School Time Table

M(Monday)、T(Tuesday)、W(Wednesday)、R(Thursday)、F(Friday)、S(Saturday)

section Time section Time section Time 1 8:00~8:50 5 13:10~14:00 a 18:20~19:10 2 9:00~9:50 6 14:10~15:00 b 19:20~20:10 3 10:10~11:00 7 15:20~16:10 c 20:20~21:10 4 11:10~12:00 8 16:20~17:10

Rule of the Course number

The first 4 characters are abbreviations of the department, then follwing 4 digit number means the year in university. Basically, 1~4 for undergraduate students, 5~6 for graduate students who pursue master degree, and 7~8 for graduate students who pursue PhD degree. For example: IEEM5401 means this course is conducted by IEEM department (department of Industrial Engineering & Engineering Management ) for master's degree students

School Map

New Student Courses Selection

For the first semester, this step is open only to new students.

Initial Course Selection

I. For the first semester, this step is open only to continuing students.

II. Dates for selection:

a.From Jun.2,~17,2008(8:00 ~ 24:00 )

b. From Jun.20~26,2008(8:00 ~ 24:00 )

III. Closing dates:Jun.18、19,

IV. Why shut down the system: to randomly assign students for "Preference Subjects", and for subjects with limited numbers of students. If all the work is done before the scheduled dates, the office will announce the availability of "Course Selection Search and Result" system.

Assignment of priority is done twice for "Preference Subjects" and subjects with limited numbers of students.

V. "Preference Subjects" include: five choices for General Education , five choices (excluding the freshmen) for Physical Education and three choices for College Chinese. . (The numbers preceding each subjects represent your preferences; the smaller the number, the more desirable the subject, i.e., number 1 means the most desirable)

VI. Priority in selecting subjects appearing with "priority to XX " (for example, "priority to Department of Foreign Languages and Literature" or "priority to Graduate Students") will be reserved for those who are given priority at this step only; priority will be eliminated at the secondary course selection.

VII. The result for initial course selection will be available for students online on Jun.18、Jun.27,2008. Click the "Inquiry Log On & Course Selection" button, and then choose "Online Course Selection Result" to find out your selection result.

VIII. Course arrangement is subject to change before school begins due to the alteration of times and places, etc. Therefore, students are required to confirm online their selection results at the time of the secondary selection.

Secondary Course Selection

I. Dates for selection:Sep.12~17,2008 (8:00 ~ 24:00 )

II. After the secondary selection is over, students can start their inquiries online from Sep.18,2008

Add-or-drop Selection (The selection for subjects with limited numbers of students is on a first-come -first -served basis, not random assignments)

I. Dates for selection: From Sep.19~29,2008(8:00 ~ 24:00 )

II. If students need to add or drop any courses on their "Course Selection Result", they must do so within regulated time and add or drop courses online to make the changes valid. The final result for course selection will be recorded in Computer and Communication Center's data files. Students must not ask for any make-ups due to personal errors.

III. This is the final step for online course selection. Students must check online or print out their final course selection results by the end of the course selection period and check if the result is identical with the "Course Selection Result."

Adding courses

I. Application dates: From Sep.18~29,2008(Application will not be processed after 5:00 p.m.Sep.29)

II. Students who are unable to select subjects with limited numbers of students can download the "Application Form for Adding to Subjects With Limited Numbers of Students" via "Students' Inquiry System". After filling out the form, submit the form to the Division of Curriculum.

III. Distant Learning Courses and Freshman English will not accept any adding.

Regulations on the Close of a Course Due to an Insufficient Number of Students

When the initial course selection is over: Undergraduate courses with no enrollment will be closed. (Except the Field Project, Field Research, Bachelor's Thesis, Teacher Education, and courses which freshmen are given priority in the first semester)

When the add-or-drop selection is over:

Undergraduate programs (The Field Project, Field Research, Bachelor's Thesis, and Teacher Education courses are not included.) Courses with enrollments of less than five students will be closed. Courses with enrollments of less than ten students, which the school has to pay for teachers' hourly rates, will be closed.

Graduate programs

Courses with enrollments of less than three students will be closed.

＊ The curriculum section will announce courses that are closed. If any course closure results in a student's underload of hours, the curriculum section will notify the student to add a course.

Second Stage Withdraw

I. Date: from Nov.3~28,2008(An application after 5:00 p.m Nov.28 will not be processed.)

II. Go to "Students' Inquiry System" and download the "Second Stage Withdrawal Form." Ask your instructor, advisor and the chairperson of your department to sign the form for you and then turn in this form to the Division of Curriculum . (Distance learning at other schools require an instructor's signature too.)

III. There is no limitation on how many courses a student may drop. However, students should meet the lowest credit hours' requirement for full-time students. Students will not receive refunds for dropped courses and they will be recorded as "withdrawal" on students' Chinese and English transcripts.

Regulations on Credit Hours Overload

According to Rule Number Fifteen of the school's academic regulations, students must not take less than16 credit hours of courses and must not take more than 25 credit hours of courses each semester for the first three school years of their study. In their fourth school year, students must not take less than 9 credit hours and more than 25 credit hours. Students whose average grades are over 80 in the previous semester can be overloaded with chairman's permission.

Students who meet the overload requirements can download the application form online to apply for overloading. The computer will automatically eliminate the elective courses for unqualified students or students who are overloaded without permission when the add-or-drop selection is over. Those students must not have any objection to the elimination of the courses.

Interschool Course Selection

I. Application Dates: from Sep.15~29,2008(until 5:00 p.m.Sep.29)

II. Electives: Students can only take elective courses through the interschool course selection when the school does not offer those courses.

III. Credit hours: A student's interschool credit hours must not exceed one third of his/her credit hours each semester. Round number without decimal will calculate credit hours.

IV. Interschool credit hours will be calculated in current semester's credit hours.

V. Students must understand and obey other schools' regulations when taking interschool courses.

The steps for Interschool Course Selection

Other items

I. Changes in class times must be submitted within a week after the semester begins. Nevertheless, no changes will be accepted for undergraduate required courses.

To ensure that students can take the courses they have selected, processes for changes in class times must be completed by the time the semester begins. Once the semester begins, class times are fixed. Under certain circumstances, change notices can be submitted within a week after the semester begins. No changes for undergraduate required courses will be accepted. All course changes will be announced online.

II. Course Credit Regulations on Undergraduate Programs

Rule Number Fifteen of the school's Academic Regulations states that students must not take less than 16 credit hours of courses each semester for the first three school years of their study; nor can they take more than 25 credit hours. For each semester of their fourth school year, students must not take less than 9 credit hours, and nor can they take more than 25 credit hours. Students whose average grades are over 80 in the previous semester can be overloaded with chairman's permission. (The 25 credit hours mentioned above do not include Military Discipline, and Physical Education courses.)

If a student cannot meet the lowest (16) credit hours requirement for certain reason, he/she must have his/her homeroom teacher's and the chairperson's permissions. The request must also be granted by the Departmental Meeting or by Committee Meeting designated by the Departmental Meeting.

Students who meet the overload requirements can download the application form online to apply for overloading. The computer will automatically eliminate the elective courses for unqualified students or students who are overloaded without permission when the add-or-drop selection is over. Those students must not have any objection to the elimination of the courses.

III. Starting academic year 1999, applications for non-restriction courses(courses which have limitations for the second semester) have been cancelled.

IV. The fourth Academic Meeting's agreement in academic year 1999 stated: Graduate students will not be charged for credits which exceed the Department's lowest credits requirement.

V. Regulations on Graduate Students' Taking Undergraduate or Other Departments' Courses:

Elective undergraduate courses in general education and languages: the grades of these courses will not be averaged in the transcript. They will not be taken for graduate unit, either.

Other elective undergraduate courses and other departments' courses: the grades will be averaged in the transcript; the department will decide if they will be taken for graduate unit.

VI. "Thesis", "Thesis Research" are selected electronically in the system

All graduate students in Master programs and Ph.D. programs must take a "Thesis" or "Thesis Research" course in the second or the third academic year of their study. These courses are electronically selected, so students who only take one of these courses do not have to select such courses online. For students who do not want to take these courses, they should drop them online during course selection period.

VII. Course-selection Related Announcements

To update the information and announcements, the Curriculum Section will announce the latest information at : nthu.ccc, nthu.adm.acdemic, nthu.talk, tw.bbs.campus.nthu and the Curriculum Section's web page during online course selection period.

Information of Courses Required and Credits for Undergraduate Students
English Section
1.	Students having the following qualifications or proofs are not required to take "Freshman English" and "Advanced English":
	Proof of the General English Proficiency Test (GEPT) at the High-Intermediate level both in preliminary test and final test;
	- Proof of the Test of English as Foreign Language (TOEFL) with a minimum score of 550 points (or CBT Computer-Based Testing with a minimum score of 213 points);
	- Proof of the International English Language Testing System (IELTS), Level 6 and above;
	- Proof of the Foreign Language Proficiency Test (FLPT) in English, written test with a minimum score of 70 points;
	- Foreign students, overseas Chinese, talented students and the children of overseas governmental officials shall present proof of English proficiency for the Department of Foreign Languages and Literature to evaluate and process.
2.	Students who possess the proof of the General Learning Test in English, Level 15 or whose English scores were at the top 10% of the university are not required to take "Freshman English" (8 credits). Instead, they are required to take "Advanced English I" or "Advanced English II" (4 credits), but can not take the same subject twice.
3.	"Freshman English" is a continuous course for two semesters in the first university year. New students have to take this required course for eight credits. Courses will be offered according to the individual department without any difference in level. Each class has a maximum of 35 participants.
4.	Students whose final scores for "Freshman English I" were 29 or below are not allowed to take "Freshman English II".
5.	Students who have not enrolled in any "Freshman English" class must attend a class that is not full from the first day of instruction. Students can not use the excuse that they are not enrolled in any course to skip classes. Those who do not attend any classes before the add/drop period may lose privilege to take the course.
Any change or modification is subject to the agreement and consent of the committee of curriculum and the committee of academic affairs.
General Education
school-wide General Education Core Courses program
I.	1.Department of Foreign Languages and Literature or Department of Chinese Literature:four compulsory credits each in the field of Natural Science and Social Science.
	2. College of Technology Management：four compulsory credits each in the field of Natural Science and Humanities.
	3. College of Science, Engineering, Nuclear Science, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science: four compulsory credits each in the field of Social Science and Humanities.
	4. College of Humanities and Social Sciences: fivet compulsory credits in the field of Natural Science.
	During the semester, each student can choose a maximum of three subjects in General Education. When more subjects are inquired, Ｓtudents should get the chairperson of General Education's approval first..
	When taking courses in the Operational Art, the maximum credits acknowledged as General Education are two credits. At the initial course selection via Internet for the General Education, students can have five choices but only three subjects at the maximum will be assigned to them. Please specify the number of subjects you need!
II. Course Structure of the General Education
General Education comprises natural science, social science and humanities. A view of the course structure is as follows:

自然科學領域Natural Science	社會科學領域Social Science	人文學領域Humanities
基礎科學類Fundamental Science	法政類Law & Politics	藝術類 Art (操作性質)(一般性質)(General or Operational kind)
應用科學類Applied Science	社會、心理 、人類、教育、性別研究類 Society, Psychology, Mankind, Education, Gender Studies	哲學宗教類Philosophy & Religion
科學、技術與社會類Science, Technology & Society	管理、資訊、經濟類Management, Information, Economics	人文、語文、歷史Humanities, Languages, History

III. Explanation of numbers and symbols
*1	各系學生可做為通識學分課程
	For all students all credits are accepted as General Education.
*2	限人文社會學院學生做為通識學分課程，其他（院）系學生不得選修。
	Credits are accepted as General Education but only for students of Humanities and Social Sciences.
*3	開課系（所）所屬學院學生可選修，但不得做為通識學分課程，其他（院）系學生可做為通識學分課程
	For all students the credits are accepted as General Education but not for the students registered in the same departments or colleges which offer the courses.
*4	開課系（所）所屬學院學生不可選修，其他（院）系學生可做為通識學分課程。
	Only selectable for students who are not registered in the department or college which offer the courses and credits are accepted as General Education.
*5	開課系（所）之學生不可選修，其他（院）系學生可做為通識學分課程。
	Only selectable for students who are not registered in the department which offers the courses and credits are accepted as General Education.
*6	教育學程之科目中，科目名稱後之對象有（*6）者，非教育學程學生可作為通識學分，但不得同時作為教育學分。修習學生不論是否為教育學程生，均須繳交學分費。
	Students not registered for the teacher education program can take courses marked with *6 offered by the Teacher Education Center, and the credits are accepted as General Education. These credits cannot be used twice as educational credits. There will be credit tuition for all students.
*7	開課系（所）學生可選修，但不得做為通識學分課程，其他（院）系學生可做為通識學分課程
	For all students the credits are accepted as General Education but not for the students registered in the same department which offer the courses.

Other Course Selection Requirements