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

Admission Policies
Admission Policy for Full-time Master Program
Students seeking admissions to the master program can take one of the following two admission tracks:

1. Application track: An applicant needs to prepare and send to the department an application package
(including study plan, undergraduate course grades, two reference letters, and autobiography). Students also take an examination including one subject: Management. Based on the qualifications demonstrated in their application packages (40%) and examination grade (60%), top candidates will be interviewed in English bythe graduate admission committee of the department.

2. Entrance examination track: Students who take this track must take the graduate-study entrance
examination organized by the university. The examination subject is listed below:
Group A(Statistics) Management, Statistics
Group B(Sociology) Management, Sociology
Group C(English) Management, English
Group D(Part-time) Management, Case analysis in Human Resource Management
Based on the exam grades, top students will be interviewed in English by the graduate admission committee of the department. Group D does not need to interview.

Admission Policy for Part-time Master Program
The admission process for part-time master program in Human Resource Management consists of two stages. In thefirst stage, applicants (required a minimum of 3-year work experience) must send an application package (including 2 reference letters, working experience proof, and proof of other outstanding experience.) to the department for evaluation (given a weight of 30%) and take the entrance examination organized by the university (given a weight of 40%). 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 30%. 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 program in Human Resources Management.

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, three reference letters, proof of language ability 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 (30%)
2. Doctoral entrance written examination (40%): Subject is Management and Research Methodology.
3. Interview performance (30%).

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

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.

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.

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

Part-time Elective Courses
Elective courses in the part-time Master’s Program are essentially the same as those in the full-time Master’s Program.

Course ID Course Title Credits
N4042004 Globalization and Local Development 3
N4041003 Public Value and Strategic Management 3
N4041004 The Management of Aquatic Environment 2
N4042002 Cultural Economics 3

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

Part-time Elective Courses
Elective courses in the part-time Master’s Program are essentially the same as those in the full-time Master’s Program.

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

Part-time Required Courses (24 credits)
Course ID Course Title Credits
N4031002 Financial Management Theories 3
N4031003 Methodology For Finance I and II 6
N4031001 Seminar In Contemporary Financial Problems 1
N4031001 Financial Management Theories and Strategies 3
N4031001 Investment Theories and Strategies 3
N4032002 Financial Markets Theories and Practices 3
N4032001 Master Thesis 3
N4031002 Microeconomic Analysis 3

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

Accounting:
Course ID Course Title Credits
M4032003 Accounting Models and Implications 3
M4032009 Special Topics in Accounting Research 3
M4032006 Case Studies in Accounting 3