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School
of Arts and Social Sciences
Department of Chinese Literature
Department
of History
Department
of Philosophy
Department
of Political Science
Department
of Sociology
Department
of Social Work
Department of Music
Department
of Education
Aims of Education
The School of Arts & Social Sciences aims to instruct
students to become pillars of society with expertise
and broad vision in the areas of the liberal and fine
arts and social sciences. The School has the following
key objectives: moral and intellectual development of
students, equal emphasis on literary form and content,
and attracting talents and foster talents through education.
It helps students develop creative and research skills
as well as independent thinking and judgment. The School
educates students to have a broad vision as well as
understanding and appreciation of society and cultures,
in the hope that they will learn to respect others,
overcoming and even eliminating barriers. The students
are expected to practice in their life what they have
learned and contribute their academic achievements to
society. In this way, we hope to develop committed and
energetic future leaders well qualified with professional
skills.
Characteristics of Curriculum
and Instruction
The School's curriculum puts special emphasis on the
inclusion of basis courses into its academic programs,
so as to help lay a good foundation for students. Balance
of theory and practice as well as the training in research
skills are also emphasized. Students in the School are
required to take either the course Logic or Introduction
to Philosophy once during the undergraduate years. The
objective is for students to develop active learning
and independent research skills. In the area of teaching
and resources, in addition to recruiting outstanding
faculty members and offering research rooms and facilities,
the School also conducts inter-departmental seminars
to promote research and learning.
Main Areas of Research
Department of Chinese Literature
●Folk Literature
●Chinese Classic Documents
●Chinese Philology
●Creating a Computerized Database of Classic Documents
●Classics, Philosophy, and Literary Works
●Modern Literature
Department of History
●Studies in Historiography and Documentation
●The Research on the Teaching of History
●Oral History
Department of Philosophy
●Basic Problems of Chinese and Western Philosophy
●Philosophical Foundations of Interdisciplinary Interaction
●Theories and Methods in the Teaching of Philosophy
●Applied Philosophy
Department of Political Science
●Human Rights: Theory and Practice
●Congressional Studies
●Governmental Budget and Public Policy
●Globalization Studies
Department of Sociology
●Social Theory and Cultural Studies
●Local Community and Regional Study
－The Social Change in Taipei’s Shihlin District
－Taiwanese Businessmen and the Industrial Development
in Southern Jiangsu
●Social Problems and Social Policy
－Job Promotion and Socio-Economic
－Development for the Indigenous
－Youth and Adolescence
Department of Social Work
●Research in Family Policy: issues related to the welfare
of children, adolescents, women,
handicapped and elderly people
●Devising of an Indigenous Curriculum for Social Work
Department of Music
●Present National Musical Education
●Relation Between Music Creation and Performance
●The Aesthetics of Music in Different Periods of Chinese
History
●Native Taiwanese Music
●Ensemble Experiences
Department of Education
●Teachers’ Education
●Educational Evaluation and Issues on Educational Reform
●Curriculum and Instruction
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