Department of Oriental Languages and Literature(Chinese/Japenese)

Master’s Degree

Department Introduction

This program features courses in language, literature, thought, teaching, literature review, and comparative cultural studies tailored to students’ research interests and professional needs, helping them to acquire relevant research skills in their professional fields of study.

After graduation, students may pursue advanced studies, work as professionals in academic-related research fields, or choose to become teachers. They can also work in government agencies, NGOs, or for-profit businesses.

Features

    1. Emphasize the comparative studies of Chinese and Japanese culture.
    2. Focus on the Chinese and Japanese language-related application research.

Future Career

Students may engage in academic research, artistic work, Chinese language teaching, teaching in high school, editing services, Chinese-Japanese translation, etc.

Language of Instruction

Chinese

Documents to Be Submitted

  • Autobiography in Chinese
  • Study plan in Chinese or Japanese
  • Other documents pertinent to the application
  • 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

To be determined by the Admissions Committee

Remarks

1.Proficiency in Chinese (reading, writing, listening, and speaking)

2.Website：http://www.ol.tcu.edu.tw

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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

$44,125~$46,831

$65（校本部 Main Campus）

$91（人社院校區 Jieren Campus）

$5,000~$10,000

$8,200

*Remarks: Master students can apply for degree examination only after completing 24 credits.

Course Name

Category

Units

Core Ability

 

Research Methods and Thesis Writing

 

3

Required

Research Ethics Education Online Program

Professional Required

0

 

Thesis guidance

 

0

 

Theory and Practice of Chinese Teaching

 

3

 

Special Topics in Grammar and Rhetoric

 

3

 

Language and Culture

Language Studies

3

Topics in Japanese Grammar

 

3

 

 

Special Topics in Japanese Teaching

 

3

Translation Theory and Practice

 

3

 

Linguistic theory

 

3

 

Individual Studies in Digital Literature and Culture

 

3

 

Folklore and Cultural Studies

 

3

 

Traditional Chinese Thought and Its Modernization

 

3

Electives

Cultural Interaction in China, Japan and Taiwan

 

3

 

Contemporary Japanese Society and Culture

Ideological and Cultural Studies

3

 

Special Topics in Gender Theory

 

3

 

Comparative Study of Chinese and Japanese Literature

 

3

 

Seminar on Pre-Q’in Philosophers

 

3

 

Special Topics on Modern Literature

 

3

 

Special Topics in Humanistic Buddhism and Confucianism

 

3

 

Literary Criticism Seminar

 

3

 

Selected Topic on Theory of Literature

 

3

 

Topics in Japanese Classical Literature

 

3

 

Study on Modern and Contemporary Japanese Literature

Literary Studies

3

 

Special Topic on “Modern Literature”

 

3

Topics in Sino-Japanese Comparative Literature

 

3