(1) General Required Courses
(2) Courses Required by the Department
(3) Regulations for a Double Major: According to the university guidelines for double major applications, students are required to obtain 48 credits from required professional courses (not including internship or seminar courses) and 14 credits from elective courses.
Graduate students enrolled since 2015 are required to obtain at least 30 credits before completing the graduate program. The required courses taken and the credits obtained must meet the graduation requirements. Once the credits meet the requirements and a final thesis paper is approved, the graduate program is considered completed.
(1) The 30 credits required by the graduate program include 15 credits from required courses and 15 credits from elective courses.
(2) Other requirements: Graduate students in the department can obtain no more than 6 credits from courses in other departments. In addition, first-year graduate students are required to take an English proficiency test. Students are required to take additional courses if they fail the test.
(1) To complete the graduate program, graduate students in the department are required to take at least 30 credits, including 15 credits from required courses and 15 credits from elective courses.
(2) The number of credits allowed to be obtained in each semester is limited. Regular students can only obtain 3 to 12 credits in each of the first 3 semesters. Part-time students can only obtain 3 to 9 credits in each of the first 4 semesters.
(3) Students cannot take elective courses from other graduate programs offered by the department without the consent from the head of the graduate program. In total, students can obtain no more than 6 credits from elective courses from other graduate programs.
(1) Graduate students in the department must obtain credits for the following required courses:
(2) Graduate students in the department are required to obtain at least 30 credits before their graduate program is completed. Among the 30 credits, 12 credits must be from required courses and 18 credits from elective courses. No credits are awarded for the thesis. Before the graduate program is completed, credits from the required courses must be obtained and the passing requirement in the thesis examination must be fulfilled. The above list of required courses is stipulated by the university graduate program curriculum committee. The list applies to students enrolled after 2015.
(3) Graduate students in the department can only obtain 3 to 12 credits in each of the first 3 semesters. They cannot take elective courses from other colleges of National Central University without the consent from the head of the graduate program. In total, students can obtain no more than 6 credits for elective courses from other colleges.
Students taking a part-time graduate program are required to obtain at least 30 credits (not including 6 credits from the thesis examination) before the program is considered completed. Among the 30 credits, 12 credits must be from four general required courses and 18 credits must be from elective courses. After these course credits are obtained, students are required to submit a thesis to obtain an additional 6 credits. Once the oral examination of the thesis is completed and the passing requirements are fulfilled, students are eligible to receive a Master's degree of Social Science from the university.
(1) Required Courses: Seminar in Hakka Culture Studies (3 credits)
(2) Required Elective Courses (Students are required to choose two courses from the three.)
(3) Elective Courses