Content, curriculum framework, curriculum

6.2.2.   Doctoral program has the following structures.

  • Professional foundation courses /12 credits/
  • Specialty courses/18 credits/
  • Research work /30 credits/

6.2.3.   Content of courses and research work in the graduate study program is shown below.

# Content structure Content type
1. Foundation courses (Professional foundations) Research Methodology contains Research methods, formulation of experimental works, search of information, organization of information, online programming processing, calculation, monograph, studies on research articles, presenting papers and writing research papers and so on. Professional compulsory courses should be suited to the standard of researchers’ acquired knowledge in certain science fields.
2. Specialty courses Specialty courses provide contents determined knowledge level standard for researchers. Under the guideline of research supervisor, students can do self studies, present some parts of course content in professional seminars, write course work dividing research work into chapters, do case studies, receive credits by taking exams.
Student can choose up to 6 credits from elective courses, which can be involved in specialty course credits.
3. Research work Research and theoretical seminar should be organized under the research advisor and it should be 3 credits for master and 18 credits for doctoral students.
Master’s thesis is 5 credits whereas doctoral dissertation is 12 credits. Credits for master’s thesis should be accepted with the research advisor’s approval. Doctoral dissertation should be accepted with the sufficient grades of seminars and it takes 12 credits.