UNIST Course Registration for Second Term 2013

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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Ulsan National Institute of Science and Technology

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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

DEGREE CONFERMENT

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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

UNIST Course Registration for Second Term 2013

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