unist course registration for second term 2013
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Course Registration for Second Term, 2013
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- Graduate Program -
August 2013
CONTENTS
General Academic Policies
Class
Grading
Degree Conferment
Course Registration
Guide for Academic Services
Honor Code
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1. The members of UNIST will behave
conscientiously in all academic procedures.
1. The members of UNIST will not cause harm or
damage to others.
1. The members of UNIST will not violate the law
in all the procedures required for learning,
teaching and researching, and in providing
service.
1. The members of UNIST will respect each other
and all members of the community.
1. The members of UNIST will be honest and
diligent in our academic and social lives.
1. The members of UNIST will be responsible for
all we do.
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UNIST Academic Calendar, 2013
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This schedule is subject to change according to school policy.
GENERAL ACADEMIC POLICIES
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Program Duration / Maximum Period for Enrollment
Period that the students must register and take courses for graduation or course completion:
- Master’s program, Doctoral Program: 2 years (6 terms)
- Combined Master’s-Doctoral program: 4 years (12 terms)
If degree requirements are met, the duration can be reduced by 6 months for the Master’ program and Doctoral program,
1 year for the combined Master’s-Doctoral program.
The maximum period that is allowed for the students to be enrolled:
- Master’s program: 3 years (9 terms)
- Doctoral program: 6 years (18 terms)
- Combined Master’s-Doctoral program: 7 years (21 terms) - When students in Master’s program change the program into
combined Master’s-Doctoral program, enrolled terms already in Master’s program
will be included.
Students who do not complete the program until the period ends will be expelled (Period of academic leave is excluded
in this period).
School year starts from March 1st to the last day of February of the next year
terms : 1/2/3 (11 weeks/each)
Sessions : Summer (4~8 weeks)
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Academic Leave/Return to School
Academic leave for military service is only possible after the draft notice is issued.
Application is possible during the designated period or enrollment period.
- Period for academic leave/return to school : January / April / October and until 1/2 of the each term (refer to the academic
calender)
- Enrollment period : February / August / November(refer to the academic calender)
Students who have not enrolled for the next term must apply for academic leave by the enrollment period.
Academic leave is possible until 1/2 of the term after the starting day of the term. However, there is no limitation of the period
for academic leave in regards to military service and illness.
During designated period : Apply using the Internet
- Portal ERP Check/Change personal information Application for leave of absence (Approval by the advisor will be
processed on the Portal Site)
- Students applying for leave due to illness and studying abroad are required to submit documents below. (By visiting or FAX)
After starting the term : Apply using the Internet and print out 'Request for Academic Leave of Absence'
- Apply on Portal Site Print out ’Request for Academic Leave of Absence’ Submit to the school office
Documents required (When applicable)
- Leave for illness : A medical certificate by a specialist or a director of a national public general hospital
A medical certificate by a doctor from a private hospital is not accepted.
- Leave for studying abroad: A copy of "Certificate of study period", and "Confirmation of study and related translation"
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Period of academic leave
- Students cannot apply for academic leave for the first term after matriculation. However, leave for the military service and
illness are possible.
- The period for academic leave cannot be longer than 1 year at one time.
Students can have academic leave for 1 term, 2 terms, or 3 terms.
- Students can apply for academic leave no longer than 2 years.
Leave for illness, and military service are exceptions.
Academic leave for military service
- A student joining the army during academic leave must submit a copy of the notice for military duty to the school office to
change the status.
(Otherwise, after the designated period of academic leave ends, he/she will be expelled.)
- Students on academic leave for military service must return to school within a year of the date of discharge.
(Including any discharge from service due to family hardship or illness)
After discharge, a copy of the certificate of discharge should be submitted to the school office.
- If going home is ordered at the recruiting training center during academic leave for military service, a certificate of the order
should be submitted to the school office to change the status.
Tuition
- Tuition fee should be paid during the designated period.
(please refer to the academic calender at UNIST website, www.unist.ac.kr)
Check points when applying academic leave
- Books checked out: When applying for academic leave, no books should be overdue and all books checked out should
be returned.
Correction of contact information on Portal-ERP-Check/Change Personal Information
- Student’s contact information: Home phone number, cell phone number, e-mail address
- Guardian’s information: Home phone or cell phone number which can be contacted during working hours
(9:00AM~6:00PM)
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Selection of Major and Change of Department
At the beginning of student's 1st term, all graduate students are required to submit 'Report of Major Decision' and 'Pledge
of Observance of Research Ethics' after selecting the major.
It is possible for the students to change his/her program(major) with the president's permission.
Required documents
- An Application form(the advisors’ statement of reason for the change) :
- An Academic transcripts
Approval of the Credits Acquired from Other Graduate Schools
Credits acquired from another graduate school can be approved only if the courses taken correspond with the courses
in UNIST curriculum.
Maximum credits for approval: 1/2 of the total credits required for graduation.
Application period: Within 1 year after matriculation.
Procedure : A Student applies The advisor and the school head(Department Head) approve The school submits
the form to the Graduate Studies Team Credits are approved.
Required documents:
- An Application form : Credit Transfer Application Form
- Academic transcripts from the previous graduate school
- Advisor’s and school head(Department Head) ’s written opinion(When needed)
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Transition of Degree Progra m[From Master s Program to Combined Master s-Doctoral Program)
A policy that allows the approval of credits acquired and terms taken at UNIST through the prescribed procedure, when
students admitted in a Master’s program want to transfer their program into Combined Master’s-Doctoral Program.
Among the students in Master’s Program, those who are enrolled in 3-5 terms and attained 16 credits with GPA over
3.70, are eligible to apply for this policy.
Within the student capacity of the Combined Master s-Doctoral Program in the 2013 academic calendar year.
A designated period by the graduate school.
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Attendance
A grade can be given only when a student attends more than 3/4 of the total class hours.
In case of unavoidable circumstances, attendance can be approved when a student submits a ‘Request for Attendance
Approval’ with the school head’s signature on it to the instructor in charge of the course.
Test
Types of Tests & Exams
- Regular Tests : Mid-term exam, Final Exam
- Other Tests : Quiz, Report, Laboratory Report, Assignment
- Special Test for Credits : Taken by the notice according to school policy.
Generally, a professor may use his/her discretion in administrating tests.
(When to test, how many times to test, what to test, how to test, etc.)
GRADING
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Instructors evaluate students' academic performance in accordance with the grading standards specified on the syllabus
of their courses for that term.
If a student attends less than 3/4 of the classes, his/her grade will be 'F'.
Scores are calculated based on one's mid-term exam, final exam, assignments, quizzes, attitude, attendance,
presentations, etc. (A calculating method can differ from each instructor).
Lecture courses and combined courses (lecture & experiment) are evaluated with a letter grade. Courses that instructors
have difficulty with giving exact grades for such cases as seminars, master's research, doctoral research and etc.
can be evaluated with S (successful) or U (unsuccessful).
Grades over D-, and S are recognized as acquired credits. Details of grading system are as follows:
GPA is defined as follows:
(GPA should be calculated down to two decimal places and the numbers to three decimal places should be rounded off.)
Students can see their grades during the correction period right after the end of the term. If a student has an objection
about the grades and he/she is justified, he/she can request grade correction from his/her instructor.
Notice: When a student does not participate in course evaluation, he/she is not allowed to browse the grades.
Objection and correction is not allowed after the correction period in principle.
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Course Drop
- When a student wants to drop a course within the designated period, he/she is required to apply for "Course Drop" on
portal site. After getting approval from advisor and school head, the course will be deleted from registration record.
Withdrawal
- When a student withdraws from a course within the designated period, ’W’ will be given instead of a grade
(’W’ is not calculated for GPA calculation and not acquired as credits).
- The process is the same as that of course drop.
- After a student repeats the withdrawn course and receives a grade, ’W’ will be deleted and "RW"(Repeated after
Withdrawal) will be given before the course classification(If a student does not repeat the course, ’W’ still remains).
A course, that has been already taken, cannot be repeated in principle. In case of unavoidable circumstances, it can be
allowed only with the permission of Dean of Graduate School.
When course repeating occurs, the previous grade should be deleted and the new grade remains with the mark "R"
before its course classification.
At the end of the term, an academic score report is sent to a student's school office.
Students who received a GPA lower than 3.0 will receive an academic warning.
If a student receives an academic warning three times in total, he/she will be expelled.
Grade browsing for the term
- Portal - ERP - Grade - Grade browsing of this term
- Students can browse their grades during the period right after the end of the term but they cannot see the grades of the
courses if the course evaluation has not been completed.
Grade browsing for all terms
- Portal - ERP - Grade - Transcripts
- Students can browse total credits earned, and total GPA.
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Degree Requirements
Course Credits: Credits acquired from the lecture courses in curriculum.
Research Credits: : Credits acquired from the courses such as Doctoral Research, Master’s Research, and the Seminars.
The requirements above are subject to change according to school policy.
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Degree-Specific Process Steps
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The order can be changed according to the policies of each department.
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COMPREHENSIVE EXAM
Foreign Language Test - Applicable to all graduate students
Oral Test (Major) - Applicable to students in Master's program.
Qualifying Exam - Applicable to students in Doctoral program and combined
Master's-Doctoral program
All graduate students must submit an authorized English proficiency test score higher than the standards on the table
below before the end of 3/4 of the term of thesis/dissertation.
Despite the standards above, those who were admitted in 2009 can submit the English score approved in accordance
with the admission guideline at the time of their admission.
Students in Master's program must pass the oral test of major subjects. The test can be simultaneously administered with
the thesis defense.
Students in Doctoral program and combined Master's-Doctoral program are required to pass the qualifying exam within
3 years, or they are not allowed to submit their dissertations.
Qualifying Exam will be administered along with the guidelines presented by each department.
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DEGREE REQUIREMENTS BY DEPARTMENT
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Q.E. GUIDELINES BY DEPARTMENT
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COURSE REGISTRATION
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Outline
Minimum 3 credits ~ maximum 9 credits
When a change of the original registration occurs, step 4 and 5 should be carried out again.
Change of the registered course
- During the changing period, students can cancel a course and register for another course if seats remain.
Course Drop
- When a student wants to drop a course within the designated period, he/she is required to apply for "Course Drop" on
portal site. After getting approval from advisor and school(department) head, the course will be deleted from registration
record.
Withdrawal
- When a student withdraws from a course within the designated period, ’W’ will be given instead of a grade
(’W’ is not calculated for GPA calculation and not acquired as credits).
- The process is the same as that of course drop.
- After a student repeats the withdrawn course and receives a grade, ’W’ will be deleted and "RW"(Repeated after
Withdrawal) will be given before the course classification(If a student does not repeat the course, ’W’ still remains).
1. Consult with the advisor 2. Choose the courses to register (Refer to the webpage and course catalogue)
3. Register courses (Portal)
5. Submit the form with the advisor s signature on it to the school office.
6. Change the original registration, in necessary case only.
4. Print the confirmation of course registration
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Notice Regarding Course Registration for the Second Term, 2013
When registering for the courses below, if a student has not taken the prerequisites, he/she is required to get permission
from the course instructor in advance.
Department of Electrical Engineering
Department of Urban and Environmental Engineering
The variable credit system is applied to 'Master's Research', and 'Doctoral Research'. A student can select the credit that
he/she wants.
Master's Research: 1-3 credits
Doctoral Research: 3-9 credits
However, he/she must choose the credit after consulting with the advisor in advance.
How to register for research courses with the variable credit system.-Refer to p.47-48
After the registration period, all students are required to print out and submit the course list that he/she registered to be
confirmed by the advisor.
How to print out the list - Refer to p. 48
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How to Register the Courses
- Click ’Portal > Log-in > ERP > Course Registration
- The screen is composed of two sections: Browsing courses and Registered courses .
- Search Tab
Courses can be searched by course number or course title.
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- Major Tab
Courses being open in one s major appear.
- Other Department Tab
Courses can be searched by school/major.
A course is registered by selecting a course and clicking ’Apply’
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Registered courses can be checked and cancelled as shown.
A registered course can be cancelled by clicking Cancel
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After the registration, all students are required to print out and submit the course list that he/she registered to be confirmed by
the advisor. Print out the list by clicking Print of course registration list .
Course List for the 2nd term, 2013: UNIST Hompage Campus Life Academic Information Course Search
Enter the number of credits and click OK
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For General Information
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Personal data input and correction for generating the student record.
Before course registration
When changes occur
Click [Portal - ERP - Student Registry - Check/Change Personal information]
Click Enter and change information of E-Mail, cell-phone number, home address. and etc. and click Save .
Carefully check cell-phone number and E-mail address for academic announcement.
English name should be entered, otherwise, certificates in English will not be issued.
Personal Data input and change at Portal
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Educational Affairs Team (Tel. 052-217-1114, Fax. 052-217-1119)
Certificate Request
To request a certificate in English, a student is required to input his/her English name on the UNIST portal.
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Graduate Studies Team
Location : Main Administration Building(202), 2F
Tel : 052-217-1301~1306
Fax : 052-217-1309
School of Electrical and Computer Engineering
Location : Engineering Building2(106), 3F
Tel : 052-217-2104
Fax : 052-217-2109
School of Nano-Bioscience and Chemical Engineering
Location : Engineering Building1(104),7F
Tel : 052-217-2508
Fax : 052-217-2639
School of Urban and Environmental Engineering
Location : Engineering Building2(106), 7F
Tel : 052-217-2803
Fax : 052-217-2509
School of Mechanical and Advanced Materials
Engineering
Location :Engineering Building1(104), 4F
Tel : 052-217-2308
Fax : 052-217-2309
School of Design and Human Engineering
Location :Engineering Building1(104),10F
Tel : 052-217-2702
Fax : 052-217-3109
School of Technology Management
Location: Technology Management
Building(114), 6F
Tel : 052-217-3104
Fax : 052-217-3109
Interdisciplinary School of Green Energy
Location : Natural Science Building(102), 5F
Tel: 052-217-3006
Fax : 052-217-3009