Course Introductions:

Starting from 2022, Departments of The Center for Holistic Education have begun to implement the whole-person development program.

Course Title	Grade	Required/Selective Course	Credits	Remarks
Exploring and Implementing Social Issues	Freshman	Required	1st semester: 1 2nd semester: 1	Recognized as a social analysis course (W group)
Study Abroad and International Learning	Sophomore	Required	1st semester: 2	Recognized as a Global Perspectives course (Group T)
Team Development	Senior	Required	1st semester: 1	Recognized as an extracurricular activity and team development course (K group)

 

“Exploring and Implementing Social Issues” Course.

The course is a required freshman year course with task-based learning as its core. Students are required to complete a variety of tasks chosen by the lead instructor that are related to current social issues during the academic year. In the 2022 semester, 16 topics have been selected, “Neighborhood,” “After-school Counseling,” “SDGs Narrative Writing,” “Dark Tourism (Historically Scarred Sites),” “Leave No Trace,” “Indigenous Social Issues,” “Knowing New Immigrants,” “Guide Dogs and Friendly Campus,” “Aging Society and Home Care,” ” Open Source Code Movement (Digital Democracy),” as well as topics such as glass ceilings in the workplace, homosexuality, transgenderism, and gender identity.  Students choose their topics according to their interests and learn independently, using social exploration, social experience, lecture participation, and school activities to complete tasks and enhance their understanding of social issues and participation in practice.

“Study Abroad and International Learning” course.

This required sophomore year course is designed to help students understand the meaning of international studies and to prepare them for their junior year abroad. The instructor invites speakers to discuss various topics related to international learning, such as introducing the cultures of different countries and societies, adapting to and embracing cultural differences, basic international etiquette, the sharing of study abroad experiences, designing travel experiences to explore local customs and practices, and documenting international learning experiences through photos and writing. Afterward, students will complete their own application for studying abroad in their junior year and share their study abroad experience.

“Team Development” course.

Required for senior year, the course is divided into three parts: “Introductory Courses”, “Activity Participation” and “Activity Execution” certification. Through the “Introductory Course”, students will build up basic knowledge of teamwork and cooperation, project conceptualization and presentation, and event preparation and execution, and incorporate AI team development learning to keep the Three-Way Education abreast of the times. Through “Activity Participation” and “Activity Execution”, students will learn problem solving and communication, and practice creativity and multi-competency to achieve the goal of “Adaptive Development”, which will enable students to be independent, confident, globally competitive and internationally mobile. All activities should be closely tied to multicultural values in holistic education, the student’s academic discipline, or community service through clubs and teams.