Xi’anTechnologicalUniversityNorthInstituteofInformationEngineeringCourseDescription--MechanicalDesign,ManufacturingandAutomationA345CourseTitle:P.E.ICredit:1.5Thiscourseintendstomakestudentsmasteranumberofbasicphysicalactivities;developstudents’physical&mentalconsciousnessofphysicalexercisesandlayasoundfoundationfortheirlife-longparticipationinphysicalexercises.InP.E.I,therearebasketball,football,tabletennisandbadminton,fromwhichstudentscanonetolearn.0051CourseTitle:HigherMathematicsAICredit:5.5HigherMathematicsAIisoneoftheimportantcoursesfortrainingstudentsbasicquality,andithasimportantapplicationsinextremelywiderangeofareas.Theprecedingcourseofadvancedmathematicsisprimarymathematics.Bystudyingthiscourse,itcannurturestudent’sabstractthinking,logicalreasoning,theabilitytoimaginespace,inparticular,cantraintheabilityofcalculation,problem-analysisandsolvingwithintegratedmathematicalknowledge.Thissubjectbuildsupnecessarymathematicalfoundationforstudyingthefollow-upprofessionallessonsandbasicprofessionallessons,scientificresearch,furtheringmodernscientificknowledge.ItincludesFunctionandLimit,DerivativeandDifferentialCoefficient,DifferentialValueTheoremandtheApplicationofDerivative,IndefiniteIntegral,Integral,IntegralApplications,AnalyticGeometryofSpaceandVectorAlgebra,DifferentialofPluralisticFunctionanditsApplication,Re-integration,IntegralCurveandIntegralSurface,InfiniteSeriesandDifferentialEquations.Thecourseisassessedbyexamination.0088CourseTitle:EngineeringGraphicsCredit:4Thiscoursecoverslettering,geometricconstruction,sketchingandshapedescription,basicdescriptivegeometry,developmentsandintersections,axonometric,obliqueandperspectivedrawings,multiviewprojection,principalviews,conventionalpractice,sectionalviews,auxiliaryviews,dimensioningtechniques.Besides,thecourseintroducescomputerdrawing,drawingaids,geometricalconstruction,andtheappropriatecommandsoftext,editing,plotting,sections,layersandpictorialviews.4001CourseTitle:EnglishICredit:5Theaimofthiscourseistoimprovestudents’basicskillsofEnglish—listening,speaking,writing,readingandtranslating.Listening:Studentsshouldbeabletofollowclassroominstructions,everydayconversationsandlecturesongeneraltopicsconductedinEnglish.Theyshould,byandlarge,beabletounderstandSpecialEnglishprogramsspokenataspeedofabout130wordsperminute(wpm),graspingthemainideasandkeypoints.Theyareexpectedtobeabletoemploybasiclisteningstrategiestofacilitatecomprehension.Speaking:StudentsareabletocommunicateinEnglishinthecourseoflearning,toconductdiscussionsonagiventheme,andtotalkabouteverydaytopicswithpeoplefromEnglish-speakingcountries.Theyshouldbeabletogive,aftersomepreparation,shorttalksonfamiliartopicswithcleararticulationandbasicallycorrectpronunciationandintonation.Theyareexpectedtobeabletousebasicconversationalstrategiesindialogue.Reading:Studentsshouldbeabletoread,inthemain,Englishtextsongeneraltopicsataspeedof70wpm.Withlongeryetlessdifficulttexts,thereadingspeedshouldbeat100wpm.Theyshouldbeabletoread,inthemain,EnglishnewspaperandmagazinespublishedinChina,graspingthemainideas,andunderstandingmajorfactsandrelevantdetails.Theyshouldbeabletounderstandtextsofpracticalstylescommonlyusedatworkandinlife.Theyareexpectedtobeabletoemployeffectivereadingstrategieswhilereading.Writing:Studentsshouldbeabletocompletewritingtasksforgeneralpurposes,e.g.describingpersonalexperiences,impressions,feelings,orsomeevents,andtounderstandpracticalwriting.Theyshouldbeabletowritewithin30minutesashortcompositionof120wordsonageneraltopicoranoutline.Thecompositionshouldbebasicallycompleteincontent,appropriateindictionandcoherentindiscourse.Studentsareexpectedtobeabletohaveacommandofbasicwritingstrategies.Translation:Withthehelpofdictionaries,studentsshouldbeabletotranslateessaysonfamiliartopicsfromEnglishintoChineseandviceversa.ThespeedoftranslationfromEnglishintoChineseshouldbe300EnglishwordsperhourwhereasthespeedoftranslationfromChineseintoEnglishshouldbe250Chinesecharactersperhour.Thetranslationshouldreadsmoothly.Studentsareexpectedtobeabletouseappropriatetranslationtechniques.RecommendedVocabulary:Studentsshouldacquireatotalof4,500wordsand700phrases,amongwhich2,000areactivewords.Studentsshouldnotonlybeabletocomprehendtheactivewordsbutbeproficientinusingthemwhenexpressingthemselvesinspeakingorwriting.2897CourseTitle:CollegeChineseCredit:3ThiscoursemainlyfocusesonthemajorgenresofChineseliteraturefromitsancientoriginstothepresent.Itexaminesselectedworksrepresentativeofthedevelopmentoftheliterarytraditioninitshistoricalandculturalcontexts.Philosophicclassicsandearlyhistoricalwritingareintroduced,butmoreemphasisisputonpoetry,drama,andfiction,andoncriticalapproachestothem.4984CourseTitle:ChineseHistoryCredit:2ThiscoursefocusesonthebasictheoriesofMarxismandcloselycombinesthemwithpracticalissuesinmodernchinawhileincorporatingnewfindingsfromcontemporaryresearchesonphilosophy,andstudentscouldanalyzepracticalproblemswiththesetheories.Thecourse’smaincontentsincludethecorporalityofworldanditslawofdevelopment;understandthewo