NTU Course

Freshman Seminar

Offered in 112-1
  • Serial Number

    32350

  • Course Number

    GenEdu1000

  • Course Identifier

    H02 10100

  • Class 01
  • 2 Credits
  • Elective

    COMMON EDUCATION SECTION

      Elective
    • COMMON EDUCATION SECTION

  • SHUN-CHERN TSAUR
  • Mon A, B
  • 大1女A

  • Type 3

  • 15 Student Quota

    NTU 15

  • No Specialization Program

  • English
  • NTU COOL
  • Course and Basic Attainment
  • Notes

    Not open in course pre-registration period。 The course is conducted in English。Limits on course-adding and dropping:First-year international students only. Not open in course pre-registration period, No course adding for no-show, No course withdrawal

  • Limits on Course Adding / Dropping
    • Restriction: overseas Chinese students and international students and Restriction: freshmen

  • NTU Enrollment Status

    Enrolled
    0/15
    Other Depts
    0/0
    Remaining
    0
    Registered
    0
  • Course Description
    This course is designed primarily for first-year foreign degree-seeking and visiting students. Meanwhile, it welcomes local students to experience Taiwanese culture together as well. The lecture opens with a course and self-introduction before splitting students into groups for field trips afterward. We will visit different locations every week starting March 6. Students will form groups of five, and each contains one local plus four foreign members. The point of interest visiting may include but is not limited to the night market, temples, museums, eco-park, firefly watching, old streets, historical relics, and rarities in Daan, Wanhua, Beitou, as well as Datung districts. Each group needs to send their PPTs to the instructor one day beforehand and do the ten-minute presentation on the next occasion of the meeting. The instructor will summarize and conclude the reports in the second-hour lecture.
  • Course Objective
    1. Help international students to overcome the language barrier. 2. Make friends and develop relationships with local students through collaborative projects and cultural exchange. 3. Guide international students on utilizing all available resources to enjoy/enrich their college lives. 4. Encourage students to freely explore themselves, develop critical thinking, time management skills, and express abilities.
  • Course Requirement
    Attendance is expected. If you find that you must miss class, do file the leave of absence on my NTU. You are allowed one free absence in this course. After that, each unauthorized absence will fail the course. Students must participate in every field trip and summarize a 10-minute group report to be presented in the class next week. Each student will take turns stepping up to the podium in the five discussions.
  • Expected weekly study hours before and/or after class
  • Office Hour
  • Designated Reading
  • References
    走讀大安、悠遊慢活 (大安區公所摺頁)。 動線史蹟導覽 (台北市立文獻館)https://www.chr.gov.taipei/News_Content_Pic.aspx?n=A7520E29047ABCF5&sms=FE998E099AB9C80D&s=9B5D3818A6AF941F Taipei X tour information 觀光傳播局摺頁 低碳觀光綠建築觀光導覽介紹2014. 內政部建築研究所 100頁 台北畫刊 李楷瑞 2006. 三峽祖師廟導覽手冊 (中英語版)100頁 戀戀台北城、史蹟趴趴GO 導覽手冊2018. 台北市利文獻館 37頁 2020 one-day culture-exchange tour in Sanxia 國立臺北大學 16pp
  • Grading
    1. NTU has not set an upper limit on the percentage of A+ grades.
    2. NTU uses a letter grade system for assessment. The grade percentage ranges and the single-subject grade conversion table in the NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY Regulations Governing Academic Grading are for reference only. Instructors may adjust the percentage ranges according to the grade definitions. For more information, see the Assessment for Learning Section
  • Adjustment methods for students
  • Make-up Class Information
  • Course Schedule
    9/4Week 1Course introduction
    9/11Week 2NTU history
    9/18Week 3Know your library 2022 know your library online tour https://my.ntu.edu.tw/actregister/sessionList.aspx?actID=20221907_09 Historic relics in Daan district
    9/23Week 4Blast to the past (National Taiwan Museum ) 9am
    10/2Week 5Historic relics in Daan
    10/9Week 6National Day make-up holiday
    10/16Week 7Taipei Metro introduction
    10/23Week 8Mid-term break
    10/30Week 9NTU museums
    11/4Week 10Taipei guest house tour
    11/13Week 11Guest lecture: meditation and relaxation (Prof. Yvonne Hsiung)
    11/18Week 12Sanxia cultural tour
    11/27Week 13Night market food introduction
    12/4Week 14Wan hua (night time) or dadaucheng (daytime )tour
    12/10Week 15National Palace Museum visit
    12/18Week 16Final break
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