College of Liberal Arts
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The College of Liberal Arts was founded in 1955. There are four departments and two graduate institutes: Departments of Chinese, English, History, and Geography, and Graduate Institutes of Teaching Chinese as a Foreign/Second Language, and Translation and Interpretation. |
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All undergraduate programs aim to prepare secondary school teachers, while the graduate programs are to educate both the advanced researchers in the fields and educators of liberal arts. Currently, the College has annually published its own journal Teaching and Research for faculty members and graduate students.
The Department of Chinese is the largest one in the University. The undergraduate program accommodates 16 classes with 600 students or so. All graduates are qualified Chinese teachers in secondary schools.
The graduate program trains scholars specializing in Chinese literature with a general background of Chinese culture. The other area of emphasis is placed on the teaching methods and materials. It offers curricula that lead to master and doctor degrees in Chinese literature and linguistics.
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The Department of English aims to prepare teachers of English for secondary schools, and young people with a good command of English. The curriculum places emphases on basic English language skills, and professional knowledge in linguistics, literature, and teaching English as a foreign language. |
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The Department also provides both M.A and Ph.D. programs with the following major goals: the promotion of advanced research in English and American literature, theoretical and applied linguistics, and the training of English instructors above secondary school level.
The undergraduate program emphasizes on the fundamental training in geography in the first two years, and the studies in local and regional geography and independent studies in the third and the fourth years.
The graduate program aims at cultivating the independent research ability of the students to help them become capable researchers in geography. The courses offered are mainly in the fields of research methodology, systematic geography, regional geography, and geographical education. http://www.geo.ntnu.edu.tw
The Department aims at the training of scholars of historical studies and qualified teachers at various levels of schools.
The graduate program requires the students to develop the competence to conduct research in history in terms of time periods, topics, and regions.
The Department also publishes annually a series of monographs as well as the Bulletin of Historical Studies.
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ICSL is the first master degree program established in Taiwan, ROC, to promote research and instructional methodology in the field of teaching Chinese as a second language, beginning its program as of the fall semester of 1995. ICSL requires graduate students to complete 36 semester credits, teaching practicum, and a master thesis written in Chinese or English, within a period of two to four years. |
The curriculum concentrates on language instructional methodology, Chinese and general linguistics, as well as second language acquisition. It is expected that ICSL graduates are fully qualified for research or teaching positions either in Taiwan or abroad, in the field of Chinese as a second language.
Graduate Institute of Translation and Interpretation (GITI)
GITI is the first master program of its kind offered by a public university in Taiwan to train translators and interpreters, to advance translation and interpreting research, and to promote the translation of Chinese classics and contemporary masterpieces. The faculty includes full- and part-time staff who are professors and professionals from various disciplines and specialties. The curriculum places equal emphasis on theory and skill acquisition essential to an academic or professional career and requires that students complete 32 semester credits in the translation program or 42 semester credits in the interpretation program. Students must also finish practicum, a master thesis, and undergo sufficient exposure to native-speaking environment of their working languages. GITI graduates are expected to be fully bilingual, bicultural translators and interpreters.
