National Tsing Hua University was established in Beijing in 1911 as Tsing Hua Academy. In 1956, National Tsing Hua University was re-established at its present location in Hsinchu, Taiwan.
Explore how freedom of movement impacts sex, gender and our ideas of intimacyIn this time of global capitalism, travelling between countries for work and leisure is common. Global mobility has blurred the boundary between strangers and changed the meaning of intimacy.This course will develop your understanding of how our notions of intimacy have been changed by the intersection of money, mobility, and power with gender, love, and sex.Discover the socio-cultural impact of migration, from domestic work to sex workThrough an exploration of common migration practices in society today, you’ll explore the shifting meaning of intimacy.As you explore ideas on gender migration and domestic service, you’ll consider the millions working abroad in intimate settings as nannies or caretakers, as well as those in cross-border marriages, and living in transnational families.You’ll also discuss LGBTQ+ migrants, sex tourism, and overseas surrogacy as you examine how global mobility is challenging traditional ideas of femininity and masculinity.Explore feminism, queer and gender studies, globalisation, and migration studies conceptsYou’ll be introduced to scholarly approaches to gender and queer studies, as well as ethnographic case-studies on globalisation and migration.You’ll analyse how capitalism and its resulting economic disparity is challenging our concept of love, labour, and sex and ponder the agency of the individual in a capitalist society.Learn with cultural anthropology and gender studies expert, Francisca Y K LaiHolding a PhD in cultural anthropology with an emphasis on gender studies from Purdue University, Francisca is highly experienced in the intersection between gender, sexuality, and migration.Francisca has also published an academic book as well as multiple international journals on the topics of gender, sexuality, and migration.This course is designed for anyone interested in gender studies, sexuality issues, and migration studies.It will be of particular interest to those with an academic interest in the intersections of sex, love, and labour in the context of global capitalism.
Learn how to use data to create powerful business forecastsOrganisations currently collect a vast quantity of data about suppliers, clients, employees, citizens, transactions, and much more. However, many are unaware of the predictive power this ‘big data’ has if anaylsed correctly.On this course, you’ll learn about forecasting using big data, exploring how it’s used by business as an important component of decision making.You’ll examine how to define a forecasting task and workflow. You’ll understand how to evaluate forecasting performance, analysing different forecasting methods. Ultimately, you’ll be able to implement your own practical forecasting process.This course is for anyone who wants to understand how big data can help their business or organisation’s decision-making process. You will need to be familiar with basic statistical methods, including linear regression, as well as have basic knowledge of Excel and R software.
Investigate the most mysterious and fascinating aspects of the universeThe more we learn about how the universe works, the more we realise how much we don’t know.What is a black hole? What is dark energy? Will the universe eventually collapse in on itself? And how does the Earth fit into all this?On this course, you’ll answer these questions and more. You’ll delve into the deepest and darkest mysteries of the cosmos, and come out the other side with up-to-date knowledge of the latest thinking in cosmology and astronomy.Explore dark matter, dark energy, and black holesAlongside Profesor Tomotsugu Goto at National Tsing Hua University, you’ll learn about the Lambda Cold Dark Matter (ΛCDM) Model and dark energy, seeing why astronomers are fascinated by these topics.You’ll explore how dark energy is accelerating the expansion of the universe – but we don’t know why or how. You’ll study how dark energy makes up 25% of the energy in the universe – but we don’t know what it is.Study black holes, and the universe’s origin and endBlack holes are some of the most mysterious entities in the universe. You’ll identify what they really are, and what we know about them, getting an overview of Newton and Einstein’s theories of gravity and gravitational lensing, and how they are being updated.Ultimately, you’ll come away with a basic understanding of what we have left to discover about the universe – including how it began and how it might end – and what astronomers are doing to attempt to solve these great mysteries.This course is designed for learners with an interest in astronomy/cosmology and the universe. It uses as little as equations possible, and focuses on concepts rather than calculations.
Discover what service science is and how to best provide sustainable servicesThe service industry is underpinned by the systems that help to provide a service, and the stakeholders in the companies involved.Understanding this complex ecosystem is the task of service science – a new discipline that aims to understand the service sector more clearly.On this course, you’ll analyse practical examples of service systems – their stakeholders and their value propositions. You’ll understand how services are co-created, and practise the methods and tools of service science.Ultimately you’ll learn how the service industry as a whole can become more sustainable.Service science is a multi-disciplinary area of study. Students from different backgrounds – information management, design, computer science, social science, etc – will find service science rewarding.Students wanting to understand service from a more holistic and dynamic viewpoint would also benefit.Moreover, this course is ideal for people working in the service industry looking to enhance the sustainability of service by using innovative methodology and tools.