Degree Requirement for International Social Entrepreneurship Program
Minimum requirements are:
- Three terms of enrollment
- Acquisition of at least 34 credits
- Submission of a research report
- Passing the thesis/research report evaluation and final examination
- Acquisition of total GPA of at least 2.5
The International Social Entrepreneurship Program is a full-time master’s program which requires three terms of on-campus study and an off campus field experience to complete the degree.
The courses are divided into the five categories listed below and students are required to complete a minimum of 34 credits according to each category.
It is highly intensive and demanding program and the students are expected to accomplish all the degree requirements within the timeframe.
| Category | Required Credits |
| Core Required Courses (Basic) | 12 |
| Core Required Courses (Advanced Seminars) | 2 |
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Core Required Courses (Field Study)
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4 |
| Core Elective Courses | 14 |
| Elective Courses | 2 |
| Required Number of Credits for Graduation | 34 |
- Students are required to take 7 Basic Courses (12 credits).
- Advanced Seminars are designed for guiding students to develop and complete the graduation research report or thesis. These seminar courses are offered in sequence, starting from Advanced Seminar I (Fall), II (Winter), and III (Spring). For more details about these seminars, please refer to the Research Seminar section. Although “Advanced Seminar I, II and III “are the Core Required courses and students are required to obtain 6 credits from them, only 2 of the 6 credits are counted toward graduation.
- All courses offered by the university, except for language courses, can be counted as elective courses. If students obtain more than 14 credits from the courses listed in the “Core Elective” category, the exceed number of credits will be counted in the Elective category.
- Students are required to obtain at least 28 credits from the courses listed in the GSIM course offerings other than language courses.
- It is recommended that students evenly distribute their course load over their terms. When this recommendation cannot be followed, a student’s course load must not exceed twelve (12) credits per term nor can a student take less than two (2) credits per term. Credits from Advanced Seminars and language courses are excluded in these maximum/minimum term credit limits.