◆Office of Student Affairs
Aims
1. To inspire students to develop correct concepts, the capacity for leadership, strong builds, wholesome personalities and campus ethics.
2. On the basis of legitimacy, to advocate the democracy and the atmosphere of liberal, as well as the spirit of the liberty, democracy and legitimacy. So that students can enjoy freedom and meanwhile observe the law and regulations.
3. To incorporate education into life so as to make students self-consistent.
Goals
1. To carry out the autonomic system, and to inspire the spirit of self-initiation, self-motivation, self-control and self-adoration.
2. To enhance teacher-student interaction along with an atmosphere of mutual understanding, mutual trust, and mutual respect on the campus.
3. To put all teachers' efforts together to promote students' mental well-being by providing consultations and guidance in daily lives.
4. To encourage students to participate in school affairs in order to reinforce students' identification with school and, furthermore, to frame a disposition of loving their school.
Organizations and Service Items
There are five sections in the Office of Student Affairs:
College Life Guidance Section-Dormitory
Scholarships and Financial Aid
Part-time Job Counseling
Military Service Regulations Counseling
Campus Security and Safety
Emergency Relief
Off-Campus Renting System
Awards and Penalty
Extra-Curricular Activities Section-Extra-Curricular Activities
Student Societies
Student Activities Center
Health Section-Health Checkups
Health Care Insurance
Medical Consultation Service
Students Meal Committee
Labor Education Service Section-Labor Education Program
Service Learning
Voluntary Service
International Student Assistance Division(ISA)-
Service for International Students
International students' health insurance
International students' compensation, scholarship
Apply for Resident Certificate; Re-arrival and Re-entry; Work Permit
◆Office of Academic Affairs
●Registration Section
Registration Section is mainly responsible for the affairs of enrollment, suspension of schooling, drop-out, award for outstanding school performance, registration, application for Chinese/English transcript and certificate of school attendance, transfer, minor study, double major study, credit waiver, award for off-campus outstanding performance, dual-degree system and graduation. In the following, a brief introduction of each can be found:
1. Enrollment
a. Undergraduate: A public and selective (through exams) recruitment is held at the beginning of each academic year.
b. Graduate:Each department (graduate institute) conducts a recruitment exam and gives admission to those who pass the exam and are qualified for the master’s or doctoral programs.
2. Degree Requirements
(1) The undergraduate students are categorized into two academic systems, four-year and two-year systems. The former requires at least 136 credit hours completed in a maximum of four years while the latter requires at least 72 credit hours with a maximum of two years before the diploma is conferred.
(2) Undergraduate in-service students are required to take 6-18 credit hours per semester and have a maximum of three years of studying period. Graduate students have the limit study period of one to four years with at least 24 credit hours completed (excluding 6 credit hours of dissertation) and will be conferred with a master’s degree after passing the dissertation defense.
(3) Graduate in-service students have one to four years for all the credits required. For specific needs, one-year extension is allowed in order to meet the degree requirements. The required courses and credit hours per semester depend on the policy of each department. However, the credit hours taken per semester in the first academic year are not allowed to be less than 6 and more than 18.
(4) Doctoral students have two to seven years to meet the degree requirements. Each student is required to take at least 18 credit hours (excluding 6 credit hours of dissertation) and will be conferred with a doctoral degree after passing the dissertation defense.
3. Suspension of Schooling
Students are allowed to apply for a suspension for one semester, one academic year or two academic years. The check-out procedure is supposed to be done in seven days since the suspension application and the application beyond the deadline will be considered invalid.Students are suggested to undertake the reentry procedure one week before the termination of the suspension.
4. Drop-out
Both forcible and volunteer drop-outs are supposed to get an application form in the Registration Section and complete the procedure in seven days.
5. Award for Outstanding School Performance
Within one month after the first day of each semester, the Office of Academic Affairs proposes a list of students who are qualified and meet the award standards and forwards the list to the Student Affairs Section for a review. The list will be announced along with the ratification of the president.
6. Registration
Students are suggested to carry out the registration personally on the stipulated day. In case of being unable to register personally due to serious illness or special incidents, they are advised to submit petitions to the Registration Section. If the petitions are accepted, the student can postpone the registration for up to two weeks. If petitions are not submitted or no registration is recorded after two weeks of allowance, the new student will lose the admission qualification. In addition, the current students who do not complete the suspension procedure will be officially expulsed from the university.
7. Chinese/English Transcript and Certificate of School Attendance Application
(1)Chinese transcript and certificate of school attendance can be applied directly via the automatic coin apparatus equipped beside the door of the Registration Section.
(2)In respect of English transcript and school attendance, a request form should be completed and submitted.
8. Transfer
(1)Students who find the originally enrolled department does not fit their own interests are suggested to apply for a transfer before the second academic year begins. However, for specific cases, students who are considered necessary to have a transfer by both departments and the Counseling Center are required to carry out the transfer procedure before the second semester. Such a transfer application can be undertaken only once.
(2)Students who are enrolled by any kind of recruitment channels except admission by registration and placement and apply for a transfer need to submit an application which is required to be approved by an academic affairs meeting.
(3)In-service students who want to transfer to be a daytime student are supposed to pass a transfer examination.
The transfer application is proceeded in the April of each year. A transfer examination committee then goes through the application and makes an announcement when it’s ratified.
9. Minor Study/ Double Major Study
In order to expand students’ learning field, satisfy students’ needs to develop the second professional specialty and increase the job opportunity after graduation, students can apply for a minor or double major studies:
(1) Minor study: Students of four-year program can choose the courses provided by another department with the same academic system as the minor beginning from the second academic year; two-year program students can take the courses of another department as their minor beginning form the second academic year. The minor study application should be completed within the first week of each semester.
(2)Double major study: Students of four-year program with outstanding academic performance in the first academic year and students of two-year program with outstanding academic performance in the first semester can apply beginning from the second academic year and the second semester respectively to take courses provided by another department with the same academic system for the double major study.The double major application should be completed within the first week of the first semester in each academic year.
10. Credit Waiver
The application for credit waiver should be submitted within the first week of each semester. Each student is limited to apply only once.Credit waiver is not applicable to the courses that are taken by students after the enrollment, nor to the professional courses that have been taken for more than 10 years.
11. Award for After-school Outstanding Performance
Current students (including students who are studying at the university when the application is submitted) who participate in national or international contests and gain awards can apply for the outstanding award not later than the end of May in each year.
12. Dual-degree System
The university establishes a cooperative relationship with international universities to conduct student exchange and dual-degree system. The list of recommended students and application materials should be sent to the Office of Academic Affairs of the university before April in each year. All the materials will then be forwarded to each department for a review.
13. Graduation
(1) Students who complete required credit hours and have a passing grade of conduct performance in each semester will be conferred with a bachelor’s degree.
(2) Students who meet the following requirements are allowed to graduate one academic year or one semester earlier after the approval of the Ministry of Education:
(3) All the required courses and credit hours are completed with the average grade of 80 or above per semester.
(4) The grade of conduct performance per semester reaches 80 or above.
(5) The academic performance per semester is ranked within 5% of the class.
●Curriculum and Teaching Section
The main responsibilities of the section can be classified in seven categories: curriculum, course selection, teaching, course make-up, exams, double early-warming system and teaching evaluation. A brief explanation of each is as follows:
1.Curriculum
(1) The curriculum of the university is arranged based on students’ characteristics and aims to continue the education of vocational schools and colleges, thus achieving the unity feature that represents the vocational education. It is especially designed to strengthen practical as well as experimental courses and also to promote the courses of special projects and project design. Catering to the needs of the industrial circles, such an elaborately designed curriculum also aims to undertake integrated research projects.
(2) The courses of the university are divided in three main categories: obligatory courses, major-specific required courses and optional courses, which are designed by the curriculum committee based upon Education Act, education goals, needs of industries and characteristics of the university. The obligatory courses are required for all the students. Major-specific required courses occupy 40%-60% in the required credits for graduation for four-year program students and 20%-50% for two-year program students. Optional courses are designed based upon the course flowchart and graduation requirements of each department. Students can decide by themselves to take them or not.
(3) The minimum credits for graduation in each department are: 136 for four-year program students and 72 for two-year program students.
2. Course Selection
(1) Freshmen are suggested to undertake a preliminary course selection during the registration period. Course add/drop takes place two weeks after the semester begins.
(2) Current students are suggested to choose courses for the following semester before the end of each semester and undertake add/drop procedure two weeks after a new semester begins.
(3) General knowledge courses and physical courses for junior and senior students are chosen based upon the interests of students. For the four-year students who registered beginning from academic year 2004, only one of the general knowledge courses is admitted as part of the required credits for graduation. Students may want to take more than one course but the excess of credits will not be included in the graduation credits.
(4) Beginning from academic year 2005, the excess of the required credits for general knowledge courses (8 for four-year program students and 2 for two-year program students) can be included in the minimum of credits required but not count as graduation credits.
(5) The required credit hours for undergraduate students per semester: 16-25 credits for freshmen, 16-25 credits for sophomores and juniors and 9-25 credits for senior students. The courses and credits required for graduate students are decided by each department. However, credits per semester in the first academic year should not be less than 4 and more than 18.
(6) The required credits for in-service students per semester are 6-18.
3. Teaching
(1) Teachers are required to draw up a teaching plan which is supposed to include teaching materials, course outline, requirements, tests, evaluation as well as office hours and distribute it to students on the first day of class.
(2) Teachers are suggested to apply each kind of teaching methods and techniques to bring out both teaching and learning improvement.
(3) Teaching conferences are held periodically to help teachers improve teaching skills and methods.
4. Course Make-up
(1) Teachers who ask for an official or personal leave are required to fill out an application for course change and make up the course some other day.
(2) Courses can not be arbitrarily changed after being arranged. If a change is necessary in special situations, it needs to be approved by a department meeting and ratified with a specific petition by the Office of Academic Affairs one week before a new semester begins. A change application which is not undertaken within the accepted period needs to be submitted along with the above requirements and also a letter of consent signed by all the students in class.
5. Exams
(1) The exams are mainly divided into quizzes, mid-term and final tests. Except quizzes, mid-term and final tests are required to take place within a stipulated period. The way and time to carry out the tests are decided by course teachers.
(2) Students who can not take tests for incidents are suggested to apply for a leave before the tests are held. An application for test leave should be submitted with supporting documents ( for a medical leave, a certificate of diagnosis issued by a public or regional hospital is required; for a compassionate leave, a letter of parents is needed; for official leave, a certificate issued by a relevant department of the university is necessary). A personal leave can not be applied for during the test period.
(3) Students who apply for an official and compassionate leaves during the final test period are allowed to take a make-up test. The grade they acquire in the test will be totally counted as the grade of the course. For students who apply for a personal leave, the grade they have in a make-up is counted by 80% of the real grade (which is above 60) they acquired.
(4) Should a student is absent in the final test, the course that he/she misses will be counted 0 as the final grade. Such a regulation is also applicable to the absence in quizzes and mid-term exam.
(5) Degree exam usually takes place in a way of oral test. When necessary, each department is allowed to set up other ways to undertake a comprehensive exam which needs to be held after the mid-term in each semester and before the end of the semester.
6. Double Early-warning System
(1) At the beginning of each semester, the Curriculum and Teaching Section collects a list of students who do not have a good academic performance in the previous semester and forwards the list to each department for a further understanding and consultation.
(2) Within two weeks after the mid-term, each course teacher is suggested to submit a list of students who fail in the test to the Curriculum and Teaching Section, which will notify parents, class mentors and department chairman of the imperfect performance of students.
7. Teaching Evaluation
Serving as a medium to acquire students’ opinion about the teaching in each course, a teaching evaluation usually takes place after the mid-term and before the final test. The evaluation, along with a statistics made by the Office of Academic Affairs, serves as a communication between students and teachers and also as a reference for teachers to have a teaching improvement.
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