「專題研究」為鼓勵學生整合大學四年所學，自由選定社會科學研究主題，協助學生思考如何將研究主題與生活多元化結合，除展現大學四年培養之專業知能，鼓勵與職業發展與人生規畫方向結合共同思考其意義與關聯性。透過特定主題與授課教師和同儕討論、資料收集、整理、分析、調查及訪談資料的構思/設計/採訪，專題報告撰寫、作品製作、PPT製作與發表過程，亦能奠定學生畢業後銜接校內經驗與職涯。

"Professional Research" encourages students to integrate their four years of university studies, freely choose social science research topics, and helps students think about how to combine research topics with diversified life. In addition to demonstrating the professional knowledge cultivated in four years of university education, it encourages joint thinking about its meaning and correlation with professional development and life planning direction. Through the discussion, data collection, organization, analysis, survey and interviewing of specific topics and teaching teachers and classmates, the conception/design/visiting of information, the writing of topic reports, work production, PPT production and publication process can also lay the foundation for students to take on campus experience and career after graduation.

本課程要求學生需從語言•溝通領域、社會領域、文化領域三領域中擇一領域進行畢業研究，並以論文或作品+小論文形式擇一提出，視為學生之畢業論文。

This course requires students to conduct graduation research from one of the three areas of language, communication, social and cultural fields, and propose it in the form of a essay or a work + a novel, and consider it as a essay for students.

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Earl Babbie. 2005. The Practice of Social Research. (李美華, 孔祥明, 李明寰, 林家娟, 王婷玉, & 李承宇翻譯. 台北：時英, 2005)

Mark Smith. 1998. Social Science in Question. London: Sage Publications (Translated by Wu Cuisong. Overview of Social Sciences: Exploration of Methods Taipei: Weibo Cultural Affairs Press, 2004)
Earl Babbie. 2005. The Practice of Social Research. (Translated by Li Meihua, Kong Xiangming, Li Minghuan, Lin Jiajuan, Wang Tingyu, & Li Chengyu. Taipei: Chu Ying, 2005)