Course Regulations of Ph.D. Student

Course credit requirements: After enrollment, doctoral students may take courses from GIEE and other related departments, which should total to at least 24 credits (for those students who directly enter the Ph.D. program), or at least 48 credits (Master’s and Ph.D. credits combined in total), not including repeated courses (i.e., courses with the same name and course code), Seminar, Dissertation credits, preparatory pre-requisite courses, or foreign language courses. At least 12 credits should be consist of main courses and at least 6 credits should consist of supplementary courses (to be determined through discussion with research advisor).
Curriculum maps show the curriculum plans for the Environmental Science and Engineering Division (hereinafter noted as “Engineering Division”), and the Environmental Planning and Management Division (hereinafter noted as “Management Division”).
Preparatory Courses: Ph.D. students must be able to account for the required preparatory courses for their respective division. If the student has not previously taken a course, the student must make up the course after enrollment, and preparatory courses taken prior to enrollment are not counted for credit. Overall, no credits shall be awarded for preparatory courses.
Required Courses: Ph.D. students must take at least 2 core courses, 1 laboratory course, and 1 design course (Engineering Division), or at least 2 core courses and 2 practicum courses (Management Division). The fundamental curriculum pre-requisites for core and design/practicum courses are the same as those of the Master’s students.
Ph.D. students who have taken any core courses within GIEE bearing identical names and course numbers (not including Seminar) prior to admission may apply for course exemption through the University. However, it should be noted that GIEE still requires students to take the required 24 credits to meet the graduation requirements.
6 semesters of Ph.D seminars are required (except for students who pass 40% in less than 3 years,yet still need to take seminar every semester before passing 40%.)
Engineering Division Ph.D. students are divided into “Air” and “Water” subdivisions according to their research areas, and their chosen pre-requisite and core courses should follow those listed in the curriculum planning table for the appropriate subdivision.