Thesis guidance

Individual class shall be made for sure with advisory professor by at least 12 weeks per one semester and the thesis for academic degree shall be submitted at the last semester.

• 1) Period to appoint thesis guidance professor: designated certain date which is determined in the middle of the 1st semester
• 2) How to apply for thesis guidance professor: It is to apply for after logging in on the academic information system within the corresponding period of appointment of thesis guidance professor and then pressing graduation & thesis> 지도교수신청> application for advisory professor> selection of professor>registration, and be completed at the time of advisory professor’s approval.
• 3) Semester to apply for thesis guidance: to apply for taking lecture for sure master’s thesis guidance (1), (2), (3) over the 2nd semester through 4th semester

Qualification exam for thesis submission

• 1) Exam on major
  • - courses for exam:

    Distinction	Commonly required courses
    Master of True Parents Theology	● required courses (2 courses): Introduction to True Parents Theology & required course of one’s own major required for major Theology major True Parents Systematic Theology Spirituality major Introduction to Cheon Il Guk Spirituality Studies Ministry major Cheon Il Guk Ministry Theory ● elective course (1 course): 1 course of free choice out of the courses that have been taken
    Master of Peace NGO Studies	● required course (1 course): Introduction to Peace NGO Studies ● required course for major (2 courses): required for major - Peace NGO Thought of the Founders - Peace NGO Missionary Strategy

  • - qualification to take an exam: the person who has registered at least the 3rd semester
  • - period to take an exam: time period that the school determines, around in 30 days in the beginning of every semester
  • - how to take an exam: to apply for exam courses by selecting Graduation & Thesis > Application for comprehensive exam > Registration at the academic system
  • - points to recognize pass: at least 80 points out of 100 points in full
  • - re-exam: It’s possible to retake an exam within the scope not exceeding the time limit in the event of failure.

• 2) Foreign language exam:
  • - exam course: English
  • - requirements to waive foreign language exam (Effective period of exempted exam shall be limited in 2 years based on the date of application for exam.)
    

    *taking the opened course for substitute language (Korean language course – English class, English course – Korean language class) *Pass of certified exam of English ability (at least 550 points of TOEFL, 210 points of CBT, 80 points of iBT, 5.5 points of IELTS, 550 points of TEPS, 600 points of TOEIC, OPIC IL) *at least Level 4 of TOPIK for Korean language

  • - qualification to take an exam: the person who has registered at least the 3rd semester
  • - period to take an exam: time period that the school determines, around 30 days in the beginning of every semester
  • - how to take an exam: to apply for exam course by selecting Graduation & Thesis > Application for foreign language exam > Registration at the academic system
  • - points to recognize pass: at least 80 points at 100 points in full
  • - re-exam: It’s possible to retake an exam within the scope not exceeding the time limit in the event of failure.

Submission of thesis for academic degree

• 1) Qualification to submit
  • - One should pass qualification exam to submit thesis.
  • - the person who has registered at least 4 semesters and obtained credit points to fit graduation requirements
• 2) Outline presentation (presentation of research plan of thesis for academic degree)
  • - time period to apply for: within certain date determined at this school, at the 2nd semester when registration is completed
  • - how to apply for: to apply for at Graduation & Thesis > Outline presentation of thesis for academic degree after preparing research plan of thesis for academic degree and then obtaining confirmation (signature) of advisory professor
  • - outline presentation: to present mainly based on thesis research plan while professor and student of master’s/doctoral course are attending at the designated specific date
• 3) Open presentation (application for examination of thesis for academic degree):
  • - time period to apply for: to apply for within the designated certain date as the person with at least the 3rd semester of master’s course who has prepared thesis by being equipped with the form of thesis under guidance of advisory professor after outline presentation
    ※ efer to the Web-sites of graduate school > nformation on academic affairs > nformation on thesis > The guide of thesis writing for academic degree for the form etc. of thesis for academic degree
  • - how to apply for: One shall apply for examination of thesis for academic degree at the menu of graduation & thesis of the academic system after filling out the application form for examination of thesis for academic degree and then obtaining confirmation (signature) of advisory professor. One shall submit separately to Academic Affairs & Students Office 3 copies of thesis for preliminary examination (mandatorily spring binding) and a summary of thesis (at least 5 sides by A4).
    (the summary of thesis: including cover of thesis, table of contents, abstract in Korean, preface, conclusion, reference books)
  • - open presentation: One shall present open presentation mainly based on the summary of thesis after self introduction (course, academic department, number of semester, name) while professor and the student of master’s/doctoral course are attending at the designated certain date.
• 4) Examination of thesis for academic degree
  • - time period for examination: time period determined at the school at least 4th semester
  • - application for examination: to submit to Academic Affairs & Students Office of this school within the designated certain date with correcting, supplementing the matters that were pointed out at the time of open presentation, preparing the table of thesis correction, the statement of plagiarism test of thesis (at most 10%) and 3 copies of thesis for examination and then obtaining approval of advisory professor
    ※KCI plagiarism test of thesis: https://check.kci.go.kr
  • - examination evaluation: It shall make pass in the event of obtaining at least 80 points with having 100 points in full from at least 2 people out of 3 people of examiners including advisory professor.
  • - thesis examination fee: ￦200 thousands
  • - re-examination: The person who has been judged non-pass at the main examination can get re-examination after passing at least 1 semester limited to 1 time by correcting, supplementing.
• 5) Binding of thesis for academic degree

  to apply for as many as needed (number of copies for binding = 5 copies for submitting to library + number of copies needed individually + number of copies for presenting to professors) in making thesis for academic degree through the Web-sites of binding of thesis such as Booktory (www.booktory.com), the cost to be subject to change depending on pages of thesis and number of copies.

• 6) Submission of thesis for academic degree
  • ⅰ) place to submit: library
  • ⅱ) period to submit: within 20 days of completion of examination on thesis
  • ⅲ) how to submit:
    a. a file of original text & 5 copies of published thesis (including 3 copies of the book with in-person handwriting signature of examination professors)
    b. to submit the form of agreement on usage of thesis for academic degree
    c. to submit to Academic Affairs & Students Office after getting issued of confirmation letter of thesis submission