COLLEGE OF GLOBAL RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT
Graduate Institute of International Affairs and Strategic Studies
Degrees Offered: M.A.
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Chair:Wang, Michael Kao-cheng
The Institute
Founded in 1983, the Graduate Institute of International Affairs and Strategic Studies (GIIASS) focuses on research in international politics, international security, regional affairs, and strategy. At present, we provide both Ph.D. and master programs for domestic and foreign students who are interested in international affairs or strategic studies.
Faculty
Professors
Lin, Chung-pin ; Wei, Wou ; Wang, Kao-cheng
Associate Professors
Shih, Cheng-chuan ; Wong, Ming-hsien
Assistant Professor
Huang, Alexander Chieh-cheng ; Li, Da-jung
Degree Requirements
The Institute of International Affairs and Strategic Studies offers three programs at the graduate level, namely the Master's Program, Executive Master's Program and Ph.D. Program.
- Requirements for a Master's degree of Arts:
Successful completion of 36 credits of courses, including 6 credits of required courses and 30 credits of elective courses.
Students are also required to submit a written master's thesis completed under the supervision of a faculty member and pass an oral examination. - Requirements for an Executive Master's degree of Arts:
Successful completion of 33 credits of courses, including 9 credits of required courses and 24 credits of elective courses.
Students are also required to submit a written master's thesis completed under the supervision of a faculty member and pass an oral examination. - Requirements for a degree in Ph.D. in Political Science:
Successful completion of 32 credits of courses, including 9 credits of required courses and 23 credits of elective courses.
Students have to pass a qualifying examination and publish at least one research paper in any journal listed in TSSCI or SSCI Index. Students are also required to submit a written doctoral dissertation completed under the supervision of a faculty member and pass an oral examination.
Course Descriptions
E0148 Crisis Management (0/3) This course concerns the origins, elements and methods of handling international political and military crises.
M0045 Comparative Foreign Policy (0/3) This course is an introduction to the comparative approach to foreign policy analysis. Case studies of primary foreign policy are aimed at developing competence in foreign policy analysis and evolution.
T0134 Theories of International Relations (3/0) This course introduces the theories and structures of international politics and explores important subjects of international relations. Both major theories and important international cases will be discussed.
T0262 International Media And Public Opinion War (2/0) "The Public Opinion War" has developed to a mainstream issue of war strategy study between Taiwan and Mainland China since it was created from China on 2003. Our seminar will analysis the definition and theory construction of the idea of "The Public Opinion War" with the beginning of international communication theory, citing huge amount of practical cases of China during the class to combine theory and practice.
T0416 Current International News Analysis (2/0) Analysis of international news which maybe political, economic, scientific, or cultural in nature. The course consists of background lectures, cultivation of critical thinking expressed in commentary writing, class discussions, and a research paper.
T0776 Seminar on Strategic Theory (0/3) This is an advanced course of strategic studies, especially for high-level managers. It puts emphasis on the pragmatic strategic thinking and independent studies.
T1102 History of Chinese Strategic Thought (3/0) This course aims to make an evaluation of the Chinese history of strategic thought, from ancient China to modern China. This course comprises two parts: 1. readings, 2. seminar.
T1136 History of Western Strategic Thought (0/3) This course is a comprehensive study of the Western history of strategic thought, from antiquity to World War II. Its main purpose is to reveal both the regularities and peculiarities of strategy.
T1201 U.S. Strategy toward the Asia-Pacific Region (3/0) This course studies the effectiveness of U.S. strategy in the Asia-Pacific region and also the factors that affect its implementation.
T1539 Case Studies of Asia-Pacific Region (0/3) This course discusses major topics that will affect the security situation in the Asia-Pacific Area. These topics include major powers’ competition, territorial disputes, and comprehensive security issues.
T1552 Professional Terminology in International Affairs (3/0) This course aims at developing
English skills through an instructional focus on international affairs as a principal area of exploration.
Participants are expected to read, discuss, write about current affairs using articles from available
news sources.
T1571 Research Method for Social Sciences (0/3) This course is designed to articulate the "Know-how" from interdisciplinary methods and the "know-why" from reflexive thinking and to lay a social research formulation within the field of Social Sciences.
T1633 National Power and Strategic Action (3/0) This course studies how to make an optimal allocation of national power to create an effective and efficient action. The curriculum is divided into two parts: 1. general readings, 2. seminar.
T1684 National Security Policy Planning (0/3) The course equips the mid-career officers and officials of the national security apparatus with the ability to comprehend the national security policy process of the Republic of China, including policy formulation, policy making, and policy implementation.
T1686 Intelligence and National Security (3/0) This course discusses the role of intelligence in the process of national security policy formation; making and implementation, analysis, counter intelligence and covert action are the center of course discussion.
T1687 International Politics and the Cross-Strait Relationship (0/3) This course discusses the relations between the two sides of the Taiwan Strait. This course will follow a historical and analytical approach dealing with Cross-Strait relations from an international perspective.
T1837 Defense and Security Policy of the United States (3/0) This course provides an overview of U.S. national security agencies, their responsibilities and interactions, with special focus on the Department of Defense.
T1881 Lectures on International Security Studies (3/0) This course plans to invite 15 famous experts or scholars to give lectures. After every lecture, each student must complete a 2000-word report in order to improve comprehension ability through interactive discussions.
T1895 Seminar in International Security Studies (0/3) This course provides an overview of international security theories; furthermore it focuses on the development of the international strategic environment. Finally the course deals with the key issues of international security, international conflict, arm races, and crisis management.
T1909 National Security Mechanism Planning (0/3) This course equips mid-career officers and officials of the national security apparatus with the ability to integrate of the instruments of national power in support of the national security strategy of the Republic of China.
T1915 Seminar in National Security (0/3) This seminar emphasizes what the concept of security is and what national security is. After obtaining a basic understanding of the two concepts, we go back to discuss each major state’s security controls and its security policy. Finally, we examine Taiwan’s national security policy and its concrete actions.
T1979 Comparative International Economic Thought and Strategy (2/0) This course examines the economic history of thought East and West, especially referring to the Confucian Culture Economic area of the Far East countries after World War II and comparing it with the economically advanced countries of the West.
T1980 U.S. Defense and Security Policy (3/0) This course provides an overview of U.S. national security agencies, their responsibilities and interactions, with special focus on the Department of Defense.
T1434 Comparative International Economy (2/0) This course focuses on various elements of international economy, including economic interaction among Taiwan, China and Hong Kong, and problems of regional economic development.
