Degree Requirements

*Qualification examination for submitting Dissertation

1) Test schedule : End of the semesters (4th week on Jun or Dec)
2) requirements
– Master’s course : 2 semester enrollment and acquired ≥18 credits
– Doctoral course : 2 semester enrollment and acquired ≥18 credits
– Integration course : 5 semester enrollment and acquired ≥36 credits
3) Qualification test for Dissertation
 (1) Major

MajorSubjects
Master’s course– Choose 4 subjects from in 7 subjects
– required course: ‘Advanced Principles of Nutrition’, ‘Studies in Advanced Food Science’
Doctoral
course
Food(Choose 4 subjects ) Advances in Sensory Science, Advanced Food Microbiology, Protein Chemistry and Enzymology, Sensory Evaluation of Food, Food Toxicology, Safety Assessment of Food, Carbohydrate and Lipid Chemistry
Nutrition(Choose 4 subjects ) Protein Metabolism, Maternal and Child Nutrition, Mineral Nutrition, Vitamins, Carbohydrate and Lipid Metabolism, Nutritional Epidemiology
Food service(Choose 4 subjects ) Advanced Food Service Management, Topics in Foodservice Research, Maternal and Child Nutrition, Sensory Evaluation of Food, Food Toxicology, Nutritional Epidemiology

 
(2) Foreign Language (English)
TEPS ≥ 298 or TOEFL ≥ 210(CBT), 77~78(IBT)  TEPS ≥ 298 or TOEFL ≥ 213(CBT), 79(IBT)

*Dissertation examination

1) Master’s course (Ms)
(1) Application for dissertation examination : certificate of submission for publication, the cover page (including subject, author, Dept.), the abstract, certificate of advisor
(2) Result announcement > the Final semester
(3) Submission of thesis– Thesis for the dissertation examination must be submitted directly to the committee individually.
– students should submit the dissertation to journals 1 week before students he final dissertation examination.
(4) the final dissertation examination and oral examination
 

2) Doctoral course(Dr.)
(1) Guidance committee> More than once in total (1 time/semester)
(2) Interim announcement> At least 1 semester before graduation
    > submission of the certificate of Interim announcement
(3) Dissertation examination and result announcement
   > In order to request dissertation examination, students are required to meet journals submission rules as follow (4).
   > Dissertation examination : 4 times> Dissertation examination may carry out several time in the same semester.
   > Composition of dissertation committee : after carrying out twice of guidance committee and interim announcement, students may submit an application for compose dissertation committee to the Dept. office.
   > students may carry out dissertation examination and result announcement at the same semester.
   > students should submit an application for compose dissertation committee, recommendation letter of students advisor and students resume to the Dept. office at the final semester.
(4) the final dissertation examination and oral examination
※ Journals submission rules① In order to request dissertation examination, students are required to meet Journals submission rules as below.② Bylaw for journals submission (2012. 9)> Admission before 1st semester 2009– In order to request for dissertation examination, students are required to submit a copy of publication or a certificate of the expectant publication Journals submission rules as below.– SCIE journals abroad : students should submit more than one paper containing students as the first author and students advisor. – Domestic SCI journals(including domestic prominent journals): students should submit more than one paper including students as the first author and students advisor. And the total contribution percentage should be over 100%.
 
– % calculation : Single : 100%, 2 person : 70%, 3 people : 50%, ≥4 people : 30%. However, if students are the first author, students contribution is 70% regardless of the number of authors.