1. Graduation Requirements
| Master Program | Doctoral Program | Combined Master's and Doctoral Program |
Course Enrollment | From 4 times up to 8 times | From 4 times up to 12 times | From 6 times up to 16 times |
Required Credit(s) | More than 24 credits | More than total 60 credits (more than 24 credits in Master course and 36 credits in Doctoral course) | More than 60 credits |
Grade | GPA: more than 3.0 | GPA: more than 3.0 grade in Doctoral courses. | More than 3.0 GPA in Master and Doctoral courses. |
Reading and Research | Up to 6 credits are accepted | Up to 12 credits are accepted | Up to 18 credits are accepted |
Common factors | Taking a same subject when you already took in Master program again in Doctoral Program is not accepted as credits for completion of Doctoral program. |
* You should check carefully if you took same subject repeatedly during the Master and Doctoral Program. Because the same subjects taken 2 times are considered one subject although you took it more than 2 times.
* Up to 6 credits of courses for undergraduate can be accepted as required credits for graduation in Master or Doctoral Program.
2. Period of thesis submission - Master's dissertation: within 4 years after completion of Master course. - Doctoral dissertation: within 6 years after completion of Doctoral course.
3. Required documents for conferment of Doctoral degree
Student who plans to present a Doctoral dissertation must submit the form attached to the department office with 1 copy of summary. *It is applied to the students entering Doctoral program in 2004 and beyond. *It is applied to students entering Combined Doctoral and Master Program in 2002 and beyond.
4. Required English Certificate (TEPS and TOEFL) • Criteria of College of Natural Sciences - Student ID: beyond 2001 ~ (TEPS: 550 , TOEFL(CBT): 203) - Student ID: prior to ~ 2000 (TEPS: 501, TOEFL(CBT): 193)
• Major Exam
- Master course: more than 60/100 - Doctoral course: more than 70/100
• The rise of Required TEPS level
- Previous: more than 550 à Current: more than 551 (raising 1point) It is applied to students entering school in 2008 and beyond.
• Curriculum for Graduate(students entering school in 2010 and beyond)
• Departmental Course Requirements
1. Students in Doctoral program/Master program must take at least 3 subjects/2 subjects from the core courses in the table below.But, if the students in Doctoral program already took the 2 subjects from the core courses during Master program, then, at least 1 subject must be taken.
2. The core courses will be graded on a curve considering reflecting the thesis Qualification Exam.
3. From student ID #2015, the students should take the course[Research Ethics]. Before ID #2014, the students can select the course.
4. Any other cases that are not specified by curriculum follow the academic policy in School of Biological Sciences.
This academic policy applies to students entering school in 2010 and beyond. However, students who entered school in 2009 or prior may choose from either the current or the previous one.
Division | Course |
Obligate Courses | 990.501A Research Ethics |
Core Courses | 3344.603 Advanced Developmental Biology 3-3-0
3344.610 Advanced Ecology 3-3-0
3344.617 Molecular and Cellular Biology 1 3-3-0
3344.618 Molecular and Cellular Biology 2 3-3-0
3344.632 Advanced plant science 3-3-0
3344.633 Advanced microbiology 3-3-0
344.634 Organismal biology 3-3-0
3344.770 Advanced Evolutionary Biology 3-3-0
3344.803 Reading and Research 3-3-0 |
Molecular and Cellular Biology, MCB | 3344.503 Advanced Genetics 3-3-0
3344.509 Metabolic disorders3-3-0
3344.510 Chromatin biology 3-3-0
3344.511 Molecular medicine 3-3-0
★3344.513 Special studies in molecular and cellular biology 3-3-0
★3344.514 Biochemistry lectures 2-2-0
★3344.516 Biophysics lectures 2-2-0
★3344.518 Cell biology lectures 2-2-0
★3344.520 Genetics lectures 2-2-0
★3344.522 Molecular biology lectures 2-2-0
344.524 Cell death and human diseases 3-3-0
3344.525 Protein metabolism 3-3-0
3344.526 Microbial proteomics 1-1-0
★3344.527 Colloqium in molecular and cellular biology 1 2-2-0
★3344.528 Colloqium in molecular and cellular biology 2 2-2-0
3344.540 Eukaryotic microbiology 3-3-0
3344.541 Advanced cell cycle 3-3-0
3344.542 Advanced RNA biology 3-3-0
3344.601 Molecular Biophysics 3-3-0
3344.613 Advanced Biochemistry 3-3-0
3344.616 Cancer Biology 3-3-0
3344.701 Cell Biophysics 3-3-0
3344.703 Advanced Cell Biology 3-3-0
3344.704 Advanced Molecular Genetics 3-3-0
3344.707 Interaction of Biological Macromolecules 3-3-0
3344.720 Advanced Enzymology 3-3-0
3344.723 Biology of Membranes 3-3-0
3344.745 Cell Signaling 3-3-0
3344.755 Regulation of Plant Gene Expression 3-3-0
★3344.771 Seminar in molecular and cellular biology 1 1-0-2
★3344.772 Seminar in molecular and cellular biology 2 1-0-2 |
Integrative Organismic Biology, IOB | 3344.420 Molecular developmental stem cell biology 3-3-0
3344.543 Plant biochemistry 3-3-0
3344.544 Immunogentics 3-3-0
3344.545 Physiology of Plant Hormones 3-3-0
★3344.546 Neurobiology lectures 2-2-0
★3344.548 Microbiology lectures 2-2-0
★3344.550 Biotechnology lectures 2-2-0
★3344.552 Plant physiology lectures) 2-2-0
★3344.570 Developmental biology lectures 2-2-0
3344.604 Advanced Biotechnology 3-3-0
3344.606 Molecular Microbiology 3-3-0
3344.608 Advanced Neurobiology 3-3-0
3344.612 Advanced Virology 3-3-0
3344.614 Plant Developmental Genetics 3-3-0
3344.615 Clinical microbiology 3-3-0
★3344.619 Special studies in organismal biology 3-3-0
★3344.635 Seminar in organismal biology 1 1-0-2
★3344.636 Seminar in organismal biology 2 1-0-2
★3344.637 Colloquium in organismal biology 1 2-2-0
★3344.638 Colloquium in organismal biology 2 2-2-0
3344.702 Advanced Fermentation Microbiology 3-3-0
3344.705 Advanced Immunology 3-3-0
3344.706 Advanced Microbial Physiology 3-3-0
3344.708 Synapse Function 3-3-0
3344.709 Advanced Plant Physiology 3-3-0
3344.746 Neuroendocrinology 3-3-0
3344.747 Developmental Genetics 3-3-0
3344.750 Bacteriology 3-3-0
3344.752 Host-Microbe Interaction 3-3-0
3344.753A Photobiology 3-3-0
3344.754 Plant Stress Physiology 3-3-0 |
Systematics and Ecology, SE | 3344.554 Computational Molecular Phylogeny 3-3-0
3344.555 Methods for animal behavior and ecology 3-3-0
3344.556 Sensory Ecology and Signals in Animal 3-3-0
3344.557 Advanced Environmental Microbiology 3-3-0
3344.558 Invertebrate Conservation Biology 3-3-0
3344.559 Invertebrate Molecular Ecology 3-3-0
3344.560 Invertebrates 3-3-0
3344.561 Botanical Nomenclature 3-3-0
3344.562 Methods for Plant Systematics 3-3-0
3344.563 Restoration Ecology 3-3-0
3344.564 Methods for Ecological Research 3-3-0
★3344.567 Special studies in systematics &ecology 3-3-0
★3344.572 Systematics lectures 2-2-0
★3344.574 Ecology lectures 2-2-0
3344.611 Bioinformatics 3-3-0
3344.710 Advanced Systematic Biology 3-3-0
3344.711A Population Genetics 3-3-0
3344.715 Advanced Plant Taxonomy 3-3-0
3344.718 Advanced Environmental Biology 3-3-0
3344.719 Advanced Molecular Evolution 3-3-0
3344.724 Advanced Microbial Ecology 3-3-0
344.730 Prokaryotic Diversity 3-3-0
3344.748 Mycology 3-3-0
3344.749 Advanced Behavioral Biology 3-3-0
★3344.766 Seminar in systematics &ecology 1 1-0-2
★3344.767 Seminar in systematics &ecology 2 1-0-2
★3344.768 Colloquium in systematics &ecology 1 2-2-0
★3344.769 Colloquium in systematics &ecology 2 2-2-0 |
★ mark course can have subtitle.
(ex: Topics in Molecular Biology [Subtitle: Enzymology2])
• Credited as Major Elective for Dept. of Biological Sciences
All courses provided by SNU graduate school obtaining the department Chair's approval under the advising professor's recommendation.