NCHU Course Outline
Course Name (中) 專題討論與學術研討會(8019)
(Eng.) Seminars and Symposia
Offering Dept Graduate Institute of Biotechnology
Course Type Required Credits 1 Teacher 陳荷明
Department Graduate Institute of BiotechnologyPh.D Language English Semester 2024-FALL
Course Description Presentation about 30 minutes for student’s seminar, and subsequently there will be 20 minutes for discussion, comments and suggestions.
Prerequisites
self-directed learning in the course N
Relevance of Course Objectives and Core Learning Outcomes(%) Teaching and Assessment Methods for Course Objectives
Course Objectives Competency Indicators Ratio(%) Teaching Methods Assessment Methods
熟稔生物科技的發展與應用案例
2.Capable of verbally expressing ideas and conveying opinions.
3.Capable of searching and retrieving data.
8.Capable of being practical and taking the initiative.
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Lecturing
Discussion
Oral Presentation
Attendance
Written Presentation
Course Content and Homework/Schedule/Tests Schedule
Week Course Content
Week 1 1. Invite 2 members of MBAS faculty to be your seminar advisors. You will be the chair for your classmate who presents on the same day.
2. You need to discuss the research paper with your seminar advisors at least 2 weeks prior to your presentation. It is not allowed that the paper is decided without consulting your seminar advisors.
3. The research paper should be recently published in the reputed journal with SCI Impact Factor 5.0 or above, within 2 years.
4. Send at least two weeks before the presentation the PDF file of the paper to all classmates, including Dr. Kuo-Chen Yeh and your seminar advisors.
5. After the presentation, remind your seminar advisors to send the seminar evaluation score/grade to Dr. Kuo-Chen Yeh In addition to presentations, you also need to evaluate your classmates’ presentations and give comments as well as suggestions, and send this info to Dr. Kuo-Chen Yeh and the presenter, with clear subjects if you send it by e-mail.
For example: (Yen-Hsing Li)’s Comment on (Wai-Leng Lee)’s Seminar
6. Presentation is about 30 minutes for student’s seminar, and subsequently there will be 20 minutes for discussion, comments and suggestions. Everyone should participate the discussion.
7. Compulsorily you need to attend all the seminars; three successive absences will disqualify yourself from the course (in case of emergency give prior notice to Dr. Kuo-Chen Yeh and Chair of the day).
8. Submit reports (at least one A4 page) for 2 out of 5 seminars given by faculty. There will also be some symposiums time conflict with our classes. In order to encourage you to participate the seminars in these symposiums, we skip the classes. Please submit 2 seminar reports (1-2 pages) chosen by you. The reports will be submitted to Dr. Kuo-Chen Yeh within 2 weeks after the date of seminar given through e-mail
For example: (Varanavasiappan)’s Report for (Dr. Pei-Wen Hsiao)’s Seminar
9. The seminar report should be submitted in the following format:
Seminar Title:
Speaker: Dr.
Date / Time:
Reporter: (your name)
(Note: Fonts: Times New Roman; Letter size: 12; Line space: one line)
10. Send two weeks before the presentation the PDF file of the paper, seminar title, journal name and abstract by e-mail to all classmates.

11. Your final grade is the average of the grades obtained from your own presentation, your reports of faculty seminars (2) and symposium seminars (2), and your participation in the class.

12. Your instructor, Dr. Kuo-Chen Yeh, will be available for office hour during 2:00-5:00 every Thursday.
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Evaluation
口頭報告
書面報告
Textbook & other References
自製講義
Teaching Aids & Teacher's Website
自製講義
Office Hours
每週四下午2點至五點
Sustainable Development Goals, SDGs
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