Study on the Operation Status for Academic Operation and Management for Graduate Schools in South Korea
AUTHORS
Suk-Yeol Lee,Professor, Division of General Education, Namseoul University, Cheonan, Korea
Ho-Seub Lee*,Professor, Division of General Education, Sookmyung Women’s University, Seoul, Korea
ABSTRACT
This study aims to analyze the current status and actual conditions of the academic operation and management of general graduate schools. Graduate school in South Korea has grown rapidly in terms of numbers but the quality level is yet insufficient to meet the growing demands of society. This study analyzes how well graduate schools operate academic affairs and management, in order to improve the quality of graduate schools. The analysis was conducted on 106 (57.3%) graduate schools out of a total of 185 graduate schools. The results of the study are as follows. The proportion of freshmen students in master’s programs who completed their bachelors degree from the same university was 43.2%, and the proportion of students who held bachelor degrees from a different university was 56.8%. The required credits to complete a graduate program are approximately 24 to 26 credits for the master's program, 34 to 40 credits for the doctoral program, and 54 to 60 credits for the integrated master's and doctoral program. Approximately 94% of master’s programs are operated in 4 semesters, and similarly 64% of the doctoral programs operate in 4 semesters (2 years), while about 24% of the integrated master’s doctoral programs operate in 6 semesters (3 years). Overall, the minimum attendance requirement for granting credits is either above two-thirds or three-quarters of the program, and these standards are mostly established by the graduate schools.
KEYWORDS
Graduate school, Educational conditions, Educational support system, Academic operation, Academic management, Degree conferment system, CIPP model
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