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.
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.
Part-time Graduate Courses Department of Information Management : College of Management at National Sun Yat-Sen University
N4020006 Research Methodology (3crs):
This course’s main object is for students to study how the world has been fundamentally altered by this information technology. Internet and WWW are sued as the vehicle to demonstrate the influences of these technologies. Students are expected to learn technological, political, and cultural issues and on how advances in information technology might change the society in the future.
Full-time Graduate Courses Department of Information Management : College of Management at National Sun Yat-Sen University
M4021001 Research Methodology (3crs):
The goal of the course is to equip graduate students for their abilities of thesis writing. Mainly two objects are emphasized in the course: one is the interview skill, and the other is the survey research introduction. Except for the lectures of text materials, students are requested for two project assignments in order to experience the execution of interview and survey research. In addition, how to write a report is introduced, as well as the tips of formal speech for the public presentation
Department of Information Management : College of Management at National Sun Yat-Sen University
2.3 Curriculum of Part-time Master Program in Management Information Systems
To earn a part-time master degree in Management Information, students must complete a minimum of 42 credits, including 3 credits of a required course, a minimum of 9 credits of core courses, and 6 credits of master thesis.
Core Requirements (a minimum of 9 credits)
Course ID Course Title Credits
M4020018 Special Topics in Computer Networks 3
N4020003 Database Systems 3
M4020019 Special Topics in Systems Analysis & Design 3
N4020004 Special Topics in Business Management 3
M4020012 Project Management 3
N4020002 Data Warehouse and Data Mining 3
N4020006 Research Methodology 3
M4020003 Case Studies in MIS 3
Department of Business Management : College of Management at National Sun Yat-Sen University
D4010016 Independent Studies in Corporate Governance (3 crs):
This course surveys leading academic research in selected areas of corporate governance, focusing especially upon boards of directors, institutional investors, shareholder activism, and the influence of corporate and securities law upon corporate governance. Many recent working papers will be studied, in order to introduce students to the latest developments in the field and to help identify possible dissertation topics.
Department of Business Management : College of Management at National Sun Yat-Sen University
D4010012 Independent Studies in Technology Management (II) (3 crs):
This course helps develop students’ research ability on technological management and understand the practice and theories of electronic organizations and technological management issues.
Department of Business Management : College of Management at National Sun Yat-Sen University
D4011002
Advanced Quantitative Methods (II) (3 crs):
The aim of this course is to train Ph.D. students with advanced quantitative research ability. By studying literatures and textbooks, students will have deeper understanding of advanced quantitative research methods. The subjects in this course include:
1. Introduction of experimental designs
2. One-factor ANOVA
3. Two-factor and multi-factor ANOVA
4. Study designs
5. Taguchi’s experimental designs
6. Quality engineering
7. Basic theory of multivariate analysis
8. Multivariate analysis methods
9. Structural equations (LISREL)
10. The course includes lectures and textbooks studying,
with student discussions to improve quantitative
research technology.
Department of Business Management : College of Management at National Sun Yat-Sen University
D4011001
Advanced Business Research Methods (3 crs):
Students are expected to have general understanding about the factors and process of scientific research methods, such as methodology, theory structure, refining research topics, data collection and different research metho ds. It is the
solid theoretical foundation for future research work. 1. Philosophy of science: basic concept of scientific method.
2. Introduction of basic elements of research
3. Select of research topic and draft of
4. Theory structure and explanation model
5. Questionnaire design
6. Comparison between research of
7. Collection of data and selection of sample
8. Research report and essay writing