🌟It is EMI class🌟 Menstruation, an ancient physiological phenomenon that exists across species. You might have heard about it; you might have experienced it; you might want to avoid it; you might even hate it. Behind the biology of menstruation, there exists diverse context and multiple aspects of period issues, both known and unknown to us, affecting the survival, development, and progress of human beings. The course “Period: Theory, Thoughts, and Actions” focuses on explaining and exploring the phenomenon of the female reproductive cycle and its humanity impacts on culture, society, law, and economic development. Jointly supported by School of Medicine and D-School @NTU, this course enlists faculty members from cross-disciplinary backgrounds and collaborates with non-government organizations (NGOs) such as With Red which advocates against period poverty and period stigma. This course focuses on interdisciplinary learning starting from the biology of female reproductive cycle and the physiologic mechanisms of menstruation, followed by explaining the alteration and diseases associated with menstruation. The course will introduce menstrual products and the industry eco-system. Built upon this foundation of menstruation knowledge, the course will direct to societal and cultural issues related to period. Knowledge on period poverty and period stigma across different cultural context will be learned via various medium such as cinematic work, literature, and drama. Advocacy actions against period poverty and stigma will be shared with real life fieldwork experiences. The course will be conducted through lectures, in-class discussion, and group presentation. The attendance and the final term report, including group oral presentation and group written report will be major grade evaluation criteria for this course.

By delivering integrative cross-disciplinary knowledge concerning menstruation-related topics, this course aims to provide students with comprehensive views toward period issues. Through the final group presentation, instead of a final exam, students are to work as a team and further explore issues they have been assigned to. The course strongly encourages creative forms of presentation.

[Information for course selection] 1. This course will go by online course selection ONLY (type 3). No authorization code will be given out. 2. This course will open up a limited number of students for petition of instructor's consent. The eligibility for instructor's consent includes the following: 　(1) In-Person participation of the first 2 classes and filling in the lecture feedback 　(2) Submission of motivation VIDEO (less than 1 min) send to "periodntu@gmail.com" before 09/12(Sat.) 18:00 (3)Please upload the video to YouTube and set its visibility to Public so that the TAs and instructor can review it. - For the EMI semester, priority will be given to the motivation VIDEO in English. - The selection will be based on the motivation and the diversity of gender and disciplines of the students. - The selected student will be notified by e-mail for the manual course selection by the 2nd week before the class(09/15 Tue.). -------------- Proportion for each criteria 1. Attendance (30%): Regular attendance and active participation in team-based discussion. 4 absences without leave approval will be considered fail. 2. Feedback for each lecturer (10%) 3. Peer Evaluation of Final Team Oral Presentation (20%): (1) Intra-group peer evaluation (2) You may not give every group member the same score. If you do, the entire group’s peer-assessment score will be zero. 4. Panel Assessment of Final Team Oral Presentation (40%) - Bonus (5%): optional from the following: 　(1) Reading report of the designated reference 　(2) Period Reflection (e.g. PSST menstrual diary or any other forms of period-related experience sharing) 　(3) Making a cloth sanitary pad (cover the cost on your own) 　(4) D-Day * There is zero tolerance on plagiarism. ------- Final Project: Creating a Program about Menstruation Format Each group’s program format and character or persona will be decided by drawing lots on September 30. Possible presentation formats include: 1. A stand-up comedy show, such as the style of Brian Tseng 2. A news program, such as Eye Central Television 3. A popular science program, such as a Discovery Channel program 4. A stage play 5. A Taiwanese local television drama 6. A children’s program, such as YOYO TV 7. A political talk show 8. A variety show, such as Kangsi Coming 9. A quiz or game show, such as Genius Go Go Go 10. A television shopping program, such as ET Mall 3. Mandatory Topic In addition to the presentation format, each group will draw a mandatory topic. The final performance must be clearly related to the assigned topic. Groups may interpret the topic creatively, but they may not ignore it or create a performance that is completely unrelated to it. The storyline, dialogue, characters, or program content must clearly demonstrate the connection between menstruation and the assigned topic.

English／英文： 1. Period. End of Sentence.: A New Chapter in the Fight for Menstrual Justice Chinese／中文： 2. 九品脫：打開血液的九個神祕盒子，探索生命的未解之謎與無限可能 3. 從零開始打造月經平權：從使用者到創業家，台灣第一本生理用品發展紀錄 4. 女，走往身體的朝聖：女性覺醒，社會創業，正向月經 5. 阿媽ê月——宜蘭四代女性的月經故事 6. 臺灣ê月經誌：民間信仰篇 7. 月經不平等：一段女性身體的覺醒之路 8. 月經，不只是那幾天：順應荷爾蒙變化，八面向解決女性99%健康問題