Master's Program Content and Course Requirements

Program Duration

The duration of the master's program in this department is one to four years. Students who have graduated from a junior college may not complete the program for less than two years.

Program Requirements

1. Graduate students must take 29 credits of courses plus 3 credits of thesis, for a total of 32 credits. No more than ten credits may be taken per semester. The minimum number of credits must not be less than three (starting from the second semester of the second year, the minimum number of credits may be waived).

2. The minimum number of credits may not exceed six for graduate students taking courses from other universities (departments).

3. The academic grade of a graduate student in the master's program shall be 70 out of 100. Students who fail to pass a required course should be required to retake it.

4. The following procedures should be completed before writing a thesis after admission to the master's program.

i. The supervising professor should be identified and the thesis topic selected by the end of the first year.

ii. The thesis plan/proposal should be approved for presentation no later than the fourth semester.

5. The master's degree examination for graduate students shall be held by oral examination and the application shall be made within the deadline specified by the school.

Study Program

In the first year of the master's program, the graduate student's advisor is responsible for course selection and related matters. After the supervising professor is identified, the second year will be supervised by the supervising professor. The courses are divided into two categories: "basic required subjects" and "elective subjects". The required subjects are “Sociological Theory,” “Quantitative Data Analysis,” “Social Research Methods,” “Seminar on Social Studies,” and “Thesis(Projects)” . Details of the elective courses can be found in the course schedule on the department website. Applications for scholarships are made once per semester, and graduate students should fill out the relevant forms and submit them to the department office during the first week of each semester.

國立臺北大學社會學系碩士班學位課程表

Course Credits for the Sociology Master Program, National Taipei University

必選修課程 Required and Elective Courses	本系碩士班課程英文名稱 English names of courses	本系碩士班課程中文名稱 Chinese names of courses	學分 Course Credit
Required courses
必Required courses	Sociological Theory	社會學理論	3
必Required courses	Quantitative Data Analysis	量化資料分析	3
必Required courses	Social Research Methods	社會研究法	3
必Required courses	Seminar on social Studies	社會研究專題討論	1、1
必Required courses	Thesis (Projects)	論文	0

Elective courses (offered in recent years)	選修課需要18學分 18 credits for elective courses
選Elective Courses	Social Movement	社會運動	3
選Elective Courses	Gender&Society	性別與社會	3
選Elective Courses	Men’s Studies	男性研究	3
選Elective Courses	Qualitative Data Analysis	質化資料分析	3
選Elective Courses	Organizational Sociology	組織社會學	3
選Elective Courses	Sociology of Work	工作社會學	3
選Elective Courses	Class Analysis	階級分析	3
選Elective Courses	Life Course Research	生命歷程研究	3
選Elective Courses	Social Deviance	社會偏差	3
選Elective Courses	Sociology of Education	教育社會學	3
選Elective Courses	Medical Sociology	醫療社會學	3
選Elective Courses	Disability and Society	障礙與社會	3
選Elective Courses	Collective Memory and Social Identity	集體記憶與社會認同	3
選Elective Courses	Sociology of Gender	性別社會學	3
選Elective Courses	Sociology of Finance	金融社會學	3
選Elective Courses	Cognitive Sociology	認知社會學	3
選Elective Courses	Practice of Quantitative Research Methods	量化研究方法實作	3
選Elective Courses	Deliberative democracy: From theories to practice	審議民主的理論與實踐	3
選Elective Courses	Social Studies Global Lecture Series (English)	國際社會研究專題	3
選Elective courses	China, Chinese, and Southeast Asia	中國、華人與東南亞	3
選Elective Courses	Nationalism: Theory and East Asian Experiences	民族主義：理論與東亞經驗	3
選Elective Courses	Intimacy	親密關係	3
選Elective Courses	Sociology of Family	家庭社會學	3
選Elective Courses	Seminar on Political Sociology	政治社會學專題研究	3

Graduate Program

Course Credits and Required Courses