National Taiwan Normal University Course Outline
Fall , 2024

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I.Course information
Serial No. 1046 Course Level Undergraduate
Course Code 0NUG245 Chinese Course Name 人類與自然資源
Course Name Human and Natural Sciences
Department Center for General Education
Field Category Fall Semester 2017 and Before : Non-core ;
From Fall Semester 2017 to Spring Semester 2020 : Science and Life ;
Fall Semester 2020 and After : Natural Sciences
Two/one semester 1 Req. / Sel. Gen.Edu.
Credits 2.0 Lecturing hours Lecture hours: 2
Prerequisite Course
Comment
Course Description
Day & Class Period/Location Wed. 3-4 Gongguan S201
Curriculum Goals Corresponding Basic Achievement
1. Understand the importance of water resources and sustainable management College:
 5 Scientific thinking and information literacy
2. Be aware of water resources issues at local region College:
 2 Multicultural literacy and global perspective
 3 Critical thinking and humanistic literacy
3. Be able to qualitatively and quantitatively describe the main processes in the hydrologic cycle College:
 5 Scientific thinking and information literacy
 6 Active exploration and lifelong learning
4. Be able to provide solutions for typical water resources problems found in practice. College:
 3 Critical thinking and humanistic literacy
 6 Active exploration and lifelong learning
 7 Innovative leadership and problem solving
 8 Social concern and citizenship practice

II. General Syllabus
Instructor(s) YEH,Meng-Wan/ 葉孟宛
Schedule

THIS IS AN IN PERSON+ONLINE EMI INTERNATIONAL COURSE

ALL STUDENTS ARE REQUIRED TO WORK WITH INTERNATIONAL STUDENTS FOR THREE GROUP PROJECTS AND PRESENT IN ENGLISH.

Natural Resources are materials available on planet that can be used to keep people alive and meet their needs.

Any natural substance that humans use: including raw materials : oil, coal, natural gas, metals, stone, sand, air, sunlight, soil, water, animals, and vegetation. We will be focusing on water resources for this course

It is an co-joint EMI course between NTNU and Kwnsei Gakuin University. Students are required to work with students from  Kwnsei Gakuin University for three group tasks with group dicussion and group reports.

The learning objectives are:  

•Water Resources Management is about solving problems

•To secure water for life:

     –based on a sound scientific understanding

    –Apply systematic thinking

   –includes protection from excess water and from water shortage, as well as providing sufficient water for a sustainable environment.

•Efficient and sustainable management

•By the end of this class you will:

    –be aware of water resources issues at local region

    –be able to qualitatively and quantitatively describe the main processes in the hydrologic cycle

    –be able to provide solutions for typical water resources problems found in practice.

Syllabus:

Week

Date

Topics

Activity

 

Week 1

2024/9/4

Course introduction

lecture

Taiwan students only

Week 2

2024/9/11

Historical review of human society and water management

lecture

Taiwan students only

Week 3

2024/9/18

Field trip to water purification plant

Field trip

 

Taiwan students only

Week 4

2024/9/25

Online lecture protocell

Lecture

Taiwan students only

Week 5

2024/10/2

International students ice breaking

First hour: Course Intro

Second hour:

In-group Self-intro,

Ice breaking questions

Taiwan + Japanese students

Meet your team members

Week 6

2024/10/9

Water and the Environment

Lecture (Prof. Tsuboi)

Lecture

Week 7

2024/10/16

Group Challenge I: Hexadiagram drawing

Group activity:

Search for water chemistry content and draw the hexadiagram

Group activity

Hand in the hexadiagram into the art gallery exhibition online

Week 8

2024/10/23

The problems regarding to water resources

Lecture (Prof. Yeh)

Lecture

 

Week

Date

Topics

Activity

 

Week 9

2024/10/30

Group Challenge II: Assessment of Water Resources Availability

Lecture

Lecture

Week 10

2024/11/6

Group Challenge II: Assessment of Water Resources Availability

Group Discussion: Will metropolitan area of your choice face Water Shortage?

Group discussion

Week 11

2024/11/13

Group presentation for challenge II

Group Presentation 3-5 min PPT each group

 

Group presentation

Week 12

2024/11/20

Group Challenge III: Reservoir Site Selection lecture

lecture

 

Week 13

2024/11/27

Group Challenge III: Reservoir Site Selection discussion

Hands-on Course: Reservoir Site Selection

Group Discussion

 

Week 14

2024/12/4

Final presentation preparation

Time for your group to prepare for your final presentation

Group Discussion

Week 15

2024/12/11

Final Presentation I

Submission of Final Presentation PPT

Online Peer Evaluation

 

Final presentation

In-class Referendum

 

Week 16

2024/12/18

Final Presentation II

Instructional Approach
Methods Notes
Formal lecture Content is provided with multimedia
Group discussion In-class discussion for three group challenges
Problem-based learning three group challenges
Cooperative learning Group discussion
Field work Field trip to water purification plant
Grading assessment
Methods Percentage Notes
Final exam 25 % final group project presentation
Attendances 15 % online class attandence and field trip
Presentation 60 % Two Group projects reports
Required and Recommended Texts/Readings with References

If you will use the PPT for other purposes outside of this course, please be aware of the copy rights
If you can not download from Moodle, you may download from blackboard.
Suggesting films & online resources for this course:
Erin Brockovich https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Erin_Brockovich
https://www.worldbank.org/en/topic/waterresourcesmanagement
Water in Plain Sight: Hope for a Thirsty World
By Schwartz, Judith D.
Publisher: Chelsea Green Publishing Company

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