本課程主要從歷史脈絡中追溯原鄉歷史與文化特色，進而探討閩粵移台人民在台灣的開拓與發展，並分析台灣地區政權轉移頻繁下，閩粵移民與原住民及統治族群之互動關係，做為同學瞭解今日台灣社會變遷的基礎，使學生瞭解台灣文化的多元性，從而幫助學生瞭解台灣社會與文化的特性與變遷過程。本課程之教學，除知識傳遞，更期能培養本校學生具有聆聽、表達及溝通能力，分析、推理及整合能力，欣賞與尊重多元文化差異，尊重生命與關懷人類整體價值，俾使學生能立足台灣，放眼世界。

This course mainly traces the historical and cultural characteristics of the original country from the historical structure, and then explores the development and development of the people of Taiwan's migration in Taiwan, and analyzes the interaction between the migrants and the indigenous people and the ruling ethnic group in Taiwan under the frequent transformation of political power in Taiwan. It is a foundation for students to understand the transformation of Taiwan's society today, so that students can understand the diversity of Taiwanese culture, and thus help students understand the characteristics and transformation process of Taiwanese society and culture. In addition to knowledge transmission, the teaching of this course can also cultivate students in this school to have the ability to listen, express and communicate, analyze, reason and integrate, appreciate and respect the differences in culture, respect life and concern about the overall value of human beings, so that students can gain a foothold in Taiwan and look at the world.

賴澤涵編，《臺灣400年的變遷》，桃園：中央大學，2005年。
國立中央大學網頁：http://www.ncu.edu.tw/~jimmyjue/lge/program102.htm

Edited by Xu Zehan, "Taiwan's 400 Years of Changes", Taoyuan: Central University, 2005.
National Central University website: http://www.ncu.edu.tw/~jimmyjue/lge/program102.htm