Center for General Education and Core Curriculum, Tamkang 【Promoting Health for the Elderly】

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【Promoting Health for the Elderly】

Interdisciplinary Micro-Program

【Mission】

The "Geriatric Health Promotion Micro-Course" integrates general education and departmental courses through thematic issues, addressing social changes and knowledge development. It combines courses on social responsibility, practical application, and self-directed learning to design various thematic micro-courses. This approach aims to enhance students' interdisciplinary integration abilities, nurture STEAM talent, and lay the foundation for holistic education.

【Course Planning】

Students must complete at least one course in each of the three domains—"Foundational Interdisciplinary Studies," "Thematic Issues," and "Practical Orientation"—within their chosen micro-course program, for a total of at least four courses. Additionally, they must achieve passing grades in these courses to qualify for the issuance of the program certificate.

Domain	Department Offering the Course	Course Name	Course Description
Foundational Interdisciplinary Studies	Center for General Education and Core Curriculum	HEALTH PROMOTION AND PRACTICE FOR THE ELDERLY	This course aims to provide foundational knowledge and skills required to perform fitness activity coaching for older adults. Students will also learn key concepts from gerontology, motor skill learning, and physical exercise, that can be used to facilitate effective fitness activity coaching.
Thematic Issues	Social Analysis (W Group)	POSITIVE PSYCHOLOGY	The movement of Positive Psychology has offered the discipline of psychology multiple ways of thinking and strategies. This course will organize learning topics derived from theory, research, and practice. The content includes well-being, cultivation of positive emotions, practices for savoring strategies within the ecological contexts of family, school, workplace, and socio-culture to enhance students' fulfillment of their learning goals through participation in campus learning activities and in turn to connect them to the society.
Thematic Issues	Futures Studies (R Group)	FUTURES STUDIES IN ECONOMICS: LONGEVITY AND AGING SOCIETY	The purpose of this course is to devlop students' abilities in creating economic alternatives, and to assist them in rethinking and then shaping the future. Diverse issues regarding the global future such as the basic theory of Futurology, New Longevity and Gerontonomics, will be discussed in this course.
Practical Orientation	Arts Appreciation and Creation (M Group)	INTRODUCTION TO MUSIC	The goal of this course is to introduce ideas and listening strategies to deepen students relationship with music, as well as the central axis which let students explore the development and evolution of Western classical music styles by using the ways of horizontal integration, and let them understand the nature and structure of music, musical instruments, types of musical forms, and musician biographies by using the ways of vertical integration. Through the great classical works, students will gain a deeper knowledge and appreciation of the history, aesthetics, techniques, forms, and genres of Western classical music at the end of the course.
Practical Orientation	Arts Appreciation and Creation (M Group)	INTRODUCTION TO MUSIC AND DIGITAL APPLICATIONS	Music is a universal language. Beyond simply "listening" to understand music, it is essential to have foundational knowledge of music theory. This course focuses on music by exploring its historical development and stylistic evolution horizontally, and understanding the essence and structure of music. It also introduces the types of instruments, musical forms, and biographies of musicians vertically. Ultimately, it aims to use rational knowledge to experience the emotional beauty of music through great classical works. The course also integrates the operation and application of digital music software and hardware, enabling students to understand the concepts of digital music production, learn basic digital music composition, familiarize themselves with sound libraries and FX effects, and inspire their digital music creation abilities.
Practical Orientation	Center for General Education and Core Curriculum	PRACTICUM IN ELDERLY SERVICES	The course is designed to cultivate professionals in elderly fitness services, and plan practicum activities for elderly services. It aims to assist students realize fitness environments for the elderly by integrating theoretical knowledge with practical experience to bridge the gap between learning and application. Therefore, this course includes lectures, field trips, and practical service practicums. Students are required to have prior knowledge and skills in fitness activities and guiding principles for the elderly. In the first half of the course, students receive pre-trip training and essentials of elderly fitness. Then students are led into the Greater Tamsui community to understand the local fitness ecology and needs. Additionally, students will participate in the senior fitness classes, engaging in hands-on practicums to develop practical skills in elderly physical activities, thereby fulfilling the social responsibility of the university.
Practical Orientation	Department of Computer Science and Information Engineering	INTRODUCTION TO MACHINE LEARNING	This course introduces various learning algorithms that apply to different fields. Python programming is used to apply and evaluate these algorithms on real datasets.

【Promoting Health for the Elderly】Interdisciplinary Micro-Program

【Promoting Health for the Elderly】

Interdisciplinary Micro-Program

【Mission】

【Course Planning】