Courses taught in NCYU

Seminar (I)

Key words: aquaculture science, aquatic Biotechnology

Professor: Chien-Hsien KUO, Ph.D., Assistant Professor

Course description: Let students access library online research databases, literature inquiries, literature reading and reporting, and be familiar with independent study, oral presentation/discussion and data collection/analysis for practical application or academic research.

Seminar (II)

Key words: aquaculture science, aquatic Biotechnology

Professor: Shu-Mei CHEN, Ph.D., Associate Professor

Course description: Let students access library online research databases, literature inquiries, literature reading and reporting, and be familiar with independent study, oral presentation/discussion and data collection/analysis for practical application or academic research.

Biostatistics

Key words: Data analysis, statistics

Professor: Chen-Huei HUANG, Ph.D., Professor

Course description: Biostatistics is a critical tool for interpretation of scientific data. This course applies scientific statistical and graphic software in data analysis of students’ research outcome.

Critical Review in Fish Nutrition

Key words: Review, aquatic animal, nutrition, literature

Professor: Chen-Huei HUANG, Ph.D., Professor

Course description: This is a critical review course in fish nutrition research. It is designed for graduate students who have taken undergraduate Fish Nutrition related courses. The instructor will give the lectures for major subjects in Fish Nutrition before the midterm, followed by the group discussion on manuscripts assigned to each student from Journals such as Aquaculture, Aquaculture Nutrition, and Aquaculture Research, etc. Critical reviews on individual paper will be conducted by both instructor and students. Students are expected to acquire both the knowledge of Fish Nutrition and the abilities to pinpoint the strength and weakness of related research papers when they complete this course.

Chemical Residues in Aquatic Environment

Key words: Pharmaceutical residues, aquatic environment

Professor: Hong-Thih LAI, Ph.D., Professor

Course description: This class will establish the basic knowledge for the pharmaceutical residues in aquatic environment.

Aquatic Feed Analysis

Key words: Analysis, composition, feed, nutrition

Professor: Chen-Huei HUANG, Ph.D., Professor

Course description: Practical training for sensory and chemical analysis of aquatic feed ingredients and final diets

Special topics in life sciences

Key words: Fish Ecology

Professor: Chishih, CHU, Ph.D., Professor

Hong-Thih LAI, Ph.D., Professor

Yun-Wei LIN, Ph.D., Professor

Ruey-Shyang CHEN, Ph.D., Professor

Yuh-Wen CHIU, Ph.D., Associate Professor

Shu-Mei LIN, Ph.D., Associate Professor

Course description: The Special Topics in Life Sciences is a multiple-disciplinary course focusing on the current research studies and laboratory techniques related to different fields of life sciences, including Food Science, Aquatic Biosciences, Biological Resources, Biochemical Science and Technology, and Microbiology, immunology and Pharmaceuticals. The objective of this course is to provide opportunity for students to establish their fundamental knowledge background, logic thinking, basic laboratory skills for independent research in Life Sciences. The course is instructed by faculty members from five departments in College of Life Sciences.

Aquatic animal nutrition and feeds-feeds and nutrition (summer)

Key words: Aquatic feed, fish and shellfish nutrition

Professor: Chen-Huei HUANG, Ph.D., Professor

David TUNG, Ph.D., Assistant Professor

Course description: Basic principles related to aquatic animal nutrition and feeds-feeds and nutrition.

Aquatic animal physiology-general, reproductive, propagation, and stress physiology (summer)

Key words: Endocrinology of Fish; Stress; Zebra fish; tilapia; teleost; larvae; maternal effect, antioxidative response; metallothionein, Respiration, osmoregulation, fish, clam, microalgae

Professor: Su Mei WU, Ph.D., Professor

Shu-Mei CHEN, Ph.D., Associate Professor

Course description: Basic principles related to aquatic animal and environmental physiology and basic techniques for biology are widely lectured.

Aquatic environment-water quality, wetland and pond management (summer)

Key words: Aquatic ecology

Professor: Hong-Thih LAI, Ph.D., Professor

Hsuan-Wien CHEN, Ph.D., Assistant Professor

Course description: Basic principles related to aquatic environment, water quality, biodiversity, resources and ecosystem management.

Aquatic foods-processing and safety (summer)

Key words: Sea food processing, food safety management system, food traceability

Professor: Cheng-Kuang HSU, Ph.D., Professor

Jan-Jeng HUANG, Ph.D., Associate Professor

Course description: Basic principles related to analytical chemistry, molecular biology, food analytical chemistry, basic techniques for biology are widely lectured.

Aquatic biotechnology (summer)

Key words: Collagen extraction and zebrafish model organism

Professor: Hsin-I CHANG, Ph.D., Professor

Shao-Hung WANG, Ph.D., Associate Professor

Course description: Basic principles related to analytical chemistry, molecular biology, food analytical chemistry, basic techniques for biology are widely lectured.

Aquatic feed manufactory and high-tech aquaculture facility (summer)

Key words: Aquaculture facility, Seafood processing company, Fish market

Professor: Che-Chun CHEN, Ph.D., Associate Professor

Shu-Mei CHEN, Ph.D., Associate Professor

Chien-Hsien KUO, Ph.D., Assistant Professor

Course description: Industrial trip-aquatic feeds, high-tech aquaculture, and seafood processing facilities.