1. The design of curriculum of each department should meet the needs of national development and construction.
2. The Department of Business Mathematics, the only one in this country, aims to produce personnel with adequate knowledge in applied statistics, computer science, and business to solve problems in business industry.
3. The graduate programs underscore problem solving and independent research ability.
4. To meet the marketing needs of the service industry, we plan to offer common-core package courses, such as Information Science, Shipping Management, Marketing on the Internet, Trade Information and Marketing Channels, Regional Market Research, Study of Chinese Economy, Consumer Protection and marketing, etc.
5. The Departments of International Business, Information Science, and Applied Math plan to set up master's degree programs. The Departments of Accounting and Business Administration plan to offer doctorate degree programs. We intend to set up Specialized Faculty Groups, involve ourselves in commissioned research projects, and seek cooperation with private sectors through work-study programs.

DEPARTMENT OF ECONOMICS
Tel:886-2-23111531 ext. 2660-2661, Email:econ@mail.scu.edu.tw

The Department was established in 1954. Currently, we offer degrees of study in master's and Ph.D. programs. The undergraduate program is aimed at providing basic knowledge, whereas the graduate programs devote themselves to the training of economists with independent research and analytical abilities. With emphasis on theory and practice, the undergraduate program offers courses in economic theory and methodology, including management, computer, international trade, and accounting. Graduate programs emphasize economic research in diversified areas such as international economy, currency theories, history of economy, and econometrics.

DEPARTMENT OF ACCOUNTING
Tel:886-2-23111531 ext. 2580-2581, Email:acc@mail.scu.edu.tw

To meet the requirements of national construction, we aim to produce accountants with financial, and business management backgrounds. The graduate program seeks to cultivate students' skills in advanced accounting, and financial management, and to produce accounting experts and professional accounting teachers in order to heighten the overall standards of accounting. The curriculum design emphasizes theory as well as practice. The core courses are conducted in small groups with an emphasis on practices. Basic training courses in economics, financing, and regulations and codes are reinforced. In addition, elective courses, such as Budget Control, Internal Auditing, Stock Investment Analysis, Study of Trust, Marketing, and Trading, plus an increasing number of other courses, are offered to allow students to have ample choices. Different academic advisory groups have been set up for accounting majors. Seminars and presentations about related topics are constantly encouraged. Joint accounting and auditing projects between China and Taiwan are also under way.

DEPARTMENT OF BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION
Tel:886-2-23111531 ext. 2600-2601, Email:ba@mail.scu.edu.tw

Our goal is to produce managerial personnel that enterprises and government agencies need. Our curriculum focuses on statistical methods and integrative learning, equipping students with knowledge in personnel, marketing, financing, information, as well as production management. Our graduate program underscores academic research, with full-time faculty and graduate students as our core. We plan to do research on the international level, stressing exchange and consultation between faculty and students and to serve society by developing the latest knowledge in management.

DEPARTMENT OF INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS
Tel:886-2-23111531 ext. 2700-2702, Email:trade@mail.scu.edu.tw

Our educational goal is to produce leading experts in international business and the monetary system. Our curriculum planning is based on the integration of theory and practice, including courses in international trade practices, marketing, financing and banking, and business negotiation. The case study approach is adopted to sharpen students' abilities to think and analyze as well as to decide and judge. In addition, students' foreign language training and the use of the Internet, software, and business databases are also emphasized to enable them to possess the necessary edge. In addition to our master's degree program set up in Sep. 1996, we emphasis the programs in information application and business automation to meet the current needs of our country.

DEPARTMENT OF BUSINESS MATHEMATICS
Tel:886-2-23111531 ext. 2620-2621, Email:bmath@mail.scu.edu.tw

It is our goal to provide students with extensive knowledge in mathematics statistics, computer science, and business. The four principal cores of our curriculum are: (1) Actuaries: to support a complete as well as comprehensive training in actuary. (2) Statistics: to provide students with such mathematics knowledge as to enable them to be competent in statistic theories as well as applications. (3) Computer science: to provide students with more practical courses in computer science. (4) Management: to develop students' potential in management science and industrial engineering. More than half of the actuaries in Taiwan are graduates from this department. Continuous growth in faculty and facilities is sought. Included in our plan, a master's program will be set up to offer students a spanning range of decision-making skills and/or to prepare students for research careers.

DEPARTMENT OF COMPUTER & INFORMATION SCIENCE
Tel:886-2-23111531 ext. 2800-2801, Email:cis@mail.scu.edu.tw

Unlike our counterparts in other universities, this department is the only one in this country that belongs to the School of Business. Students, learning in both information and business management environments, are thus endowed with better career opportunities and choices. The design of the curriculum focuses not only on basic training in information science but on actual practices on the management level. Specific electives, such as "System" (e.g. system software and communication & network) and "Applications" (e.g. application software, information management, and business) are offered. We seek cooperation with local private sectors as well as our own alumni. We plan to set up a master's degree program in 1998.