NCHU Course Outline

Course Name	(中) 興大綠色校園沙龍(0271)
	(Eng.) NCHU Green Campus Caf'e Seminar
Offering Dept	General Education Center
Course Type	Required	Credits	2	Teacher	Theodorus Arnoldus Maria Richard
Department	General	Language	English	Semester	2026-SPRING
Course Description	This course provides students a flipped classroom and PBL (Project 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 event. 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. The content of such activities will be decided by the teacher based on the progress of the class. NOTE: For the purposes of curriculum evaluation, administration reporting, and event promotion, during the class activities and green campus cafe event, photographs and/or film of such activities may be made which may be made public. NOTE: NCHU has a University Regulation that under its article 26, prescribes that students are not allowed to miss classes by one-third or more. This includes classes that are missed with approval in advance. On a 16 week schedule, that would mean missing 6 classes or more deserves a fail. The text in Chinese is as follows: 第二十六條: 學生各科目缺課時數達該全學期上課時數三分之一者，不得參加該科目之學期考試，該科目學期成績以零分計。總缺課時數累計達全學期所修各科目上課總時數三分之一者，應辦理休學。 The PDF file is linked here: https://share.google/XPrROckWDyPAASnw5.
Prerequisites				self-directed learning in the course	Y

Relevance of Course Objectives and Core Learning Outcomes(%)			Teaching and Assessment Methods for Course Objectives
Course Objectives	Competency Indicators	Ratio(%)	Teaching Methods	Assessment Methods
1. To provide a critical understanding of key issues of sustainability, the SDGs and active change. 2. To explore how sustainability affects everyday life.			topic Discussion/Production Networking/Distance Education Exercises Discussion Practicum Lecturing	Written Presentation Attendance Oral Presentation Assignment
Course Content and Homework/Schedule/Tests Schedule
Week Course Content Week 1 Course Introduction Overview, Syllabus and Class Rules presentation, and initial topic exploration. Week 2 What is Sustainability? Understanding the SDGs and higher education's role in sustainability. General Discussion. Week 3 Campus Ecology Walk Outdoor exploration of NCHU’s campus' green spots. Class reporting on green spaces on campus. Discussion. Week 4 Life on Land, SDG 15 applied on campus I [Observation of the campus lake ecology] [Dogs as Heart Teacher program] Week 5 Life on Land, SDG 15 applied on campus II [Observation of the campus lake ecology] [Observation of campus stray dogs and cats] Week 6 Green Campus Survey Exploration on campus on general sustainability issues (water, waste, food, electricity) Week 7 Campus Ecology Walk II Exploration and observation of campus canal Week 8 Midterm Submit a recorded 5 – 10 minutes videotalk on what you have learned so far, submitted via I-learning on the Midterm day, latest by that day midnight. Week 9 Campus Appreciation I Campus walk and meditation Week 10 Campus Appreciation II Trees, Solastalgia, and Tree Hugging Week 11 Third Space and campus life Visit to and exploration of the campus Horticultural Garden. [Garden work] Week 12 What is NCHU Green Campus Cafe? Word clustering. Defining and distributing event organization tasks. Action Planning. Set up IG / social media / YouTube channel Week 13 Green Campus in Action. Waste Management and Circular Economy Campus Clean Up Week 14 Green Campus Café Action preparations. Discussion on progress of Green Campus Café planning and organization. Week 15 NCHU Green Campus Cafe Event. Week 16 Endterm Submit an original (not AI) paper in print on any subject from the class, presenting on how you think the class work could help to promote sustainable living. Minimum 1000 words. To be submitted in final exam week class. In print only, no digital submission. No late submission allowed. self-directed learning    02.Viewing multimedia materials related to industry and academia. View 5 (five) related short videos of approximately 15 - 20 minutes each on the subject of the class on YouTube.
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 attendance, (group) presentations, assignments, active class work and discussions 30% Midterm: 5 – 10 min. video-talk presentation. 30% Endterm: 1000 words original paper in print.
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. Check before class start: https://sdgs.un.org/goals
Teaching Aids & Teacher's Website
TBA
Office Hours
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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 include experience courses：N

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