All doctoral students majoring in health promotion are required to take this course before their dissertation proposals are approved in oral defense. Students who receive credits from this class can make presentations according to their interest or research ideas in the first semester; in the second semester they are expected to present their independent studies or research proposals; first year Ph.d students should attend this class as auditors and they may share master’s thesis or do literature review as presentations; other auditors can present research findings or dissertation proposal.