Overall Rating Gold
Overall Score 69.92
Liaison Chang Tzau-Chau
Submission Date March 3, 2022

STARS v2.2

National Taiwan Normal University
AC-3: Undergraduate Program

Status Score Responsible Party
Complete 3.00 / 3.00 Chang Tzau-Chau
Professor
Graduate Institute of Environmental Education
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Majors, degrees and certificate programs

Does the institution offer at least one ​sustainability-focused​ major, degree, or certificate program for undergraduate students?:
Yes

Name of the sustainability-focused undergraduate degree program:
Undergraduate Program of Vehicle and Energy Engineering

A brief description of the undergraduate degree program:
The main research and development directions of this program include:
(1) Advanced vehicles: hybrid electric vehicles, autonomous vehicles, electric vehicles, engine vehicles, and their key components;
(2) Green energies and energy technologies: renewable energies (solar energy, wind energy, hydrogen energy, biomass energy), green constructions, refrigeration and air-conditioning;
(3) Intelligent power systems: micro-grid, power electronics, artificial intelligent (AI) systems, etc..

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Minors and concentrations

Does the institution offer one or more sustainability-focused minors or concentrations for undergraduate students?:
Yes

Name of the sustainability-focused undergraduate minor or concentration:
Environmental Monitoring and Planning Program

A brief description of the undergraduate minor or concentration:
The characteristics of this course aim to strengthen students' basic geoscience literacy and environmental monitoring capabilities, and train them to have integrated development competitiveness in environmental management. The ultimate goal is to develop the advanced tasks of the school's theory and technology integration, teaching and application integration, campus and society integration, and academic and industrial integration.

This course aims to combine the existing cross-faculty team of teachers in the field of geo-sciences, technical teams such as GIS and satellite imagery, and research teams in the field of engineering. Through the integration of related topical experimental equipment and resources, the exchange of experts and scholars at home and abroad, the curriculum The improvement of research and development and teaching methods, the establishment of experimental areas and the integration of technology, in order to strengthen the basic ability of students in cross-field learning, and achieve the cultivation of students' competitiveness in integrated development. Furthermore, through the team's process planning and teaching improvement, combined with talents in the fields of geography, engineering, life sciences, environmental sciences, and image analysis, the level of my country's academic development and territorial management will be improved. The training of talents in this program is based on geography, and the goal is to complete the following three items:

1. Cultivate the basic knowledge of environmental monitoring and disaster prevention, and the ability to explore environmental changes.

2. Cultivate the operation ability of computer software and testing equipment, and the data processing ability of the geographical environment.

3. Cultivate the ability to analyze and apply environmental issues, and be able to integrate learning knowledge and skills in environmental assessment.

This course is an inter-departmental credit course. In addition to the courses offered by this department, it also cooperates with the Department of Life Sciences, the Department of Earth Sciences, and the Institute of Environmental Education of the school to incorporate relevant professional courses in each department. Students of this course Can choose freely across departments.

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Additional minors and concentrations (optional) 

Name of the sustainability-focused undergraduate minor or concentration (2nd program):
Region and Tourism Planning Program

A brief description of the undergraduate minor or concentration (2nd program):
The characteristic of this program is to respond to the trend of globalization and the development and changes of Taiwan, based on geography, integrate regional development and innovation, and deepen the development of tourism, and train students to respond to theoretical and practical knowledge. The purpose is to train students in regional research and tourism planning. Practical ability.

Through a series of "planning" related courses, students can understand the theory and practical operation process of planning, and cooperate with public sector planning units to conduct course teaching and discussion. "Tourism" focuses on the characteristics and differences of different scales and regions, forming cultural and social resources, and strengthening the depth of tourism development. With the addition of "laws and regulations", it provides students with space technology and methods for understanding the laws and administrative connotations required for land development, regional development, and land development. Help students to learn independently, practical operation, research ability, and the establishment of information judgment ability, so that students can adapt to future work prospects. The training of talents in this program is based on geography and completes three goals:

1. Train students' ability to integrate planning management and communication theory.

2. To train students in the practical operation ability of planning regional development and tourism resources.

3. Cultivate students' ability to participate in policy making and participation in public affairs.

This course is a cross-departmental and cross-school credit course. In addition to the courses offered by this department, it is also linked to the Department of East Asian Culture and Development, the Department of Civic Education and Activity Leadership, the Institute of Sports and Leisure Management, and the Environment The Institute of Education, the Department of Human Development and Family Studies jointly assisted in the opening of courses; in addition, this program also cooperated with the Department of Architecture, National Taiwan University of Science and Technology, the Department of Architecture and the Institute of Architecture and Urban Design, and the government agencies (Building and Construction Agency, Tourism Bureau, The Taipei City Government, the New Taipei City Government, the National Park Management Office, etc. work together to encourage students in this course to take courses across schools in order to acquire relevant professional knowledge.

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Name of the sustainability-focused undergraduate minor or concentration (3rd program):
Geo-spatial information Science Program

A brief description of the undergraduate minor or concentration (3rd program):
In order to cultivate professionals in the practice and operation of spatial information planning, and to enhance the integration of related academic research and technological development,
Provide necessary academic research, technology and tool research and development, practical application services, and related spatial information research support and personnel training and promotion, training professional technical and consultant talents with expertise to meet market needs, and can be more positive Society uses spatial information technology to directly or indirectly improve government efficiency, economic development, environmental quality, and people's quality of life.

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