The Number of Semesters Required fot Graduation
The number of semesters required for graduation is eight (four years), however if meeting graduation requirements specified, early graduation is allowed without the final one or two semesters.
Semester Period
Every academic year ranges from March 1 to the end of February next year and is divided into two semesters, 1st semester and 2nd semester.
ㆍ1st Semester : from March 1 to August 31
ㆍ2nd Semester : from September 1 to the end of February next year
The Number of School Days
The number of school days during a regular semester consists of fifteen weeks.
Attendance
ㆍAttendance is evaluated on the basis of online learning progress, and online lectures are opened at 00:00 every week at intervals of a week from the beginning date of the course. The period of learning is a week and the previous lectures can be repeatedly learnt.
ㆍIf the learning progress of each course fails to reach at least three fourths (75%) of the attendance evaluation criterion, the student's grade will be rated as "F".
Every student should register his or her own desired courses according to the fixed period and procedures and it is allowed to change or cancel registered courses only during the given course change period.
The Period of Course Registration
Semester 1 - in February; Semester 2 - in August
How to Register :
Visit the university's website.→ACADEMICS→Course Registration & Course Info→Course Registration and Settlement for Undergraduates→Select desired courses.→Make tuition payments (registration completed).
Criteria for Course Discontinuance (Closing)
ㆍLiberal Arts : if the number of registered students is less than 30
ㆍMajor Courses : if the number of registered students is less than 10
Exam Schedule : Midterm exam (at the 8th week), Final exam (at the 15th week)
Exam Method : Online examination on the Internet
The Types of Exams : Online exam (subjective, objective, subjective/objective combined and descriptive questions), reports
How to take an exam
ㆍOnce you have accessed initially the exam webpage, always complete undergoing the online exam until the initial access finishes. At the same time, always click on the "Submit Exam Results" button to complete the exam.
ㆍNote that the noticed exam schedule, time and type for each course should be always checked because any students
should take an exam according to such the conditions.
Criteria fot Evaluation (See the course syllabus.)
ㆍAcademic achievement is evaluated with the full marks 100 by synthesizing learning progress, online exams (midterm/finals), tasks, discussion and participation in learning (including bulletin board), and the percent applied of individual evaluated factors depend on the evaluation plans of the professor who teaches the relevant course.
ㆍAs a rule, academic achievement should be subject to relative evaluation. However, it is allowed to apply absolute evaluation to the courses with less than 30 students registered, pre-licensing courses and other special courses.
ㆍEvaluation of academic achievement assumes that 75% or higher attendance is reached in the entire courses during the semester.
ㆍFor special courses such as practices and technical training, separate criteria for evaluation can be set up.
Evaluation Methodology
Relative Evaluation Relative evaluation is defined as the method of evaluation intended to compare the learning results of a student with those of other students in a certain course in terms of his or her relative position in the class. Relatively evaluated courses should comply with the allowable percentage distribution of grade point average as given below. For the reason, even though you get a good score, your grade or actual mark (grade point average) will be lower, if the number of students getting higher scores is larger.
| Grade | Marks | Grade point average | Percentage distribution |
|---|---|---|---|
| A+ | 95~100 | 4.5 | 20~30 |
| A | 90~94 | 4.0 | |
| B+ | 85~89 | 3.5 | 20~40 |
| B | 80~84 | 3.0 | |
| C+ | 75~79 | 2.5 | 30~70 |
| C | 70~74 | 2.0 | |
| D+ | 65~69 | 1.5 | |
| D | 60~64 | 1.0 | |
| F | less than 59 | 0.0 |
| Grade | Actual marks | Grade point average |
|---|---|---|
| A+ | 95~100 | 4.5 |
| A | 90~94 | 4.0 |
| B+ | 85~89 | 3.5 |
| B | 80~84 | 3.0 |
| C+ | 75~79 | 2.5 |
| C | 70~74 | 2.0 |
| D+ | 65~69 | 1.5 |
| D | 60~64 | 1.0 |
| F | less than 59 | 0.0 |
Seasonal semester system is intended to afford a chance to earn necessary additional credits during the summer and/or winter vacation to undergraduates who need to take a course other than in regular semesters, who expect early graduation,
or who have declared a double major/minor.
Opened Courses
As a rule, some of the courses opened in the regular semester are opened in the summer or winter session. However, if the number of registered students is less than the given limit, the course may be discontinued (canceled).
ㆍCourse registration : summer session in May; winter session in November
Target Students
Undergraduates and part-time students who has been enrolled in the immediately previous regular semester.
Registrable Credits
- within 6 credits per seasonal semester (summer or winter session)
ㆍRegular undergraduates : can earn not more than six (6) credits per seasonal semester (in a summer or winter session). At this time, note that twenty-four (24) credits should not be exceeded per semester including the number of credits earned in the regular semester pursuant to the Guidelines of the Ministry of Education, Science and Technology.
ㆍFor seasonal semesters, all kinds of scholarship benefits are inapplicable.
How to Take a Course (same as regular semesters)
ㆍIt is allowed to cancel initially registered course(s) owing to unavoidable circumstance encountered after a seasonal semester is opened, only when three fourths or less (earlier) of the number of school days given has passed. In this case, two thirds of the paid tuition fees will be returned.
ㆍPart-time students enrolled in the immediately previous regular semester : Nine (9) credits per semester should not be exceeded including those earned in the immediately previous regular semester and seasonal semester.
Miscellaneous
ㆍIt is allowed to cancel initially registered course(s) owing to unavoidable circumstance encountered after a seasonal semester is opened, only when three fourths or less (earlier) of the number of school days given has passed. In this case, two thirds of the paid tuition fees will be returned.
ㆍFor seasonal semesters, all kinds of scholarship benefits are inapplicable.