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Kobe UniversityGraduate School of Economics

GMAP Orientation2020

GMAP Director

Professor Shin-Ichi NISHIYAMA

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Graduate Master Program in Economics (GMAP Economics)

GMAP Economics is a two-year master program conducted by Graduate School of Economics (GSE)

All courses are taught in English

Students will be studying mainly economics, but they are also required to take business and law courses. GMAP emphasizes inter-disciplinary study. • GMAP Management and GMAP Law courses are provided by

Graduate School of Business Administration and Graduate School of Law, respectively.

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① Graduation Requirements

Required Courses Required Credits

Seminars1 (including GMAP Seminar) 8

Compulsory Economics Courses

(Microeconomics, Macroeconomics, and

Econometrics)

6

English Literacy Courses 2

Compulsory Elective

Courses

GMAP Law2 2

GMAP Management2 2

Elective Courses3 More than 10

Total More than 30

Note:

1. Your Advisor will supervise your master’s research in Seminar. Master’s

Thesis must be written in English.

2. GMAP Law and GMAP Management courses beyond 2 credits may be counted

as Elective courses, respectively.

3. More than 4 credits must be taken from GMAP Economics courses taught in

English.

⇒ For more details refer to：便覧『経済学研究科規則』第18条

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② About Courses in GMAP

Spring Semester Fall Semester

Compulsory Economics

Courses

Microeconomics（Q1）Macroeconomics（Q1）Econometrics（Q1）

Microeconomics（Q3）Macroeconomics（Q3）Econometrics（Q3）

English Literacy Courses Business Writing（Q1）Academic Writing（Q1）

Business Writing（Q3）Academic Writing（Q4）

Compulsory

Elective

Courses

Law Japanese Legal System Ⅱ Japanese Legal System I

Management Advanced Portfolio Management -

Theory and Practice

Financial Accounting（Q3）Financial Management（Q3）

Elective Courses（※） Topics in Industrial Organization（Q1）How to write articles in English（Spring）

Monetary Economics（Q3）European Economy（Q3）Analysis of Stationary Time Series（Q3）Environmental Policy（Q4）Household Economics（Q4）Public Economics（Q4）Development Economics（Q4）Comparative Economic History（Q4）Applied Microeconomics（Fall）etc…

（※）Elective courses may be added during the semester. For instance, intensive course (1 to 2 weeks) may be announced during

the semester. Check the announcement by Education Affairs Section frequently.

Lecture, Seminar, and Sub-Seminar

Style Starting Time

Lecture

（講義）Lectures are conducted in

classroom (or online)

First-year Spring

Semester

Seminar

（演習）Main Seminar (Compulsory)

Supervised by your Advisor

First-year Fall

Semester（※１）

Sub-Seminar

（特殊研究）

Sub-Seminar (Optional)

Supervised by a faculty related

to your research area

First-year Fall

Semester（※２）

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（※１） All GMAP students are required to take GMAP Seminar in First-year Spring Semester. At the same time, GMAP students are advised to consult your potential Advisor in April.（※２） GMAP students may take Sub-Seminars, but those credits will NOT be counted for graduation requirement. Sub-Seminar will NOT be counted as an Elective Course, either.

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About Semester-Quarter System• Kobe University is currently running under “Semester-

Quarter system" since 2018.

– Note that most of the courses offered on Saturdays will be running

under Semester system. Also, GMAP Law and Management courses

may be running under Semester system.

＜What is Semester-Quarter system?＞

Tuition payments and registration will remain on a Semester

system. However, when it comes to course offerings, some

courses are offered on Semester base (16 weeks) and some

courses are offered on Quarter base (8 weeks).

Spring Semester is comprised of Q1 and Q2, while Fall Semester is

comprised of Q3 and Q4 at Kobe University.

For course schedule and examination schedule, check the HP of

GSE.

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About Course Registration Course Registration

Register your courses via Uribo-Net （うりぼーネット）

• Register for the courses offered in Q1 and Q2 during above registration period.

• GMAP Summer Intensive Course (if offered) must be registered during above registration period.

• For Ph.D. student only: You need to register for the designated Seminar by yourself.

Cancelation of Registered CoursesIf you need to cancel the registered courses, you must cancel the registered courses during the following cancelation period. • If you miss to cancel the registered course and do not take the exam, you will be

graded as ‘failure’ for that course.

Spring Semester (Q1, Q2)Registration Period

April 20th (Mon.) to May 20th (Wed.)

Q1 Cancelation Period May 21st (Thu.) to May 27th (Wed.)

Q2 Cancelation Period July 10th (Fri.) to July 16th (Thu.)

Note: Semester-base course in Spring Semester must be cancelled during Q1 Cancelation Period.

About Seminar （演習） Registration

Schedule Actions

Before April 27th (Mon.)

17:00

- Contact potential Advisor and

explain your research plan.

- Then submit Seminar

Registration Form （『演習指導申請書

及び研究計画書』） by email to

Education Affairs Section.

Early MayYour Advisor will be announced

at the HP of GSE.

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Note1: Once your Advisor is determined, your Seminar will be automatically

registered. No need to register for Seminar via Uribo-Net.

Note2: Technically, for GMAP students, Seminar will start from First-year Fall

Semester. But feel free to attend your Advisor’s Seminar from Spring Semester.

Note3: GMAP students need to attend GMAP Seminar in Spring Semester.

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Research Promotion for Graduate Students

Rokkodai Research Prize （六甲台研究奨励賞） If your paper is accepted at refereed journal, you may be eligible for

this prize.

Financial support for academic conference presentation

Financial support for English editorial fee

Access to database such as Datastream, Financial Quest,

Bank Focus, etc.

For more information about research promotion, see the HP of

GSE under “For Graduate Students”

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Diploma Policy at Graduate School of Economics(For Master Program)

神戸大学経済学研究科は、広く知識を授けるとともに、経済学に関する人類の知見を継承し、創造的に発展させることを通じて、豊かな人間性を涵養する教育研究を行い、経済学における研究活動を行う、あるいは高度の経済学の専門性が求められる職業を担い、広く社会に貢献する人材並びに国際的な視野を持ち世界で活躍できる人材を養成することを目的とする。

この目的を達成するため、以下に示した方針に従って修士の学位を授与する。

学位：修士（経済学）

神戸大学のディプロマ・ポリシー、ならびに神戸高等商業学校以来の「真摯・自由・共同」の精神にもとづき、経済学研究は以下に示した方針に従って当該学位を授与する。

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Diploma Policy at Graduate School of Economics(For Master Program)

本研究科に所定の期間以上在学し、履修要件として定めた所定の単位以上を修得すること。

修了までに、広い視野に立った深い学識とともに、経済学に関する高度な専門的知識を身に付け、社会において生じている事象を高次のレベルで分析、解明し、その成果をもとに社会に貢献するために、神戸大学のディプロマ・ポリシーに定める能力に加え、本研究科学生が身につけるべき能力を次のとおりとする。

・高度に論理的・数理的に思考する能力

・社会において生じている事象を高次のレベルで的確に分析し、その事象を解明できる能力

・高次のレベルで分析、解明したことを総合し、的確に表現できる能力

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Other Important Notice Syllabus, course registration, and course grades are available online

(i.e. Uribo-Net).

Kobe University web account (User ID and Password) will be sent

to you by mail (not e-mail).

AY2020 Spring Semester (Q1) will start from May 7th (Thu.)

※ For this year, all Q1 courses will be offered online. Format of Q2 courses

will be announced later on GSE HP.

About Academic Misconduct

Academic misconduct (exam cheating, plagiarism, fabrication,

falsification, etc.) is a serious offense at Kobe University. If

academic misconduct is confirmed, one will be severely penalized

(invalidation of course grades, suspension and/or expulsion from

the university).

⇒ Refer to：便覧『不正行為に関する申し合わせ』

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About BEEFFor each course you registered, course announcements, course

materials, course assignments, etc. may be posted on BEEF. It is

very important to check BEEF frequently.