國立中興大學教學大綱
課程名稱 (中) 全球經濟史(0328)
(Eng.) Global Economic History
開課單位 通識中心
課程類別 必修 學分 2 授課教師 林志龍
選課單位 不限系所 授課使用語言 英文 開課學期 1142
課程簡述 This course explores major themes in global economic history through films, using cinematic narratives as a lens to understand trade, industry, capitalism, inequality, and globalisation. By analysing selected movies alongside historical sources, students will examine how economic change shaped societies and power relations, while critically reflecting on the cultural representations of economic history.
先修課程名稱
課程與核心能力關聯配比(%) 課程目標之教學方法與評量方法
課程目標 核心能力 配比(%) 教學方法 評量方法
1. Analyse major themes such as trade, industrialisation, capitalism, inequality, and globalisation through films.
2. Evaluate how cinematic representations influence our understanding of economic history and its cultural contexts.
1.人文素養
3.溝通能力
4.創新能力
5.國際視野
6.社會關懷
10
20
30
20
20
講授
出席狀況
測驗
授課內容(單元名稱與內容、習作/每週授課、考試進度-共16週加自主學習)
週次 授課內容
第1週 Introduction &
Cultural Creativity - Miss Potter (2006)(86m)
* A children’s nature teller
第2週 Gold - The Italian Job (1969)(99m)
* The Gold Standard – Gold is never enough.
第3週 AI - Ex Machina (2015)(108m)
* Can machines think?
第4週 The First Assessment.
第5週 Ideology - Ninotchka (1939)(110m)
* Does communism work?
第6週 Intelligence - Desk Set (1957)(103m)(Rescheduled)
* Human or Computer Mind
第7週 Corporate Change - In Good Company (2004)(109m)(no class) (Rescheduled to Week 8)
* Experience vs. youthful ambition
第8週 Race- Belle (2013)(100m) (Rescheduled to Week 6)
* The campaign to abolish slavery in England.
第9週 Labour – On the Waterfront (1954)(108m)(Rescheduled)
* The dockworkers’ struggle.
第10週 Communication - The Shop around the Corner (1940)(97m)(Rescheduled)
* Letters bridge souls.
第11週 The Second Assessment.
第12週 GROUP DISCUSSION: The digital leviathan.
Social Changes – Hell or High Water (2017) (102m)(rescheduled week 15)
* Oil : poverty and economic development.
第13週 Management – Gung Ho (1986) (112m)
* Art of recognising
第14週 Internet- Wargame (1983)(113m)
* The birth of the hacker.
第15週 Gig Economy - Sorry We Missed You (2019)(101m)(rescheduled week 9 and 10)
* The digital leviathan.
第16週 The Third Assessment.
自主學習
內容
   03.製作專題報告

學習評量方式
The top of the grading scale is capped at 100.
The compositions are graded accordingly.
Attitude in class (10 percent of total grade)
The first assessment (30 percent of total grade)
The second assessment (30 percent of total grade)
The third assessment (30 percent of total grade)
A student can make any grade item worth extra credit by submitting additional film criticism.
A student who misses class is expected to present an excuse for every absence by email in two weeks or 10 points deducted off total grade for every absence.
教科書&參考書目(書名、作者、書局、代理商、說明)
1.
Jonathan Kahana
Intelligence Work: The Politics of American Documentary
Columbia University Press, 2008
ISBN 978-0231142076

2.
Douglas Brode
Debating Disney: Pedagogical Perspectives on Commercial Cinema
Rowman & Littlefield, 2016
ISBN 978-1442266087

3.
Martin Clayton
Music, words and voice: A reader
Manchester University Press, 2007
ISBN 978-0719077883

4.
Michele J. Gelfand
The Oxford Handbook of Cross-Cultural Organizational Behavior
Oxford University Press, 2024
ISBN 978-0190085384
課程教材(教師個人網址請列在本校內之網址)
iLearning
課程輔導時間
By appointment
聯合國全球永續發展目標(連結網址)
提供體驗課程:N
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