Center for General Education

1. Course Information

A maximum of 6 credits from MOOCs (Massive Open Online Courses) is counted toward the liberal education requirement. The courses include:

1. 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 Dec 18^th (Sat.), 2021, 1:00 PM~3:00 PM.
• Grading breakdown: 20% online requirement and 80% on-site exam.

2. 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 Dec 26^th (Sun.), 2021.
• Grading breakdown: 20% online requirement and 80% final report.

3. 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 Dec 26^th (Sun.), 2021.
• 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).

4. 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 Dec 26^th (Sun.), 2021.
• Grading breakdown: 40% online requirement and 60% final report.

5. 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 Dec 26^th (Sun.), 2021.
• The final report weighs for 100%.

6. 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 Dec 18^th (Sat.), 2021, 10:00 AM~12:00 PM.
• Grading breakdown: 50% online requirement and 50% on-site exam.

 

The foregoing 6 courses are all taught in Chinese.

 

2.  Important Schedule

1. You are advised to register courses on Coursera and begin the lesson right after getting this notification, if you are interested in online learning.
2. Please upload the course completion proof page and submit your score to the system between 9 AM of Nov 22^nd (Mon.), 2021 and 5 PM of Dec 13^th (Mon.), 2021, to enroll for terminal assessment.
3. Attend the terminal assessment (on-site exam on Dec 18^th, or submit the final report/research proposal by Dec 26^th), depending on course requirement.

 

3. Notes

1. Students are required to log in Coursera in order to earn the credit(s) of MOOCs.
2. 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.
3. 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.
4. 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.

5. Credit(s) earned from MOOCs during fall semester, 2021, 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.
6. Online courses will not be counted to graduation requirement if courses with the same title are taken from brick-and-mortar classroom.
7. For graduate students, a total of 70 points (B-) is the lowest passing grade.
8. Any forgery, plagiarism and cheat will be penalized according to relevant law.
9. Once applications are approved, students will be informed to take the on-site exam (or to submit the final report/research proposal).
10. 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.
11. 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.
12. No need to procure the certificate issued by Coursera as the testimonial.

Contact:

Ms. Chou of Digital Learning Center: 33663367 ext. 565