• Master's Degree: Students who are either regularly enrolled or enrolled as research students and have earned at least 18 credits in major courses, including required major courses (Communication Theory, Research Methodology 1, Basic Statistics, and Communication Workshop) and the online research ethics training. Students must have a cumulative GPA of 3.00 or higher and must have passed or been exempted from the foreign language proficiency exam.
• Doctor: Students who are either regularly enrolled or enrolled as research students, have completed at least four semesters, have earned a certain minimum number of credits (cumulative for both master’s and doctoral programs), have a cumulative GPA of 3.00 or higher, and have passed or been exempted from the foreign language exam.

* For actual credit requirements and the number of semesters, please refer to the Academic Operations Regulations and the Degree Requirements summary document. Please contact the Graduate School Office to confirm whether you meet the specific eligibility requirements.

• 1. Applicants who submitted proof of a score meeting or exceeding the passing score on a foreign language test at the time of application
• 2. Students who have completed a master’s program in the university’s Graduate Program or a professional graduate school and enroll in a doctoral program within three years
• 3. Individuals who have completed a regular degree program (undergraduate program) in an English-speaking country
• 4. English-speaking foreigners

* Please contact the graduate school office to confirm whether you meet the specific eligibility requirements.

• For those planning to submit a master's thesis: Students select their thesis advisor after completing the second semester. The assignment of primary thesis advisors for master’s theses takes students’ preferred advisors into account as much as possible, but as a general rule, no advisor may supervise more than three students per semester (excluding cases where a student takes a leave of absence, returns to school, or has their thesis defense postponed or retaken).
• Students planning to submit a master’s thesis must submit a “Thesis Proposal” to their advisor and the department chair before the end of the third semester; the department chair will then notify the student of the proposal’s acceptance or rejection. Only students who have passed the master’s comprehensive exam will be eligible to write their thesis in the fourth semester.
• Those who have qualified to write a thesis^*At the beginning of the fourth semester, students are assigned a thesis advisor and a co-advisor, and they undergo a preliminary review (open) and a final review (closed) during that semester or thereafter. Students planning to submit their thesis must submit a copy of the thesis for the preliminary review to the Graduate Program Chair and the department office seven days prior to the review date set by the department. At that time, You must obtain approval from your advisor before submitting your thesis; if you fail to meet the submission deadline, you will not be eligible for evaluation.
• The final defense may be conducted by the advisor, either together with the co-examiners or individually, within the deadline set by the department. The final defense manuscript must be submitted to the advisor and co-examiners seven days prior to the date of the final defense. A plagiarism check report must be submitted along with the manuscripts for both the preliminary and final defenses.
• For those planning to submit a doctoral dissertation: Students planning to submit a doctoral dissertation must complete two semesters and then meet with their department chair to select a dissertation advisor and a co-advisor. A research proposal must be submitted one semester prior to the preliminary review. However, academic evaluation requirements must be met before the end of the fourth semester.^**Only students who meet these requirements are eligible to write a thesis. Beginning in the fifth semester, the “Thesis Proposal” is reviewed, and students undergo a preliminary review (closed to the public) and a final review (closed to the public) in the presence of the review committee.

* Please contact the graduate school office to confirm whether you meet the specific eligibility requirements.

** At least two papers published as a sole author or co-author in an on-campus journal rated Grade 2 or higher (candidate for listing by the National Research Foundation of Korea) and recognized by the Office of Research