Dept. of Political Science (政治學系)(Bachelor)

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History
As the second longevity universities in Taiwan, National Cheng Kung University, composed of College of Liberal Arts, College of Sciences, College of Engineering, College of Management, College of Medicine, College of Social Sciences, College of Planning and Design, College of Bioscience and Biotechnology, and College of Electronic Engineering and Information, has caught up the way to National Taiwan University in respect of its research capacity, career competition, and many other indicators. There are currently over fifty academic programs, 1,213 full-time faculties, and over 19,000 students at NCKU. The College of Social Sciences, built in 1997, has five graduate programs: Political Economy, Law, Education, Economics, and Cognitive Science. This College starts to offer undergraduate degrees in economics and political science, beginning in 2001, and in law beginning in 2003. It is estimated the amount of faculty and students in social sciences will reach one thousand by 2008.

Library and Other Facilities
The main library of National Cheng Kung University procures and collects five hundred and twenty thousand volumes of Chinese books and three hundred and ten thousand volumes of English books. Other collections are estimated over one and half million volumes. The collections related to social sciences have reached 88,989 volumes in Chinese and 49,473 volumes in English. Additional, there are 309 Chinese periodicals and 290 in foreign languages. In accordance with the teaching and research requirements of the faculty and students, the department will procure more publication including the political science electronic and CD-ROM database, research and statistics reports of the League of Nations and the United Nations.

Perspective
The Department of Political Science is closely related to the Graduate Institute of Political Economy and the Department of Economics. Political science graduates may enter the graduate political science program or continue the graduate study in the interdisciplinary political economy program and the upcoming doctoral degree. The department will also foster the curriculum in regional studies including the studies of Taiwan, North-East Asia, and South-East Asia. In that way, we may not only develop an integrated research and teaching environment but also explore ourselves to the world.

Characteristics of Program
Of seven political science programs in the R.O.C., we are the only one in southern Taiwan. Compared with other universities, National Cheng Kung University offers students with solid fundamental education, curriculum liberty, and outstanding foreign language training. Students as a manner are expected to cultivate their creative, communicative, and managing capabilities. The curriculum is featured with emphasis on the general studies, flexible selection, foreign languages, and Asia-Pacific region, in addition to the fully support from the excellent university tradition. Yet in this great diversity, there remains a shared commitment to the understanding of real world. Students are expected to explore the political theories to domestic society and the surrounding Asia-Pacific countries.

Although the program is brand new, the support from other long-standing programs of the university provides an ideal diversified environment for education, let along the College of Social Sciences itself has offered enormous resources in teaching and research. In spite of its remote distance from the political center, National Cheng Kung University brings together the advantages of native features and global interaction. In short, with the scenic campus and delightful student activities, we hope to provide a best surrounding for students.

Websitehttp://www.polsci.ncku.edu.tw/en/index.asp