Institute of Communications Management: College of Management at National Sun Yat-Sen University
Core Courses (11 credits)
Course ID Course Title Credits
M4061001 MASS COMMUNICATION THEORY 3
M4060019 RESEARCH ON MEDIA ECOLOGY AND BUSINESS
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.
Part-time Graduate Courses Department of Information Management : College of Management at National Sun Yat-Sen University
N4020017 Business Flows and Business Objects (3crs): This course discusses application-oriented software architecture. Specifically, the following topics will be discussed in this course: business objects, business flows, and relationships between business flows and business objects.
Part-time Graduate Courses Department of Information Management : College of Management at National Sun Yat-Sen University
N4121001 Electronic Commerce (3crs):
In the Internet age, it is important to understand the new paradigm of doing business on the Internet though the previous management theories still serve as important basis. No matter B2C or B2B, almost the operational environment is very different from that in the traditional pre-Internet age. The course is an introduction course to let students learn what is e-commerce/e-business, how it is impacted by different factors, what are business models, Internet marketing, e-marketplace, ERP, SCM, CRM, and KM, etc.
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N4120001 Production and Marketing Information Systems (3crs):
Since late 1970’s, the developing of information technologies changed the behaviors of business operations and the relationship within business networks. The major concern to implement e-business is to establish the proper production/marketing information systems for the business. In this course, the well-known business application information systems, such as enterprise resource planning, supply chain management, customer relationship management, and etc. are introduced and discussed. At the mean time, the business process reengineering techniques are also demonstrated to make the students to improve the efficiency of business operations more systematically while implement the information systems. The basic theory of production and marketing management for different business types are introduced, and the latest managerial concepts and information systems are verified for the small-and-medium business. The purpose of this course is to educate the students to be able to develop the business information systems appropriately.
Part-time Graduate Courses Department of Information Management : College of Management at National Sun Yat-Sen University
N4020012 Project Management (3crs):
The purpose of this course is to expose students to a variety of techniques so that projects can be completed on time, within budget, and with specified performance. Particular focus will be placed on software project management. In addition to traditional project management knowledge, topics such as software cost estimation, Integrated Capability Maturity Model, configuration management, outsourcing, risk management, and Microsoft Project software tools will be covered. Students are required to complete a term project based on real case.
Full-time Graduate Courses Department of Information Management : College of Management at National Sun Yat-Sen University
M4020004 Network Security (3crs):
As everything is in electronic form (e.g., documents, medical records, financial statements, customer or supply data, product information), the information is on the wire and in danger. This course will help students understand what and why are in danger in the networks or in computers, what and why are the possible attacks, what and why could be the possible solutions for the problem, what are the network security architecture, etc. Fundamental cryptography theory gives students the base to identify the new security problems and understand what a security product or standard is used for. System security and security standards give them the current state of the art in network security. In all, they can have a capability to identify the security problem and to propose a security plan or solution for it.
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M4020006 Strategic for Electronic Business (3crs):
E-business strategy contains issues from strategic planning and procedures and mechanics of launching a B2B solution on the Internet to prescriptions on the necessary IT infrastructure. The impact of the Web on business is far-reaching. This course responds the challenge by addressing relevant topics based on a strategy paradigm. Specifically, this course will discuss the following topics, including strategic issues in Internet, management processes in B2B Internet, technology platform in B2B Internet, and collaborative commerce.