Goal

The purpose of this Ph.D. program is to cultivate high-level Austronesian cultural research talents, so that graduate students have rigorous training in knowledge and methods, and use this as the foundation of studying Austronesian culture. The curriculum planning for cultivating Ph.D. students includes the development of academic professional ability, professional field writing, fieldwork, overseas academic exchanges, and participation in teaching and research projects. The aim of this program is to train scholars who have both professional academic research ability and social practice ability.

Course structure

Course category			Total credits
Core Courses	Compulsory	9 credits	9
Development Courses	Elective	15 credits	15
Dissertation	Compulsory	0 credits	0
Academic Research Ethics	Compulsory	0 credits	0
	in total		24 credits

1. Compulsory courses:

A total of 9 credits in three subjects, including Anthropological Theories, Comparative Study of World Austronesian cultures, Research Methods.

2. Elective courses:

A total of 15 credits, in addition to this doctoral course, courses taken from other doctoral programs in Taitung University, or from other universities, can also be counted as elective course credits.

3. Credit waiving:
   1. Compulsory credits: One who has taken relevant English-taught doctoral courses in domestic and foreign universities recognized by the Ministry of Education can submit one’s course transcripts and syllabus to apply for credit waiving for this doctoral course.
   2. Elective credits: One who has taken relevant doctoral courses in domestic and foreign universities recognized by the Ministry of Education can submit one’s course transcripts and syllabus to apply for credit waiving for the doctoral courses.
   3. A total of the above two items, no more than two courses or 6 credits.

Course selection instructions

• • • The Ph.D. dissertation is a compulsory course and does not count for credits.
    • The academic research ethics education course is compulsory. The credits are 0. Students must take the designated courses on the online platform of the "Taiwan Academic Ethics Education Resource Center" before the review of the dissertation plan, and pass the general test scores of the course. The certificate of taking courses can be obtained online.

Course planning

Category	Credit Score	Subject	Code	Compulsory/Elective	Credits	Hours
Core Course	9 Compulsory Credits	Anthropological Theories		Compulsory	3	3
		Comparative Study of World Austronesian Cultures		Compulsory	3	3
		Research Methodology		Compulsory	3	3
Develop ment Course	15 Elective Credits	Seminar on Austronesians in Taiwan		Elective	3	3
		Seminar on Austronesians in Southeast Asia		Elective	3	3
		Seminar on Austronesians in Oceania		Elective	3	3
		Seminar on Maritime Culture		Elective	3	3
		Seminar on Ethnographic Films		Elective	3	3
		Comparative Study of Kinship and Gender		Elective	3	3
		Geographic Information System		Elective	3	3
		Seminar on Comparative Study of Religions		Elective	3	3
		Seminar on Tourism and Culture		Elective	3	3
		Seminar on Environmental Governance and Sustainable Development		Elective	3	3
		Seminar on Politics		Elective	3	3
		Seminar on Language Policy and Education		Elective	3	3
		Seminar of Education and Culture		Elective	3	3
		Seminar on Cultural Caring		Elective	3	3
		Seminar on Globalization		Elective	3	3
		Academic English Essay Writing		Elective	3	3
		Topic research		Elective	2	2