I.     Disciplines and Major

II.  Training Objective and Requirements

Cultivate senior specialized talents with comprehensive moral, intellectual, physical development, innovative spirit and the ability to engage in research, development, and design of various systems in the field of control-related fields. Detail requirements are shown as follows:

1.        Mastering the basic theories of Marxism Leninism, establish a scientific worldview, adhere to the Party's basic line, and love the motherland; Abide by laws and regulations, and conduct oneself with integrity; Honest and trustworthy, rigorous academic style, unity and cooperation, with good research ethics and professional dedication.

2.        Mastering a broad and solid foundation in the field of control science and engineering, as well as systematic and in-depth professional knowledge, with a high-level cultivation of methods in system modeling, analysis, and optimization control.

3.        Owning ability of carrying out scientifical research work, and being able to independently undertake works of high-level teaching and scientifical research, engineering technology and management in the field of this discipline.

4.        Having capabilities of independently achieving new knowledge, retrieving and analyzing information, writing academic papers and works, as well as the ability to proficiently master and use a foreign language for literature reading and academic exchange in this discipline.

III.   Requirements of Schooling System and Credit

1、Schooling period: the full-time schooling system is 3 years and no more than 5 years.

2、Credit requirement：The requirement of credit for the course study must be at least 33 credits (including 7 credits for public required course, 15 credits for major required course, 4 credits for major optional course, 2 credits for public optional course, and 5 credits for practice section). Auditing of graduating qualification is denied until all the practice sections are accomplished. Meanwhile, only after accomplishing and passing the dissertation defense, the degree application is allowed.

IV.   Course System and CurriculumSetting

Total 33 credits are required(7 credits for public required causes, 15 credits for professional required causes, 6 credits for optional causes, and 5 credits for practice section）

V.      Practice Requirements

Practice is a required section in this discipline for the training of master's degree graduate students, 5 credits in total. According to the reality of this discipline, we will carry out various kinds of practical activities, including:

1.         Professional academic activities. Students must participat in at least 6 academic activities, including academic lectures, conferences, and salons organized by schools, colleges, as well as academic lectures, conferences attended abroad.

2.         Assistant teaching. This involves teaching tutoring courses to undergraduate students, correcting assignments, tutoring experiments, and guiding graduation theses.

3.         Assistant management. In this part, joining the management work arranged by the college is required, including student assistant, teaching secretary assistant, etc. Detail records and assessments of activities are also needed.

4.         Assistant research. Participate in research and teaching projects of your supervisor.

5.         Social practice. Conduct social surveys and practical activities in relevant enterprises and institutions during holidays, it is necessary to complete a summary report on social practice activities

6.         Discipline contest. Encourage students to participate in various discipline competition activities, including the National College Student Intelligent Vehicle Competition, the Siemens Cup China Intelligent Manufacturing Challenge, the National College Student Mathematical Modeling Competition, and the National College Student Electronic Design Competition, etc.

VI. Degree Thesis and Degree Granting

Following steps should be done before finalizing the postgraduate degree thesis.

1.        Topic selection and proposal. Students should, under the guidance and in combination of their supervisor’s research direction and field, determine the thesis topic by reading literature, carrying out survey, and communicating and discussing with supervisors, before the end of the first semester and accomplish the dissertation proposal at the end of the second semester or at the beginning of the third semester.

2.        Mid-term assessment. When you complete the dissertation proposal, the mid-term assessment should be carried out in two weeks, before the implementation of thesis work. It is usually arranged at the end of the third or the beginning of the fourth semester. Thesis work will not be allowed if you fail to pass the mid-term assessment.

3.        Dissertation detection and review. Applicants must submit the dissertation before formal defense, then school will organize the dissertation to be detected and reviewed by rule. This is usually arranged at the beginning of the last semester. Thesis work will not be allowed if you fail to pass the mid-term assessment.

4.        Dissertation defense. After the dissertation is reviewed and passed, the defense is organized according to the relevant regulations of the university, which is generally arranged in the middle of May of the graduation year. The time required for the research, writing and defense of the dissertation shall not be less than one year.

Degree grant requirement of postgraduate in our college:

Those who have completed the required course credits, passed the defense of the Thesis, and met the conditions for award can be granted the corresponding master's degree, which shall be implemented in accordance with the Rules for the Implementation of Master's Degree Award of Hubei Normal University.

VII. Training Methods

Our school implements a supervisor responsibility system for the cultivation of full-time master's students. Main responsibilities include:

1.      Regularly or irregularly communicate with students and be fully responsible for guiding them in terms of ideological and moral cultivation, course learning, and research work.

2.      Students should understand their professional abilities, career orientations, and personality traits, and guide them in developing personalized personal development plans.

3.      Be responsible for the mid-term assessment of postgraduates, and check the scientific research progress of postgraduates and the quality of master's dissertation.

4.      Be fully responsible for the curriculum learning, practice guidance, implementation of academic norms, Thesis writing and other work of postgraduate students, and provide students with as much help as possible for graduation and employment.