Global Program in Interdisciplinary Studies

Program Features

• The program is planned based on the idea of “Chinese learning as the foundation and interdisciplinary learning as the feature”.
• 128 credits are required for graduation. Courses provided can be categorized into “Required Common Courses”, “Required Chinese Courses”, and “Optional Interdisciplinary Courses”.

• “Required Common Courses” include: Chinese, Freshman English, Japanese, German, Korean, Life Concerns, Principles of Reasoning, Career Anchor, Multidisciplinary Trends in Modern Artificial Intelligence, Autonomous Online Learning, Physical Education, and General Education, with 28 credits in total. To assist international students in learning and adjusting to campus life, a special class is set up for each course (except for Foreign Languages, Autonomous Online Learning, and Physical Education) that is open to both foreign students from the department offering the course and foreign students from other departments within the university. This program plans to provide the following General Education courses:

  Course Title	Year and Semester
  Chinese Characters and Vocabularies	First year, first semester
  An Introduction to Taiwan	First year, second semester
  Language and Culture of Taiwan	Second year, first semester
  The Chinese World	Second year, second semester
  Internationalization, Localization, and Cross-Cultural Communication	Second year, second semester

                                 

•  “Required Chinese Courses” are required courses for the first specialty; there are 42 credits in total. Courses provided for the first year and second year students include “Intermediate Chinese”, “Advanced Chinese”, and “Chinese Listening Comprehension and Speaking” to help students develop intermediate and advanced listening, speaking, reading, and writing skills. Courses for senior students include “Individual Studies” and “Chinese Capstone Course”. These courses involve students presenting their reports in order to help them become more proficient in using Chinese, as well as to help them pursue the their second specialty and review what they have learned over their four years in university.
• “Optional Interdisciplinary Courses,” totaling 58 credits, are intended to assist students in pursuing their second specialization apart from Chinese. Students can select from the five different course groups, which include “Academic Skills,” “Interdisciplinary Artificial Intelligence Applications,” “Chinese Societies,” “Operating and Management,” and “Asia Pacific Topics (EMI).” [1]In addition to these courses, students may also enroll in “Second Specialty” courses offered by other departments in accordance with their career planning and interests, provided that they abide by the university’s “Second Specialty” guidelines.
• Moreover, students may also take courses in different professional fields through dual degree programs, minor programs, and credit programs following the regulations announced by the Office of Academic Affairs. They can also apply for department transfer to change their fields of study.