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Full-time Enrollment Requirement

MIS (Master in Interaction Science)	PhD	MIS/PhD combined	Remark
4 semesters	4 semesters	8 semesters	Transfer students may be required to enroll for more semesters

After successful completion of the required semesters, students in the PhD and MIS/PhD combined programs are required to register 4 additional consecutive semesters for independent research, during which students complete their MIS thesis and PhD dissertation and take oral defense. If students manage to complete their thesis and dissertation early, the remaining research semesters may be exempted.

Credit Requirement

Degree	Major	Elective	Total
MIS	12 credits or more	12 credits or more	24 credits or more
PhD	18 credits or more	18 credits or more	36 credits or more
MIS/Ph.D. combined	30 credits or more	21 credits or more	51 credits or more

A. Students who entered the department for the MIS/Ph.D. combined degree prior to 2011 are required to complete 57 credits (30 major credits + 27 elective credits).

B. MIS and Ph.D. students are required to complete at least 3 credits from a major course taught in English. MIS/PhD combined students are required to complete least 6 credits from a major course taught in English

English Exam

Degree	Pass Score	Remark
Master	TOEIC 720, TOEFL (CBT 215, IBT 80), TEPS 570(New TEPS 308), OPIc IM2, TOEIC Speaking 130 or higher	Only the specified test score is accepted.
Ph.D. MIS/Ph.D. combined	1) TOEIC 800, TOEFL (CBT 230, IBT 88), TEPS 728(New TEPS 404), TOEIC Speaking 140 or higher 2) English exam offered by the Department of Interaction Science	OPIc is not accepted.

A. Students should apply via GLS and upload their English test scores at the beginning of each semester. The score reports must be original copies.

B. The official score should be valid and getting the score after your admission date.

C. The language test results may not be older than 2 years which means, the official score should be valid.

D. Native English speakers should take Korean exam(ex. TOPIK level 1 or above)

Graduation Qualifying Exam

(Thesis submission Qualifying Exam)

Degree	Prerequisite		Subject
Degree	Credits	GPA	Subject
MIS	15 credits or more	3.0 or above	1 subject (60 minutes)
PhD	27 credits or more	3.0 or above	2 subjects (90 minutes per each subject)
MIS/Ph.D. combined	39 credits or more	3.0 or above	2 subjects (90 minutes per each subject)

Course	Exam Subject
MIS	Interaction Science 1
Ph.D., MIS/Ph.D. combined	Interaction Science 2
Ph.D., MIS/Ph.D. combined	Interaction Science Fusion Application

A. Minimum score required: 80%

B. Students who fail the exam are allowed to retake the exam.

C. The qualifying exam is offered once each semester.

Thesis and Dissertation Defense and Evaluation

	Degree	Prerequisite
Selection of the adviser	MIS	During the first semester
Selection of the adviser	Ph.D., MIS/Ph.D. combined	After admission
Preliminary Defense	MIS	Not required
Preliminary Defense	Ph.D., MIS/Ph.D. combined	27 credits or more GPA 3.0 or above
Defense	MIS	-Completion of 24 credits -Minimum GPA 3.0 -English exam -MIS qualifying exam -Publication Requirements: As a lead author, complete at least one of the following below ①Oral presentation or posters at a relevant conference ②Published(or accepted) one or more on the Journal Article Publication has to include university and department name
	PhD	-Completion of 33 credits -Minimum GPA 3.0 -Passing the Thesis submission Qualifying Exam(English exam and Major exam) -Passing Pre-Defense -Publication Requirements: ->As a lead author, published(or accepted) one or more on the SSCI/SCIE/SCOPUS/A&HCI Journal Article *Publication has to include university and department name
	MIS/Ph.D. combined	-Completion of 51 credits -Minimum GPA 3.0 -Passing the Thesis submission Qualifying Exam(English exam and Major exam) -Passing Pre-Defense -Publication Requirements: ->As a lead author, published(or accepted) one or more on the SSCI/SCIE/SCOPUS/A&HCI Journal article *Publication has to include university and department name

A. Thesis and Dissertation Committee

- MIS : 3 tenure-track professors at SKKU

- Ph.D., MIS/Ph.D. combined (preliminary defense): 3 tenure-track professors at SKKU

- Ph.D., MIS/Ph.D. combined (main defense): 5 tenure-track professors. Tenure-track professors at other universities are acceptable.

B. Method of application

- Submission for application to the office of the Department of Interaction Science

- Paid the fee for defense
(Defense for Master and Pre defense for Doctorate / Master & Doctorate : 100,000 won, Defense for Doctorate / Master & Doctorate : 510,000 won)

Graduation Requirements

Degree	Requirements	Remark
MIS	-Full-time enrollment for 4 semesters -Completion of 24 credits or more, with at least 3 credits from a major course taught in English -Minimum GPA 3.0 -Passing the Thesis submission Qualifying Exam(English exam and Major exam) -MIS thesis defense -Publication Requirements: As a lead author, complete at least one of the following below ①Oral presentation or posters at a relevant conference ②Published(or accepted) one or more on the Journal Article Publication has to include university and department name
PhD	-Full-time enrollment for 4 semesters -Completion of 36 credits or more, with at least 3 credits from a major course taught in English -Minimum GPA 3.0 -Passing the Thesis submission Qualifying Exam(English exam and Major exam) -Passing Pre-Defense -Dissertation defense -Publication Requirements: ->As a lead author, published(or accepted) one or more on the SSCI/SCIE/SCOPUS/A&HCI Journal Article *Publication has to include university and department name
MIS/Ph.D. combined	-Full-time enrollment for 8 semesters -Completion of 51 credits or more, with at least 6 credits from major courses taught in English -Minimum GPA 3.0 -Passing the Thesis submission Qualifying Exam(English exam and Major exam) -Passing Pre-Defense -Dissertation defense -Publication Requirements: ->As a lead author, published(or accepted) one or more on the SSCI/SCIE/SCOPUS/A&HCI Journal Article *Publication has to include university and department name	Students entered before 2011 are required to complete at least 57 credits.