Q1: If I have questions regarding course selection, how can I obtain a consultation?

A1: You can contact your department or graduate institute for information on the rules for taking mandatory course credits of your specific major (including internships); for mandatory elective course credits in the general education curriculum, please contact the Holistic Education Center; for information on taking language courses (e.g., English and Mandarin), please contact the Language Center; for relevant regulations regarding Physical Education course credits, please contact the Physical Education Division. You may reach out to the Curriculum Section under the Curriculum Division for other questions concerning course selection.

Q2: Do limits exist on the total number of credits for each semester? Will I manually be able to add courses over the stipulated course credit limit with the approval of my department’s chairperson?

A2: All students currently enrolled should follow Article 11 of the Guidelines for Course Registration. The limitations to course credits are as follows.

Full-Time Programs:

1. Each semester, graduate students in master’s degree programs should sign up for at least one course and no more than 16 course credits.

2. Each semester, students from all cohorts of the 2- or 4-year undergraduate level programs shall, after deducting course waivers, take coursework for no less than 9 credits and no more than 28 course credits.

3. Each semester, students from the junior cohorts (first 3 years) of the 5-year junior college programs shall, after deducting course waivers, take coursework for no less than 20 course credits and no more than 32 course credits. Students from the senior cohorts (last 2 years) shall, after deducting course waivers, take coursework for no less than 9 course credits and no more than 28 course credits.

Continuing & Extended Education Programs:

Students from all cohorts of the 2-year undergraduate level programs shall, after deducting course waivers, take coursework for no less than 9 course credits and no more than 28 course credits.

Extension students, transfer students, international students, and other students whose special circumstances have been reviewed and approved are not subject to these course credit requirements but must at least register for one course.

Q3：Must I take mandatory courses with my class? Can I sign up for mandatory courses with another class or other department?

          In principle, students should take the mandatory courses offered by the departments for their respective classes. Students who are required to retake or make up for course work, but have scheduling conflicts or special circumstances, may submit a form to request cross-departmental or cross-class arrangements. Once reviewed and approved, students should complete the necessary coursework arrangements with the Curriculum Section at the Division of Academic Affairs.

Q4: What circumstances would make Internet course registration unfeasible? When should I request a hardcopy course add/drop form and handle registration manually?

A4: Circumstances when students cannot select courses using the online coursework registration system are as follows:

        Cross-departmental courses

        Junior students taking senior coursework

        Courses that have group work components

        You must only manually fill in the course add/drop request form if you are making changes to add or drop a course.

Q5：After a successful course waiver, should I apply for course withdrawal?

A5：Coursework identical to a successful course waiver shall be dropped automatically by the Curriculum Section of the Division of Academic Affairs, and students will not need to do so manually. For courses not identical to the course waiver or for other circumstances, students are asked to make coursework adjustments at the Curriculum Section of the Division of Academic Affairs within 3 days of the publication of the course waiver announcement by the relevant committee.

Q6: If I sign up for a course again, will the course credits be counted twice?

A6: According to Article 17 of the Regulations on Student Registration Status, re-registration for a course that a student has already passed, if approved for special circumstances, would result in the cancellation of the initial coursework record. Therefore, coursework credit would not be counted twice if a student re-registers for a course taken and passed.

Q7: For a general education course that has reached full capacity, can I register with the approval of the instructor?

A7: Courses of all departments have limited enrollment. Students are free to sign up or drop a course during the registration period and can only register for a course that is under the limit. If a course is fully enrolled, students should choose other courses.

Q8: Can I register for courses offered by other departments?

A8: Students can register for courses offered by other departments if they are open to students from other departments. For courses that are not open to students of other departments, students may submit a cross-department course application form and seek approval from the departmental chair, followed by making arrangements with the Curriculum Section at the Division of Academic Affairs.

Q9: Will the system remove course selections that do not automatically abide by regulations?

A9: Student course selections not in compliance with departmental requirements shall be published by the Curriculum Section of the Division of Academic Affairs on the University’s website during the add/drop period. Students are asked to make adjustments online. All selections that do not comply with regulations will be automatically dropped when the add/drop period ends.

Q10: Can I sign-up for courses from other universities? How do I apply to take inter-collegiate courses?

A10:

1. Kindly refer to the University’s Guidelines for Inter-collegiate Course Taking.

2. In principle, students should only take inter-collegiate courses when they are not offered or have reached full enrollment capacity at the University.

3. Students taking inter-collegiate courses should fill out the Inter-collegiate Course Selection Application Form, have it signed and obtain approval from both the University and the    university offering the course, and return the form to the Curriculum Section of the University’s Division of Academic Affairs to complete the application.

4. Inter-collegiate course credits should not exceed 1/3 of the credits of the courses students have registered for in one semester; the inter-collegiate course schedule (including commute) should not interfere with the selected courses at the University. If students do not comply with this, the grades of any course at the University interfered with by the inter-collegiate course shall be marked as zero.

Q11: What is a micro-credit course? How do I apply for one?

A11: The Holistic Education Center makes announcements about micro-credit courses on its website. Kindly contact the Center with inquiries.