Students who met the requirements stated above and passed the master degree examination administered by the examination committee will be awarded the master degree. Under normal conditions, students should take their master degree examination after completing all the required coursework. In some cases, with the recommendation of thesis advisor, a student may take the master degree examination before completing his/her courses. The degree will be awarded upon the successful completion of all the courses and the earning of sufficient credit hours. The master degree examination will be deemed invalid if the student fails to satisfy the requirements before the end of the semester. The Master Degree Examination is usually conducted in the form of an oral examination. An additional written examination may be held if necessary. The examination should be conducted according to the following rules. The oral examination should be held in public with its time, place and thesis topic of the candidate to be announced in advance. Members of the degree examination committee should attend the examination in person. No substitution or proxy arrangement is permitted. The examination can only be held with at least three committee members in attendance. Committee of the master degree examination should consist of 3-5 members. The committee members need to satisfy at least one of the following conditions: (i) Who had been a professor, an associate professor or an assistant professor. (ii) Who had been an academician, researcher, associate researcher or an assistant researcher in ACADEMIA SINICA. (iii) Who possesses Ph.D. degree, and does excellent in academia. (iv) Who has great achievements in special research fields. (iii) and (iv) should be recognized by a certain committee of this program. Relatives of the students cannot be the member of degree examination committee. A chairperson (other than the thesis advisor of the student) will be elected within the examination committee. The student is deemed passing the examination if he/she obtains an average score of seventy (70) or above out of one hundred (100). Nevertheless, when the majority of the committee members issue failing scores (lower than 70), a decision of failure will be made without calculating the average score.
Students who met the requirements stated above and passed the master degree examination administered by the examination committee will be awarded the master degree. Under normal conditions, students should take their master degree examination after completing all the required coursework. In some cases, with the recommendation of thesis advisor, a student may take the master degree examination before completing his/her courses. The degree will be awarded upon the successful completion of all the courses and the earning of sufficient credit hours. The master degree examination will be deemed invalid if the student fails to satisfy the requirements before the end of the semester. The Master Degree Examination is usually conducted in the form of an oral examination. An additional written examination may be held if necessary. The examination should be conducted according to the following rules. The oral examination should be held in public with its time, place and thesis topic of the candidate to be announced in advance. Members of the degree examination committee should attend the examination in person. No substitution or proxy arrangement is permitted. The examination can only be held with at least three committee members in attendance. Committee of the master degree examination should consist of 3-5 members. The committee members need to satisfy at least one of the following conditions: (i) Who had been a professor, an associate professor or an assistant professor. (ii) Who had been an academician, researcher, associate researcher or an assistant researcher in ACADEMIA SINICA. (iii) Who possesses Ph.D. degree, and does excellent in academia. (iv) Who has great achievements in special research fields. (iii) and (iv) should be recognized by a certain committee of this program. Relatives of the students cannot be the member of degree examination committee. A chairperson (other than the thesis advisor of the student) will be elected within the examination committee. The student is deemed passing the examination if he/she obtains an average score of seventy (70) or above out of one hundred (100). Nevertheless, when the majority of the committee members issue failing scores (lower than 70), a decision of failure will be made without calculating the average score.
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