Graduation Requirements

Credits, Qualifying Exams, Language, Graduation Recital/Exhibition, Thesis

Credits	Major Credits	Master’s	24 credits or more with an average score of 80 (3.0) or higher. (For the Nursing Master’s Advanced Practice Nursing Program: 33 credits or more.)
		Doctoral	36 credits or more with an average score of 80 (3.0) or higher.
	Prerequisite Courses (for non-equivalent major)		Similar Major: 0-6 credits Different Major: 9 credits (Required prerequisite credits can be checked in the EDWARD System under ‘View Student Information’)
	GPA		Minimum 3.0
Qualifying Exams	Foreign Language Exam		Pass the Foreign Language (Korean) Exam * Substitute: Taking one Korean liberal arts course or acquiring TOPIK level 4 or higher
	Graduation Exams	Master’s	3 subjects	Minimum of 70 out of 100 points on each subject
		Doctoral	4 subjects
Language	TOPIK (for general departments)		Level 3 or higher
	TOEFL (for English track only)		iBT 80 or higher
Graduation Recital/Exhibition	Graduation Recital (Music Major in Master’s)		Pass
	Graduation Exhibition (Fine Arts, Design, and Media Arts Major in Master’s)		Pass
Thesis	Graduation Thesis		2nd Semester	Selection of Thesis Supervisor
			3rd Semester	Submission of Thesis Research Proposal (PhD: Submission & Presentation)
			4th Semester	Thesis Presentation & Submission
	Master's Graduation Thesis Replacement		1st Semester	Submission of Thesis Replacement Application
			4th Semester	Submission of Thesis Replacement Requirements Confirmation