The program is divided into two tracks: the Advanced Chinese Language Track and the International Sinology Track. Graduate students are required to complete 24 credits and a thesis in order to graduate. The credit requirements for each track are as follows:
Division of Teaching Advanced Chinese as a Second Language:
Required Courses: Students must complete the following courses: “Discussion of Selected Classical Texts” ,“Advanced Reading and Writing” ,“Chinese Linguistics” and “Teaching Practice for Chinese as a Second Language.”
Elective Requirements: Students are required to take at least one course from each of the program’s key research areas—linguistics, teaching, and culture—according to their research focus. A minimum of four courses must be completed in total. For specific course offerings, please refer to the semester course schedule.
External Courses:If students wish to enroll in courses outside of the program, they must obtain approval from their advisor or thesis supervisor.
Division of International Sinology:
Required Courses: The following courses are mandatory: “Discussion of Selected Classical Texts,” “Reading of Selected Classical Texts,” “Advanced Reading and Writing,” “Oral Practice I”, “Oral Practice II”, “Oral Practice III”, “Oral Practice IV”, “Reading Current Events Reports and Commentaries”, and “Independent Research.”
Elective Requirements: Based on their research focus, students must select a specialized field within the professional courses offered by the College of Humanities and Social Sciences and complete at least four courses. Detailed course offerings are available in the semester course schedule.
External Courses: Approval from the advisor or thesis supervisor is required for students wishing to take courses outside the program.
Oral Proficiency Exemption: Students with Chinese oral proficiency equivalent to CEFR C1, ACTFL Superior, or TBCL Level 6 or higher may be exempted from “Oral Practice I”, “Oral Practice II”, “Oral Practice III” and “Oral Practice IV”. With the approval of their advisor or thesis supervisor, they may take other courses to fulfill their graduation credit requirements.
Students are required to complete the National Tsing Hua University Academic Research Ethics Education Course by the end of their first year of enrollment. This course is mandatory and carries no credit.
Internships
Division of Teaching Advanced Chinese as a second Language : Prior to graduation, students are required to complete at least 100 hours of Chinese classroom teaching practice and serve as language partners and assistant teachers for students in the International Sinology group.
Division of International Sinology : Prior to graduation, students are required to complete a minimum of 100 hours of Chinese-language internship in a relevant professional field.
Language Proficiency
Division of Teaching Advanced Chinese as a second Language : Students are required to successfully complete the Ministry of Education's Certification Examination for Teaching Chinese as a Foreign Language, specifically in "Chinese Oral Proficiency and Expression," prior to graduation.
Division of International Sinology : Advanced Mandarin study in Taiwan in the first year is required. CEFR B2 is expected at the beginning of the second year. Before graduation, students are required to attain a Foreign Language Proficiency level of ACTFL superior or CEFR C1 and above.
Master's students who have completed 18 credits are eligible to apply for a thesis proposal review. The thesis proposal should be written in Chinese. The final thesis may be written in either Chinese or English. However, if it is written in English, it should also include at least 10 pages in Chinese.
An interval of three months is required between approval of thesis proposal and the official degree examination.
Two groups of students are required to participate in at least one seminar and orally present a thesis or publish a paper in an academic journal before the degree examination.
The students are required to prepare a Turnitin report prior to the degree examination. The paper's similarity score should not exceed 30%, based on the principle of academic integrity. If the similarity score is higher than 30% due to extenuating circumstances, the student must provide a written explanation for the examination committee's consideration.
Student who has completed the required master's degree curriculum and credits, submitted the thesis, and passed the review by the master's examination committee shall be awarded the master's degree by the university in which the student is registered.
