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Course title |
The Organisms that Changed the History (Ⅱ) |
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Semester |
104-2 |
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Instructor |
SHUN-CHERN TSAUR |
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Curriculum Number |
LibEdu1070 |
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Curriculum Identity Number |
H01E07000 |
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Class |
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Credits |
2 |
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Full/Half
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Half |
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Required/
Elective |
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Time |
Thursday 6,7(13:20~15:10) |
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Remarks |
The upper limit of the number of students: 40. |
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Ceiba Web Server |
http://ceiba.ntu.edu.tw/1042Animal_History |
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Course introduction video |
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Table of Core Capabilities and Curriculum Planning |
Association has not been established |
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Course Syllabus
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Course Description |
The existence of many species depends on the survival of others. Humans are no exception. In the past 14,000 years, many organisms have left indelible marks and exercised on human history. The roles that individual species play in providing food, unique medical compounds, air, and water purification are critical to our health and survival. This course will provide sufficient background of 12 selected organisms and discuss their impacts on our daily life and culture. Field trips to Taipei Zoo and/or Botanical Garden will also be arranged.
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Course Objective |
The goal of this lecture is to introduce you the origin of each organism and its impact on human history. Some of the organisms were domesticated by our ancestors, and thus improving the quality of our life. The aim of this course is to allow students to appreciate the importance of all organisms on earth and to learn how organisms have evolved. |
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Course Requirement |
Students will each be asked to pick one organism of interest outside the introduced ones, and present a summary of their term paper in the form of a Powerpoint presentation as an attachment to an email to the instructor. The 5-minute in-class briefing in the week 16, and the abstract with outline during the mid-term week, each will count for 30% of your total grade. The written essay that comprises at least 10 pages long, and no less than 10 references will be due on the final week. It will be worth for 40% of your total grade. Absolutely no late work will be accepted regardless of the reason.
After each lecture, you will be asked to turn in a one-page feedback to show what you have learned. |
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Student Workload (expected study time outside of class per week) |
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Office Hours |
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Designated reading |
No textbook required. However, you may find the following reading supplemental materials very useful.
Fifty Animals that Changed the Course of History by Eric Chaline (Firefly Books, 2011)
Fifty Plants that Changed the Course of History by Bill Laws (Firefly Books, 2011)
Fifty Foods That Changed the Course of History by Bill Price (Firefly Books, 2014)
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References |
待補 |
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Grading |
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Week |
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Topic |
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Week 1 |
2/25 |
Introduction |
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Week 2 |
3/03 |
Maize |
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Week 3 |
3/10 |
Fruit fly |
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Week 4 |
3/17 |
Tobacco |
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Week 5 |
3/24 |
Horse |
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Week 6 |
3/31 |
Pepper |
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Week 7 |
4/07 |
Cat |
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Week 8 |
4/14 |
Tomato |
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Week 9 |
4/21 |
Mid-term |
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Week 10 |
4/28 |
Potato |
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Week 11 |
5/05 |
Cinchona |
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Week 12 |
5/12 |
Cacao |
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Week 13 |
5/19 |
Pigeon |
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Week 14 |
5/26 |
Camel |
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Week 15 |
6/02 |
Oral presentation |
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Week 16 |
6/09 |
Holiday |
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Week 17 |
6/16 |
Oral mpresentation |