Notes on Course Registration

Ø  2020 Spring Course Registration Schedule

-       Course Registration Period : Mar. 2^nd to 4^th (Current Students)

-       Course Registration Period : Mar. 9^th to 11^th (New students)

-       Course Registration Change Period : Tentative (Depens on the online course schedule, it can be changed.) 

-       Course Drop Period : Tentative (Depens on the online course schedule, it can be changed.) 

  Please note that students cannot register or change the courses besides the periods mentioned above.

Ø  Students must take at least 3 subjects (9 credits) every semester, with a maximum of 5 subjects in order to be eligible to get the scholarship in next semester. However, Internship or Leadership & Ethics class is not included in the maximum of 15 credits. If you register maximum 5 courses and wish to take Internship or Leadership & Ethics or Energy Leadership Workshop, please consult with GSIS office.

Ø  Students are required to confirm the credits earned and the courses to take before registering for courses.

Ø  Students should be fully aware of the curriculum of each department.

(The Curriculum of each department will be uploaded on the website every semester)

Ø  To acquire scholarship, students must have registered at least 9 credits excluding Research credits and Beginning Korean Language 1) in the semester evaluated for scholarship.

Ø  New Students who start from 2019 Fall Semester are required to register Beginning Korean Language 1. (In the case you have a TOPIK score the certificate showing you have taken Korean Language Class in the institute, you can take “Beginning Korean Language 2” or register major elective subject (3 credits) instead of it after the Korean level test and discussing with Korean teacher)

Ø  Students in the IB and IT should take “Quantitative Analysis for Business and Economy (Statistics) in the 1^st or 2^nd semester.

Ø  Students who would like to graduate with writing a thesis MUST take “Qualitative Research Design and Methods” or “Quantitative Research Design Methods” in the 1^st or 2^nd semester. If students who could'nt take “Quanti/Qualitative Research Design and Methods” but would like to write a thesis, please consult it with GSIS office.

Ø  Development Practice Internship (Business Internship 1) and NGO Internship 1 will be counted as Major Electives for your graduation.

Ø  Business Internship 2 and NGO Internship 2 will be counted as “Others”, so it will not be counted as Major Electives for your graduation.

Ø  Leadership and Ethics Workshop 1 bears 1 credit and Leadership and Ethics Workshop 2 bears 2 credits.

Ø  Course Recognition from other department within GSIS

-       If you take Beginning Korean Language 1(3 credits) and Beginning Korean Language 2(3 credits), 3 credits cannot be counted as graduation requirement, however, the grading and the course name will appear in your transcript.

Ø  Students in the 4^th semester (3^rd semester in KOICA students) should VISIT GSIS office before the course registration change period (the first week of the first month) and check that all the courses will be completed for your graduation requirements. Please note that it is students’ responsibility to final check for the graduation requirements and manage your course registration.

Ø  If you cannot graduate within 4 semesters, you should pay extra tuition fee as below in the 5^th semester.

-       For 3 credits : 1/3 of Full Tuition (Without Scholarship)

-       For 6 credits : 1/2 of Full Tuition (Without Scholarship)

-       More than 9 credits : Full Tuition (Without Scholarship)

Ø  Students is allowed to register course from another department(Up to 3 credits) will be counted as Major Electives for your graduation, however the rest of the credits which is over 3 credits won’t be counted as a major elective.

Ø You can see many of cases that “Major Required course” offered every other semester (once a year). Therefore please make the course registration plan for the graduation within 4 semesters when you do your course registration for the third semester referring the Course Information which is offered by GSIS every semester.

Ø  Important 2015 Curriculum Change (Course Name Changed)

l Please note that this curriculum change is applied for the courses offered since 2015 spring semester.

Graduate School of International Studies