Curriculum Objectives

ICI designed three tracks of courses: Global Governance, Sustainability & Society, and Data Analytics. These tracks strive to convey our core rationale: although providing a guarantee of employment is undoubtedly essential, university education should not merely be temporal and functional. Instead, we seek to guide students beyond their “first job” after graduation and understand that when encountering a world that is increasingly fragmented, highly volatile, and unstable, students would need to prepare professional capabilities and analytical perspectives to identify current societal needs and thereby develop interdisciplinary social action plans.

During their time at the International College of Innovation, students will be able to engage with these three tracks through foundational, advanced and social application courses, all with interdisciplinary natures, multiple languages and multicultural contexts.

We hope students will:

(a) Understand and appreciate the world we live in, which is characterized by natural, social, or technoscientific multiplicities as well as limitations and vulnerabilities;

(b) Develop abilities to reflect, critique, negotiate, and create action plans;

(c) Possess strategic thinking capabilities and appreciate the possibilities of multiple worldviews and innovative problem-solving methods.

The curriculum design of the International College of Innovation seeks to assist students in exploring and cultivating ways to “stay with the trouble” of living, as argued by STS and feminist scholar Donna Haraway.

Course Features

  1. English-taught programs with multi-language learning schemes: in affiliation with Foreign Language Center at NCCU, ICI encourages students to acquire their second language skills through the diverse language curriculum portfolio offered to our students. At ICI, students can develop their language abilities (e.g. Vietnamese, Indonesian, Japanese, Korean, and Chinese…etc.) with professional lecturers.
  1. 1 program/ 3 tracks
    In their senior years, students are required to choose 2 specialties out of the 3 track modules (as referred below). With hope that students can get to acquire fundamental knowledge and skills, these track courses are to strengthen their analytic and critical thinking skills. These track modules are further pivoted for overseas students exchanges. ICI collaborates with our prestigious partner schools for exchange programs and overseas short-term research schemes, allowing students to gain experiences to conduct research overseas and heighten student’s international mobility.

Global Governance (GG)

Sustainability & Society (SS)

Data Analytics (DA)

  1. Internship & Career Placement
    The primary objective of ICI’s courses is to enhance students’ prospects for their future careers by setting them apart with our most innovative curriculum design. Recognizing the surging demands in the 21st century for talents well-versed in cross-disciplinary knowledges, languages and diverse culture backgrounds, ICI’s track courses are designed for students who envision their career prospects at the world-wide stage, actively engage in global activities and observe international trends. Students at ICI have multiple opportunities for internships at international institutes, NGO, and 3rd public sectors.

Course Map

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*Public International Law is a sine qua non for International Law of Human Rights.

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Suggested Study Route

Foundational courses for 1st and 2nd year students aim to build up rudimentary knowledges for respective research areas. Introduction to Global Study is the core course traversing ICI’s three track modules with focus on international issues and relevant topics such as politics, economy, sustainable environment, culture and global development process. While most courses are lecture-based, additional feature seminars, group discussions and situation simulations are supplemented to foster diversified viewpoints and instill value of teamwork during their learning process. Students are required to examine designated topics and provide analysis from different aspects. Driven by the expansion of global business and knowledge economy, International Innovation Management is designed to prepare students career-readiness with tech-infused curriculum that covers technology transfer, disruptive innovation and management, product development…etc.

Courses at third and fourth years are issue-oriented carried out by group projects and case study. The three-pronged curriculum structure cuts across major research disciplines spanning from international governance to management, culture studies, laws, and data sciences. At this study period, students are encouraged to take up internships at private and governmental institutes or engage in overseas exchange programs.

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