Core courses emphasize four topic areas: Political Theory and Methodology, Public Administration, Comparative Politics and International Relations. Students work on establishing solid theoretical foundations before moving on to classes offering practical analyses of government institutions and administrative processes. Subsequent coursework is aimed at international analyses and comparative politics.
Introduction to Political Science I; Economics; Introduction to Law
Second
Introduction to Political Science II; Republic of China Constitution and Government; Introduction to Sociology
Second
First
Public Administration; Comparative Politics and Government; International Relations
Second
Introduction to Political Philosophy; Applied Statistics; Public Policy
Third
First
Methodology in Political Science I; Political Economy
Second
Methodology in Political Science II
Electives
Division
Course Title
Political Theory and Methodology
The Legislative Process & Politics; History of Chinese Political Thought; Social Movement(Instructed in Taiwanese); Contemporary Political Ideologies; Political Development; Political Sociology; History of Western Political Thought; Gender Politics; Electoral Behavior; Games and Decision-Making; Political Psychology; Quantitative Analysis in Social Science; Citizen Politics & Civil Society; Data Visualization; Data Mining and Machine Learning in Political Science; Positive Political Theory
Public Administration
Judicial Politics; Public Finance; Environmental Policy; Organizational Behavior & Theory; Local Government and Politics in Taiwan; Technology & Administration; Civic Consciousness and Policy Communication; Public Affairs Management; Administrative Law; Personnel Administration; Government Enterprise; Innovation Policy; Organizational Development and Ethics; Special Topics in Public Administration: Human Resource Management
Comparative Politics
Public Opinion: Theory and Methods; Comparative Party and Politics; Civil Society; Civil War Studies and International System; International Political Economy; Parliamentary Affairs and Legislative Behavior; American Government and Politics; Comparative Democratic Institutions; Comparative Electoral System; Selected Readings on Political Economy; Government Politics in Europe; Government and Politics in Southeast Asia; Asian Security: Theory and Policy; Latin American Politics; Government & Politics in Mainland China; Research Methods and Writing in Comparative Politics; Special Topics on Comparing Local Governance
International Relations
History of International Relations(I); Civil War Studies and International System; International Political Economy; American Foreign Policy; International Law; History of International Relations(II); Foreign Policy of Communist China; International Relations in Asia-Pacific; Cross Taiwan Strait Relations; Asian Security: Theory and Policy; Academic Writing for International Relations; International Organizations
