Course Information
Course title
Freshman Seminar 
Semester
107-2 
Designated for
COMMON EDUCATION SECTION  
Instructor
SHUN-CHERN TSAUR 
Curriculum Number
GenEdu1000 
Curriculum Identity Number
H02E10100 
Class
04 
Credits
2.0 
Full/Half
Yr.
Half 
Required/
Elective
Elective 
Time
Monday A,B(18:25~20:10) 
Remarks
Restriction: freshmen AND Restriction: international students
The upper limit of the number of students: 10. 
Ceiba Web Server
http://ceiba.ntu.edu.tw/1072GenEdu1000_04 
Course introduction video
 
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Course Syllabus
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Course Description

This course is designed primarily for first-year foreign degree-seeking students although it also opens to interested local students to experience Taiwanese culture together. This lecture opens with a self-introduction and split students into groups. Students will be divided into a group of five, one local plus four foreign, to visit different locations every week starting Sept. 16. The point of interests may include but not limited to night markets, temples, memorial halls, NTU museums, handcraft and cultural center, ecopark, old street, and historic relics and rarities in Daan, Wanhuaand Nanggang districts. Each group needs to send their PPTs to the instructor one day prior to the ten-minute presentation in the next occasion of meeting. The instructor will then summarize and conclude the reports in the second-hour lecture.  

Course Objective
1. Bring international students to mix and mingle with local students through the collaborate
projects.
2. Guide international students how to utilize all available resources to enrich their college lives.
3. Encourage students to freely explore themselves, developing critical thinking, time
management skills, and expressing abilities.  
Course Requirement
Students are required to participate in every trip, and summarize a 10-minute individual report to be presented in the class next week.  
Student Workload (expected study time outside of class per week)
 
Office Hours
 
Designated reading
待補 
References
No textbook required. 
Grading
   
Progress
Week
Date
Topic
Week 1
9/9  Course introduction/ get to know one another  
Week 2
9/16  Group assignment  
Week 3
9/23  Historic relics in Daan district  
Week 4
9/30  Getting around (Exploring Taipei Metro) 
Week 5
10/7  Treasure hill visit 
Week 6
10/14  Blast to the past/ National Taiwan Museum Walking Tour (13:40-16:40) 
Week 7
10/21  Presidential office/Taipei Guest house tour (08:00-12:00, please note date changed)
 
Week 8
10/28  Guest lecture: Meditation and relaxation by Dr. Yvonne Hsiung (Mackay Medical College) 
Week 9
11/4  Firefly watching (6:30-8:00pm) @Mt. Ho-Mei 
Week 10
11/11  Mid-term break 
Week 11
11/18  Shen-keng old-street tour (noted date changed) 
Week 12
11/25  NTU museums 
Week 13
12/2  Wanhua tour  
Week 14
12/9  Dadaocheng visit (note time changed) 
Week 15
12/16  Sanxia tour 
Week 16
12/23  Museum of the Institute of history and philosophy, Academia Sinica (2pm)
 
Week 17
12/30  Night market visit (rescheduled to June 17th) 
Week 18
1/6  Final break