PRIVATE SECTOR: Another change gives students in collaborative internships the option to suspend their studies and apply for a job as part of an associate degree
Taipei Times
Date: Nov 10, 2018
By: Sean Lin / Staff reporter
The Legislative Yuan yesterday passed amendments to the Degree Conferral Act (學位
Legislative Speaker Su Jia-chyuan presides over a meeting that saw the passage of amendments to the Degree Conferral Act at the Legislative Yuan in Taipei yesterday.
Photo: Liu Hsin-de, Taipei Times
授予法), with one to allow graduate or doctoral students pursuing a degree in sports, the arts or applied science to present their work, certificates and a written report, or a technical report instead of writing a dissertation.
The act previously allowed the exceptions only for graduates seeking an arts or applied-science degree.
The amendments stipulate that the criteria to be met in the work, certificates and reports are to be defined by each university at faculty meetings.
An amendment to the act to allow intercollegiate recognition of credits was also passed.
Universities may confer a degree upon students who have earned enough credits to graduate if they have passed courses in fields related to their major that are offered by colleges other than their own, the amendment stipulates. [FULL STORY]
