序 工業生態學在荷蘭的學習感想/ Introduction of Industrial Ecology study in Netherlands 2010

Introduction of Industrial Ecology study in Netherlands 2010

Industrial Ecology is considered an unfamiliar new field in Taiwan. Up until last semester, there were zero students from Taiwan majoring in the Industrial Ecology at the Leiden University and TU Deflt. As the first Taiwanese student pursuiting the Masters in the Industrial Ecology, I would like to share my experience to help those that have an interest in studying Industrial Ecology aboard.

First, let’s start with the class dynamic. The whole class has around 15 students. Half of students are non-Dutch comprise of countries such as; Brazil, Greece, Switzerland, Sweden, Taiwan, Turkey, the United Kingdom, and the United State. During the group projects, it is very good training to cooperate with people from different countries. Students are not only from different countries but also of different academic backgrounds, such as; Agriculture Chemistry, Archeology, Architecture, Chemistry, Industrial Design, Environmental Science, Environmental Engineering, and Mechanical Engineering. Four of them have full-time working experience.

Industrial Ecology is an inter-discipline field to solve the conflict between the economic development and environmental protection. The disciplines include the social science, technology innovation, and systematic thinking. It is required for Industrial Ecologists to be familiar with these fields so they can work together with professionals of different background, therefore, the first semester classes are multidisciplinary. The classes are as follows; the Introduction to Industrial Ecology, Social System - Policy Management, Fundamentals of Systems, Data, Models and Computation Thinking, Analytic Methodologies and Tools, and Renewable energy.

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序 工業生態學在荷蘭的學習感想

工業生態學是臺灣比較不熟悉的領域也是一門新的學問，2010年以前還沒有臺灣人在荷蘭學習這門學科，因此我想分享第一個學期在荷蘭所學習與看到的內容，有助於對此領域有興趣的人瞭解。

首先關於系上的同學，2010年秋季大約十五個學生，有一半非荷蘭籍，如巴西、希臘、瑞士、瑞典、臺灣、土耳其、英國、美國，在課堂中與不同國家的學生準備團隊報告是一個很難得的國際合作訓練。另外，大家都來自不同的背景，包括農業化學、考古學、化學、工業設計、環境科學、環境工程、機械工程。四位學生有全職的工作經驗。

工業生態學是跨領域的科學，希望能夠解決經濟發展與環境保護的衝突。學習的內容包括社會學、技術的創新、與系統性的思考。為了解決環境問題，工業生態學專家需要有各領域的知識，才能與各領域的專家合作將問題解決。因此第一個學期的課程安排包括工業生態學導論、社會系統的政策管理、電腦思考與系統資料模型理論、分析方法論與工具、再生能源。接下來將會簡介各科目的內容與學習到的心得。