Credit Requirements : 140 credits. (The credit requirement is 138 credits who enrolled after the academic year of 110(included))
1. General courses required by the University: 28 credit hours.
2. Core courses required by the Department: 79 credit hours.(The credit is 77 credits who enrolled after the academic year of 110(included)
3. Elective courses: no less than 33 credit hours.
4. The students must reached the foreign language proficiency requirements specified by department.
Required Course: 24 credits
1. Graduate-level courses: no less than 24 credit hours.
2. Thesis: 6 credit hours.
3. Graduate seminar: 4 semesters without credit.(including seminar(1)~seminar(4))
Required Course: 18 credits
1.Graduate-level courses: no less than 18 credit hours.
2. Thesis: 12 credit hours.
3. Graduate seminar: 6 semesters without credit.(including seminar(1)~seminar(4), 2 semesters)
4. Must pass PhD qualifying exam. In the first three years(notincluding suspended), otherwise, will be withdrawn by school.