value. While other instruments such as a mass spectrometer, can be tuned in a various ways to provide a better sensitivities, different labs report different limits of detection. While the cost of an analysis using a spectrophotometer is only 1/1000 of the cost using a mass spectrometer, by using statistic tools and the combination of knowledge in analytical chemistry, students will learn to choose the most suitable method for their research.

The course will start by having students to look for problems in a reported data set. For example, a figure of data points without the report of error bars. Students will have to explore possible ways to estimate the errors. We will then discuss how to design experiments to measure the uncertainties. The course will then provide data from spectrophotometry, chromatography, mass spectrometry, chemiluminescent, fluorimeter, optical sensor and pH sensors, for students to report the data in a statistically acceptable way.

A variety of data set from analytical methods including spectrophotometry, chromatography, mass spectrometry, chemiluminescent, fluorimeter, optical sensor and pH sensors, commonly used by chemical oceanographers. While the principles of analysis differs significantly among analytical methods, it is important that students be versatile in dealing with various data set. For example, spectrophotometry is a basic method for the analyses of marine micro nutrients, its sensitivity and stability can be directly estimated based on the extinction coefficientthe intensiveness of the color. The limit of detection is a fixed value. WhWhile other instruments such as a mass spectrometer, can be tuned in a various ways to provide a better sensitivities, different labs report different limits of detection. While the cost of an analysis using a spectrophotometer is only 1/1000 of the cost using a mass spectrometer, by using statistic tools and the combination of knowledge in analytical chemistry, students will learn to choose the most suitable method for their research.

The course will start by having students to look for problems in a reported data set. For example, a figure of data points without the report of error bars. Students will have to explore possible ways to estimate the errors. We will then discuss how to design experiments to measure the uncertainties. The course will then provide data from spectrophotometry, chromatography, mass spectrometry, chemiluminescent, fluorimeter, optical sensor and pH sensors, for students to report the data in a statistically acceptable way.

(1) Students will know about basic statistics for chemical oceanographic data.

– Numbers of replicates

– Limit of detection

– Sensitivity

– Error analysis

– Outliers

– Significance tests

– Distribution patterns

– Principle component analysis

– Factor analysis

(2) Students will be able to identify problems in reported data set.

(3) Students will have the capability to use statistical tools to explore their research data.

College of Science Main Campus *Chinese may be used when no international students sign up for this course. Huei-Ting Lin 10 Friday 1,2 Ocean5106 2 Half Graduate Institute of Oceanography, Chemical Oceanography Division http://www.oc.ntu.edu.tw/?lang=en

This course offers a balanced, stimulating survey of marine ecology, introducing the key processes and systems from which the marine environment is formed, and the issues and challenges which surround its future conservation.

In general, we will meet 2 hours (Mon 13:20 – 15:10) every week, but occasionally we may watch documentary on the 3rd hours.

For the week 8 and 10, instead of meeting in the classroom, we will spend half day in Mangrove ecocenter and full day in NMMST to discuss the course materials and to explore the environment. Students are expected to develop a broad understanding on various issues of marine ecology, be able to generate an in-depth review on a selected topic and give a presentation. College of Science Chih-Lin Wei 15 Monday 6,7,8 IPCS5010 3 Half International Master/Doctoral Degree Program in Climate Change and Sustainable Development, Earth System Science http://www.ipcs.ntu.edu.tw/about-en.php

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/

This class will discuss various special topics at the interface of chemistry and biology.

1. Nucleic acid structure and synthesis

2. DNA sequencing and mimetics

3. RNA: RNA interference

4. Ribozymes and aptamers

5. Carbohydrates: structure

6. Carbohydrates: biosynthesis and function

7. Carbohydrates: applications

8. Carbohydrates: chemical synthesis

9. Introduction to lipids and membranes

10. Lipid structure

11. Protein synthesis and folding

12. Protein degradation and quality control

13. Protein misfolding and neurodegeneration

14. Producing proteins and peptides

15. Chromatography and electrophoresis

16. Protein extraction, subcellular fractionation, centrifugation

17. Antibody technologies

18. Humanized antibody

19. Structural Biology

20. Labeling with fluorophores and biotin

21. Fluorescent proteins and FRET

22. Basics of Fluorescence Microscopy

23. Super-resolution Optical Microscopy

24. Bioorthogonal chemistry; Active site probe

25. Mass spec: instrumentation

26. Mass spec of proteins

27. Mass spec and protein quantification

28. Post-translational modifications

Understand the chemical principles behind the materials and methods commonly encountered in modern biology labs. Apply chemical thinking to solve biological problems. College of Science Main Campus *Majors-only (including minor and double major students).
*Restrict to graduate students. Hwan-Ching Tai 50 Monday 6,7 Thursday 6,7 Chem7037 4 Half Division of Chemical Biology http://www.ch.ntu.edu.tw/english/en_index.htm

This course focuses on the neural basis of language. It addresses how the brain works to process speaking, reading, and understanding language in human beings. It emphasizes how neuro-imaging data are used to form the theories of language. I will present empirical evidence of conventional psycholinguistic studies and recent imaging findings. The aim of this course is to provide an integrative overview of how the components of the language system combine together. Students are required to take part weekly article presentations. College of Science Main Campus Tai-Li Chou 15 Wednesday 2,3,4 Psy5274 3 Half Department of Psychology,
Graduate Institute of Psychology,
Program of Neurobiology and Cognitive Science
http://140.112.62.170/index.php/eng

Designed for doctoral and masters students, this seminar focuses on manuscript writing for an international journal. The seminar consists of three components. The goals of this seminar are for each student to (1) understand the process of putting together a manuscript for submission to an international journal and (2) write a draft of a manuscript or sections of a manuscript. College of Science Main Campus Kang-Tsung Chang 15 Thursday 2,3,4 Geog8020 3 Half Graduate Institute of Geography http://www.geog.ntu.edu.tw/index.php?lang=en