Our courses for Master program
To meet graduation requirement, students are required to complete 36 credits, which include:
- eight credits in compulsory courses,
- four credits in fundamental course (methodologies),
- courses “Planning Theory,” “Planning Laws and System,” and other three courses in the fundamental course (planning theories and principles), and
- at least two major courses under the same field of study.
※Curriculum for the Masters’ Program: please click here
Compulsory Courses
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Compulsory Courses: 22/23 credits |
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1. Compulsory Courses in Master’s Program (8 credits) R1 Urban and Regional Planning Workshop (6 credits) R2 Seminars on Urban Studies (2credits) R3 Seminars on Regional Studies (2credits) (R2/R3 Choice of 2 courses) 2. Fundamental Course: methodologies (required, 4 credits) M1 Urban Quantitative Research Methods (2-0 credits) M2 Econometrics (0-2 credits) M3 Methods for Environmental Spatial Analysis (2-0 credits) M4 The Qualitative Research of Urban Space (2-0 credits) 3. Fundamental Course: planning theories and principles (1) Compulsory P1 Introduction to Urban Planning and Professional Practice (0 credits) P2 Planning Law and Institution (0-2 credits) P3 Planning Theory (2-0 credits) (2) Take 3 from the 4 on offer P4 Land Use Planning (0-2 credits) P5 Environmental Planning (3-0 credits) P6 Transportation Planning (0-2 credits) P7 Planning and Development Control (0-2 credits) 4. Common Planning Courses C1 Urban Engineering (2-0 credits) C2 Urban Design (3-0 credits) C3 Lecture Series on Professional Planning(0-2 credits) |
Courses of the Field of Study
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Major Courses of the Field of Study |
Elective Courses of the Field of Study |
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Students have to take at least two major courses under the same field of study. |
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1. Environmental Planning and Management |
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E1 Environmental Systems and Policy Evaluation (0-3 credits) E2 Landscape Ecology (3-0 credits) E3 Urban Ecology (0-3 credits) E4 Seminar on Urbanization and Global Climate Change (0-2 credits) E5 Fundamentals of GIS for Planners (0-3 credits) |
E6 Seminar on Sustainable Land Use Planning (0-2 credits) E7 Ecological Economics (2-0 credits) E8 Land Development Planning and Evaluation (0-3 credits) E9 Resilience Theory in Urban Planning & Design (0-3 credits) |
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2. Spatial Economics and Transportation |
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U1 Urban Economics (3-0 credits) U2 Urban and Regional Economic Development (3-0 credits) U3 Issues on Urban Transportation (3-0 credits) U4 Spatial Econometric Analysis (3-0 credits) U5 Issues on Spatial Economics (0-3 credits) |
U6 Regional Economics (3-0 credits) U7 Land Use and Transportation (0-3 credits) U8 Research Methods for Problems- Solving (0-3 credits) U9 Project Evaluation (0-3 credits) |
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3. Spatial Governance and Globalization Studies |
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G1 Urban Governance (3-0 credits) G2 Local Economy and Urban Development Strategy (3-0 credits) G3 Urban Regeneration (0-3 credits) G4 Industrial and Regional Development Study (0-2 credits) |
G5 Communities and Sustainability (3-0 credits) G6 Urban Society and Planning in Cultural Environment (3-0 credits) G7 Local Development and National Policy in China (0-3 credits) G8 Thesis Writing and Research on the Political Economies of Urban and Regional Development (2-0 credits) G9 Strategy for Urban and Regional Planning (3-0 credits) G10 Studies in Rural Planning (3-0 credits) G11 Institution and Development Studies (3-0 credits) G12 Spatial Structure of Taiwan City (3-0 credits) G13 Modernity and Metropolis (3-0 credits) G14 Urban Social Structure (2-0 credits) |