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Course Name
Category
Units
Core Ability
Introduction to Sionology
2
Required
Introduction to Linguistics
Professional Required
2
Elementary Japanese (I)
2
Department Introduction
For undergraduate students
The department aims to cultivate students’ Chinese and Japanese language, literature, intellectual, cultural theory, and application abilities.
The curriculum is divided into two groups, Chinese and Japanese, and focuses on the application and practice of both the Chinese and Japanese languages.
After graduation, students may choose to study in a field related to literature or language application or to work in the cultural and creative industries, as Chinese and Japanese language teachers, global Chinese language teachers, editorial secretaries, work in corporate businesses, or as interpreters and translators, etc. They can also work in public or state-run businesses.
For graduate students
The Institute features courses in language, literature, thought, teaching, documentation, and comparative cultural expression that are tailored to students’ research interests and professional needs, helping them to acquire relevant academic research skills in their professional fields of study.
After graduation, students may pursue further education, work as professionals in academic-related research fields, or work as faculty members. They can also work in public or state-run businesses.
Future Career
Students may choose to engage in academic research, artistic work, Chinese language teaching, teaching in high school, editing services, Chinese-Japanese translation, etc.
Language of Instruction
For Chinese: Chinese
For Japanese: Chinese (Japanese-supplementary explanation)
Documents to Be Submitted
- High school transcript
- Autobiography in Chinese
- One letter of recommendation, works, reports in Chinese, honors and award
- Chinese Proficiency Test results:
․Level A2 of the Test of Chinese as a Foreign Language
(TOCFL);
․Level 4 of the Chinese Proficiency Test (HSK); or
․Level A2 of the Common European Framework of
Reference for Language (CEFR)
Evaluation Criteria
- High school transcript：50%
- Autobiography in Chinese：20%
- One letter of recommendation, or works, or reports or awards：30%
Remarks
Website：http://www.ol.tcu.edu.tw/
人文社會學院
College of Humanities and Social Sciences
學生餐廳 / 每天
Student Cafeteria / Day
生活費 / 每月
Living Cost / Month
宿舍費 / 每學期
Dormitory / Semester
$48,849~$61,975
$65（校本部 Main Campus）
$91（人社院校區 Jieren Campus）
$5,000~$10,000
$8,200
Required
Course Name
Category
Units
Core Ability
The Introduction of Literary Theory
2
Required
Chinese Script
Professional Required
2
Elementary Japanese (II)
2
Course Name
Category
Units
Core Ability
Selected Readings of Classical Novels
2
Shih-chi (Records of the grand historian)
2
The Analects and The Mencius
Academic Chinese
2
Phonetics
2
Book of Poem (Shi-jing)
2
Daxue and Zhongyong
2
Selected Modern Novels
2
Modern Essays and Writing Practice
2
Elective
Management and application of library materials
2
Documentation management and application
Applied Chinese
2
Acting
2
Reporting & Editing Practices
2
Briefing Production and Expression
2
Office Software Applications
2
Language Expression
2
Popular Music Lyric Writing
Cultural practice
2
Chinese Calligraphy
2
Visual Semiotics and Storytelling
2
Course Name
Category
Units
Core Ability
Required
The history of Chinese Literature (I)
Professional Required
2
Selection of Poems and Practical Writing
2
Course Name
Category
Units
Core Ability
Required
The History of Chinese Literature (II)
Professional Required
2
Phonology
2
Course Name
Category
Units
Core Ability
Taiwanese Literature
2
The Han Fei Zi thoughts
2
typography
2
Phonetics
Academic Chinese
2
Li Du Poetry
2
Xunzi
2
modern play
2
Grammar studies
2
Elective
Selected Modern Poems and Studies
2
Planning practice
Applied Chinese
2
Advertising graphic writing practice
2
Introduction to Chinese Teaching
2
Copywriting design and writing
2
Chinese Social and Cultural Communication
Chinese Cultural practice
2
Entrepreneurial thinking and innovative operation
2
Women’s literature
2
Play reading
2
Introduction to Min Nan language
2
Course Name
Category
Units
Core Ability
Chinese Intellectual History (I)
2
Required
Selected Works of Past Dynasties and composition
Professional Required
2
Chinese Semasiology
2
Course Name
Category
Units
Core Ability
Required
Chinese Intellectual History (II)
Professional Required
2
Reading on Tzu and Chyu with Writing Practice
2
Course Name
Category
Units
Core Ability
Tso Chuan
2
Prose of Ou Yang Xiu or Su Shi
2
Zhou
2
Book of Rites
Academic Chinese
2
Introduction to Paleography
2
Dream of Red Chamber
2
A New Account of Tales of the World
2
Rhetoric
2
Chinese Lexicology
2
Elective
Writing Scripts for Stage & Screen
Applied Chinese
2
Mandarin Teaching Method
Applied Chinese
2
Theory and Practice for Teaching Chinese
2
Chinese Multimedia and Computer Assisted Teaching
2
New Media Script and Copywriting Practice
2
Theater Design
2
Confucianism and Modern Society
2
Theatre Administration
Chinese Cultural practice
2
theatrical production
2
Writing Narrative of Hualien
2
Internship I (Summer)
2
Internship II (Project)
2
Course Name
Category
Units
Core Ability
Chinese Traditional Drama
2
Lao Zi
2
Expert Word
Academic Chinese
2
Taoism
2
Semantics
2
Applications and Practices
2
Elective
Second Language Acquisition
Applied Chinese
2
literary Critics
2
Project Writing
2
Cultural Writing
2
Travel Literature
Chinese Cultural practice
2
Internship III (semester)
9
