Completion Requirements for Graduate School

As of 2020.07.

Ⅰ. Conditions for Graduation

■ Required for All

Must maintain a minimum 3.0 for both overall GPA and for major courses GPA,

Research Ethics (Elective General Subject): College of Engineering will award Credits upon completing this course.

(※ Only Research Ethics are viable to count as a Elective General Subjects)

Undergraduate Level Courses : Maximum 6 Credits Allowed (However, undergraduate subjects for Liberal Education or elective General Subjects will not be )

(※For PhD and Masters Candidates, Maximum 6 Credits Allowed.)

For those taking ‘Korean Language and Culture 1 & 2’ instead of the English Testing Portion of the Thesis Submission Qualification Examination : Credits are not issued.

Students admitted since 2020 must take repeatedly 「459.525 Energy Resources Seminar(1 credit)」 courses which have numbers/titles that are identical but whose subtitles differ from each other to earn 2~3 credits per degree program

- Master’s :  at least 2 credits

- Doctoral :  at least 2 credits

- Combined Masters/Doctorate : at least 3 credits

※ Attached File : Extra-Departmental Course Approval Form, Departmental Course Approval Form

1. Master Program

A. Number of Semesters Registrations: Minimum 4, maximum 8 semesters

B. Required acquisition of Credits (Curriculum) : Minimum 24 credits

(1) College of Music : Minimum 26 credits

(2) College of Art, , Graduate School of Public Health ,  : Mimimum 30 credits

(3) Graduate School of Public Administration, Graduate School of Environmental Studies : Minimum 33 Credits

(4) Graduate School of International Studies, Graduate School of Business  E-MBA : Minimum 45 credits , G/S MBA: Minimum 49 credits

(5) School of Dentistry : Minimum 165 credits , School of Medicine : Minimum 148 credit

(6) Law School : Miminum 90 credits Graduate School of International Agricultural Technology : Minimum 39 Credits

(7) Graduate School of Engineering Practice : Minimum 36 Credits

2. Doctorate Program

A. Number of Semesters Registrations: Minimum 4,  maximum 12 semesters

B. Required acquisition of Credits

(1) Minimum 36 curriculum credits (College of Music : Minimum 40 credits)

(2) Graduate School of International Studies : Minimum 45 credits,

Graduate School of Law : Minimum 24 credits

3. Combined Masters/Doctorate Program

A. Number of Semesters Registrations: Minimum 6, maximum 16 semesters

B. Required acquisition of Credits (Curriculum) : Minimum 60 credits

4. Required for All

A. Completion of all Requisite Subject for Major of the department

B. Check for overlapping courses (Courses taken during Masters can overlap with PhD courses and may not be included in the overall PhD Completion credits)

C. Check if Thesis Research course is included (Department of Energy Systems Includes the course)

D. Check if the departmental courses you have taken can be accumulated into overall credits

5. Course Credits and Thesis Research Credits (2018 Fall semester Graduate School Course Handbook p.28 Excerpt)

A. For the graduate program, credits can be issued either by passing courses offered by the department or completing the Thesis Research course, which is a course classified under「Graduate Thesis Research」Course. Graduate candidates taking extra-departmental courses recommended by their academic advisors can get the credits issued acknowledged if approved by the head of the department. However the limit to approved extra-departmental course credits is 1/2 of the total required major courses. Under the Academic Rule Article 80 Paragraph 2, credits approved from the undergraduate program can be approved in the  1/2 limit. Although, prerequisite courses cannot be included in the overall credit accumulation, it can be included in the GPA.

B. The limit on approving credits issued from the Thesis Research courses, is 1/4 of the credits for Masters Program completion, and 1/3 for PhD Program Completion. Candidates can repeat this course but only two of these types of courses are allowed per semester (For Combined Masters-PhD programs, Academic advisors must approve of taking two Thesis Research courses per semester)

※ College of Engineering, Graduate Thesis Research Course, Credit Approval Limit

- Masters Program: 6 Credits

- PhD Program: 12 Credits

- Combined Masters PhD Program: 18 Credits

6. Research Ethics course for graduate school students (2018 Fall semester Graduate School Course Handbook p.28 Excerpt )

○990.501A (Research Ethics) 3-3-0

※Course Details

- Course Classification: Elective General Subject (This course is the only Elective General Subject Issuing credits which can be tallied in the total credit accumulation) (College of Engieering only)

- Grading system: S/U

7. Korean language course for international graduate students (2018 Fall semester Graduate School Course Handbook p.28 Excerpt )

○990.804 Korean Language and Culture 1 3-3-0

○990.805 Korean Language and Culture 2 3-3-0

※Course Details

- Course Classification: Elective General Subject

- Grading system: S/U

- The credits received will not be counted in the total credit accumulation

- Upon receiving an “S”, international candidates are exempt from taking the Korean Language Test portion of the Thesis Submission Qualification Examination (for combined Masters and Doctorate Programs)  (However, if the candidate received an “S“ for the last semester, the candidate cannot register for graduation in the corresponding semester. The class must be taken before the semester of graduation registration.)

8. Students admitted since 2020 must take repeatedly 「459.525 Energy Resources Seminar(1 credit)」 courses which have numbers/titles that are identical but whose subtitles differ from each other to earn 2~3 credits per degree program.

- Master’s :  at least 2 credits

- Doctoral :  at least 2 credits

- Combined Masters/Doctorate : at least 3 credits

Ⅱ . Additional Conditions for Graduation

●Required Conditions for Thesis Submission Qualification Examination Eligibility:

(1) Must complete a brief safety course from the  SNU Institute of Environmental Protection and Safety (http://ieps.snu.ac.kr/) : Conducted every February and August

(2) Students admitted since 2016 must take the mandatory Suicide Prevention Class  Conducted in the beginning of every semestser.

※ From 2006 Spring, Candidates which sufficient English proficiency scores can be exempt from taking the English language courses. Before the submission of the Graduation Thesis Evaluation Form, Candidates must take the TEPS or TOEFL(iBT) and receive a sufficent score required by the College of Engineering, and submit the transcript to the department office.

*More information is detailed on the notice posted on the department website every semester.

※ Eligibility Summary for the Thesis Submission Qualitification Examination, (Applicable since 2018 Spring)

Type		Required Conditions
Korean Language Exam		- Registered and complete minimum 1 semester
Combined Examination	Masters Program	- Registered and completed minimum 2 semesters of the Environmental Protection and Safety Course - Mandatory Suicide Prevention Class (Applicable for those admitted from 2016) - Further conditions required by Departments
	Doctorate (Combined) Program	- Registered and completed minimum 2 semesters of the Environmental Protection and Safety Course - Mandatory Suicide Prevention Class (Applicable for those admitted from 2016) - Further conditions required by Departments

타 학과 대학원과목 이수 승인신청서

신청자	소 속	서울대학교 공과대학 에너지시스템공학부		과 정	석사( ),박사( ),석박통합( )
	성 명			학 번
신 청 교과목	이수년도	학기	교과목명		교과목번호 (부제코드)	학점	담당교수
신청사유 또는 전공과의 연관성
위 본인은 상기 타 학과 대학원 교과목을 석사 ․ 박사과정 수료(졸업)학점으로 인정받고자 승인 신청하오니 허가하여 주시기 바랍니다. 20 년 월 일 신 청 인 : (인) 지도교수 : (인) 학 부 장 : (인) 서울대학교 공과대학장 귀하

※대학원과정에 있어서 소속 학과(부)의 전공과목으로 설정되지 않은 교과목일지라도 전공 지도교수의 추천에 의하여 학과(부)장이 인정하는 타 학과(부)의 대학원과정 교과목을 이수할 경우 과정별 수료학점의 1/2범위 내에서 전공과목으로 인정할 수 있고, 과정수료학점으로 인정할 수 있다. 단, 학칙 제80조 제2항의 학사과정 이수학점은 위의 1/2범위 내에 인정학점으로 포함한다.

학부과목 이수 승인신청서

신청자	소 속	서울대학교 공과대학 에너지시스템공학부			과 정	석사( ),박사( ),석박통합( )
	성 명				학 번
신 청 교과목	교과구분 (교양, 일선 미인정)	이수 년도	학기	교과목명		교과목번호 (부제코드)	학점	담당교수
신청사유 또는 전공과의 연관성
위 본인은 상기 교과목을 석사 ․ 박사과정 수료(졸업)학점으로 인정받고자 승인 신청하오니 허가하여 주시기 바랍니다. 20 년 월 일 신 청 인 : (인) 지도교수 : (인) 학 부 장 : (인) 서울대학교 공과대학장 귀하

- 과정간의 학점 취득 인정 -

ㅇ 학칙 제80조 2항 대학원과정의 학생으로서 학사과정 교과목을 이수하고자 할 때에는 지도교수와 학과(부)장 또는 전공주임 교수의 승인을 받아 학점을 취득할 수 있으며, 대학원과정 통산(석사-박사과정)하여 6학점 이내에서 과정수료 학점으로 인정할 수 있다.