Online MBA Degree

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.

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

Curriculum of Doctoral Program
To obtain a PhD degree in Finance, a doctoral student must complete a minimum of 39 credits of graduate courses, including 16 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 articleindexed in the Social-Science Citation Index or two research articles indexed in the Taiwan Social-Science Citation Index.

College of Management at National Taiwan University

Courses

Prior Requirements
Marketing Management (grades: above 70)

Required Core Courses

(any two)
1. Decision Models in Marketing

2. Doctoral Seminar in Marketing

3. Doctoral Seminar in Consumer Behavior

4. Doctoral Seminar in Strategic Marketing

(Related courses will be available if needed)

Methodological Courses

(at least 2 courses)
Quantitative and methodological courses have to be recognized by the convener and professors of the group.

Elective Courses

(At least 3 courses)
Students can choose more core courses and methodological courses to wave credits of elective courses.

Minor Courses
Minor courses have to be recognized by the convener or professors of the group.

Qualification Exam
One SSCI (under revision) / TSSCI paper

(can be recounted to graduation requirements)

Graduation Requirements
1. Finish courses of the group requirements

2. Papers have to be published on each kinds of journals:
One SSCI paper
Two TSSCI papers
One SSCI paper and one ABI/EBSCO paper

SNU Business School at Seoul National University
Scholarship
Scholarship for Research Assistants Doctoral students can support faculty’s research activities as research assistants. Research assistants will be free of tuition and offered research grants specified by the Dean of the College of Business Administration on a month basis for four years after their enrollment in the Ph.D. Program (excluding periods of temporary absence from school). In the case that research assistants are given outside grants, if the outside grant is smaller than the scholarship (the total of monthly research grants and tuition fees), the difference will be offered by CBA as scholarship. If the outside grant is as much as or more than the on-campus scholarship, the on-campus scholarship will not be offered. Outside grants (including lecture scholarship) include all monetary supports, given from external sources, such as wages and lecture fees. However, the scholarship for research assistants from Korea National Open University is excluded from the calculation of outside grants.

Research assistants are free of tuition and offered research grants specified by the Dean of the College of Business Administration on a monthly basis for four years after their enrollment in the Ph.D In the case that research assistants are given outside grants, if the outside grant is smaller than the scholarship (the total of monthly research grants and tuition fees), only the difference will be offered by CBA as scholarship.

1. Research assistants will work on the job for a maximum of 15 hours on a weekly basis.
2. The arral students fail to submit progress reports within the set period or to meet the requirements for working papers; or if faculty members of each doctoral area ask scholarshiangement of research assistants to each faculty member shall be recommended by doctoral areas, and determined by the Ph.D. Program Committee.
3. If doctorp to be suspended or reduced, such requests can be accepted.
4. Research centers for each doctoral area shall not offer scholarships, living supports or research grants.
5. Average doctoral credits shall be a minimum of 3.6.
6. The grade point average for doctoral students shall be a minimum of 3.6.

SNU Business School at Seoul National University

Curriculum Overview
Full-Time Residency
After the admission to the Ph.D. Program doctoral students shall maintain two years of full-time residency (excluding the periods for temporary absence from school).

Publications in Academic Journals
Doctoral students shall publish a minimum of one paper in overseas referred academic journals (in principle, in the US and Europe) or a minimum of two academic articles in domestic referred academic journals until ten days before the final date of dissertation evaluation. If there are co-authors for published papers, detailed information including the recognition ratios of such papers can be found in the attachment (Operational Guidelines for Ph.D. Program Committee and Detailed Enforcement Rules).
Doctoral students shall publish a minimum of one paper in international academic journals (in principle, in the US and Europe) or a minimum of two academic articles in domestic academic journals until ten days before the final date of dissertation evaluation

Presentation in Academic Seminars
Doctoral students shall present a minimum of one paper at domestic or overseas academic seminars ten days earlier than the final day of dissertation evaluation. They are recommended to co-author their papers with SNU faculty.

Working Paper
Doctoral students shall finish at least one working paper until the end of the 6th semester, submit it to Ph.D. Program Directors, and present it at workshops.

Dissertation Proposal
Doctoral students shall present their dissertation proposals at open workshops before the procedures for doctoral dissertation evaluation determined by Seoul National University. Dissertation workshops can be held in parallel with workshops for specialized fields. For the procedures for proposals, refer to the attachment (Operational Guidelines for Ph.D. Program Committee and Detailed Enforcement Rules).

Doctoral Progress Report and Course Application Doctoral students shall submit progress reports, written based on the designated template, to Ph.D. Program Directors in February every year. In terms of course application, they shall gain approvals from Ph.D. Committee members and directors for their specialized fields.

Qualifying Examination and Time Limit for Graduation Doctoral students shall pass the qualifying examination within four years after their enrollment (including the periods of temporary absence from school), and a maximum of two applications for the qualifying examination are allowed. In addition, they shall pass the final evaluation of dissertation within seven years after their enrollment (including the periods of temporary absence from school).

MGT863 Advanced Topics in Game Theory

This is a doctoral seminar course for those who are interested in game theory and application. This course deals with new research issues around equilibrium refinement, competitive analysis, bargaining, auction, mechanism design, and evolutionary game areas in depth. Specific topics will be announced by the instructor before the course begins.

MGT960 Thesis for Graduate Students
MGT980 Thesis for Doctoral Students
MGT985 Individual Study
MGT986 Seminar for Doctoral Students