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Graduation Requirement

Credits for each Major

Graduation Requirement Credits for each Major Qualification Exam Thesis Proposal Defense Degree Conferral PhD Int'l Conference
※ Major required courses and instrumental courses are based on the academic guide booklet by student number

Master's Program

Minimum 24 credits(Major required courses should be included)
Major Major required courses Major elective courses Note
Management Information Systems 9 credits in 3 courses
3 credits in 1 course
- Studies in Information System
select 2 courses out of 3 courses,6 credits
- Information Systems Development Seminar
- Organization and Information Systems Seminar
- Economics of Information Systems
- Studies in Electronic Commerce
- Studies in Business Application Programming
- Seminar on Quantitative IS Paper Writing
- Information Systems Seminar 1
- Informaton Systems Seminar 2
* Students admitted from the 1st semester of 2011 to the 1st semester of 2021 must complete 6 credits of 2 courses: Studies in Information System and Economics of Information Systems, which are major required courses, and must complete 3 credits of 1 course out of 2 courses :Organization and Information Systems Seminar, and Information Systems Development Seminar, which are major elective courses
* For students admitted before the 2010 academic year, the major required courses are 15 credits of 5 courses: Information System Design Research, Studies in Information System, Information System Research Methodology, Information Systems Seminar 1, and Information Systems Seminar 2
* For students admitted before the 2008 academic year, the major required courses are 12 credits in 4 courses: Business Management & Information Technology Seminar, Corporate Data Management Seminar, Information System Design Research, and Studies in Information System
* Undergraduate courses (within 6 credits) and courses from other graduate schools are recognized as only 1/2 of 24 credits, so you must complete major elective courses with reference to this.
Strategy and International Management 12 credits in 4 courses
1st year 1st semester
- Seminar in International Business
1st year 2nd semester
- Studies in International Business Theory
2nd year 1st semester
- Studies in International Corporate Strategy
1st year 1st semester or 2nd year 1st semester
- Research Seminars in Strategy and International Management
(whole year(1 year), Application is possible only in the first semester of each year)
 - Strategic Management Theory and Practice
- Seminar in Area Studies and International Business Seminar
- Case studies in Corporate Strategy
- Studies in Strategy and Corporate Governance
- Multinational Business Management
- Advanced Seminar in Theories of Strategic Management
- Theories of Strategy in the Global Knowledge based Economy
- Seminar in Corporate Strategy
- Studies in Strategy Process
- Computational Research Methods
- Social and Psychological process in Strategic Managment ment Ⅱ
- Research Methods in Strategic Management
- Seminar in Creativity and Innovation
 * Undergraduate courses (within 6 credits) and courses from other graduate schools are recognized as only 1/2 of 24 credits, so you must complete major elective courses with reference to this.

*Research Seminars in Strategy and International Management
- Whole- year (1 year) course
- Applied to students enrolled in the 2017 academic year
(Opened in the first semester of 2018)
Marketing 15 credits in 5 courses
1st semester
- Consumer Behavior
2nd semester
- Marketing Research

- 3 elective courses
 Business Administration
- All courses in the marketing field except for the major required courses
Faculty of Economics
- Microeconomics Research
- Economic and Statistical Studies
- Research on industrial organization theory
- Econometrics Research
Department of Psychology
- Advanced psychological statistics
- Advanced social psychology
- Multivariate Analysis
- Advanced Cognitive Psychology
- Psychometrics Seminar
Department of Statistics
- Probability theory 1, 2
- Statistical Theory 1, 2
- Advanced regression analysis
 *For elective courses, 3 courses (9 credits) must be taken
* Undergraduate courses (within 6 credits) and courses from other graduate schools are recognized as only 1/2 of 24 credits, so you must complete major elective courses with reference to this.
Operations Management Business Administration Major 12 credits in 4 courses
- Production- Inventory Systems
- Total Quality Management
- Management Science
- Seminar in Operations Management
 - Analysis of Production Strategies
- Production- Inventory Systems
- Total Quality Management
- Operations Planning
- Seminar in Operations Management
- Management Science
- Technology Management
 * Undergraduate courses (within 6 credits) and courses from other graduate schools are recognized as only 1/2 of 24 credits, so you must complete major elective courses with reference to this.
Organizational Behavior & Human Resource Management 12 credits in 4 courses
- Studies in Industrial Relations
- Studies in Organizational Behavior
- Studies in Organization Theory
- Studies in Human Resource Management
- Seminar in Motivation
 - Negotiation - Seminar in Organization Development
- Seminar in Group Management
- Strategic Human Resource Management
- Organization and Strategy
 * From 2008, the required major course was changed from Human Resources Management to Studies in Human Resource Management
* Undergraduate courses (within 6 credits) and courses from other graduate schools are recognized as only 1/2 of 24 credits, so you must complete major elective courses with reference to this.
Finance / Insurance 15 credits in 5 courses
1st year 1st semester
- Studies in Investment
1st year 2nd semester
- Studies in Corporate Finance
- Studies in Financial Derivatives
2nd year 1st semester
- Studies in Portfolio management
- Seminar in Investments
2nd year 2nd semester
- Seminar in Investments
 1st, 2nd year
- International Business Strategy
- Studies in Financial Management
- Financial Engineering Theory
- International finance
- Research on bond investment theory
- Capital market theory
- Studies in Financial Institutions
- Mergers and Acquisitions Theory
- Economics of Risk and Insurance
 * Seminar n Investments is a course taught for a thesis
* Undergraduate courses (within 6 credits) and courses from other graduate schools are recognized as only 1/2 of 24 credits, so you must complete major elective courses with reference to this.
Accounting 12 credits in 4 courses
1st year 1st semester
- Methodology of Accounting Research
1st year 2nd semester
- Studies in Managerial Accounting
2nd year 1st semester
- Studies in Tax Accounting
- Studies in Financial Accounting Theory
 - Strategic Cost Management
- Seminar in Advanced Accounting
- Coporate Accounting and Financial Reporting
- Studies on Financial Statement Analysis and Firm Valuation with Accounting Information
- Accounting Medeling and Anaysis
- Capital Market Studies in Accounting
- International Accounting
- Contemporary Issues in Accounting
- Performance Evaluation and Responsibility Accounting
 *Undergraduate courses (within 6 credits) and courses from other graduate schools are recognized as only 1/2 of 24 credits, so you must complete major elective courses with reference to this.
*Select 1 between Studies in Auditing and Studies in Tax Accounting from 2019 freshman
Notice
  • A. "Graduate thesis research" is included in course registration credits but not in completion credits
  • B. Recognition of credits for undergraduate courses and other graduate school courses (business-related courses)
    If you are a student in a master’s program or an combined master's and doctoral programs and want to complete an undergraduate course, you can acquire credits with the approval of the department head, 6 Credits earned by a student at domestic or overseas schools are recognized as credits completed within 1/2 of the credits completed for each course.
    ※ Please note that liberal arts courses among undergraduate courses are not eligible for credit.
    ※ When registering for undergraduate courses or courses from other graduate schools, you must submit the "Graduate Course Application" located in the Office of Academic Affairs by 1/4 of the number of classes per week.

Ph.D. Program

Minimum 36 credits(Major required courses should be included)
Major Major required courses Major elective courses tool course note
Management Information Systems - Studies in Information System
- Information Systems Development Seminar
- Organization and Information Systems Seminar
- Economics of Information Systems
 - Studies in Electronic Commerce
- Studies in Business Application Programming
- Seminar on Quantitative IS Paper Writing
- Information Systems Seminar 1
- Information Systems Seminar 2
 - Multivariate Analysis
- Advanced Psychological Statistics
- Studies in Statistics for Economists
- Studies in Econometrics
 * select 2 tool courses
Strategy and International Management * After completion, you can take thesis qualification test - select 1 course out of 2 courses: Economic Statistics Research and Econometrics Research
- select 1 course out of 2 courses: Advanced psychological statistics and Multivariate analysis method
- 1 course of Research Methods in Strategic Management
 * select 2 tool courses
* It is Recommended to take a methodology course every semester during the course
* From the freshman in the 2nd semester of 2020, select 3 tool courses including Research Methods in Strategic Management
Marketing
  • In the case of marketing major, there are no required or elective courses in the doctoral program, and 18 or more credits out of 36 credits should be taken as business school courses.
    Courses for doctoral programs include Seminar in Consumer Behavior, Seminar on Marketing Models, and Seminar in Consumer Decision Making. However, you can also take marketing courses for masters and PhDs.
  • Marketing majors are largely divided into Consumer behavior and Quantitative analysis, so you can complete related courses according to your specific major. In addition, Advanced social psychology, Advanced emotional psychology, Advanced cognitive psychology, Advanced perception psychology and Linear algebra, Analytics, Probability theory, Regression, etc. of mathematics and statistics can be referenced.
 - Multivariate analysis method
- Advanced Psychological Statistics
- Economic Statistics Research
- Econometrics Research
 * select 2 tool courses
Operations Management
  • 2 courses in Economics major: Economic Statistics Research and Econometrics Research
  • 4 courses in Business Administration major: Production- Inventory Systems, Total Quality Management, Management Science, and Seminar in Operations Management
  • Economics major
    Game Theory
  • - Business Administration major
    Supply Chain Management
    Analysis of Production Strategies
    Analysis of Production Strategies
    Operations Planning
    Technology Management
    Electronic Economy
    Advanced Research on Operations Management
  • - Statistics
    Advanced psychological statistics
    Multivariate analysis method
 - Multivariate analysis method
- Advanced Psychological Statistics
- Economic Statistics Research
- Econometrics Research
 * select 2 tool courses
Organizational Behavior & Human Resource Management
  • Methodology in Personnel and Organization
  • Seminar in Human Resource Management
  • Seminar in Organizational Behavior
  • Seminar in Industrial Relations
  • Seminar in Organizational Theory
  • Seminar in Motivation
  • Seminar in Compensation
  • Seminar in Leadership
  • Organizational Culture
  • Seminar in Strategic Human Resource Management
  • Multivariate analysis method
  • Advanced Psychological Statistics
  • Economic Statistics Research
  • Econometrics Research
 * select 2 tool courses
Finance / Insurance
  • Finance major
    Empirical Research in Investments
    Corporate Finance Theory
    Asset Pricing Theory
    Empirical Research in Corporate Finance

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  • Insurance major
    Economics of Risk and Insurance can replace one of the major required courses in finance (requires permission from a head professor in charge of Finance
  • Economic major
    Advanced Microeconomics Research
    Advanced Macroeconomics Research
    Advanced Econometrics Research
    Macroeconomics Research
  • Business Administration major
    Financial Engineering Theory
    Advanced Theory of Financial Markets
    Seminar in the Ph.D. course of Investment Theory
    Seminar in the Ph.D. course of Corporate Finance
    Financial Workshop
    Seminar in Insurance
    Economics of Risk and Insurance
  • Statistics major
    Probability Theory
 - Economic Statistics Research
- Econometrics Research
 * Economic statistics Research, Econometrics Research, and microeconomics Research (total 3) are designated as compulsory tool courses.
Accounting There are no required courses in the doctoral program Accounting Major (Graduate Courses)
- Strategic Cost Management
- Seminar in Advanced Accounting
- Corporate Accounting and Financial Reporting
- Studies on Financial Statement Analysis and Firm Valuation with Accounting Information
- Accounting Modeling and Analysis
- Capital Market Studies in Accounting
- International Accounting
- Contemporary Issues in Accounting
- Performance Evaluation and Responsibility Accounting

Finance Major (Graduate Courses)
- Studies in Investment
- Studies in Portfolio Management
- Corporate Finance Theory

Economics Major (Graduate Courses)
- Studies in Microeconomics
- Advanced Microeconomics

Undergraduate Courses
- Introduction to Linear Algebra
- Differential Equations
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