Part-time Master Program for Working Professionals 

Economic Analysis
Freshman Required (3-0)
This course is intended to discuss some issues on economics and trade. We will introduce some empirical issues such as global economy, intra-industry trade, flying geese model and trade pattern, foreign direct investment, the measurement of comparative advantage, monopoly power, and SCP model, etc.

International Business Management
Freshman Required (3-0)

1. Provide a broad knowledge base for international business management.
2. From the perspectives of markets and area studies, on the base of real world cases, introduce major concepts of international business management.
3. Re-cap other relevant management learning to increase the knowledge of going international.

International Marketing Management
Freshman Required (0-3)

1. This course outlines the major dimensions of the global business environment, provides a set of conceptual and analytical tools that prepared students to successfully apply the four Ps to global marketing, and addresses the current issues on global marketing.
2. To provide the students the understanding of important cases of international marketing.

International Financial Management
Freshman Required (0-3)
This course is based on financial management to understand the environmental differences encountered by the manager of the international finance function in a multinational corporation. Introduce the student to understand selected major issues of international financial management, for example, management of foreign exchange risk, hedging against foreign exchange risk by using foreign derivatives products, international capital budgeting and international financing decision, and learn the techniques of multinational financial management.

Statistic Analysis: Methods And Applications
Freshman Required (0-3)
The lecturing focuses on the most commonly used statistical analysis method and its application. Students are expected to have sufficient statistical ability to complete their thesis.

International Trade and Finance
Sophomore Required (3-0)
We introduce the fundamental knowledge of trade theory as the Ricardian model (comparative advantages), the Heckscher-Ohlin model, and the intra-industry trade. This part aims to provide a concrete tool for analyzing international issues.
The goal of International Finance of this course is to introduce the fundamentals of international currency and finance, and the determinants of exchange rates. The contents are the international balance of payments, foreign exchange market, exchange rate and macroeconomics, international monetary system, financial globalization, and optimal currency. Students can learn about changes in the international economic situation and issues of international macroeconomic policy.

International Trade Laws
Sophomore Required (0-3)
The objective of this course is to make students familiar with the internationl trade rules, especially the WTO laws. This course includes the introduction of rules of GATT, SPS and TBT Agreement, Antidumping Agreement, SCM Agreement and mechanism of dispute settlement.

Seminar On Global Economics And Business (II)
Freshman Selected (0-3)
In this course, a number of foreign visiting scholars specially hired by the department will give special lectures on global operations. The topics covered: international operations, international trade, international finance, international law and other important topics.

International Human Resources Management
Sophomore Selected (3-0)
This course will provide students with an introduction to, and an understanding of, the nature of international human resource management (IHRM). It aims to understand the key human resource challenges facing multinational corporations. At the end of the course students should be able to apply key human resource management frameworks to help them understand the business in a multinational context.

Seminar On Global Economics And Business (I)
Sophomore Selected (3-0)
In this course, a number of foreign visiting scholars specially hired by the department will give special lectures on global operations. The topics covered: international operations, international trade, international finance, international law and other important topics.

Seminar On International Marketing (I)
Sophomore Selected (3-0)

1. This course outlines the major concepts of consumer behavior, prepares students to successfully apply the knowledge of consumer bahavior to global marketing strategies, and addresses the current issues on consunmer behavior.
2. To expose students to the different sociocultural, economic, and geopolitical environments in which global marketing strategies and programs are formulated and implemented.
3. To examine the cumulative impact of changes in different foreign environments on marketing opportunities and threats
4. To help develop relevant management skills for planning and expanding activities in global markets.

Seminar On International Business
Sophomore Selected (0-3)
Assist in the writing of the master's thesis and the reading of relevant thesis materials. This course is a special study of international business studies, and discusses some important international business topics. Its content includes the following parts:

1. corporate social responsibility.
2. Social Enterprise.
3. e-commerce.
4. game theory.
5. Big Data.
6. occupational safety.

Industrial Organization
Freshman Selected (3-0)
This course introduces theories about various industrial organizations and market structures.
Students who finish the course will be familiar with firms’ decision-making under different competitive environment and be equipped with ability to analyze it more precisely.

Financial Institution Management
Freshman Selected (3-0)
In recent years, advances in communication network technology have brought about an endless stream of financial innovations, which have also changed the business model of financial institutions. Therefore, the operational strategies and risk management of financial institutions will become more important. This course will introduce teach financial institution management. from the perspective of risk management, while focusing on theory and practice, so that students have the expertise of financial institution management.

Seminar In Investment
Freshman Selected (0-3)
The teaching objective of this course focuses on the application of financial econometrics, enabling students to combine finance theory and empirical measurement methods to discuss the patterns of data, model selection, and interpretation of empirical results. The content focuses on returns and risks, the core of the finance theory, to analyze and verify various practical investment topics.

Financial Derivatives
Sophomore Selected (3-0)
This course will focus more on the practical and risk management components of derivative products to introduce some unique perspectives particularly for sutdents enrolled in the executive master program. Through the process I hope to enlighten students with matrerials beyond text books. The course outline, which is being adapted for a draft of a book to be published overseas later this year, is compiled by the instructor personally based on yearsof practical experiences. Students attending classes under this course can expect a learning path substantially different from other courses on this subject.

Seminar On Risk Management
Sophomore Selected (0-3)
This course deals with the ways in which risks are quantified and managed by financial institutions. Among the topics covered are the nature of financial institutions and their regulation, market risk, credit risk, operational risk, and the credit crisis of 2007.

Optional Courses

International M&A Management
Freshman Selected (0-3)
This course will focus on three contents: (1) Understanding the theoretical and practical concepts of M&A activities, and the related factors of M&A process, such as laws, strategy and deal structure. (2) Analyzing the cases and techniques for successful International M&A management, and (3) Evaluating the performance of International M&A management. Through the introduction of International business environment and mergers and acquisitions management, this subject will also enable students to analyze business environments, and think critically so as to provide defendable propositions with analysis to issues raised in class. This subject contributes to three of the MBA program learning outcomes.

Seminar On Knowledge Economy
Sophomore Selected (3-0)
The course schedule includes two parts. For the first part course, we will introduce issues related to knowledge economics, including information business, R&D investment, Innovation licensing and IPR, etc. We shall focus on parallel trades for the discussion of IPR. For the second part course, we will focus on knowledge economics related to education, human capital investment and knowledge spillover effect.

Seminar In International Marketing II
Sophomore Selected (0-3)
This course focuses on marketing strategy and management within the context of global and international markets. It evaluates cultural differences and aims to enhance your skills in developing and implementing marketing strategies and decision making in international contexts.

Seminar In Trade And Finance
Sophomore Selected (1-0)
This course will be taught from journal articles and working papers. A textbook which students may wish to consult but which is not essential are given below.

Field Study Of Overseas Markets And Economies
Freshman Selected (0-2)
One of the characteristics of this course is that students from the bachelor's class, master's class, and master's on-the-job class of the department form a learning team, cooperate with the full-time teachers of the department, and go overseas together for about a week of university business visits. During this process, in addition to discussing with overseas students, we also visited local Taiwanese businessmen or well-known international companies, combining theory and practice.

Seminar On International Business
Sophomore Selected (1-0)
This course elaborates on the research issues on global marketing and consumer behavior, and provides the student the best possible understanding of the research approach and methodology.