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The College of Humanities and Social Sciences was founded on August 1, 1997 to train and nurture specialists in humanities and social sciences so as to promote cultural enrichment and social harmony. The College equally emphasizes both theoretical knowledge and practical application as it pursues an academic principle of keeping abreast of trends within our modern society. The College currently has two independent graduate schools and four departments: the Graduate Institute of Social Transformation Studies, The Graduate Institute of Gender Studies, the Department of Social Psychology and its MA Program, the Department of English and its MA Program, the Department of Chinese Literature and its MA / Ph.D. Programs, and the Department of Japanese. The College’s plans for the 2007-2008 academic years include establishing the Ph.D. Program in Social Transformation Studies. Future development plans have as their objective the establishment of doctoral programs in each of the existing departments. All these endeavors will hopefully lead to the improvement of quality of academic programs in an international context. The College observes a principle of respecting the particular areas of specialization in each department and the graduate school, maintaining the instructional autonomy of teachers, and fostering an atmosphere of academic freedom. Another distinctive feature of the College is its active use of outside resources, including faculty members from other universities, as well as the active application of the Internet and other modern multi-media technologies to conduct educational instruction and research, and expand the academic horizons of faculty and students. For example, in 1999, the College cooperated with the World Association of Chinese Writers to establish the World Chinese Writer’s Resource Collection and Research Center, setting up a database accessible via the Internet. The College also organized a series of academic symposia attended by scholars from home and abroad. To enhance the professional knowledge and skills of all faculty members and students, beginning in 1998, the College has not only regularly published a research periodical, the Humanities and Social Sciences Review, but also encouraged the graduate schools and departments within the College to sponsor lectures, discussion seminars and other academic events. In addition, the College has also been actively promoting interdepartmental academic research projects and faculty development schemes. In light of the growing trend of internationalization, the College will endeavor to upgrade both the Chinese and English languages’ training of students and continue to enhance academic exchanges with colleges and universities in China and other foreign countries. To enable the students to cope with the challenges in the era of the “Knowledge-based Economy”, the College of Humanities and Social Sciences has also adopted another policy of enabling the students to build up their good characters and global vision, and expand their scope of general knowledge in the long run. In this manner, our students are expected to be well nurtured and developed as a genuine citizen of the world amid the trend of education internationalization. Related Departments:
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