Master program
Courses offered by DEAS are designed to enable students to advance their studies in their areas of interest and to have fundamental interdisciplinary knowledge and views. We may have 1~2 courses instructed in English in each semester, but most of our courses are instructed in Chinese. Therefore in order to meet the requirements of listening comprehension in class, we highly recommend students to have Chinese language proficiency higher than designated level (TOCFL Level 4 or New HSK Level 6).
Our educational goal is to cultivate cross-disciplinary talents for regional application and research course. The course covers two fields, i.e. “culture and its application” and “political economy and regional development.” Our Master Program aims to cultivate professional research talents with independent thinking and research capacity. The Program is featured with wide-range research fields, diverse faculty, and courses covering “culture and its application” and “political economy and regional development.” Along with the increasingly diversification of current regional research projects and the gradual recognition on cross-disciplinary talents, students tend to select preferred courses with significant extent and depth, regardless of their research interests in areas such as East Asian culture and thoughts, cultural creativity and application, East Asian political economy and cross-strait relations, globalization and governance. The course features for M.A. program are as below:
Course Works & Program Requirement: M.A. Program
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Entrance Academic Year |
Required Courses |
Elective Courses |
Free Electives |
Minimum Credit Requirement |
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Since 2018 Fall-term |
12 credits |
12 credits |
6 credits |
30 credits |
1. Required Courses：12 Credits
(1) General Required Courses: 6 credits
(2) Major Group Required Courses: 6 credits
Group A: Culture and Its Application
Group B: Politics, Economics and Regional Development
Required Courses:
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Year |
Semester |
Subject |
Credits |
Note |
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1st Year |
1st Sem. |
East Asian Area Studies |
3 |
General required course |
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Methodology of Humanities Research |
3 |
A |
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Methodology of Social Sciences |
3 |
B |
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2nd Sem. |
Seminar on Research Design and Essay Writing |
3 |
General required course |
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Special Topics on East Asian Thoughts |
3 |
A |
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Special Topics on International Relations |
3 |
B |
Elective Courses:
【Group A】Culture and Its Application
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Year |
Semester |
Subject |
Credits |
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1st Year |
1st Sem. |
Special Topics on Southeast Asian Culture |
3 |
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Special Topics on Overseas Chinese and Overseas Chinese Affairs Policy |
3 |
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Sinology and China Model (M.A./P.h.D) |
3 |
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Special Topics on Northeast Asian Culture |
3 |
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Special Topics on Northeast Asian Confucianism (M.A./P.h.D) |
3 |
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Special Topics on Cultural Heritage in East Asia (M.A./P.h.D) |
3 |
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Religions and Ethnic Relations in East Asia (M.A./P.h.D) |
3 |
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2nd Sem. |
Currents of Thought in Modern East Asia (M.A./P.h.D) |
3 |
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Seminar on the Overseas Chinese and China Studies (M.A./P.h.D) |
3 |
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Year |
Semester |
Subject |
Credits |
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2nd Year
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1st Sem. |
Special Topics on Chinese Community and Culture in Singapore (M.A./P.h.D) |
3 |
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Critique of Modern and Contemporary Though (M.A./P.h.D) |
3 |
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2nd Sem. |
Southeast Asian Studies on Social Change (M.A./P.h.D) |
3 |
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Western Chinese Studies: History, Topics and Practice (M.A./P.h.D) |
3 |
Elective Courses:
【Group B】Politics, Economics and Regional Development
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Year |
Semester |
Subject |
Credits |
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1st Year |
1st Sem. |
Development of Politics and Economy in Northeast Asia |
3 |
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Special Topics on Political Economy |
3 |
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Studies in the Theories of Democratic Politics (M.A./P.h.D) |
3 |
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Studies in Comparative Government and Politics (M.A./P.h.D) |
3 |
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Special Topics on Globalization and Regional Governance (M.A./P.h.D) |
3 |
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Special Topics on International Law and International Relations (M.A./P.h.D) |
3 |
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2nd Sem. |
Special Topics on Mainland China Studies (M.A./P.h.D) |
3 |
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Special Topics on Political Economy in Southeast Asia |
3 |
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Statistical Methods in Social Sciences |
3 |
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Special Topics on Text Mining and Natural Language Processing (M.A./P.h.D) |
3 |
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China’s Rising and the Power Transition in East Asia (M.A./P.h.D) |
3 |
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Special Topics on Cross-Strait Relations and Mainland Policy (M.A./P.h.D) |
3 |
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Special Topics on International Business Management (M.A./P.h.D) |
3 |
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Special Topics on Transnational Immigrants (M.A./P.h.D) |
3 |
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Special Topics on Democracy in East Asia (M.A./P.h.D) |
3 |
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Year |
Semester |
Subject |
Credits |
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2nd Year
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1st Sem. |
National Development and Area Studies (M.A./P.h.D) |
3 |
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Spatial Analysis of Economic Development in East Asia (M.A./P.h.D) |
3 |
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Special Topics on Taiwanese Businesses in East (M.A./P.h.D) |
3 |
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Problems in Republic of China (Taiwan) (M.A./P.h.D) |
3 |
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2nd Sem. |
Special Topics on Singapore and ASEAN Politics and Economy (M.A./P.h.D) |
3 |
Semester Information for M.A. Program
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Semester of Admission
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Application Deadline for Admission
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Beginning of Semester
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End of Semester
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Vacation
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Fall-term
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Around March 15
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September
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January
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Winter vacation:
January ~ February
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Spring-term
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Around October 31
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February
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June
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Summer vacation:
End of June ~
Early September
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