*The following guidelines are pending approval at the Academic Affairs Meeting. Applications are expected to open in late October, 2025. 

Purpose of Establishment
Department of Foreign Languages and Literatures (DFLL or “the Department”) formulates the DFLL Directives for Establishing Undergraduate Honor Program (“the Directives”) in accordance with Article 2 of the National Taiwan University Guidelines for the Establishment of Undergraduate Honors Programs in order to encourage undergraduate students in their second year (or above) who are interested in academic research to engage in advanced courses that are challenging, in-depth, and rigorously assessed, and to introduce them to research in the field of foreign languages and literatures at an early stage, thus cultivating research talents with innovative capabilities and international competitiveness.

Organization and Responsibilities  
1. The program is directed by the Department Chair, who serves as the program director, and is jointly organized by four other faculty members of the department who are recommended by the Department Chair, forming the Honor Program Committee (hereinafter referred to as “the Committee”).
2. The Committee is responsible for the overall planning of the program, the review of eligibility for enrollment in the program, approval of the program review, and all other related matters.
3. The Committee is convened by the program director, who also serves as the chairperson during meetings.
4. A meeting of the Committee can only be held if at least half of the members are present. Decisions can only be made with the approval of more than half of the members in attendance.
5. Online meetings may be held with the consent of the program director.

Qualifications and Application Procedures
1. Students in the second year (or above) of the Department’s undergraduate program (including double majors) who have a semester GPA of 4.0 or above, and have completed at least two kinds of the following courses offered by the Department: “Introduction to Western Literature (I)/(II),” “Approaches to Literature (1)/(2),” and “Introduction to Linguistics (1)/(2),” with an average GPA of 4.0 or above in these courses, may apply to enroll in the program.
2. The application form, along with the original transcripts, should be submitted to the Department Office before the deadline at the end of January or August each year, as announced by the program.
3. Students who meet the above qualifications may enroll in the program after receiving approval from the program committee.
4. The enrollment limit for each semester is five students, and there may be cases where fewer students are admitted.
If the number of applicants exceeds five, selection will be based on the applicants’ academic performance, with the best candidates chosen.
[Honors Program Application Form]

Curriculum
1. The courses required by this Program are all offered by the Department.
2. Students in this Program must complete the following courses and credits, with a total of at least 12 credits:
(1) To allow students to specialize in a certain field, students must take two to three elective courses from the Department’s offerings in literature and culture, linguistics, and language teaching, for a total of 6 credits. Taking cross-field courses is not allowed. A course list will be provided by the DFLL Office.
(2) “Advanced Writing – Style and Composition” and “Advanced Writing – Research Papers” (or English Composition (III) (1)/(2)) offered by the Department, 4 credits in total.
(3) “Thesis (B. A.) (1)” and “Thesis (B. A.) (2),” 2 credits in total, are supervised by full-time faculty members of the Department.

Supervisor for a B.A. Thesis
Supervisors should be the full-time faculty members of the Department. Professors offering “Thesis (B. A.) (1)” and “Thesis (B. A.) (2) will get one teaching hour for each course. Before taking the courses “Thesis (B. A.) (1)” and “Thesis (B. A.) (2),” students must submit a consent form signed by the supervisor to the Department Office for record-keeping.

[Notes and Procefures for taking the courses “Thesis (B. A.) (1)” and “Thesis (B. A.) (2)”]

[Application Form for taking “Thesis (B. A.) (1)” and “Thesis (B. A.) (2),”]

[Thesis Supervision Termination Statement]

Criteria for Completing the Program

1.During the period of enrollment in this Program, the semester GPA on the student’s transcript must reach 4.0. Additionally, for each course within the required 12 credits of the program, the GPA must also reach 4.0.

2. The grading standard for ”Thesis (B. A.) (1)” is ‘Pass/Fail’; for “Thesis (B. A.) (2)”, the final grade for the semester will be based on the average score from the oral defense committee, and the oral defense must be completed before the University’s designated deadline for grade submission.

3. A bachelor’s thesis must be written in English, including the bibliography, with double line spacing, and the main text in Times New Roman, font size 12. It should follow the general academic writing standards of each field. The total word count should be no less than 7,500 words, and the thesis must be approved by the oral examination committee.

[Oral Defense Procefures]

Reviewing Procedures

1. Students who have completed the courses in this Program and meet the standards specified in the previous section may submit their transcripts and bachelor thesis to the Committee for review and approval.

2. The deadline for submission of the application is as follows: for the first semester, the application must be submitted by October 15; for the second semester, it must be submitted by March 15. The application must be submitted no later than the academic year of graduation.

3. After the Committee approves the review and it is subsequently approved by the Office of Academic Affairs, the phrase “Department of Foreign Languages and Literatures Bachelor Honors Program” will be added to the degree certificate, transcript, and relevant documentation.

[Review Form]

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