Curriculum Section FAQ
Q：What are the matters that students need to pay attention when conducting the course selection on the Internet?
Q：What is the minimum credit of each semester?
Ｑ：What are the regulations for the application of over-taking credits?
Q：Can students take 3 general courses (6 credits) at most?
Q：For zero-credit Service Learning courses and PE courses, do students need to select them?
Q：What can students do if the number of course-taking students has reached the limit?
Q：What should students do if the general course “English” clashes with the required courses offered by the departments?
Q：What should students do if the schedule of general course “English” clashes with that of general course “Chinese”?
Q：What can students make use of the course selection proof list?
Q：How do students deal with the course abandonment?
Q：How will the course abandon affect students if they apply to abandon courses during the regulated dates in a semester?
Q：How do students deal with cross-university course selection (and cross-university summer course selection)?
Q：How do students deal with the course exemption?
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(1) After finishing the course selection, students need to login again to double-check the course selection lists, especially the case of appearing the disordered numbers when they login, which may display “no course selected” on the screen.
(2) After finishing the course selection, students need to read at least once the public notice of “course change information” so that there won’t be any case of repeating course selection on the same period caused by the course changes. We suggest students to read the public notice before the end of the second course selection.
Note: Students can check if there are any course changes through the course checking system. We suggest students to do this through the Internet Explorer.
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The regulations on the credit taking:
The minimum credit each semester for undergraduates of the first three years is 15; that for seniors is 9. The maximum credit each semester for undergraduates is 25; for students studying for the fifth year, they should take at least one course each semester.
The credit minimum and maximum of graduate students are regulated by each department/institute.
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According to Article 15 of NUK Academic Regulations, the maximum credit each semester for undergraduates is 25. Students who meet any of the requirements are allowed to apply for over-taking credits after obtaining the approval of the chairpersons of their departments:
1. The average grades of the preceding semester are within the top 30% of the whole class.
2. Being approved of taking minor or double major and do not give up.
3. Transferred to the department to study for less than one academic year.
4. Exchange students who come back from foreign countries within one year.
Students studying within their extended term of study are not allowed to apply for over-taking credits unless they meet the second or the fourth paragraph of this Article and obtain he approval of the chairpersons of their departments.
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No. There are three stages of the course selection: the first stage, the second stage, and the add/drop stage. In the first and second stages, students take 3 general courses (6 credits) at most. But it doesn’t mean students take 3 general courses (6 credits) at most in a semester. Students can take as many as courses under the regulations for the credit-taking.
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Yes. Students still need to select Service Learning courses and PE courses; otherwise, they will be regarded as not taking these courses.
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Students can ask the course instructors if he/she can allow them to add in. If the course instructors agree, please pay attention to the things stated as follows:
(1) The course instructors can assign students to add in within the period of the course selection, the number of the course-taking students not outnumbering the seats in the classroom,
(2) Students need to re-select the courses to confirm the final result of the course selection. If not, students will be regarded as not taking these courses. If the courses can not be added in, please check with the course instructors to make sure they have included the names of these students in their add-in the name lists.
(3) If there are anything wrong with the above two situations, students can ask their departments for help on the courses offered by the department teachers, or ask the General Education Center for help on the courses offered by the part-time general course teachers.
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The general course “English” for freshmen is always set at a fixed period in class schedules, so there should not be any case of clashing with other courses in principle. However, should there be such a case to happen, students can report the case to their departments and ask them to change the schedule of the required course, or they can report to General Education Center to apply to transfer to other classes of the course “English.”
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For such cases, please contact General Education Center.
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It can help students to check if there is any error on the names, class periods, and instructor names of the selected courses. If there is any error, students are supposed to apply for the correction within the regulated dates; overdue applications will be denied. If students do not submit the proof list, the course selection information will be based on what is displayed on the system on condition that there is any problem upon the course selection.
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(1) Students need to proceed the course abandonment in person at Division of Academic Affairs within the scheduled period; overdue applications will be denied. Students are allowed to abandon two taken courses at most, and the record of abandonment will be left in the transcript.
The credits of the abandoned courses shall be counted in the total credits taken by the students, which are still regulated by the minimum and the maximum credits taken by students each semester. If not, the course abandonment will be denied.
Students need to link to the course selection system, input their student IDs, enter their passwords (the default passwords are their ID), click the abandonment operation, fill out the abandoned courses, print out the application forms, signed by the instruction teachers and the chairpersons of their departments, and then submit them to Division of Academic Affairs.
(2) Two weeks after the course abandonment, the name list of the approved course abandonment will be publicized on the latest new of Academic Affairs website. If there is any mistake, please contact Division of Academic Affairs for correction.
(3) If there is any problem, please contact Division of Academic Affairs for correction.
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Students are allowed to abandon two taken courses at most, and the record of abandonment will be left in the transcript. The credits of the abandoned courses shall be counted in the total credits taken by the students, which are still regulated by the minimum and the maximum credits taken by students each semester. If not, the course abandonment will be denied. As for the question of whether there will be any far-reaching influence on students’ screening tests of graduate schools or job interviews, students need to face the results themselves.
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For NUK students who would like to take cross-university courses,
(1) they should ask their departments whether the credits are recognized or not.
(2) please link to https://aca.nuk.edu.tw/CrosSel/main.htm and enter their student IDs and passwords.
(3) key-in the relevant information, print it out in two copies, signed by the chairpersons of their departments, and then take the printed documents to Division of Academic Affairs for stamping.
(4) those who need to pay the credit fee should pay it in accordance with the regulations; so far, only those who take courses in National Sun Yat-Sen University and National Kaohsiung First University of Science and Technology don’t have to pay credit fee.
(5) the above-mentioned application forms should be stamped by the academic affairs divisions of both universities; one copy should be submit the university offering the course.
(6) they need to submit the application form to the Curriculum Section before the course selection of the other university ends; otherwise, the course selection will be considered incomplete, and the course is not considered taken by students.
(7) the maximum credit should not be more than one third of the total credits taken in that semester; whether the graduating students (including those who extended their study term) are under the rule is determined by the chairperson of each department.
(8) the credits of cross-university summer-session courses are not under the above-mentioned one third limit.
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(1) Those courses taken can be considered in the course exemption. Yet, the course exemption for courses offered by General Education Center (not including Freshmen English) is conducted by the principle that professional courses can not be exempted for general courses.
(2) First, divide the courses to be exempted into two types: those courses to be exempted for the department-required and department-elective courses at NUK, and those courses to be exempted for general courses at NUK. For example, if the courses of Chinese, those of English, or those required courses in students’ original universities can not be exempted for the department-required and department-elective courses at NUK, they may be exempted for general courses at NUK. Yet the course exemption is reviewed and determined by General Education Center.
(3) The exemption for professional courses (the department-required and department-elective courses) are reviewed and determined by the chair person of each department. The exemption for general courses is reviewed and determined by General Education Center. Please call (07)5919000 ext. 8281/8282/8283/8284 for more information.