本課程探討民主政治與民主化兩個層面的相關議題。在民主政治的層面，探討的議題包括民主的定義、民主政治的起源與發展、民主理論的類型、民主的優點與缺點、以及民主概念在政治、經濟、社會、文化等生活層面的運用。在民主化的層面，探討的議題包括民主化與自由化概念的區分、三波民主化的歷史經驗、當前第三波民主化的政治、經濟與社會等因素、民主鞏固、以及民主品質的相關問題。透過本課程的探討，使同學能有效瞭解人類社會台灣民主化的歷史發展脈絡，以及未來民主鞏固必須克服的可能挑戰，並且希望透過本課程進行過程中的閱讀與討論，深入瞭解民主制度的意義與價值，並且對民主政治在實踐上的種種弊病有所反省。This course explores related issues at the two levels of democratic politics and democratization. At the level of democratic politics, topics discussed include the definition of democracy, the origin and development of democratic politics, types of democratic theories, the advantages and disadvantages of democracy, and the application of democratic concepts in political, economic, social, cultural and other aspects of life. At the level of democratization, the topics discussed include the distinction between the concepts of democratization and liberalization, the historical experience of the three waves of democratization, the political, economic and social factors of the current third wave of democratization, democratic consolidation, and issues related to the quality of democracy. . Through the discussion in this course, students can effectively understand the historical development of Taiwan's democratization in human society, as well as the possible challenges that must be overcome in the future consolidation of democracy. They also hope to gain a deeper understanding of the meaning of the democratic system through the readings and discussions during this course. and values, and reflect on various shortcomings of democratic politics in practice.
通識課程不同於專業課程，實乃著重引導學生主動關懷、探索與實踐人類的終極價值與智慧；同時通識課程所提供的知識，不是專業課程的淺薄化，而是具有厚實感的基礎知識。本校根據創校傳統、校訓與辦學理念訂定通識教育定四大基本素養：求真素養、篤信素養、力行素養與宏通素養，以具體落實本校通識教育之理想。希望本校學生能發揮自主學習精神，在通識課程老師的引導下，逐漸培養其通識教育基本素養，並期待能終身學習。各種基本素養並訂有具體的學習成效指標，以做教學與學習成效之自我檢證的具體指標，分述如下：求真素養（自然領域）：1.學習自然科學的方法或哲學以探索物理與生命世界的微妙，2.發揮就事論事的精神，3.能參與科學議題相關的公共事務。篤信素養（人文領域）：1.學習人文精神以探索內在自我與領會人類文明的深層價值，2.發展自律精神，3.能運用理性進行道德推理。力行素養（社會領域）：1.運用社會科學的方法或哲學以激發學生的傾聽與溝通能力，2.承認與尊重多元差，3.實踐民主審議的精神。宏通素養（跨領域）：1.追求人類的整體價值，2.融通求真、篤信、力行等素養於個人生命之中。各領域的課程對於學習成效指標可以跨選，不必拘泥。
General courses are different from professional courses. They actually focus on guiding students to actively care for, explore and practice the ultimate value and wisdom of mankind. At the same time, the knowledge provided by general courses is not the superficiality of professional courses, but basic knowledge with a solid sense. . Based on the school’s founding tradition, school motto and school philosophy, the school has formulated four basic qualities for general education: truth-seeking quality, belief quality, practical quality and general quality, in order to concretely implement the school’s ideals of general education. We hope that our students can develop their independent learning spirit and gradually develop their basic literacy in general education under the guidance of general education teachers, and look forward to lifelong learning. Each basic literacy has specific learning effectiveness indicators for self-examination of teaching and learning effectiveness, which are described below: Truth-seeking literacy (natural field): 1. Learn the methods or philosophy of natural science to explore physics and the subtleties of the living world, 2. Use the spirit of discussing matters as they are, 3. Be able to participate in public affairs related to scientific issues. Belief literacy (humanities field): 1. Learn the humanistic spirit to explore the inner self and understand the deep value of human civilization, 2. Develop self-discipline, 3. Be able to use rationality for moral reasoning. Practical literacy (social field): 1. Use social science methods or philosophy to stimulate students' listening and communication skills, 2. Recognize and respect diversity, 3. Practice the spirit of democratic deliberation. Hongtong literacy (cross-field): 1. Pursue the overall value of human beings, 2. Integrate qualities such as truth-seeking, faith, and practice into personal life. Courses in various fields can choose from different learning outcome indicators, so there is no need to be rigid.
1.道爾(Rober Dahl)著, 1999,《論民主》,台北:聯經.
2. 王紹光,2008,《民主四講》,香港:三聯書店.
1. Robert Dahl, 1999, "On Democracy", Taipei: Lianjing.
2. Wang Shaoguang, 2008, "Four Lectures on Democracy", Hong Kong: Joint Publishing House.
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