Legal Writing

< Back Course Type: Legal Writing Credits:2 College: This is a one-year English legal writing course designed for students with and without legal background. The focus of curriculum in the first semester is to consider the US court system, legal… Read More

Introduction to Western Literature

< Back Course Type: Introduction to Western Literature Credits:4 College: This course consists of three parts: (1) Comparing the two major origins of Western Literature (Hebrew Literature and Greco-Roman Literature) and introducing their developments and key contents. (2) Discussing the… Read More

History of Western Civilization

< Back Course Type: History of Western Civilization Credits:4 College: This course is to guide students to understand the idea of humanism in modern times, political thoughts and popular culture in order to know more about the development of world… Read More

English Debate and Public Speaking

< Back Course Type: English Debate and Public Speaking Credits:4 College: The course contains two tracks: public speaking and debating. The former one is to encourage students to make a speech in front of the audience and the latter one… Read More

Criminology

< Back Course Type: Criminology Credits:3 College: The term “criminology” first appeared a hundred years ago. Although this discipline is relatively young compared with the other disciplines in social and behavioral sciences, it has become a major academic field in… Read More

Chinese Essays in English Translation

< Back Course Type: Chinese Essays in English Translation Credits:2 College: The main purpose of this course is to introduce works after 1865 in American literature. Authors like Twain, Gilman, Wharton, Crane, London, Cather, Frost, Pound, Eliot, O’Neill, Fitzgerald, Faulkner,… Read More

American Literature before 1865

< Back Course Type: American Literature before 1865 Credits:2 College: The main purpose of this course is to introduce works before 1865 in American literature. Authors include Columbus, Smith, Bradford, Winthrop, Taylor, Franklin, St. J. De Crevecoeur, Irving, Emerson, Hawthorne,… Read More

American Literature after 1865

< Back Course Type: American Literature after 1865 Credits:2 College: The main purpose of this course is to introduce works after 1865 in American literature. Authors like Twain, Gilman, Wharton, Crane, London, Cather, Frost, Pound, Eliot, O’Neill, Fitzgerald, Faulkner, Hemingway,… Read More