I. Important Schedule
A. You are advised to register courses on Coursera and begin the lesson right after getting this notification, if you are interested in online learning.
Please register Coursera with NTU e-mail and confirm the name verification on the settings page.
B. Enroll for terminal assessment: 9 AM of April 17 (Mon.), 2023 - 5 PM of May 8 (Mon.), 2023
Please confirm the name verification on the settings page and upload the course completion proof page, and submit your score (round it to the nearest whole number) to the system.
For the certificate of completion of the course, please take a screenshot of the computer screen, merge it into a pdf file and upload, the example is attached, and the content of the screenshot must include:
1. Setting page: Displays registered with the school mailbox and passed the name verification.
2. Grades page: course name, confirmation of completion of all assignments, course grades, weekly grades.
If the above conditions are not met, the application will be returned.
C. Attend the terminal assessment (on-site exam): May 20 (Sat.), 2023, depending on course requirement.
D. Submit the final report/research proposal: 5 PM of May 28 (Sun.), 2023, depending on course requirement.
II. Course Information
A maximum of 6 credits from MOOCs (Massive Open Online Courses) is counted toward the liberal education requirement.
The following course is taught in English:
• Taiwan Law in Focus: Economy, Society and Democracy (Professor Jiunn-rong Yeh of Low; 1.5 credit; Gen Edu’s “Civil Awareness and Social Analysis (A5)” area)
– Students are required to attend an on-site exam, in addition to the completion of the online requirement. The exam is scheduled to be held on May 20 (Sat.), 2023, 8:10 AM~10:00 AM.
– The on-site exam weighs for 100%.
The following 7 courses are taught in Chinese:
• Tang Poetry (Professor Li-Chuan Ou of Chinese Literature; 1 credit; Gen Edu’s “Literature and Arts (A1)” area)
– Students are required to attend an on-site exam, in addition to the completion of the online requirement. The exam is scheduled to be held on May 20 (Sat.), 2023, 2:20 PM~4:20 PM.
– Grading breakdown: 100% on-site exam.
• East Asian Confucianisms: Mencius (Professor Chun-Chie Huang of Center for General Education; 2 credits; Gen Edu’s “World Civilization (A3)” area, “Philosophy and Moral Reasoning (A4)” area)
– Both of East Asian Confucianisms: Mencius (1) and East Asian Confucianisms: Mencius (2) are mutual conditional and integral, none can be excluded.
– In addition to completion of the online requirement, students are required to submit a final report by May 28 (Sun.), 2023.
– Grading breakdown: 40% 4 online peer assignments of Coursera , 20% 2 assignments and 40% final report. (The above 7 assessments must be uploaded to NTU COOL)
– Completion requirements for online courses: The "Peer review" uploaded file name must be named "student number_name" to facilitate the teaching assistants' review. For files not named according to the regulations, the teaching assistants will Not rated.
• Understanding the Greek Philosophy (Professor Jeu-Jenq Yuann of Philosophy; 1 credit of Gen Ed’s “Philosophy and Moral Reasoning (A4)” area)
– In addition to completion of the online requirement, students are required to submit a final report by May 28 (Sun.), 2023.
– The final report weighs for 100%.
– Completion requirements for online courses: The "Peer review" uploaded file name must be named "student number_name" to facilitate the teaching assistants' review. For files not named according to the regulations, the teaching assistants will Not rated.
– Students of this course are required to copy and paste the following text for each answer (including 5 online peer reviews and 1 final report) to show that the answer is correct:
Course Honor Code:
To protect the integrity of your work and that of fellow learners, the Course Honor Code requires you to:
• Submit original work that has not been copied or reproduced from another source
• Keep assignments private (do not duplicate your answers to share with other learners on or outside of Course)
I understand that submitting another’s work as my own can result in zero credit for this assignment. Repeated violations of the Course Honor Code may result me to be punished by school rules.
• East Asian Confucianisms: Humanism (Professor Chun-Chie Huang of Center for General Education; 2 credit; Gen Edu’s “Philosophy and Moral Reasoning (A4)” area)
– Both of East Asian Confucianisms: Humanism (1) and East Asian Confucianisms: Humanism (2) are mutual conditional and integral, none can be excluded.
– In addition to completion of the online requirement, students are required to submit a final report by May 28 (Sun.), 2023.
– Grading breakdown: 40% 4 online peer assignments of Coursera, 20% 2 assignments and 40% final report. (The above 7 assessments must be uploaded to NTU COOL)
– Completion requirements for online courses: The "Peer review" uploaded file name must be named "student number_name" to facilitate the teaching assistants' review. For files not named according to the regulations, the teaching assistants will Not rated.
• Experimental Economics: Behavioral Game Theory (Professor Joseph Tao-yi Wang of Economics; 1 credit; Gen Edu’s “Civil Awareness and Social Analysis (A5)” area, “Quantitative Analysis and Mathematics (A6)” area)
– In addition to completion of the online requirement, students are required to submit a final research proposal by May 28 (Sun.), 2023.
– The final research proposal weighs for 100%, Note of style is TBA (this final research proposal shall not be the same one submitted on Coursera).
– Completion requirements for online courses: The "Peer review" uploaded file name must be named "student number_name" to facilitate the teaching assistants' review.
• Probability (Professor Ping-Cheng Yeh of Electrical Engineering; 2 credit; Gen Edu’s “Quantitative Analysis and Mathematics (A6)” area)
– Both of Probability (1) and Probability (2) are mutual conditional and integral, none can be excluded.
– Students are required to attend an on-site exam, in addition to completion of the online requirement. The exam is scheduled to be held on May 20 (Sat.), 2023, 10:20 AM~12:10 PM.
– Grading breakdown: 50% online requirement and 50% on-site exam.
• The Way of Toxicity: Food Safety (Professor Chih-Kang Chiang of Toxicology; 2 credit; Gen Edu’s “Physical Science (A7)” area, “Life Science (A8)” area)
– Both of Food Safety & Toxicology and Food Safety＆Risk Analysis are indispensable, none can be excluded.
– In addition to completion of the online requirement, students are required to submit a final report by May 28 (Sun.), 2023.
– The final report weighs for 100%.
III. Notes
A. Students are required to log in Coursera in order to earn the credit(s) of MOOCs.
B. Study consultation is available in the discussion forum if there is any problem with reference to online learning; and/or contact Coursera Help Center for system operational issues, if any.
C. There might be pop-up reminder on Coursera to suggest you to reset your course deadlines. Please ignore that reminder and submit your work and complete course on your own schedule.
D. Courses on Coursera include peer reviewed assignments, please note:
– Please be sure to submit your peer-reviewed assignments in time to get enough reviews (i.e., you are strongly recommended to log in and take course(s) ASAP to get enough peer reviews in fulfillment of online requirement).
– Neither excuse nor request for make-up remediation afterward is acceptable.
E. Credit(s) earned from MOOCs during spring semester, 2022, can be counted toward liberal education requirement ONLY. If the course is offered by the student’s major department, it WILL NOT be counted toward the fulfillment of the student’s liberal education requirement.
F. Online courses will not be counted to graduation requirement if courses with the same title are taken from brick-and-mortar classroom.
G. For graduate students, a total of 70 points (B-) is the lowest passing grade.
H. Any forgery, plagiarism and cheat will be penalized according to relevant law.
I. Once applications are approved, students will be informed to take the on-site exam (or to submit the final report/research proposal).
J. You are strongly advised to contact the instructor actively if having an urgent need for, e.g., graduation, while not obtaining the assessment result in the end of the semester.
K. The course(s) and credit(s) earned from MOOCs will be marked on the transcript; the grade will not be counted to semester GPA nor graduation GPA.
L. No need to procure the certificate issued by Coursera as the testimonial.