This course, General Astronomy (I), is aimed at a beginner's level. Students from all colleges are welcome. Although a general college physics background is helpful, this course will be self-contained. It will provide students a general introduction to astronomy, as might be helpful in the modern world. To complete the introductory course, students are encouraged to take the course General Astronomy (II) (PHYS242000) afterwards. Students with further interest may then take other astronomy and astrophysics courses at junior and senior levels and those offered by the Institute of Astronomy.

The General Physics I (PHYS115) course covered the basic mathematical tools and concepts of physics, including fundamental ideas of calculus and trigonometry, the concepts of force and energy and their application to classical mechanics, and introduced the kinetic theory of gasses and thermodynamics. The course was delivered to approximately 40 students from a variety of non-Physics majors within NTHU and NYCU. The average student evaluation of the course was 4.77 out of 5.