Master's Program (English-taught) on Natural Resources and Environmental Studies
International Student Admissions
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Application for International Students
Accept Fall semester applicants only.
Course Requirements of the International Graduate Program in the Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Studies (hereafter “the NRES international program”), National Dong Hwa University
Compulsory Courses
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Course Name
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Credit
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Course Name
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Credit
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Seminar (I)
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1
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Directed Study (I)
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1
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Seminar (II)
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1
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Directed Study (II)
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1
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Seminar (Ⅲ)
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1
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Thesis Research (I)
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2
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Master Thesis
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0
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Thesis Research (II)
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2
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Elective Courses
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Course Name
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Credit
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Course Name
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Credit
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Special Topics on Ecology
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3
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Special Topics in Earth Science
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3
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Special Topics on Ecosystem Ecology
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3
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Tropical Ecology
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3
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Introduction to Biogeography
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3
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Biodiversity and Conservation
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3
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Introduction to Statistics
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3
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Remote Sensing and GIS
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3
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Socio-Ecological Systems & Traditional Knowledge
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3
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History and Philosophy of Ecological Theories
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3
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A Global Business Perspective on Sustainable Environment and Development
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3
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Climate Change and Sustainability
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3
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Research Methods in Natural Resources (I)
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3
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Research Methods in Natural Resources (II)
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3
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Structure of Scientific Papers
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3
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Literature Review
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3
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Research Proposal Writing in Environmental Sciences
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3
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ScientificWriting
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3
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Planning and Management of Protected Areas
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3
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1. All students must fulfill the following requirements for graduation:
- Each student must complete at least 24 credit hours of all-English-taught courses at the graduate level, including 9 compulsory and 15 elective credit hours. The details of course registration are described in points 2 and 3.
- Each student must complete a thesis and meet the requirements for thesis submission set by National Dong Hwa University.
- Each student must hold an oral defense for the thesis in front of a thesis committee with at least three members.
- The maximum number of credits excepting Chinese Language Courses for each semester is 12 credits.
2. Compulsory courses are described below:
- Seminar coursesⅠ. Ⅱ and Ⅲ (one credit hour each ): Students should take seminar Ⅰ. Ⅱ and Ⅲ sequentially and are limited to one seminar course each semester.
- Directed study I and II (one credit hour each): Students should take directed study I and II sequentially and are limited to one course of directed study each semester.
- Thesis research I and II (two credit hours each): Students should take thesis research I and II sequentially and are limited to one thesis course each semester.
- Credits for the above courses are earned only for courses in which a grade of B- or higher is received.
3. Students should satisfy the requirements for elective courses with the following regulations:
- Students must earn 9 credit hours from the elective courses offered as core courses in the NRES international program.
- Students may take graduate-level, English-taught courses offered within or outside the NRES international program to satisfy the six remaining elective credit hours. However, each student must obtain approval from his/her advisor and the chairperson of the department prior to the inclusion of courses provided outside the NRES international program as graduation requirement.
- Credits for the above courses are earned only for courses in which a grade of B- or higher is received.
