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Master's Course
Students satisfying the completion requirements for GPSS will be awarded Master of Sustainability Science.
Credit Requirements- Master Course
| Course Name | Required Credit |
|---|---|
| Compulsory Course on Sustainability Science | 2 |
| Compulsory Exercise Course | 2 |
| Compulsory Elective Lecture Courses | Min. 4 |
| Master Thesis Related Courses | 12 |
| GPSS Elective Courses, and courses offered in other departments and graduate/undergraduate schools (up to 4 credits) | Min. 10 |
| Total | Min. 30 |
* All courses are offered in English
Students in the master's course need to take courses of at least 30 credits in total, which must include at least two credits from Compulsory Courses, two credits from Compulsory Exercise Course, at least four credits from Compulsory Elective Lecture Courses, and twelve credits from Master's Thesis-Related Courses.
*Students in the master's course can take credits from the undergraduate programs, other departments, majors, graduate schools, or the Center for Global Education and maximum of 10 credits can be counted towards the completion requirements of the Master's program.
Doctoral Course
Students satisfying the completion requirements for GPSS-GLI will be awarded Doctorate Degree (Ph.D.) in Sustainability Science.
Credit Requirements- Doctoral Course
Students in the Doctoral Course need to take courses of at least 20 credits in total, which must include 18 credits from Doctoral Thesis-Related Courses.
A maximum of two credits from courses offered in other departments and graduate schools can be counted for completing the doctoral course, however, the credits from courses offered for undergraduate students will not be counted for completing the doctoral course.
Minor Program in Sustainability Science
The compulsory courses, the compulsory exercise course, and the seminar courses of GPSS curriculum are open to the students in other departments in the Graduate School of Frontier Sciences as "Minor Program in Sustainability Science". Those who belong to other departments can also learn the essence of GPSS education.
In the meantime, GPSS students can also have an opportunity to work and learn together with students from other departments taking this minor program. Both GPSS students and minor program students are expected to establish their human networks over different departments and academic fields and to contribute to the establishment of the real transdisciplinary environmental studies and sustainability science though learning from each other.
Classes, Courses, and Academic Calendar
Please see courses offered in the Graduate School of Frontier Science in the following link.