Integrating the 1. communication & negotiation 2. change management 3. personality management 4. emotion management 5. conflict resolution through the classroom 1. lecturing 2. class participation 3. group discussion 4. presentation 5. reports to adjust & rectify the mindset and thinking paradigm to enhance the communicative ability. Learning & practicing to be an independent and in-depth thinking, objective, empathetic, comprehensive, effective communicator College of Management Main Campus Reading, group discussion& negotiation(3 times), presentation(2 times), writing reports( 4 reports wih 500-1000 words each) Shen-Kuo,Hsu 25 Tuesday 2,3,4 LibEdu1081 (H01E08100) 3 http://cge.ntu.edu.tw/?lang=en

This course will be based on the last year’s Intertidal Ecology (B441620), being conducted in English to teach the basic intertidal ecology and use this system as examples to introduce the basic concepts in population and community ecology, common research methods, statistical techniques and writing skills in ecological studies. Learning outcomes: At the end of this course you should be able to: 1.describe the physical environmental factors (e.g., waves, tides) shaping the intertidal environment 2.understand the basic factors affecting the distribution and abundance of intertidal organisms 3.understand the factors limiting species distribution patterns on the vertical intertidal gradient and study the methods to measure and investigate these patterns 4.design experimental studies to investigate patterns (e.g., zonation) and processes (e.g. competition) in intertidal areas 5.plan a simple experimental and statistical study on intertidal ecology. 6.review and critique scientific papers College of Life Science Main Campus Chan,Kwok Kan 8 Thursday 7,8,9 EEB5054 (B44EU1680) 3 (College of Life Science) Institute of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology,
(College of Life Science) Department of Life Science http://ecology.LifeScience.ntu.edu.tw/english/index.htm

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The course is focused on common methods used by ecologists working with community data, including ordination, cluster analysis, diversity analysis etc. It combines a theoretical introduction to each method with a practical lab in R program. The course is dedicated for senior undergraduate and for graduate students. Each class will be composed of two parts: the theoretical introduction to the method, and the practical lab using the R program for all analyses. Schedule of the class: – Introduction, types of data (categorical vs quantitative, abundances, frequencies). – Pre-analysis data preparation (data cleaning, outliers, transformation, standardization, exploratory data analysis). – Ecological similarity (indices of ecological similarity and distance between samples). – Ordination (theory behind, linear vs unimodal, constrained vs unconstrained methods, PCA, CA, DCA, RDA, CCA, NMDS and some others, ordination diagrams, permutation tests, variance partitioning, forward selection, case studies). – Numerical classification (hierarchical vs nonhierarchical, agglomerative vs divisive; TWINSPAN) – Indicator value analysis (IndVal), diagnostic species, fidelity of species to sample groups. – Use of species functional traits or species indicator values in multivariate analysis (functional traits, species indicator values, community-weighted mean, fourth-corner, RLQ analysis). – Analysis of diversity (alpha, beta and gamma diversity, accumulation and rarefaction curves, true diversity, species abundance distribution, diversity estimators). – Design of community ecology experiments (manipulative vs natural experiments, avoiding pseudoreplications, problem of spatial autocorrelation, subjective vs objective sampling design). – Case studies demonstrating the use of particular analytical methods. After finishing it, you will understand the theory behind commonly used multivariate methods for analysis of community data, correctly interpret their results and apply these methods to your own datasets using R. College of Life Science Main Campus Basic statistic course (e.g. B01 34000, LS3022). Basic knowledge of R is recommended, but not required (we may plug-in an extra R-intro course for those of you who are not familiar with R at the beginning of the course). You need to bring your computer with installed R and access to the internet. David Zeleny 30 Thursday 2,3,4 EEB5083 (B44EU1950) 3 http://ecology.LifeScience.ntu.edu.tw/english/index.htm

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This course is focused on introduction to methods used in vegetation survey: sampling of forest and non-forest vegetation, measuring and estimating habitat environmental conditions and vegetation mapping. The course consists of three parts: 1) Theoretical part: overview of methods for sampling vegetation and measurement of environmental variables, introduction to visited areas, safety instructions. 2) Field trips: four whole-day field trips (around Taipei and some more distant regions), practicing the sampling methods, collecting field data and environmental measurements. 3) Lab analysis: processing and analysis of collected data, discussion of results. Theoretical part (4 x 3 hours): – Introduction, safety instructions for field work – Theory of sampling methods (DBH and cover based) – Theory behind measuring of environmental variables – Theory behind vegetation mapping Field trips (4 whole-day trips): – Practical introduction to the field survey, safety in the field, operating basic hiking equipment (reading map, operating compass and GPS), choosing the locality for sampling. – Sampling forest vegetation (DBH measuring, cover estimation, plot and plot-less sampling methods) – Sampling non-forest vegetation (grassland and dune vegetation) – Vegetation mapping – Field measurements (topography, soil properties, microclimatic measurements, forest canopy structure) Lab analysis (4 x 3 hours): – Determining collected specimens. – Practicing sampling habits indoor (estimating cover, use the measuring equipment). – Retyping collected species and header data into computer using dedicated software (Turboveg and JUICE). – Analysis of soil samples (pH and conductivity). – Presenting and discussing results. Students will learn theoretical background of field vegetation survey, apply it in practice, collect real data in the field, process them in the lab and discuss the results. College of Life Science Main Campus Basic courses in plant taxonomy and determination. Basic knowledge of plants expected. The course is for undergraduates (2-3-4 year) + masters David Zeleny 15 Wednesday 2,3,4 EEB5084 (B44EU1960) 3 (College of Life Science) Department of Life Science,
(College of Life Science) Institute of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology http://ecology.LifeScience.ntu.edu.tw/english/index.htm

[Lectures] This course is to introduce the fundamentals and methodology on research of molecular evolution. We will introduce the evolutionary changes and patterns of sequences, methods for phylogenetic analyses, and inferring sites under positive selection. Topics on recent advances of molecular evolution studies will be offered at the end, on phylogenomics, horizontal gene transfer, and genome evolution. Students are highly recommended to take evolution, genetics or equivalent subjects before taking this course. Laboratory practice will be offered for students to be familiar with data retrieving, analyses and interpretation. Homework assignments will be distributed weekly, which require substantial extra work time. [Laboratory Practice] We will have computers available in class, but you are welcome to bring your own laptop computer. In the later case, you should download the corresponding software before the class. Date sets will be provided for the homework assignments but you are welcome to use your own data for the final presentation project. In combination with the computer laboratory practice, we aim to help our students to understand the evolutionary processes at the molecular level. College of Life Science Main Campus Biology; Evolutionary Biology; Genetics or equivalent preferred. Chau Titing 40 Monday 3,4,5 EEB5087 (B44EU1990) 3 (College of Life Science) Institute of Life Science,
(College of Life Science) Institute of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology,
(College of Life Science) Department of Life Science http://ecology.LifeScience.ntu.edu.tw/english/index.htm

This course, named ‘Experimental Molecular Biophysics’, emphasizes on principles and applications of biophysical instruments. The course topics includes: mass spectrometry, protein crystallography, cryo-electron microscopy, NMR, spectroscopy, and computational biophysics. One teaching coordinator will be invited to teach or invite other teachers to teach. The course topics listed are suggestions to the coordinator, but the coordinator needs to keep at least 70% of them. Textbooks will be suggested. College of Life Science Main Campus 30 Tuesday 7,8,9 BChem8021 (B46ED0220) 3 (College of Science) Division of Chemical Biology, Gradulate Institude of Chemistry,
(College of Life Science) Institute of Biochemical Science http://homepage.ntu.edu.tw/~ibs/english/e_index.html

This course aims to teach the fundamentals of biological mass spectrometry with particular focus on applications to proteomics and analysis of protein modifications. The course will begin with an introduction to the general aspects of mass spectrometry-based peptide sequencing and protein identification, along with recent technological developments in the context of advancing quantitative shotgun proteomic analysis. Current perspectives in global versus directed analysis, speed versus depth in proteomic coverage, will be discussed. This will then be followed by introducing the practical aspects of MS analysis of select protein modifications, at both the levels of single targeted protein of interest and the proteomic scale. Topics include phosphoproteomics; lysine modifications such as acetylation, methylation, ubiquitination, and SUMOylation; cysteine modifications such as oxidation, glutathionylation and S-nitrosylation; and glycosylation. The last further accompanied by an overview of MS-based glycomics and glycoproteomics. College of Life Science Academia Sinica Opens to life science Master and PhD Students, as well as keen senior undergraduates major in Biochemistry, who have a basic knowledge of protein chemistry and structures, and the commonly found modifications. No absolute prerequisite is set but will be advantageous and encouraged to have first taken one or more of the core courses offered at 生化所 in the first semester eg 蛋白質修飾機制與細胞訊息；結構生化學. Chemistry graduates interested in biology and major in chemical biology are also encouraged and accepted. Kay Hooi Khoo 30 BChem5027 (B46EU0840) 2 (College of Life Science) Institute of Biochemical Science,
(College of Medicine) Graduate Institute of Medical Genomics and Proteomics http://homepage.ntu.edu.tw/~ibs/english/e_index.html

In this course we look closely at several Taiwanese films over the past two decades, and through them we intend to understand what prominent phenomena and changes have been taking place in Taiwan’s social culture. As some of the films speak to the current socio-political conditions on this island, some reflect an emerging cultural trend, while others indicate social problems and propose what we can do in response. In any case, those films present themselves as various attempts to make conversations with Taiwanese society and Taiwanese people, and in this course we “read” those films as we also consider and discuss crucial social issues in Taiwan. Through this course we expect to understand the social development vis-a-vis cinema in Taiwan. We look closely at the emergence of Taiwan New Cinema in the 1980s as well as the socio-political and -cultural contexts in which it emerged. This course moves on to discuss various subject matters and social trends in Taiwan from the 1990s on; we also look at the films produced in Taiwan in relation to those matters and trends. College of Management Main Campus Throughout the semester, the students are expected to fulfill a midterm assignment and submit the final paper. Each week the students will be asked to engage the recommended readings or films, most of which will be topics of class discussion. They will be encouraged to pursue readings/films beyond the recommendations. How the students respond to the discussions will be considered their overall performance in this course. The details of those assignment will be announced in class. Kuo Jen-Feng 120 Thursday 8,9 LibEdu1050 (H01E05000) 2 http://cge.ntu.edu.tw/?lang=en

Based on the weekly subject listed in the syllabus, the lecturer and one participating student select a relevant review and a research article, respectively, for oral presentation followed by group discussion. The article(s) should relate to adaptive evolution or its application. College of Life Science Main Campus 1. Contact the course coordinator to enroll in the class. 2. All participants present at least twice. 3. Review the assigned articles before attending the class. 4. Participate in and contribute to discussion. Hsin-Hung Chou 15 LS7034 (B21EM0510) 2 (College of Life Science) Institute of Life Science http://www.LifeScience.ntu.edu.tw/2014c/

This course is based on lectures and discussions on recent research in the field of stem cells. Each week, a faculty member or a student presents a discussion of one or a few related articles in the assigned topics. The article(s) should be deal with research in stem cell and regenerative medicine The goal of this course is to review recent and significant journal articles about stem cell and regenerative medicine and discuss new findings in this field. Participants will learn a greater understanding of how stem cells can be applied to regeneration therapy and biology of stem cells. College of Life Science Main Campus 1. Contact the course coordinator to enroll in the class. 2. All participants present at least twice. 3. Review the assigned articles before attending the class. 4. Participate in and contribute to class discussions. Su-Yi Tsai 15 LS7036 (B21EM0520) 2 (College of Life Science) Institute of Life Science
http://www.LifeScience.ntu.edu.tw/2014c/

We will discuss the keys to be a successful scientist. Students are require to go through readings and write a summary before each discussion section. The aim for this course is to share good guidance of research activities with graduate students. College of Life Science Main Campus Everyone should finish the required readings before each discussion section. Actively participating during discussion is expected. David Zeleny 10 EEB7002 (B44EM0030) 1 (College of Life Science) Institute of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology http://ecology.LifeScience.ntu.edu.tw/english/index.htm

This is an academically-focused course designed to increase students’ understanding of international law related to disability from a human-rights-based perspective. The United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (UN CRPD) will play a central role in study throughout the semester. Two important aspects of this course will be to 1) Provide students with a multifaceted comprehension of disability rights theory and its implications for modern society in the fields of education, employment, government participation, etc. 2) Encourage students to more broadly consider how disability and “mainstream” society are interlinked and cannot be compartmentalized, especially given the rapidly-evolving technological advancement of the modern world. This course and its accompanying exams will be designed not to test students’ ability to memorize provisions of various international disability rights laws, but rather to challenge students to think deeply about barriers that exist in society in relation to persons with disabilities and think about issues related to disability from different perspectives, as well as offer creative solutions to difficult problems faced by those who support disability rights within society. The teaching style of the course will: A) Be student-centered, B) Comprehensive, and C) Consider why and how, not only what the law is. Throughout the semester, students will be called upon to actively participate in in-class discussion, do numerous short writing assignments, give their own ideas, and consider international perspectives. 5 Topics of Course Content: 1) Introduction to Disability Rights Movement and UN CRPD 2) Employment and Education 3) International Disability Rights 4) Participation in society, government, and culture 5) Disability rights as human rights, new tech and the future Two main goals: 1) Help students understand the role of law and social movements in eliminating barriers and protecting full and equal rights for persons with disabilities. 2) Ensure students’ ability to research and discuss these topics successfully in English. College of Law Main Campus Proficient English, law major and some comparative law experience preferred but not required Charles Wharton 35 Tuesday 6,7 LAW5248 (A21EU5110) 2 *Registration eligibility: juniors and above.
(College of Law) Graduate Institute of Law,
(College of Law) Department of Law http://www.law.ntu.edu.tw/main.php?site_id=1