Instructions for writing graduate thesis papers for research students
Step 1: Obtain a Chi Nan University enrollment certificate:
The requirements to write a graduation thesis are:
· To prepare yourself to accept your fate and make the effort to pay for your academic degree.
· Comply with the rules and regulations according to your duties.
· To have an “in school status” during the study term in Chi Nan University (no suspension of classes)
· Those who suspend classes are advised to apply to resume studies on the next term, and then they
will be able to apply to take the degree exam, but they can still write their paper.
Step 2: Find a suitable teacher and you will be in seventh heaven
· Please take the initiative to invite your teachers to have a friendly chat! Don’t just wait for a
good-hearted advising professor to fall from heaven.
· In the same way as everybody applies for a job and goes through the stage of one-on-one interviews,
only after that will you establish rapport and receive support and guidance on your way to e
nlightenment.
· In friendly conversation, just ask the teachers to sign the supervising advisor form (attached). If you
don’t come to an agreement, just look for another candidate and have a casual chat.
· If among all the teachers in the whole management school you don’t find a good match, please go
directly and have a chat with our chief executive, so that we may find what your sticking point is.
· At the beginning of the academic term previous to your expected graduation, please return the thesis
paper guidance application to your advising professor. For example, if you expect to graduate on the
second semester of year 2008, please decide during the summer vacation of the year 2007, and
return the application form in the beginning of the first semester of year 2008.
· If you apply to change your chosen advising professor after having started work on your paper,
please inquire at the EMBA on how to do a “formal written application replacement”.
Step 3: Where are the professors?
· Don’t know how to contact the teachers? Please consult our EMBA website (https://www.emba.ncnu.edu.tw). There is plenty of information on the professors, including their specialized fields and contact information for your consideration and reference.
· At the EMBA website you can also download a chart listing all the subjects that the professors have previously advised on.
· If you are not familiar with the professors, what should you do? Simply send them an E-Mail, tell them who you are and say hello to them, then you can get to know each other! Same thing in the workplace. Who is familiar with their supervisor from the beginning?
· We don’t suggest you find professors directly in their offices or study rooms. Please make an appointment for consultation with the professors, to prevent looking for them when they are not in the office, or even scaring them.
· The very last thing to do to is to send someone else to speak to the professors in replacement of you (especially if you want me to go and talk for you, absolutely not). This is your own paper, your own degree. It is your duty to find a suitable advising professor by yourself.
· Via E-Mail or by phone, are all good ways of contacting the professors, but we do not provide professor’s private phone number or address.
Step 4: start to discuss thoroughly your thesis paper with your advisor
How to write your thesis? Please consult with your advisor on this point.
At the bookstore you will also find many books explaining the correct method of writing a thesis paper.
At the school library many theses written by graduates are also provided for your reference, please refer to the library website for search queries (https://www.library.ncnu.edu.tw/index.asp).
Step 5: Write, write, and write some more!
· How to find resources? Does the school provide a database? First of all, please refer to the library home page. The databases are all linked in the home page, and they all have electronic journals, as well as instructions on linking to off-campus resources.
· Also, as the case may be, the advisor may provide you with reference information.
· The most important thing is to take the time and effort to write the paper. The more you avoid this, the less will get written.
· Do not worry about falling behind schedule and being reproached by your instructor, just obediently turn up and confirm the schedule for the thesis with the teacher. Over time a thesis can be completed.
· Force yourself to fight for it!
Step 6: Exam process for graduate student academic degree
Please read the Exam process for graduate student academic degree.
Step 7: obtain the academic degree qualification
Congratulations on your graduation!
