| NDHU College of Humanities and Social Sciences | |||||||||||||
| Native Name: | 國立東華大學人文社會科學學院 | ||||||||||||
| Type: | National (Public) Humanities Social science | ||||||||||||
| Founder: | Yang Mu (楊牧) | ||||||||||||
| Parent: | National Dong Hwa University | ||||||||||||
| Dean: | Wu, Kuan Hung, PhD（吳冠宏 院長）[1] | ||||||||||||
| Director: | Lin, Yan-Shu Chu, Chin-Peng Hsu, Yu-Fang Chu, Chia-Wen | ||||||||||||
| Students: | 2,456 (Spring 2023)[2] | ||||||||||||
| Undergrad: | 1,946 (Spring 2023) | ||||||||||||
| Postgrad: | 510 (Spring 2023) | ||||||||||||
| Doctoral: | 73 (Spring 2023) | ||||||||||||
| City: | Shoufeng | ||||||||||||
| State: | Hualien | ||||||||||||
| Country: | Taiwan | ||||||||||||
| Campus: | Shoufeng Campus | ||||||||||||
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NDHU College of Humanities and Social Sciences (NDHU CHASS;) is an interdisciplinary school of Humanities and Social Sciences of National Dong Hwa University (NDHU). Founded in 1995, with Professor Yang Mu, the Founding Dean of HKUST School of Humanities and Social Science and Founding Director of Institute of Chinese Literature and Philosophy at Academia Sinica, as Founding Dean.[3] [4]
NDHU CHASS is one of the founding institutions of National Dong Hwa University as well as Taiwan's first school for interdisciplinary studies of Humanities and Social Sciences, which its MFA program in Creative Writing is recognized the first and most premier program for creative writing in Chinese-speaking world.[5] [6] [7]
With Yang Mu returned from Hong Kong and United States, NDHU College of Humanities and Social Sciences (NDHU CHASS) was founded in 1995 as Taiwan's first institution for Humanities and Social Sciences to serve the interdisciplinary trend of both disciplines. As Yang Mu's latest founded institution, he brought his academic experiences and network from being the Dean of HKUST School of Humanities and Social Science, Director of Institute of Chinese Literature and Philosophy at Academia Sinica, and Professor of Comparative Literature at University of Washington, to NDHU CHASS.[8] [9] [10]
In 1995, NDHU CHASS was established with 3 graduate institutes - Graduate Institute of China Studies, Graduate Institute of International Economics, and Graduate Institute of Education, which were founded by many oversea Taiwanese scholars, including Cheng Chih-Ming, Professor of Economics at Georgia Institute of Technology, Hsieh Ting-Chung, Chair of Economics at California State Polytechnic University, Pomona, Tuan Chyau, Professor of Decision Sciences and Managerial Economics at Chinese University of Hong Kong, Liu Yue-Yun, Chair of Political Science at Brandon University, and Wen Yin-Kenn, the Senior Economist at World Bank.[11] [12] [13] Meanwhile, NDHU CHASS established Graduate Institute of Ethnic Relations and Cultures with Chiao Chien, Founding Chair of Anthropology at Chinese University of Hong Kong, as founding director, which was Taiwan's first for Ethnic Relations and Cultural Anthropology.[14]
In 1996, NDHU CHASS established Department of Chinese Language and Literature and Department of English with Cheng Ching-mao, Chair of East Asian Languages and Cultures at University of Massachusetts Amherst,[15] and Wu Chuan-Cheng, Chair of Foreign Languages and Literatures at National Taiwan University, as founding chair.[16] In 1997, Graduate Institute of International Economics expanded its academics to establish Department of Economics. In 1998, NDHU CHASS established Department of Sport and Leisure Studies with Wang Philip, Professor of Recreation & Tourism Management at Kent State University, as founding chair, which was Taiwan's first for Leisure studies and Kinesiology. Meanwhile, it established Postgraduate Certificate program of Public Administration, which was first in Eastern Taiwan.[17]
In 1999, NDHU CHASS established Department of History, with Chang Li, Research Fellow at Institute of Modern History at Academia Sinica, as founding chair, which was Taiwan's first academic institution for Public History.[18] In 2000, NDHU CHASS established Graduate Institute of Creative Writing and English Literature, which offered Chinese-speaking world's first MFA program in Creative Writing.[19] Meanwhile, it established Center for Asia-Pacific Regional Studies, PhD program in Chinese Language and Literature, and Executive Master program of School Administration. In 2001, With the founding of NDHU College of Indigenous Studies, NDHU CHASS's Graduate Institute of Ethnic Relations and Cultures was moved to it to provide integrative training in Indigenous Studies. Following the maturity of China Studies in Taiwan, the Graduate Institute of China Studies was divided into 2 institutes - Graduate Institute of Public Administration and Graduate Institute of Financial and Economic Law. Meanwhile, the Department of Counseling and Guidance were established with Yee Der-Huey, the Master of Psychology in Chinese-speaking world, as founding chair.[20] [21] In 2004, the Department of Counseling and Guidance was renamed as Department of Clinical and Counseling Psychology to serve interdiscipline training in Counseling Psychology and Clinical Psychology.
With the merger of National Dong Hwa University and National Hualien University of Education, NDHU CHASS's Graduate Institute of Education was moved to the newly established Hua-Shih College of Education, and established Department of Sinophone Literatures, Department of Taiwan and Regional Studies, Department of Social and Public Affairs, which developed Taiwan's first Sinophone Studies, Taiwan Studies, Asia–Pacific Studies. In 2013, the Undergraduate program of Law was established, and Department of Social and Public Administration was divided into Department of Sociology and Department of Public Administration. In 2017, NDHU CHASS established Dual Degree program with Graduate School of Humanities and Social Sciences of Hiroshima University.[22] In 2019, NDHU CHASS partnered with Chinese Language Center to jointly established International PhD program in Teaching Chinese as a Second Language. In 2020, NDHU CHASS established International Ph.D. Program in Asia-Pacific Regional Studies.
The Doctoral program (PhD) at NDHU College of Humanities and Social Sciences is a full-time, in-residence program intended for students who plan scholarly careers involving research and teaching in Humanities and Social Sciences. There are five PhD programs:[26]
Master of Arts (MA) has nineteen major tracks for MA students follow at NDHU College of Humanities and Social Sciences:[27]
NDHU CHASS's Master of Fine Arts (MFA) in Creative Writing is Chinese-speaking world's first program, which MFA students can submit creative writing works as thesis. Qualified student will receive this degree after passing final defense of its artworks.[28]
NDHU CHASS's Master of Public Administration (MPA) aims to equip students with the core analytical skills, practical tools and professional experience to serve in executive positions in national, municipal, state, and federal government and nongovernmental organizations (NGOs).
NDHU CHASS's Master of Laws (LLM) is a professional degree in Laws, which provides interdisciplinary training in social, Environmental, technological, economic, financial, Indigenous issues for students with or without a legal background.
NDHU College of Humanities and Social Sciences offers 10 programs in different majors.[29]
These programs operate on a modular system where students design their curricula to pace their studies. They may also take modules of their interest, subject to any prerequisite requirements and to the availability of modules.
NDHU College of Humanities and Social Sciences offers BA-MA in partnership with University of Essex in United Kingdom, Dual-MA with Hiroshima University Graduate School of Humanities and Social Sciences in Japan, Dual-PhD in Comparative Literature with Université Grenoble Alpes in France.[30]
NDHU established academic partnership and exchange program with many universities, including Peking University School of Government, Yonsei University College of Liberal Arts and Institute for Sinology, Sungkyunkwan University College of Liberal Arts, Beijing Normal University School of Sociology and School of Chinese Language and Literature, Tianjin University School of Liberal Arts and Law, Sichuan University College of Literature and Journalism, Shandong University School of Economics, Nankai University School of Economics and Faculty of History, Hiroshima University Graduate School of Humanities and Social Sciences, Freie Universität Berlin Jean Monnet Centre of Excellence.[31]