※ In the event of Master's program, Doctorate program or integrated program, any student who earned required credits
for the completion of the program, the required class years may be shortened within one year (two semesters).
※ The required class years of the transferred students in Master's program and Doctorate programs has to be two semesters or more
for each degree course.
Classification |
Completed Credits |
Major |
Research |
Grade |
Remark |
Registration |
|
Master's program (Advanced Practice in Nursing)- entered before 2015 (Advanced Practice in Nursing)- entered in and fter 2016 (Dept. Dependable Software)- entered before 2017 (Financial Engineering) - entered before 2013 (Financial Engineering) - entered in and after 2013 |
30 (39)
(42)
(45)
(45)
(42) |
24 (33)
(36)
(39)
(39)
(36) |
6 (6)
(6)
(6)
(6)
(6) |
Cumulative GPA of 3.0 or better |
Including the intern credits (within 6credits) |
2 years or longer (4semesters) (second semester or more for new and transfer students) |
|
Doctorate Program |
Students who entered before 2014 |
69 |
60 |
9 |
Including the credits for master's (within 24credits) |
||
Students who entered in and after 2014 |
69 |
54~60 |
9~15 |
||||
Students who entered in and after 2017 | 45 | 30~36 | 9~15 | No Credit recognition from the Master's courses | |||
Integrated Program |
Students who entered before 2014 |
63 |
54 |
9 |
- |
4 years or longer (8semesters) |
|
Students who entered in and after 2014 |
63 |
48~54 |
9~15 |
※ Students who entered from 2014 for Doctorate and Integrated courses will have different combination of major credits
and research credit, so please check the details on the table below.
[Required credits for completion for PhD Students who entered in and after 2017]
For PhD students who entered in and after 2017, we shall state the required credits that they actually must take to complete Doctorate program in Ajou graduate school without recognizing up to 24 credits from your master’s courses. (In case of financial engineering department, additional credits can be recognized up to 12 credits from master’s courses.)
- Duty to take additional courses designated by academic advisor
· Additional courses designated by academic advisor: 3 ~ 12 credits
· Who should take these additional courses
(1) Those who are graduated from a special (or professional) graduate school
(2) Those whose major of Master’s and Doctorate is different
· Those who can submit a written statement of reasons for exemption confirmed by academic advisor may be exempted from the duty to take these additional designated courses(This statement shall be approved by dean of department and dean of Graduate School)
· This duty applies to PhD students who entered in and after 2017
<Table2> Credits for the doctorate course and integrated course - students who entered after 2014
Department |
Doctorate Course (entered from 2014 to 2016) |
Doctorate Course (entered in and after 2017) |
Integrated Course |
|||||||
major |
research |
total |
major |
research |
total |
major |
research |
total |
||
Mechanical Engineering |
60 |
9 |
69 |
36 | 9 | 45 |
54 |
9 |
63 |
|
Industrial Engineering |
60 |
9 |
69 |
36 | 9 | 45 |
54 |
9 |
63 |
|
Chemical Engineering |
54 |
15 |
69 |
30 | 15 | 45 |
48 |
15 |
63 |
|
Material Engineering |
54 |
15 |
69 |
30 | 15 | 45 |
51 |
12 |
63 |
|
Environmental Engineering |
54 |
15 |
69 |
30 | 15 | 45 |
48 |
15 |
63 |
|
Civil and Transportation Engineering |
54 |
15 |
69 |
30 | 15 | 45 |
48 |
15 |
63 |
|
Architecture |
54 |
15 |
69 |
30 | 15 | 45 |
54 |
9 |
63 |
|
Architectural Engineering |
54 |
15 |
69 |
30 | 15 | 45 |
54 |
9 |
63 |
|
Systems Engineering |
54 |
15 |
69 |
30 | 15 | 45 |
48 |
15 |
63 |
|
Urban Development |
54 |
15 |
69 |
30 | 15 | 45 |
54 |
9 |
63 |
|
Electrical and Computer Engineering |
54 |
15 |
69 |
30 | 15 | 45 |
48 |
15 |
63 |
|
Computer Engineering |
54 |
15 |
69 |
30 | 15 | 45 |
48 |
15 |
63 |
|
Digital Media |
54 |
15 |
69 |
30 | 15 | 45 |
48 |
15 |
63 |
|
Mathematics |
54 |
15 |
69 |
30 | 15 | 45 |
48 |
15 |
63 |
|
Physics |
54 |
15 |
69 |
30 | 15 | 45 |
48 |
15 |
63 |
|
Chemistry |
54 |
15 |
69 |
30 | 15 | 45 |
48 |
15 |
63 |
|
Biological Science |
54 |
15 |
69 |
30 | 15 | 45 |
48 |
15 |
63 |
|
Business Administration |
60 |
9 |
69 |
36 | 9 | 45 |
54 |
9 |
63 |
|
Business Analytics |
60 |
9 |
69 |
36 | 9 | 45 |
54 |
9 |
63 |
|
Global Management |
60 |
9 |
69 |
36 | 9 | 45 |
54 |
9 |
63 |
|
Korean Language and Literature |
60 |
9 |
69 |
36 | 9 | 45 |
54 |
9 |
63 |
|
English Language and Literature |
57 |
12 |
69 |
33 | 12 | 45 |
54 |
9 |
63 |
|
French Language and Literature |
60 |
9 |
69 |
36 | 9 | 45 |
54 |
9 |
63 |
|
Economics |
60 |
9 |
69 |
36 | 9 | 45 |
54 |
9 |
63 |
|
Psychology |
60 |
9 |
69 |
36 | 9 | 45 |
54 |
9 |
63 |
|
Applied Social Science |
54 |
15 |
69 |
30 | 15 | 45 |
54 |
9 |
63 |
|
Political Science and Diplomacy |
54 |
15 |
69 |
30 | 15 | 45 |
54 |
9 |
63 |
|
Public Administration |
54 |
15 |
69 |
30 | 15 | 45 |
54 |
9 |
63 |
|
Law |
60 |
9 |
69 |
36 | 9 | 45 |
54 |
9 |
63 |
|
Medical Sciences |
60 |
9 |
69 |
36 | 9 | 45 |
54 |
9 |
63 |
|
Biomedical Sciences |
60 |
9 |
69 |
36 | 9 | 45 |
54 |
9 |
63 |
|
Nursing Sciences |
57 |
12 |
69 |
33 | 12 | 45 |
- |
- |
- |
|
Pharmacy |
entered in 2014 |
57 |
12 |
69 |
- | - | - |
51 |
12 |
63 |
entered from 2015 to 2016 | 54 | 15 | 69 | - | - | - | 48 | 15 | 63 | |
entered from 2017 | - | - | - | 30 | 15 | 45 | ||||
Energy Systems Research |
54 |
15 |
69 |
30 | 15 | 45 |
48 |
15 |
63 |
|
Molecular Science and Technology |
54 |
15 |
69 |
30 | 15 | 45 |
48 |
15 |
63 |
|
Education |
57 |
12 |
69 |
33 | 12 | 45 |
- |
- |
- |
|
Financial Engineering |
60 |
9 |
69 |
36 | 9 | 45 |
54 |
9 |
63 |
|
Bio Medical Engineering |
54 |
15 |
69 |
30 | 15 | 45 |
48 |
15 |
63 |
|
Space Electronics and Information Engineering |
54 |
15 |
69 |
30 | 15 | 45 |
48 |
15 |
63 |
|
Applied Bio Technology |
54 |
15 |
69 |
30 | 15 | 45 |
48 |
15 |
63 |
|
NCW |
54 |
15 |
69 |
30 | 15 | 45 |
48 |
15 |
63 |
|
Systems Biomedical Informatics |
54 |
15 |
69 |
30 | 15 | 45 |
48 |
15 |
63 |
|
Life Media |
60 |
9 |
69 |
36 | 9 | 45 |
54 |
9 |
63 |
Students who entered before 2014
※ Application of up to 3 credits per semester is applicable for study credits.
※ Those who failed to complete the research credits must make an application for research about study subjects, even if they completed all credits on the major course.
※ In case of shortage in study credits, it is impossible to complete the course or graduate. In case of applying study credits after the minimum registration semester (4 semesters), students must pay registration fee.
<Table1> Credits for the doctorate course and integrated course-students who entered before 2014
Department | Doctorate course | Integrated course | ||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Major | Research | Total | Major | Research | Total | |
All departments | 60 | 9 | 69 | 54 | 9 | 63 |
Students who entered after 2014
※ Application of up to 6 credits per semester is applicable for study credits.
※ Those who failed to complete the research credits must make an application for research about study subjects, even if they completed all credits on the major course.
※ In case of shortage in study credits, it is impossible to complete the course. In case of applying study credits after the minimum registration semester(4 semesters), students must pay registration fee.
Taking undergraduate school courses and credit recognition
Taking courses from other Graduate School and credit recognition (Credits Exchange Program)
Credit recognition from the Master's courses for the newly admitted students in the Doctorate program(Students who entered before 2017)
<Application for credit for special courses of lecture in Master's degree program> for new students
Recognition of credits for new students, transfer students and returning students
Method of grade assessment
Grade assessment
Classification | Grade | Point | Score | Remark |
---|---|---|---|---|
Major courses | A+ | 4.5 | 95 ~ 100 | |
Ao | 4.0 | 90 ~ 94 | ||
B+ | 3.5 | 85 ~ 89 | ||
Bo | 3.0 | 80 ~ 84 | ||
C+ | 2.5 | 75 ~ 79 | ||
Co | 2.0 | 70 ~ 74 | ||
F | 0 | 0 ~ 69 | ||
Research | S (Pass) | Satisfaction | ||
U (Not pass) | Unsatisfaction |
※ Disposition of F : It will not be removed unless the same course is re-taken and a higher grade is earned.
※ Only for the case where the re-taking of class is impossible due to the course not being open in the applicable major,
the credit may be withdrawn during the period of credit withdrawal
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