Table of Completion Credits by Department

• Department of Nursing

  Category		Master’s	Doctoral	Notes
  Compulsory	Major Courses	18 Credits	18 Credits
  	Degree Thesis Seminar	2 Credits	3 Credits
  Electives		6 Credits	15 Credits
  Total		26 Credits	36 Credits

  ※ Students in master’s degree programs of the Department of Nursing may acquire up to 10 credits.

• Department of Public Health

  Category		Doctoral	Notes
  Compulsory	Major Courses	9 Credits
  	Thesis Research	4 Credits
  Electives	Includes major courses from other departments	23 Credits
  Total		36 Credits

• Department of Medicine

  Enrolled Students who entered the School in or prior to the 2020 academic year

  Category		Master’s	Doctoral	Combined
  Compulsory	Major Courses	6 Credits	9 Credits	15 Credits (6 Master’s + 9 Doctoral)
  	Thesis Research	2 Credits	3 Credits	4 Credits (2 Master’s + 2 Doctoral)
  	Joint Lectures	3 Credits	6 Credits	9 Credits
  Minor Courses	Compulsory courses from other departments (majors)	6 Credits	6 Credits	9 Credits
  Electives	Major Electives + other courses	7 Credits	12 Credits	23 Credits
  Total		24 Credits	36 Credits	60 Credits

• Students who entered after the first half of the 2021 school year

  Category		Master’s	Doctoral	Combined
  Compulsory	Major Courses	6 Credits	9 Credits	12 Credits (6 Master’s + 6 Doctoral)
  	Thesis Research	2 Credits	3 Credits	4 Credits (2 Master’s + 2 Doctoral)
  	Joint Lectures	3 Credits	6 Credits	9 Credits
  Minor Courses	Compulsory courses from other departments (majors)	6 Credits	6 Credits	9 Credits
  Electives	Major Electives + other courses	7 Credits	12 Credits	20 Credits
  Total		24 Credits	36 Credits	54 Credits

• Department of Medical Sciences

  Enrolled Students who entered the School in or prior to the 2020 academic year

  Category	Master’s	Doctoral	Combined
  Major + Electives	9	12	21
  All candidates	6	6	12
  Biomedical Science Seminar	3	6	9
  Individually Instructed Research	6	10	14
  Seminar, Thesis Research	-	2	4
  Research Ethics	1	1	1
  Total	25	37	61

• Students entering the school from 2021 to 2023

  Category	Master’s	Doctoral	Combined
  Major + Electives	9	12	18
  All candidates	6	6	9
  Biomedical Science Seminar	3	6	9
  Individually Instructed Research	6	10	14
  Seminar, Thesis Research	-	2	4
  Research Ethics	1	1	1
  Total	25	37	55

• Department of Precision Medicine and Big data

  Item	Medical Science	Natural Science
  Compulsory major + Electives	15	15
  Individually Instructed Research	6	6
  Seminar, Thesis Research	2	2
  Bioethics	1	1
  Total	24	24

  ※ Compulsory major courses must be completed 6 credits in student’s major. If a student registers for a compulsory major course for another major, the other area of study will be recognized as the student’s electives.

• Department of Bioethics

  Item		Doctoral	Notes
  Universal Compulsory	Bioethics Seminar I, II and III	9
  	Doctoral Thesis Research I and II	4
  Major/Compulsory Courses		12
  Electives		12
  Total		37

• Department of Interdisciplinary Health Science

  Category		Doctoral	Notes
  Compulsory	Major Courses	12
  	Seminars	4
  	Individual Instruction	8
  Electives (includes courses from other majors)		12
  Total		36

• ※ Course Codes by Department and Program

  Department	Compulsory Master’s	Electives	Compulsory Doctoral	Notes
  Nursing Science	Nurs5**	Nurs6**	Nurs7**
  Public Health	-	Heal4**, Heal6**	Heal7**
  Medicine	M***5**	M***6**	M***7**
  Medical Sciences	-	-	-	Same for all programs
  Bioethics	-	Jmth6**	Jmth7**
  Precision Medicine and Big data	Pmbd1**	Pmbd3**	-
  Bioethics	-	Jmth6**	Jmth7**
  Interdisciplinary Health Science	-	Idhs6**	Idhs7**