Online MBA Degree

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

Elective Courses
M4066236 Independent Studies in Mobile Products and Services 3
M4066030 Global Communication 3
M406B001 Image and Sound in Video Production 1
M4066034 Media Management 3
M4066038 Media, Cultural, and society 3
M4066039 Marketing Communications Strategy 3
M4066040 Applied Research Method in Communications Management 3

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

Elective Courses
Course ID Course Title Credits
D4052004 Advanced organization development (I) 3
D4051004 Advanced human resource economics 3
D4052003 Independent studies in organizational behavior 3
D4051005 Seminar in comparative human resource management 3
D4051003 Applied psychology in human resource management 3
D4050001 Independent studies in human resource maintenance Management 3
D4052008 Paper writing in English 3
D4051005 Independent studies in strategic human resource Management 3
D4052002 Seminar in advanced human resource management 3
D4050003 Special topics in organization behavior in the Chinese Context 3
D4052005 Independent studies in high-technology organization Management 3
D4052002 Advanced human resource development 3
D4050003 Knowledge-based economy and globalizing management 3
D4052004 Advanced organization development (II) 3
D4052003 Seminar in performance of human resource management 3
D4051004 Advanced managerial economics 3
D4052005 Independent studies in human resource compensation Management 3
D4052005 Independent studies in the theory of leadership 3
D4052006 Independent studies in international human resource management3
D4052001 Special topics in international organizational behavior 3
D4051003 Multivariate analysis 3
D4052006 Independent studies in high technology human resource Management 3
D4052003 Seminar in management strategy of international business3
D4052001 Advanced Paper Writing in English 3
D4052004 Seminar in research Methods 3

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

Required Courses (15 credits)
Course ID Course Title Credits
D4051001 Advanced organization theory and management 3
D4051002 Advanced research methods (I) 3
D4051001 Advanced human resource management 3
D4051002 Advanced research methods (II) 3
D4052007 Independent studies 3

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

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

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.

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

Elective Courses
Course ID Course Title Credits
M4041010 Studies of Urban Spatial Form 2
M4042007 Professional Speaking and Writing 2
M4041011 Civil Culture and Public Affairs 2
M4042005 Park, Recreation and Tourism Management 3
M4041013 Crisis Management 3
M4042004 Administration Law 2
M4041013 Special Topics in Decision Judgment and Analysis 2
M4041012 System Dynamics 2
M4042005 Social Psychology 2
M4041006 English Oral Training 2
M4042008 National Comprehensive Development Plan 2
M4042007 Professional Speaking and Writing 2
M4041008 Urban Transportation System Planning 2
M4041003 Linear Programming and Data Envelopment Analysis 2
M4041009 Applied Statistics 3
M4041005 Special Topics in Applied Statistics 2
M4041007 Environmental Psychology 2
M4042009 Institution Economics 2
M4042012 Practice of International Diplomacy 2
M4042009 Cultural Economy 2
M4042011 Management of Museums 2
M4041011 Local Development and Public Affairs 3
M4041012 Art and Entertainment Economics 2

Courses Department of Finance : College of Management at National Sun Yat-Sen University

Admission Policies
3.1 Admission Policy for Undergraduate Program
Students seeking admissions to the undergraduate program can take one of the following two admission tracks:
1. Application track: Students who take this track need to take the “Subject Capability Tests” organized by the University Entrance Examination Center, Taiwan, to prepare and send an application package to the department,and be interviewed by the faculty members of the department. Thus, the evaluation involves three criteria whose weights are listed as follows:

a) “Subject Capability Tests” performance: 60%
b) Past academic and other performance (as shown in application package): 10%
c) Interview performance: 30%

2. Joint entrance examination track: Students who take this track must take the national college entrance
examination organized by the University Entrance Examination Center, Taiwan.

3.2 Admission Policy for Full-time Master’s Program
Students seeking admissions to the Master’s Program can take one of the following two admission tracks:
1. 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 department an applicationpackage (including study plan, undergraduate course grades, at least two reference letters, and selectedproject reports). Based on the qualifications demonstrated in their application packages, top candidates will be interviewed by the graduate admission committee of the department. Accordingly, the evaluation involves two criteria whose weights are listed as follows:

a) Past academic and other performance (as shown in application package): 50%
b) Interview performance: 50%

2. Entrance examination track: Students who take this track must take the graduate-study entrance
examination organized by the university. The examination include three subjects: finance, statistics and
economics

3.3 Admission Policy for Doctoral Programs
Each applicant needs to prepare and send to the department an application package (including research plan, undergraduate and graduate course grades, at least two reference letters and master thesis). In addition, each applicant is required to take the doctoral entrance written examination given by the doctoral admission committee of the department and also will 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%): Applicants select two of the subjects including finance, economics, statistics and mathematics.
3. Interview performance (25%).

3.4 Admission Policy for Part-time Undergraduate Program
The admission process for part-time undergraduate program consists of two stages. In the first stage, applicants must take the entrance examination organized by the university. The performance in the stage is given a weight of 50%. Top 100 applicants with the highest performance in the first stage are selected into the second stage of the admissionprocess. Second stage includes personal evaluation (including study plan, autobiography and reference letters) and interview. The performance in the stage is given a weight of 50%. Consequently, the overall performance of an applicant is the weighted sum of the two different evaluation criteria, and the top candidates will be admitted into the part-time undergraduate program.

3.5 Admission Policy for Part-time Master’s Program
The admission process for part-time Master’s Program in Finance consists of two stages. In the first stage, applicants (required a minimum of 2-year work experience) must send an application package (including study plan, undergraduate course grades, and reference letters) to the department for evaluation (given a weight of 25%) and take the entrance examination organized by the university (given a weight of 50%). Top 60 applicants with the highest performance in the first stage are selected into the second stage of the admission process. In second stage, each applicant will be interviewed by the admission committee of the department. The performance in the stage is given a weight of 25%. Consequently, the overall performance of an applicant is the weighted sum of the three different evaluation criteria, and the top candidates will be admitted into the part-time Master’s Program in Finance.

Courses Department of Finance : College of Management at National Sun Yat-Sen University

PhD Required Courses (16 credits)

Course ID Course Title Credits
D4031001 Microeconomics 3
D4031004 Mathematical Finance I 3
D4031005 Financial Economics I 3
D4031004 Econometrics I 3
D4031001 Seminar in Finance I, II, III, and IV 4