National Taiwan Ocean University Department of Transportation Science

 

Rules and Regulations of the Transportation Science Master Program, National Taiwan Ocean University

國立臺灣海洋大學海運暨管理學院運輸科學系碩士(外國學生)修業規則

Passed by the Department Committee on 2021/05/03

Passed by the College Academic Affairs Committee on 2021/06/0?

Passed by the NTOU Academic Affairs Committee on 2021/06/0?

中華民國 110年 5月 3 日 109 學年度第 6 次系務會議通過

中華民國 110 年 6 月 1日 109 學年度第 5次院務會議書面審議修正通過

中華民國110年6月17日109學年度第2學期第2次教務會議修正通過

Chapter One Applicants’ Eligibility (適用者資格)

1. The rules and regulations are only applicable for international graduate students, excluding oversea Chinese graduate students and graduate students who have the nationality of Republic of China, Hong Kong (including British National (Overseas)), or Macau, People's Republic of China (PRC).

   本規則僅適用於外國學生，不包括僑生、本地生、港澳生及陸生。

2. The course requirements, graduation requirements, thesis defense and the leaving campus procedures are to be conducted according to the rules and regulations and the NTOU regulations.  

   研究生之有關修業、考試及離校手續等事項，依本校學則及相關規定辦理。

Chapter Two Course Requirements (修讀課程)

3. The Master program must be completed within 1 to 4 years.

   本碩士班的修業年限為1至4年。

4. The Master program requires each student to fulfill of thirty credit hours consisting of twenty-four course credits and six credits for the thesis.  Of the twenty-four course credits, a student must take at least four English-taught courses (twelve credit hours) offered within the Transportation Science Master program as listed below. A student may take up to four graduate-level courses in other departments of the University System of Taipei to fulfill the course requirements with the approval of his/her thesis advisor or the department chairman.

   本碩士班的最低畢業學分為三十學分，包括碩士論文六學分。學生應選修八門全英文課程(24學分)，其中至少選四門運輸科學系碩士班全英文授課課程(十二學分)，如下表所示。學生得在指導教授或系主任同意下選修臺北聯合大學開設之碩士班全英文授課課 

   程，至多十二學分。

5. Six credit hours of Mandarin courses must be completed before graduation according to “National Taiwan Ocean University’s Ph.D. and Master’s Degree Regulation”.

  依「國立臺灣海洋大學博、碩士班章程」規定，學生應於畢業前修畢 6 學分的華語文課程。

6. A student is required to pass “Academic Research Ethics Education Program” on the “Center for Taiwan Academic Research Ethics Education” platform before the end of the first semester of enrollment. A student cannot apply for thesis defense before he/she passes the academic ethic courses.

   學生於入學第一學期結束前，需至「臺灣學術倫理教育資源中心」平台修習「學術研究倫理」課程，並通過課程總測驗成績達及格標準。未通過總測驗之學生，不得申請學位考試。

Chapter Three Choose Thesis Advisor (論文指導)

7. A student must accomplish and submit his/her thesis advisor form to the DTS office before the end of first semester of enrollment. He/she should select the full-time professors of the DTS as his/her thesis advisor. Changing thesis advisor requires the approval of the original thesis advisor or the approval of the department chairman and re-submitting the form.

   本系研究生須於第一學年上學期結束以前繳交「指導教授同意書」，指導教授應商請本系專任助理教授以上之教師擔任。變更指導教授需經原指導教授或系主任之同意，並重新提出申請。

8. At most two co-advisors are allowed to supervise a student and at least one of them must be a full-time professor of the DTS. 

   本系研究生之碩士論文指導老師最多二位，且至少有一位為本系專任教師。

9. Co-advisor from outside of DTS will be allowed only with both approvals of the thesis advisor and the department committee. 

   本系研究生若要商請外系或外校老師擔任論文共同指導，除需經本系指導老師同意外，尚需經本系所務會議討論通過。

Chapter Four Thesis Defense (學位考試)

10. Thesis defense and thesis proposal review are conducted according to“National Taiwan Ocean University’s Ph.D. and Master’s Degree Regulation”.

      (1)Each student must accomplish and submit his/her thesis proposal review form a semester early than the thesis defense date and get the approvals of the academic affairs committee of the DTS and the collage academic affairs committee. The research topic must be related to

           transportation science.

       (2)The final thesis topic must be consistent with the research proposal topic.

       學位考試含論文考試及論文審查，學位考試悉依本校博士暨碩士學位考試細則辦理。

 (1)碩士生須完成論文摘要及大綱，論文主題及內容須與運輸科學專業相關領域相符，並至少於申請學位考試前一學期提出「學位論文計畫申請書」，經系（所）、院級學位考試相關會議會審議通過後，送教務處備查。「學位論文計畫申請書」經系（所）、

    院、校審核結果若未符合系所專業者予以退回，指導教授須指導學生修正後方能重新提出申請。

 (2)學位考試之論文題目原則上須與「學位論文計畫申請書」之論文主題一致。

11. The requirements for applying thesis defense are as follows:

    (1)A student must fulfill the course requirements and pass the academic ethic courses.

    (2)The approval of his/her thesis advisor.

    (3)The approval of the thesis proposal review form.

    (4)Current enrollment.

本系研究生符合下列各項規定者，得申請碩士學位考試：

 (1)修畢本系規定必、選修科目及學分，並通過學術研究倫理課程。

 (2)指導教授之同意書。

 (3)「學位論文計畫申請書」審查通過。

 (4)完成註冊手續

12. The requirements for applying thesis defense are as follows:

    (1)Timelines:

1. The deadline is December 31 for application in the first semester.
2. The deadline is thirty of June 30 for application in the second semester.
3. The application must be submitted before 15th of the previous month of the defense date. (For example, a student must submit his/her application before 15th of May if his/her thesis defense is scheduled on June.)

     (2)Fill out the thesis defense application form and the following documents to the DTS office:

1. Transcript.
2. The list of committee members.
3. The Chinese abstract, English abstracts and the thesis draft including Introduction, Literature Review and Research Methodology.

  本系研究生申請碩士學位考試，應依下列規定辦理：

     (1)申請期限:

1. 第一學期：自完成註冊手續起至十二月三十一日止。
2. 第二學期：自完成註冊手續起至六月三十日止。
3. 當月舉行口試者，請於前一個月15日前完成申請。(如6月口試者，請於5月15日前提出申請)。

     (2)申請時，應填具「參加論文考試申請書」，並檢齊下列各項文件：

1. 歷年成績單。
2. 考試委員名冊一份。
3. 論文中、英文摘要及論文初稿（包括緒論、文獻回顧及研究方法）

13. A thesis defense application must be approved by the NTOU president after getting the approval of the academic affairs committee.  A student will be banned from taking his/her thesis defense if acts of plagiarism are reported and verified in his/her thesis content by the academic affairs committee. His/her score of thesis defense should be graded as zero if he/she took his/her thesis defense already.

   學位考試申請提交系碩士學位考試及考試委員資格審查委員會通過後，報請學校核定。

   惟論文初稿如有抄襲或舞弊情事，經學位考試委員會審查確定者，取消學位考試資格，已口試者，以不及格論，成績以零分登錄。

14. A student must write his/her in English and present his/her thesis in thesis defense in English. His/her thesis draft must be sent to the committee members for review a week before the thesis defense date.

   碩士論文撰寫及學位考試須以英文進行，並於舉行學位考試前一週應將學位論文初稿送交考試委員審閱。

15. The committee shall have three to five members, selected and appointed by the NTOU president. Thesis advisors should not count more than half of the commit members. One-third of the committee members should be members outside of the NTOU faculty.

The committee members shall each have done specialized study in the research field of transportation science and also have one of the following qualifications:

    (1)Be currently serving or have served as a professor, associate professor, or assistant professor;

    (2)Be an academician at Academia Sinica, or currently work or have worked at Academia Sinica as a research fellow, associate research fellow, or assistant research fellow;

    (3)Have a doctoral degree and have significant academic accomplishments;

    (4)Have expertise in an unusual or highly specialized academic research field or professional practice field and have achieved significant results in their respective academic or professional field(s).

The committee members who have qualifications 3 or 4 shall be approved by the academic affairs meeting of the DTS.

碩士學位考試委員為三至五位，其中指導教授不得超過二分之一，且三分之一以上必須為校外委員，考試委員缺席時，不得以他人代理。

碩士學位考試委員，除對碩士班研究生所提論文學科、創作、展演或技術報告有專門研究外，並應具有下列資格之一：

(1)現任或曾任教授、副教授、助理教授者。

(2)中央研究院院士、現任或曾任中央研究院研究員、副研究員、助研究員者。

(3)獲有博士學位，且在學術或專業上著有成就者。

(4)研究領域屬於稀少性、特殊性學科或屬專業實務，且在學術或專業上著有成就者。

前項第三款、第四款之考試委員，應檢具其最近五年內著作發表、相關學經歷及其特殊成就概述，經本系碩士學位考試及考試委員資格審查委員會審查通過。

其餘各款依本校博士暨碩士學位考試細則提聘之。

16. The highest score received in the thesis defense exam is 100. A score of less than 70 is considered as a fail of the exam. If the average score is than less than 70 or more than half of the committee members give a score of less than 70, a student gets a fail in the exam. The student can take the thesis defense one more time within the maximum length of study. The student will be withdrawn from school if he/she fail the thesis defense exam twice.

   學位考試成績以七十分為及格，一百分為滿分，評定以一次為限，並以出席論文考試委員評定分數平均決定之，如有逾半數委員評定不及格者，即以不及格論。學位考試不及格，其修業年限尚未屆滿者得於次學期或次學年重考，重考以一次為限，重考成績仍

   不及格者，應令退學。

17. If a student cannot finish the scheduled thesis defense within the scheduled semester, he/she should withdraw the application. If he/she fail to do so, the student gets a fail in the thesis defense exam.  If his/her exam is scheduled in the first semester, he/she can defer the exam until the next semester.

   研究生申請學位考試經核定者，若因故無法於該學期內完成學位考試，應於學校行事曆規定學期結束日之前報請學校撤銷該學期學位考試之申請。逾期未撤銷亦未舉行考試者，以一次不及格論。前項申請學期為學年度上學期者，另得申請保留該學期學位考試

   之申請，並應於同一學年度下學期舉行學位考試。該學期逾期未保留亦未舉行考試者，以一次不及格論。

18. A student will receive Master of Science diploma if he/she passes the thesis defense and fulfills the graduation requirements.

   本系研究生通過論文考試及論文審查且完成本校博、碩士班章程所規定之事項，始得授予碩士學位。

Chapter Five Procedure of Leaving Campus (離校手續)

19. A student must revise his/her thesis according to the thesis defense committee’s comments. With the approvals of the committee chairman and his/her thesis advisor, he/she must then submit a hardcopy to the DTS office, a hardcopy to the division of registration and curriculum and a hardcopy to the office of library and information technology.

   論文考試通過後，其論文應依學位考試委員要求修正後，提交學位考試委員會召集人審查，審查通過後經指導教授於該生離校手續單簽章認可後，送繳一本平裝論文至系辦公室；一本平裝論文至教務處註冊課務組；一本平裝論文至本校圖書暨資訊處。

20. A student should upload his/her revised thesis to the NTOU library uploading system. After successfully uploading his/her thesis, he/she can launch the procedure of leaving campus. 

   研究生須於本校博碩士論文線上建檔系統將論文資料依格式登錄完成並經系辦公室查核符實，始可辦理離校手續。

Chapter Six Others (附則)

21. A student should assist in teaching and research works.

   研究生應協助本系教學及研究工作。

22. The rules and regulations are effective after being passed by the college academic affairs committee and the NTOU academic affairs committee. 

   本規則經院務會議、教務會議通過後發布施行。

                                 

                                                     Master Program

                   Department of Transportation Science, National Taiwan Ocean University