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Institute of Human Resources Management : College of Management at National Sun Yat-Sen University

Curriculum of Doctoral Program
To obtain a PhD degree in Human Resource Management, a doctoral student must complete a minimum of 39 credits of graduate courses, including 15 credits of required courses. In addition, each doctoral student must pass a qualifying examination and complete a dissertation that meets required standards of scholarship and demonstrates the candidate’s research capabilities and contributions. To apply for the final dissertation defense, a doctoral student needs to complete all coursework, pass the qualifying examination, pass the dissertation proposal defense, and publish one research article indexed in the Social-Science Citation Index or two research articles indexed in the Taiwan Social-Science Citation Index.

Part-time Master Program of Institute of Human Resources Management : College of Management at National Sun Yat-Sen University

Elective Courses
Elective courses in the part-time master program are essentially the same as those in the full-time master program. Students in this program can select the courses in the full-time programs.

Part-time Master Program Institute of Human Resources Management : College of Management at National Sun Yat-Sen University

Required Courses (24 credits)
Course ID Course Title Credits
N4051001 Human resource management 3
N4051001 Research methodology (I) 3
N4051001 Research methodology (II) 3
N4051005 Human resource economics 3
N4051002 Organizational behavior 3
N4052001 Master thesis (I) 3

Part-time Master Program of Institute of Human Resources Management : College of Management at National Sun Yat-Sen University

Curriculum of Part-time Master Program
To earn a part-time master degree in Human Resource Management, students must complete a minimum of 43 credits, including 6 credits of writing a Master thesis. In addition, a student must attain TOEFL 190 or above (or equivalent score attained in other English tests approved by the University) before degree completion.

Full-time Master Program of Institute of Human Resources Management : College of Management at National Sun Yat-Sen University

Elective Courses
Course ID Course Title Credits
M4051009 Managerial psychology 3
M4052001 Seminar in current situation of HRM in Taiwan 3
M4051005 HRM of enterprises in mainland china 3
M4051010 International human resource management 3
M4052001 Seminar in organization studies (I) 3
M4052001 Human resource acquisition management 3
M4051005 Strategic human resource management 3
M4051014 Survey of employees opinion 3
M4052002 Special topics in high-technology organization management 3
M4052009 Independent studies in performance evaluation 3
M4051009 Labor legislation 3
M4051004 Business communication 3
M4051009 Seminar in human resource management practices 3
M4052006 Seminar in relationship of industry and human resources 3
M4051012 Organization development 3
M4051002 Independent studies in human resources management 3
M4052002 Seminar in organization studies (II) 3
M4052003 Independent studies in organizational culture 3
M4051008 Human resource compensation management 3
M4051007 Human resource maintenance management 3
M4052005 Independent studies in high technology organizational behavior 3
M4051010 Knowledge-based economy and globalizing management 3
M4052003 Organization seminar in Chinese enterprise 3
M4052004 Seminar in organizational politics 3
M4051010 Modern organization theory and design 3
M4052003 Special topics in employer-employee relationship 3
M4051007 Japanese oral training(I) 3
M4051008 Productions and operations management 3
M4051015 Marketing management 3
M4051006 Information management 3
M4051013 Financial management 3
M4051013 Human Resource Management In Knowledge- Based Economy 3
M4051008 Strategic Staffing 3
M4051007 International Strategic Human Resource Management 3
M4051009 Management Development 3
M4052004 Seminar In Human Resource Management 3
M4051004 Organization Cultural and Organization Change 3

Full-time Master Program of Institute of Human Resources Management : College of Management at National Sun Yat-Sen University
Required Courses (21 credits)
Course ID Course Title Credits
M4051001 Organization theory & management 3
M4051002 Human resource management 3
M4051003 Research methodology (I) 3
M4051001 Research methodology (II) 3
M4051002 Human resource economics 3
M4051003 Independent studies in human resources management 3
M4051004 Organizational behavior 3

Institute of Human Resources Management : College of Management at National Sun Yat-Sen University

Curriculum of Full-time Master Program
To earn a full-time master degree in Human Resource Management, students must complete a minimum of 43 credits, including 21 credits of required courses. In addition, each student must complete a master thesis which demonstrates the student’s intellectual contributions. Finally, a student must attain TOEFL 213 or above (or equivalent score attained in other English tests approved by the University) before degree completion.

Institute of Human Resources Management
Introduction Management environments change fast in Taiwan. Globalization and technology innovation are altering the ways organizations operate and compete in their industrial context. Human resources management issues nowadays also differ with the old ones. Companies need to invest much more in the human capital. Especially for the knowledge-based or customer-oriented industries, human resources become a critical factor to win the fierce competitions. The Institute of Human Resources Management is the leading institution in this field in Taiwan. It provides three main programs with master and doctoral degrees. We have full-time master program, part-time master program, and Ph. D. program. As the oldest institution of this field in Taiwan, the Institute pursues continuous progress and innovation in academic performance. The faculty with high self-achievement personality and good academic training performs their roles of teacher and researcher well. Students got the degrees from
his Institute usually have good career opportunities in academic fields or industries.

Public Affairs Management (PAM) : College of Management at National Sun Yat-Sen University

Curriculum of Doctoral Program
To obtain a Ph.D. in PAM, a doctoral student must complete a minimum of 36 credits, including 16 credits of required courses. Each student has to select 1 subdiscipline from 4 subdisciplines as his or her major, and take 2 core courses in the subdiscipline chosen. The student also has to take 1 core course from another
subdiscipline. The credits in these 3 core courses are part of the 16 required credits aforementioned. Finally, as in the other two programs, each doctoral student must complete a dissertation and attain a TOEFL-CBT score of 200 or above before graduation.

To apply for the final dissertation defense, a doctoral student needs to complete all coursework, pass a qualifying examand preliminary oral, and publish two research articles indexed in the Science Citation Index, Social Science Citation Index, or the Taiwan Social-Science Citation Index.

Public Affairs Management (PAM) : College of Management at National Sun Yat-Sen University

Admission Policies
Admission Policy for Full-time Master’s program
Students seeking admissions to the master’s program can take one of the following tracks:
Application track: Students whose undergraduate average grades rank at the top 20 percent of their classes are qualified to take this track. An applicant needs to prepare and send to the institute an application package (including study plan, undergraduate course grades, at least two reference letters, and selected project reports).

Based on the qualifications demonstrated in their application packages, top candidates will have to take a
paper-and-pencil test and be interviewed by the graduate admission committee of the institute. The evaluation then involves two criteria with the weights below:
a) Interview performance: 40%
b) Paper-and-pencil test: 60%

Entrance examination track: Students who take this track must take the graduate-study entrance exam
organized by the university. The exam covers 3 subjects: economics, management, and 1 of the following 5
subjects: calculus, statistics, administrative law, urban and environmental planning, and case analysis of public affairs.

Admission Policy for Part-time Master’s program
The admission process for part-time master’s program in PAM consists of two stages. In the first stage, applicants (who have a bachelor’s degree and at least 5 years of work experience; or a master’s degree and at least 3 years of work experience) must send an application package (including study plan, undergraduate course grades, and reference letters) to the institute for evaluation and take the entrance exam organized by the university. Top applicants with the highest performance in the first stage are selected into the second stage, where the admission committee of the institute will interview each applicant. The scores in the application evaluation, entrance exam and interview are given a weight of 30%, 40% and 30% respectively. The overall performance of an applicant is the weighted sum of the three scores, and the top applicants will be admitted.

Admission Policy for Doctoral Programs
Each applicant needs to prepare and send to the institute an application package (including research plan, undergraduate and graduate course grades, at least two reference letters and master’s thesis). In addition, each applicant is requiredto take the entrance exam organized by the university given and be interviewed. Accordingly, the evaluation involves three criteria whose weights are listed as follows:
1. Past academic performance (35%)
2. Doctoral entrance written examination (40%): Subjects of exam include economics, management, and 1 of the following 3 subjects, depending on the applicant’s potential major subdiscipline: decision and policy
sciences (or NGO and management), urban policy and management, and management of environment and
resources.
3. Interview performance (25%).