Courses

• Curriculum Overview — Main Specialization Course Clusters

  The main specialization curriculum follows the internal logic of “Research Foundations → Conceptual Frameworks → Global Perspective → Innovative Application → Integrative Output,” forming a complete structure of four functional course clusters plus a Capstone mechanism.

  1. Research Methods (7 credits)

Comprising Educational Statistics I, Educational Statistics II, and Educational Research Methods. These three courses proceed step by step: first establishing foundational statistical concepts, then deepening into questionnaire design, data collection, and academic report writing, equipping students with the ability to propose effective, evidence-based recommendations in any workplace setting. Offering this level of quantitative research training at the undergraduate level is rare among comparable transdisciplinary programs, and it directly responds to the demand across industries for talent with strong data-driven thinking.

2. Conceptual Frameworks (9 credits)

Comprising Introduction to Transdisciplinary Learning, Systems Thinking, and Creativity and Innovative Design. Introduction to Transdisciplinary Learning helps students understand the nature and methods of crossing disciplinary boundaries; Systems Thinking trains students to analyze complex problems from a holistic perspective, avoiding fragmented, symptom-only fixes; and Creativity and Innovative Design builds practical design-thinking skills, enabling students to turn abstract problem awareness into implementable solutions. Together, these three courses lay the cognitive foundation for transdisciplinary integration, cross-departmental collaboration, and project management.

3. Global Perspective (8 credits)

Comprising Global Education Issues, Cross-Cultural Communication, and Theory and Practice of Bilingual (Multilingual) Education. Paired with an all-English instructional environment, these three courses jointly cultivate students’ ability to understand, express, and collaborate effectively in multilingual, multicultural settings. Global Education Issues offers a macro-level view of international education policy; Cross-Cultural Communication focuses on recognizing cultural differences and communication strategies; and Bilingual (Multilingual) Education balances theoretical grounding with practical application, so students are job-ready across the range of settings where bilingual education policy is being implemented.

4. Innovative Application (9 credits)

Comprising Introduction to Educational Innovation, AI Technology and Educational Applications, and Special Topics in Innovative Leadership and Management in the Education Industry. Introduction to Educational Innovation builds a systematic understanding of educational innovation models and ecosystems; AI Technology and Educational Applications equips students to integrate artificial intelligence into educational and workplace contexts, so they can judge how to translate technology trends into practical applications rather than passively reacting to technological change; and Special Topics in Innovative Leadership and Management in the Education Industry focuses on how to lead organizations through change, cultivating talent who combine educational vision with industry leadership.

5. Integrative Output — Capstone Courses (6 credits)

Capstone Course A and Capstone Course B form a deliberately reserved integrative corridor within the curriculum. Drawing on the transdisciplinary perspective, research literacy, and professional skills built up over three to four years, students undertake a systematic recombination and demonstration of what they have learned — moving through the full process of problem definition, data collection, solution design, and presentation of results — developing comprehensive abilities in transdisciplinary knowledge integration, practical report writing, and oral presentation. This design draws on the spirit of capstone courses in higher education, giving the entire program a clear logic of “entry-point accumulation → in-depth deepening → exit-point integration,” rather than a mere linear stacking of courses.

• Secondary Specialization: Digital and Innovative Industry

  This secondary specialization covers: Instructional Media and Application, Educational and Cultural Information Editing and Practice, Visual Communication Design, Interactive Multimedia Applications, Film, Video, and Digital Media Industry, New Media and Social Advocacy, Data Visualization, Introduction to Learning and Teaching, and Inquiry into Literacy Education in the Digital Age.

  At its core, this curriculum cultivates digital culture practitioners who can create, deliver, and promote content. Students develop digital content production skills spanning visual to audiovisual media, enabling them to complete multimedia works independently or collaboratively; they go on to build strategic thinking in brand communication and community management, understanding how to make content effectively reach target audiences and generate impact in digital environments. In an era of data overload, the Data Visualization course develops students’ ability to turn complex information into clear visual presentations — a skill with strong practical value across media, marketing, and research fields. On the education side, Introduction to Learning and Teaching and the inquiry into literacy education in the digital age help students understand the principles of learning design, so they can judge which media formats best serve a given learning objective. Taken as a whole, this secondary specialization cultivates digital content talent who combine creative ability, communication strategy, and an educational perspective.

• Secondary Specialization: Health and Wellbeing

  This secondary specialization covers: Personal Hygiene, Community Nutrition, Health Education and Behavior Change, Gerontological Nutrition, Family and Health, Emotional Management and Stress Coping, Diversity and Family, Safety Education, Adolescent Development, Recreational Therapy Program Design, and Outdoor Leadership.

  At its core, this secondary specialization cultivates whole-person health practitioners capable of caring for diverse populations, from the individual to the community. Students develop whole-person health promotion skills that span the physical and the psychological, understanding that health is not merely the absence of disease but an integrated state across the physical, psychological, and social dimensions. On the physical side, students gain the knowledge and skills to conduct nutritional assessment and health management for different age groups — particularly adolescents and older adults; on the psychological side, they build the capacity to recognize emotional needs and design stress-coping programs as a form of mental health support.

  This secondary specialization emphasizes not merely the transmission of knowledge, but the ability to design behavior change — how to use educational strategies to genuinely influence the health behavior of individuals or groups, rather than stopping at the level of health education outreach.

• Secondary Specialization: Educational Human Resource Management

  This secondary specialization covers: Group Dynamics, Corporate Training, Adult Education, Leadership and Communication, Talent Assessment and Selection, Career Development and Counseling, Introduction to Human Resource Management, Introduction to Human Resource Development, and Organizational Behavior and Talent Management.

  This secondary specialization cultivates talent development practitioners who understand the relationship between people and organizations and can help both grow together. Students acquire a full grounding in human resource management — from talent recruitment, assessment, and selection through employee training, performance management, and retention strategy — enabling them to grasp the core operating logic of an HR department and understand the organizational purpose behind each stage. At a deeper level, Organizational Behavior and Talent Management equips students to analyze how organizational culture shapes talent performance and development and to propose improvements, rather than simply executing administrative procedures. On the talent-development side, Corporate Training and Adult Education build students’ ability to design training courses suited to real workplace needs; Career Development and Counseling equips students with the counseling skills to help individuals explore career paths, set goals, and prepare for job searches.

  That completes all three secondary specializations in the file (Digital and Innovative Industry, Health and Wellbeing, and this one) alongside the earlier Main Specialization course-cluster writeups — the website content doc is filling out nicely.

• Cross-Specialization Electives

  Cross-Specialization Electives offer shared, tool-oriented courses spanning all three secondary specializations: Qualitative Research, Special Topics Writing in English, Applied Statistical Software for the Social Sciences, Data Analysis Software and Applications, Educational Psychology, Sociology of Education, Comparative Education, Multicultural Education, Interpersonal Relationships, International Marketing Management, and Diversity and Social Justice.

  This elective pool is designed strategically: students can choose value-added courses aligned with their chosen secondary specialization, building a personalized extension of their capabilities. For example, students on the Educational Human Resource Management track can add Applied Statistical Software and Qualitative Research to strengthen their research and analytical skills; students on the Digital and Innovative Industry track can take International Marketing Management to broaden their business perspective; and students on the Health and Wellbeing track can take Sociology of Education and Multicultural Education to deepen their understanding of social context.

  International Marketing Management in particular carries strong transdisciplinary potential: for students aiming toward the internationalization of educational products, EdTech expansion abroad, or the cultural and creative industries, this course — paired with the main specialization’s global perspective — maps directly onto roles in international business development or the overseas promotion of education brands.

  The Cross-Specialization Elective pool is the adhesive layer of the curriculum: it keeps the three secondary specializations from becoming isolated silos of knowledge, and instead lets them complement one another, forming an open ecosystem for building personalized, composite capabilities.