Course Descriptions

Undergraduate Courses

M0206 Introduction to Political Science (3/3)  This course deals with basic concepts of politics including: the nation, ethnic relations, political parties, electoral systems, constitutional systems, legislatures, voting behavior, public opinion, ideology, interest groups, social movements, democratization, peace, etc.

M0132 Public Administration (3/3) This course studies the nature of public affairs, the structure and behaviors in public organizations, and the science and techniques of public management. These issues provide a brief introduction of public affairs, and also are the bases for advanced learning.

M0195 Introduction to Law (2/2) This course studies law, and also focuses on topics regarding the philosophy of law.  The instructor encourages students to think about the relation between law and morals, law and justice, etc.

B0033 Essentials of Civil Law (2/2) This course provides the basic concepts of civil law,  including the types of contracts and the stipulation of property law. It also uses case studies.

M0556 Logics (2/0) This course focuses on fundamental "formal logic," "inductive logic," and "systematic exercise" on categorical syllogism transformation in order to promote the student’s capabilities in independent thinking and in rational-democratic attitudes.

M0048 Comparative Government (3/3) This course covers the following topics: introduction, comparative parliamentary institutions, comparative policy-marking structures, and comparative policy-implementing structures.

M0012 Personnel Administration (2/2) This course introduces concepts and approaches which contribute to the effective use of human resources in public organizations. Additionally, legal issues and requirements concerning recruitment, training and development, and protection of legal rights for the civil service are discussed.

M0104 Local Government (3/0) This course discusses from the legal perspective the issues of the local governments’ organizational structures and operations in Taiwan. The instruction includes the history of the local governments’ structural changes and the relationship between the central and local governments.

M0130 Administrative Law (3/3) This course includes six main sections with an emphasis on comparison and discussion of theories and practice, in order to make students familiar with the administrative law system of modern nations governed by law.

T0081 Research Methods (2/0) This course deals with the following: politics and analysis, development of research questions, measurement, data collection - questionnaire and interview, data analysis - coding, data analysis – frequency, data analysis–cross tab and correlation, and report writing and presentation.

S0467 Applied Statistics (0/2)  This course provides students with basic knowledge of data collection and description, two dimension analysis, distribution of probability, Z.T. Chi-square and F distribution, statistical tests, regression analysis, categorical data analysis, variance analysis, and non-parametric statistics.

M0098 Introduction to Criminal System (3/0) This course provides students with general knowledge of criminal law, introduction to criminal law, and criminal procedure punitive power.

T0070 Sociology (3/0) This course covers the following topics: (1) interpretation of social life, (2) social phenomenon, (3) elimination of common sense, and (4) stereo-type and construction of students’ social consciousness and self-conception.

A1970 Introduction to Economics (3/0)  This course discusses two main parts: (1) micro - economy including: price and theory of supply and demand, analysis of acts consumers, theory of production, structure of cost, structure of market, and supply and demand of production factors; (2) macro-economy including: the national income,  economic Growth, fiscal policy and monetary policy etc..

M0146 The History of Western Political Thought (2/2) The course studies the following: introduction; the theory of city-state with Socrates, Plato, Aristotle, the Epicureans, and the Cynics; the Theory of Universal Community; the Roman Empire with Licero, Christian Empire, and St. Augustine; Feudalism with St. Acquinas, Daute, and Marsilio; the Theory of National State with Machiavelli, Protestant reforms, Bodin, Hobbes, Locke, Montesquieu, and Rousseau.

M0036 Public Policy (2/2) This course deals with the following: definition of public policy and analytical model; policy maker and its environment; policy formation and formulation; techniques of policy formulation; policy adoption; policy implementation; and policy evaluation.

T0148 Organizational Theory and Behavior (2/2) This course introduces the impact that individuals, groups, and structure have on organizational behavior, and helps students learn how to make organizations work more effectively.

M1041 Political Party and Election (2/0) This course provides students with some basic idea concerning the party system, the electoral system, ethnic politics in Taiwan, campaign strategies, and voting behavior.

M0674 Political Economy (0/2) This course covers the following: introduction; the development of political economy and its coverage; classical economy; new classical economy; pluralism; Marxism; protectionism; cooperatism; and Taiwan’s political economy.

M0269 Financial Administration (2/2) The course focuses on the following: introduction; the politics of public budgeting; revenue politics; the dynamics of budget processes; the politics of expenditures; the politics of balancing the budget; budget execution; and budgetary decision making and politics.

M0564 History of Taiwan’s Politics (2/0)  This course provides a basic knowledge in: (1) The process of political transition, revolts, and oppressions in Taiwan when ruled by Dutchman, Ming-Jeng, Ching Dynasty, and Japanese; and in Taiwan in post World War II (2) introduction of the 228 incident, opposition-movement, economic developments, social struggles, and democratic reforms.

M0460 Securities and Exchange Law (0/2) This course is intended to expose students to the regulation and administration regarding the security exchange in Taiwan.

M1036 Information Policy and Regulation (0/2) This course investigates the nature and function of information, and goes further by exploring the existing system of law in the eyes of the information economy.

M0470 Policy Evaluation (2/0) This course is an extension of the Public Administration course. It investigates the various criteria for evaluating public policy and the main purpose for that evaluation. Methods and techniques usually used to evaluate public policy are discussed.

M1179 Nonprofit Organization (2/0) The course deals with the nature and function of the nonprofit organization, its difference and similarities to commercial enterprise, and its regulation imposed by government.

M0570 Public Management (0/2) This course introduces the institutional context of public management studies and theories. Topics covered include: challenges to traditional public administration, reforms of the public sector, new roles of the government, and strategies and tools of reforming public services. 

A1641 Political Communication (2/0) The course covers topics such as the channels of political propaganda, media influences on politics, media polls, and media responsibility.

B0713 Commercial Law (0/2) This lecture is divided into two parts: laws for companies and laws for papers. The regulations of company structures, the protection of shareholder rights, corporate governance, etc. are important issues included in the lecture on company law. The regulations of papers structure, the protection of papers holders’ rights, etc. are important issues included in the lecture on papers law.

M1042 Administrative Ethics (2/0) This course provides students with knowledge regarding the chain of commend in administrative institutes, the regulation of lobbies and lobbyists, and conflicts between administrative duty and moral obligation.

M1476 The Introduction to E-Government (2/0) The development of information and communication technology has comprehensively transformed the public sector. There are four main parts which are discussed in this class including: the orientation or principles of the e-government, the comparison among different counties, the pricing protection and safety assurance policies, and digital divide issues.

M1667 Cultural Affairs Administration (2/0) This is an introductory course on arts and cultural institutions in Taiwan. Themes are focused on assessment of government’s role in arts and cultural development, policy and management of the arts and cultural industry, and community cultural planning.

M1743Total Quality Management (2/0) This course introduces students to the history of quality management; company wide quality control; plan, do, check, and action; quality control; quality assurance; quality management with integrative approach; International Standard Organization (ISO); and statistical quality control.

M1763 Privatization Policy and Practice (0/2) This course introduces students to a general understanding of privatization policy and practice by reviewing theoretical and empirical analyses of privatization, by providing a comparative perspective, and by assessing debates on related issues of competition and regulation. These debates then help to examine the formulation and implementation of privatization among different industries in Taiwan.

T0696 Constitutional Law (2/2) Lectures are divided into two main sections with emphasis laid on comparison and discussion of theories and practice so as to make students familiar with the constitutional law system of Taiwan.

M1256 Crisis Management (2/0) Understanding and analyzing the meaning of crisis management, and also teaching students how to turn the crisis to a chance, and to make decisions and change correctly. In order to make government, the enterprise and the individual can solve the problem when they are facing a crisis. At the same time they can turn bad luck into good fortune.

M11828 Social Administration And Social Law (0/2) The goal of this course is understanding of Taiwanese social policy and it’s implementation. Based on political and sociological inquiry, centered on governmental institutions and administrations, can illuminate the dispositions and possibilities of Taiwanese social policymaking both past and present. Various topics questions social welfare theories and evolution of Taiwanese social regime, i.e. social security, health care, employment programs and pension.

M1927 Labor Law(0/2) The aim of this course is to increase students’ knowledge of labor laws and the relevant cases. The course will consist of lectures and discussions of cases. The lectures are aimed at helping students understand the domestic labor law system and its legal foundation, while the discussions of actual cases will involve each group of students presenting a three thousand-word report.

T0805 Business and Law(2/0) The major theme of this class is to introduce basic legal concepts relating to rights and obligations of an enterprise under Civil Code and Company Act, regulation regime for enterprises, corporate governance and management, employees disputes etc. This class will also refer to some cases in the real world to give the students exercise opportunities and make the lessons more understandable.

T0806 Life and Law (2/0) In this course, we will introduce fundamental legal concepts by the common legal problems in our daily life. According to the legal arena of tradition, we divide into three sections in this course. First is the Public Law, in this section, the topics we want to discuss are from administrative organizations to the human rights in the Constitutional Law et al. Second is the Civil Law, in this section, the topics we want to discuss are from buying a coke to the consumer protection et al. Third is the Penal Law, in this section, the topics we want discuss are from a criminal behavior to the prosecutor and court acts et al. All students will be divided into four to five groups, and each group is responsible for three times summary report in

T0807 Introduction to Law(2/0) In this course, we will introduce fundamental legal concepts by using the formal legal textbook. First we want to discuss what is law and the differences between law and the other social norms like morality, religion and politics et al. Second we want to discuss the forms of law, from the Constitutional Law, Legislative Law, Executive Order, Local Regulations, and Treaties. Third we want to discuss the Habitual Law, Legal Theory, and Legal Interpretation. Fourth we want to discuss the Kinds of Law in different standards. And according to the legal arena of tradition, we then divide into three sections in this course, the Civil Law, the Penal Law, and the Public Law. In each section, all students must participate and report in class following the textbook chapters in order to learn actively and positively.

T0812 Sustainable Development and Democratic Participation(2/0)  The goal of sustainable development is to meet human needs while preserving the environment. Its success depends on active participation from different industries in various countries. This course will introduce the concept and scope of sustainable development and utilize case studies to show how different industries could contribute to sustainable development. Industries covered in the course include the computer, automobile, food, beauty and fashion, and financial industries. Governmental efforts to pursue sustainable development both domestically and internationally will also be presented, along with local examples of community participation in sustainable development. This course will use materials from the United Nations Environment Programme, CNN, Discovery, and various web sources to illustrate recent trends in sustainable development. In so doing, it will provide students with the latest information on this topic, deepen their interest, and help them develop creative ways of seeking sustainable development in the future.

T0873 Gender, Life and Law(2/0)  The lecture will introduce necessary and material legal knowledge, and design cases about some major topics of related laws such as family law, civil law, criminal law etc for students to realize legal issues involved in practices between sexes and life. For example, is an abortion guilty in ROC or not? What legal steps could you adopt to deal with violence from family? The lecture will lead you to explore “legal world“ via interesting cases.