Master’s Degree Program

Goal

Our goal is to nurture researchers across disciplines of communication and healthcare 

Core skills

Our program is multidisciplinary, practical and innovative, and you are expected to gain:

1. Contemplation and analytical skills on health-related texts.
2. Capability for research methods application.
3. Ability to conduct research on health-related communication issues. 

Graduate Study Coursework Plan

1. The Master’s Degree Program requires a minimum of 28 units of credit be completed in a 2 to 4 year time period, plus 4 units for the Master’s degree thesis.
2. Among the total minimum units, 16 of them must be in the required field.
3. The “seminar” course is a one-unit required course for each semester in the first and second years.
4. Courses taken in other departments must follow the departmental guideline for earning credits.
5. If no statistics course was taken before entering our program, a two-unit course on that is required.
6. The format of a Master’s degree thesis can be a thesis, an original creation, or a report on certain skills obtained.
7. All students are required to attend off-campus conferences at least twice, and produce reports in each of the two academic years.
8. A thesis plan with at least four revisions must be in place prior to its presentation.