NCHU Course Outline

Course Name	(中) 臺灣環境與永續生活(0316)
Course Name	(Eng.) Taiwan's Environment and Sustainable Living
Offering Dept	General Education Center
Course Type	Required	Credits	2	Teacher	Theodorus Arnoldus Maria Richard
Department	General	Language	English	Semester	2025-FALL
Course Description	Core Literacy: Critical & Innovative Thinking, Self-expression, Teamwork, Local Care, Global Perspective Humanities Domain: Arts, Culture This course provides students a flipped classroom and PBL (Problem Based Learning) - approach of the study of sustainability and its practice in Taiwan and especially, on NCHU campus. This course contains four major aspects: (1) responding to social change trends and issues to integrate into learning and future work; develop communication, teamwork, problem solving, and a willingness to continue professional growth through practice and reflection on sustainability; (2) exploring the connotation and case studies of the 17 United Nations SDGs; (3) actually participating in the university’s green campus development; and (4) self-examination and team review of change capabilities and achievements. The class will be discussion and action oriented on the basis of prior material reading, which the students are expected to complete before class time. Students are asked to take an active initiative to reflect upon and take action for change in the modern global environment and the NCHU campus in particular. This course will ask students to be actively involved in organizing a NCHU Green Campus Cafe. On the Course Content: Students will be asked to actively participate in the activities and share their findings in the class. The subjects and documents, as well as the class schedule, mentioned in the syllabus are only indicative and can be changed pursuant to the teacher’s ideas on the progress of the class. All materials are expected to be read and/or viewed by the students before class. All required home-works are to be submitted on the relevant dates to the teacher, without late acceptance. Submission of papers is on paper, and midterm presentation and classroom summaries are digital. The teacher will announce the type of campus work activity in class, each week for the following class week to confirm whether or not the activity as preliminarily listed in the syllabus will still be on. The content of such activities will be decided by the teacher based on the progress of the class. If there is no specific announcement by the teacher, then the activity shall be as indicated in the syllabus.
Prerequisites				self-directed learning in the course	Y

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1. To provide a critical understanding of key issues of sustainability, the SDGs and active change.
2. To explore how sustainability affects everyday life.

1.Humanitarian Training

4.Innovation

6.Social Care

topic Discussion/Production

Visit

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Course Content and Homework/Schedule/Tests Schedule

Week	Course Content
Week 1	Introduction; General Discussion on the subject, group forming, and consideration of case studies / campus projects.
Week 2	Group Work on campus and Discussions. Exploration of Campus green spots.
Week 3	Group Work on campus and Discussions. Introduction to Green Campus Cafe.
Week 4	Group Work on campus and Discussions. Visit to and exploration of the NCHU campus Horticultural Garden.
Week 5	Group Work on campus and Discussions. Loving trees, going into campus to recognize different tree species.
Week 6	Group Work on campus and Discussions. Campus clean up.
Week 7	Group Work on campus and Discussions. Discussion on progress on Green Campus Cafe organization. Set up IG and / or other SM account for Green Campus Cafe.
Week 8	Midterm: recorded 5 – 10 minutes talk on what you have learned so far, submitted via I-learning on the Midterm day, latest by that day midnight.
Week 9	Group Work on campus and Discussions. Campus survey on Sustainability issues.
Week 10	Group Work on campus and Discussions. Exploration and and observation of the campus canal.
Week 11	Group Work on campus and Discussions. Horticultural work in the garden.
Week 12	Group Work on campus and Discussions. Finalize set up of Green Campus Cafe preparations.
Week 13	Group Work on campus and Discussions. Going on campus walk and Tree Hugging.
Week 14	Group Work on campus and Discussions. First round of Green Campus Cafe: speaker invite, coffee making, discussion.
Week 15	Group Work on campus and Discussions. Second round of Green Campus Cafe: speaker invite, coffee making, discussion.
Week 16	Endterm: original (not AI) paper on any subject from the class, presenting on how you think the class work could help to promote sustainable living (1000 words).
self-directed learning	02.Viewing multimedia materials related to industry and academia. 03.Preparing presentations or reports related to industry and academia. Find at least 5 (five) YouTube presentations of at least 15 - 20 minutes length that are directly relevant to the subject of the class. Provide a 500 word written original and not AI-composed summary of the main message of these films.

Evaluation

Evaluation is based on the teacher’s impression of level of participation and overall performance in the class by the students.
Grades are calculated on the following basis:
40% Class participation through assignments, active class work and discussions
30% Midterm: 5 – 10 min. presentation.
30% Endterm: 1000 words original paper.

Textbook & other References

Materials are multi-disciplinary.
Further readings depend on the selection of subjects and will be given by the teacher during the course of the class.

Teaching Aids & Teacher's Website

Office Hours

Sustainable Development Goals, SDGs(Link URL)

03.Good Health and Well-Being 04.Quality Education 11.Sustainable Cities and Communities 13.Climate Action 15.Life On Land

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