| Course title | |||||
| Academic Reading [Academic Reading] | |||||
| Course category | general education courses | Requirement | Credit | 1 | |
| Department | Year | 3～3 | Semester | Spring | |
| Course type | Spring | Course code | 01EL0308 | ||
| Instructor(s) | |||||
| ONWONA-AGYEMAN SIAW [ONWONA-AGYEMAN Siaw] | |||||
| Facility affiliation | Center for Infectious Disease Epidemiology and Prevention Research | Office | Email address | ||
| Course description |
| The purpose of this course is to provide students with opportunities to read a wide variety of topics in scientific and technological fields in English. Students will also learn how to extract information and critically read academic journals and articles. |
| Expected Learning |
| Students should be able to acquire knowledge in new scientific research findings, and should also be able to learn new expressions. |
| Course schedule |
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Week 1. Introduction Week 2. Energy issues Week 3. Biofuels Week 4. Threats to global water resources Week 5. Natural resources Week 6. Trans-boundary issues Week 7. Sustainable Agriculture Week 8. Climate change Week 9. Global peace Week 10. Contents of academic journals Week 11. " Week 12. Academic articles and useful expressions Week 13. " Week 14. " Week 15. Review |
| Prerequisites |
| Required Text(s) and Materials |
| Handouts will be given before each lecture |
| References |
| Assessment/Grading |
| Based on class attendance and classwork. |
| Message from instructor(s) |
| Even though it is a reading class, students will be required to express their opinions and thoughts about many local,regional, national, and global issues. |
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| Lecture Language |
| English |
| Language Subject |
| English |
| Last update |
| 3/27/2017 11:25:22 PM |