Catholic University of Pusan

Detailed Regulations on the Enforcement of the Articles

Chapter 1 General Rules

Article 1 (Aim)	Based on article 74 of University Regulations, the aim is to provide detailed regulations on the execution of the university regulations.

Article 2 (Official patron saint and university foundation day) The official patron saint of the university is the Mother of the Apostles. The anniversary of the foundation of the university is October 7th.

Article 3 (Symbol) For inspiring a desire to reach out in mission and values, the university has a symbol, banner and alma mater song.

Article 4 (Establishment of a non-degree program) The university offers a non-degree program.

Chapter 2 Curriculum and Classes

Article 5 (Committee) For an efficient execution of the academic curriculum, the university establishes its curriculum in the Curriculum Review Committee(hereinafter referred to as "the committee").

Article 6 (Procedures of curriculum organization) ① The curriculum of liberal arts is organized by the division director of humanities, and reviewed by the committee. And then it must receive the approval of the president.

② Major subjects curriculum is set up by the department director of related studies(the head of a major, hereinafter referred to as "a department director"), reviewed by the committee, and then must receive the approval of the president.

Article 7 (Classification of the curriculum) ① The curriculum is classified as liberal arts courses, basic courses of related studies, major courses, and general elective courses.

② The liberal arts courses are divided into the core liberal arts and the field liberal arts.

③ The basic courses of related studies are assigned the subjects of each division/department in consideration of its uniqueness.

④ Depending on its uniqueness, the major may be comprised of core courses and elective courses. Otherwise, it may run only with the elective courses.

⑤ The general elective courses are classified into dual major courses, minor courses, teacher training courses, and elective courses.

⑥ The curriculum of the Seminary shall be set up independently.

Article 8 (Principles of curriculum organization and completion) ① Organization and completion of a liberal arts course are as the following:

1. The subjects of core liberal arts courses shall be required.

2. Four out of six fields in liberal arts courses shall be taken. However, in the nursing department, all six fields shall be taken.

3. Credit allocation of liberal arts courses taken in each semester is shown in <Table 1>.

② The basic courses of related studies offered in each division/department shall be required.

③ Course organization and course completion in majors are as the following:

1. In major courses, it is a rule to provide core course subjects and elective course subjects within 140 credits.

2. It is a rule that each division/department organizes subjects of major core courses within 36 credits that students are required to take. However, depending on division/department, it is recommended that these courses are organized within 22 credits for dual majors and minors.

3. Subjects of major elective courses are established as elective courses in major by each division/department. Students shall take more than the minimum credits.

④ Organizing and taking subjects of general elective courses are as the following:

1. Students shall take a certain number of major credits from major course subjects      offered in the division/department. The remaining credits of major courses can be additionally obtained from elective course subjects.

2. The number of credits which are over 18 credits, obtained from field liberal arts courses shall be allowed to count as the credits of elective courses.

3. The credits obtained from major courses offered in other divisions/departments are authorized as elective courses.

4. If those taking a minor or the dual major decide to give up in the middle of the courses credits already obtained shall be authorized as elective course credits.

5. Those who plan to complete a teachers training course, shall obtain above 20 credits from the teachers training course. They shall obtain over 42 major	course credits (including over 14 required course credits), offered in the department enrolled.

Article 9 (Unit of subject completion) <Deleted as of March 1, 2002>

Article 10 (Class) The unit of one class hour is one period. One period shall be 50 minutes.

Article 11 (The beginning of a semester) The first class of the first semester in the academic year shall begin in the 1st week of March. The first class of the second semester begins in the 1st week of September. The first class may start within two weeks prior to the 1st week of March or the 1st week of September.

Article 12 (Shortening of class days) <Deleted as of March 1, 2002>

Chapter 3 Completion of Educational Curriculum

Article 13 (Taking educational curriculum) ① Course completion shall be determined on the basis of the educational curriculum effective in the admission year. However, if those who either re-enter or are re-admitted are unable to take the educational courses effective in the admission year due to curriculum revision, they shall take the curriculum effective in the year of which students who study with them entered the university.

② If either a required course subject is discontinued or its contents are changed because of curriculum revision, students are no longer required to take it. However, if the department(major) replaces it with an alternative course, students shall take the alternative. In this case, the department(major) shall submit a document of authorization for an alternative subject to the Office of Academic Affairs.

③ Standards for course credits taken in each division(department), and/or each major are shown in <Table 2>.

④Each division(department) may indicate the subjects which have a certain restrictions in enrollment in field liberal arts courses.

⑤ The details regarding teacher training course completion shall be decided independently in the regulations.

Chapter 4 Registration and Course Enrollment

Article 14 (Registration)	① Students shall complete registration procedures after they pay tuition and fees for any course for which they register in each semester. Those who do not complete registration procedures by the notified registration period, shall be expelled from the university.

② Students shall pay all tuition and fees, no matter how many course credits that they have registered for. The details regarding registration shall be decided independently in the regulations.

Article 15 (Enrollment) An academic advisor shall be available for students to provide appropriate advice about taking courses and registration procedures.

Article 16 (Credits for enrollment) ① The maximum number of credits for undergraduates is 19 per semester (23 in nursing).

② Those whose academic record in the previous semester exceeds 4.0 in Grade Point Average, those who are taking double majors, or those who receive the president's authorization can take extra credits within the range of 2 credits(3 credits in nursing).

③ Students shall take more than 12 credits per semester(5credits in the second semester of the fourth academic year).

Article 17 (Enrollment restriction) Students shall not be allowed to enroll in lab or practice classes opened as major courses of other divisions/departments. However, according to article 26 of the university regulations, those who take either a minor or dual major shall be exempt.

Article 18 (Change of registered courses) Students shall not be permitted to change the subjects enrolled at his(her) disposition after the add/drop deadlines. However, when students cannot take the subjects due to such reasons as change of course schedule or course cancellation, they shall be allowed to change classes.

Article 19 (Invalidation of credits exceeding the maximum) When the number of registered credits exceed the maximum number of credits identified in article 36 of the university regulations and article 16 of the detailed regulations, enrollment in the subjects last registered shall become invalid.

Article 20 (Course Time Conflicts) Students shall be not allowed to enroll in subjects with overlapping class schedules. Even if the work is completed, the credits of those subjects shall become invalid.

Article 21 (Retaking Courses) ① Students shall not be allowed to re-take course subjects. The course credits that students repeat shall be invalid. Only insofar as an academic grade obtained is D+ or less, may they take the course subject again.

② In retaking subjects, the grade earned from the first enrolled subject shall be invalid.

Article 21-2 (Abandonment of credit earned) Students, if they want, may give up counting the credits that are already earned during academic periods in academic performance. The details regarding this matter shall be decided independently in the regulations.

Article 22 (Closed courses) If the number of students enrolled does not meet the minimum quota of a class, the class may be closed. The closing period and minimum quota required for holding a class shall be decided independently.

Article 23 (Validation of credits earned) ① When students fail to attend the course enrolled, the academic grade shall be awarded as 0 grade points.

② Academic grades earned without enrollment and the credits of course subjects that students do not attend to the assigned class section shall not be authorized.

Chapter 5 Examination and Performance Evaluation

Article 24 (Classification of examination) Examinations taken in the university are classified as mid-term, final, exams on demand and additional exams.

Article25 (Enforcement of examination)	Examinations shall be carried out more than once per semester. Final exams shall be given within the scheduled period.

Article 26 (Notice of examination absence) Those who miss an examination for justifiable reasons shall submit an absence notification document to the president, via the director of  academic affairs. As far as the reasons of absence are accepted, students may be given a chance for an additional exam within a certain period.

Article 27 (Re-sits) ① Candidates for re-sits due to illness or personal reasons can request an additional exam within 7 days after the last date of the final exam after approval from the department director is obtained. The following documents shall be attached to the application form:

1. Medical certificate in cases of diseases or car accidents

2. Death of relatives

3. Any other inevitable circumstances

② An additional exam shall be given within 2 weeks after the last date of the regular exam. The best mark of this course subject shall not be over a B+. This grade regulation shall not be effective in the case that the reason to take an additional exam is the absence due to public affairs.

Article 28 (Scheduling for examination) The schedule for regular examinations shall be organized based on the class schedule, and the exam schedule shall be announced one week prior to the beginning of the examination period.

Article 29 (Evaluation) ① Evaluation of major courses shall be done in principle with an actual grade given.

② For liberal arts courses, the marks shall be weighted in relation to other students, according to the following proportions. The proportion of relative grades shall be adjusted within the range of 10% when an instructor in charge needs for its adjustment for evaluation of students' achievement.

A+ ~ Bo  Below 70%

C+ ~ F   Above 30%

③ Article 29-2 shall not be applied to lectures with fewer than 20 students, online lectures for distance learning, and lectures held in summer and winter terms.

④ Evaluation for academic achievement shall take into account all results in attendance, course work, other academic work and exams by the instructor in charge. However, grades of such courses as experimental, laboratory and practice, and the particular subjects corresponding to the above shall be given with evaluation methods assigned independently.

⑤ Any decimal grade received from the evaluation shall not be included in the calculation.

⑥ If more than 1/4 of classes are missed, an F grade point shall be given.

⑦ The Grade Point Average(GPA) is calculated by the total of the numerical grades divided by the total credits of a semester.

⑧ Students who want to check the grade earned in the semester of the current academic year shall first evaluate and rate the course instruction.

Article 30 (Warnings on academic deficiency and expulsion) ① A warning shall be given to any students with a grade point average lower than 1.75 in each semester.

② If 3 warnings have been given, it shall lead to an expulsion.

Article 31 (Recognition of attendance)	① Those who miss the class lectures due to the following reasons, and receive an advance approval from the university shall be given an attendance check.

1. Absence due to death of family member in direct line: up to 5 days

2. Absence due to military affairs including a physical examination for conscription: the number of days written in a notice

3. Absence due to hospital admission: up to 2 weeks

4. Absence due to official events within the university or outside, given approval from the president: the given period

5. Absence due to practice for teaching and conferences: the given period

6. Absence due to an assembly by government's request: the given period

7. Absence for an athlete for training and participation in intercollegiate athletic events: the given period

8. Absence due to menstrual pain: a day per month, however, the total leave of absence period cannot exceed 3 times(3days) per semester, and the absence shall not be allowed in the exam periods(midterm/final).

9. Other affairs given the approval from the president or the dean(director) of             college(department)

② In order for absence to be recognized as legitimate, according to Article 31-1, students shall (a) get approval from an advisor as well as a department director providing a document verifying reasons for absence, and (b) submitting a written confirmation issued by the director of  academic affairs or a director of student welfare, and the certificate proven to be legitimate.

Article 32 (Taking a temporary absence) ① Those who have already attended more than 3/4 of classes and wish to take a temporary absence for military service before the beginning of the final exam may take an exam prior to the scheduled final, after they get an approval with submittal of a request form for achievement evaluation permission to a department director.

② The grade points obtained by those who take a temporary absence due to financial difficulties before 3/4 of classes have passed, and those who take it due to illness before the last day of the semester shall become invalid.

Article 33 (Punishments for cheating on an examination)  The grade points obtained by those who have cheated during an examination period shall become totally erased.

Article 34 (Submission of examination results)	The instructor in charge shall hand in exam results to the office of academic affairs within 10 days after the end of final exams.

Article 35 (Notice of official transcript) ① The department director shall send an official transcript, including grades of the courses obtained in each semester to a parent.

② An official transcript shall be kept and available until students graduate.

Article 35-2 (Correction of the results)	Academic records already submitted shall not be corrected. However, only if such an error as input error, misspelling or omission exists, in order to correct it, an instructor in charge shall hand in a grade correction form, with a statement describing the reasons for correction, the answer sheet to verify it and other documentary evidences within 10 days after the an official transcript is sent.

Article 36 (Preservation periods of evaluation documents) Answer sheets, thesis, grading lists and application forms for registration shall be preserved for 4 years.

Chapter 6 Leave of Absence, Re-entrance and Expulsion

Article 37 (Types and classification of leave of absence) ① Leave of absence is classified as the following:

1. Leave of absence for personal circumstances: Anyone who is unable to attend more than   3/4 of the class days in a semester for personal confirmable reasons.

2. Leave of absence for health reasons: Anyone who is unable to attend more than 3/4 of the class days in a semester for illness. It shall be granted only to those who submit a medical certificate issued by either a national/public hospital or a general hospital.

② Military service leave of absence  is classified as the following:

1. Leave of absence for anyone who submits a leave of absence application form to the university within 15 days from the beginning of the enlistment period after receiving a notice of military enlistment.

2. Leave of absence for anyone who is on leave from the university and submits a certificate of military duty and a notice of military hospital admission

③ The president shall command leave of absence for anyone who is unable to take a class any more because of either poor academic performance or bad attitude, or anyone who needs it to improve educational circumstances.

Article 37-2 (General leave of absence) ① Anyone who wishes leave of absence due to personal circumstances, including illness and other inevitable reasons, may take it after the president's permission is obtained via a review from a department director with a prescribed document within a prescribed period. However, freshman(transferred) students shall not be allowed in principle to take leave of absence in the first semester.

② Allowance for leave of absence shall not be given after 3/4 of the course periods is passed from the beginning of the semester. However, leave of absence for health reasons shall be excluded in applying this regulation.

Article 38 (Military service leave of absence)	① Anyone who intends to join the army shall submit a leave of absence application form with a copy of a notice of military enlistment to the office of academic affairs via a department director within 15 days prior to the beginning of the enlistment period.

② Anyone who intends to join the army in the periods of general leave of absence shall submit a copy of a notice of military enlistment to the office of academic affairs.

③ After joining the army, a student shall submit a confirmation document for military service performance to the office of academic affairs via a division/department.

Article 39 (Cancellation of leave of absence)	① For anyone who already submitted a general leave of absence application form, but wishes to cancel it, leave of absence may be cancelled with the permission of the president through a department director if the application form for cancellation along with the signature of a guarantor is handed in within 7 days after submittal of the form.

② If students already left the university due to military service come to return, they shall submit a confirmation document for returning from the army to the office of academic affairs within 7 days after the returning date. If the date to be submitted is within 1/4 of the course periods in the semester, leave for absence may be cancelled with the permission of the president through review of a department director after the application form for cancellation is handed in. If the date to be submitted is over 1/4 of the course periods in the semester, students shall take a general leave of absence for 1 year.

Article 40 (Re-entrance) ① When students taking general leave of absence intend to return to the university, they shall submit the application form for re-admittance to the office of academic affairs through a department director, and receive the permission of the president within a prescribed period.

② If students taking a leave of absence due to such illness as mental disease intend to return to the university, they may be asked to submit a medical certificate.

Article 41 (Return from military service leave of absence) When those who went to the army for military service in the middle of a semester intend to return to the university, they shall submit an application form for re-entrance with either an abstract of residence certificate or a certificate of transfer from military service to the office of academic affairs via a department director within 2 semesters from the transferred date, and then get an approval from the president. If they do not return to the university within a prescribed period, they shall be expelled.

Article 42 (Tuition fees for leave of absence and re-entrance) ① Those who wish to take leave of absence are required to pay tuition fees of the current semester. However, those who intend to leave the university before the beginning of the semester shall take it without payment of tuition fees.

② The details regarding tuition fee replacement in leave of absence shall be decided independently in the regulations.

Chapter 7 Changes in Department/Division

Article 43 (Definition) The term 'changes in department/division' in this detailed regulation refers to changing either the division or the department(major) to which a student belongs.

Article44 (Qualification) ① Anyone who wishes to change a department/division shall obtain all credits for course completion in accordance with article 37 of the regulations, and more than 3.50 GPA.

② The number of students to be transferred in shall be assigned within 20% of the student quota in each department(major). The number of students moving-out shall exceed the  range causing the remaining number of students to fall below 70% of the quota in the department/major. However, changing courses in the Seminary shall follow independent regulations. For such departments as nursing, clinical pathology, physical therapy, radiology, dental technology and hospital management, changing courses shall be allowed when the extra numbers remain within the admission quota in each department.

③ If the number of applicants are exceed, the criteria to permit shall be the following:

1. The higher total Grade Point Average

2. The more total credits obtained

Article 45 (Periods) Changing a department/division shall be permitted once within a prescribed period  either in the sophomore year or prior to the beginning of the junior year.

Article 46 (Procedure) ① It is the principle that there is no examination for changing a department/division.  However, if there is a need, an examination shall be given to select students.

② Anyone who wishes to change a department/division shall submit the following documents to the office of academic affairs through the director of either the department being left or the department being entered in order to get the permission of the president.

1. An application form of either changing a course or a department

2. Official transcript

3. A student's certificate

Article 47 (Limitation of changing a division/department and taking a course) ① Changing courses between day-class and evening-class shall be permitted when there is a remaining number within the range of the admission quota in each department. However, those who were transferred, re-entered and admitted in the extra quota shall not be permitted to change a department/division.

② Those who have changed a department/division shall take the prescribed credits according to the curriculum of the transferred division(department).

③ Those who have changed a department/division shall take every core subject and basic course of the major offered in the department to be transferred.

④ Credits of major course work taken prior to changing a division/department shall be considered for transfer as those of the major subject when its content/title is either same or similar. However, when its content/title is different, those shall be transferred as elective subjects.

Chapter 8 Deciding Major

Article 48 (Period to decide majors) The major of undergraduate students shall be selected at the end of the first academic year.

Article 49 (The committee for major decision) ① The committee for making decisions regarding majors comprised of department faculty shall be established in order to deal with affairs of major decisions for undergraduate students.

② The committee can request the limitation quota assigned in each major to the president, depending on students' application rate in the major and the resources to operate either laboratory of practice in each major.

③ The committee shall make decisions of the majors 30 days prior to the beginning date of the first semester of second academic year and get the approval of the president through the director of  academic affairs.

Article 50 (Deciding major) ① The decision of major shall be made on the basis of student's applications submitted within the notified period.

② If the number of applicants exceeds the assigned quota number for the major, the decision to select students in each major shall be done on the basis of accumulated academic performance(Grade Point Average) obtained by the semester of the year in which students apply.

③ According to article 50-2, the younger applicant shall be selected when the scores of two applicants are tied.

④ The department director can decide the majors of the students who do not submit the application, including those who have withdrawn or are on leave.

⑤ Any details or regulations about the methods of making a decision regarding major shall be decided independently.

Chapter 9 Completion of the Minor

Article 51 (Application criteria) ① All students belong to the departments of the university, including undergraduate majors, may take a minor. However, such departments as nursing, clinical pathology, physical therapy, radiology, and dental technology are excluded.

② Those whose Grade Point Average is above 3.0 as well as who want to take courses for a minor can apply the credits for the minor from the first semester of second academic year.

Chapter 52 (Credits for completion) ① In order to satisfy the requirements for a minor, students shall complete more than 21 major course credits of the department in which they apply for the minor.

② Those who apply for a minor shall take 12-14 credits of the 21 required credits in the courses assigned by the department of the minor. The rest of the required credits can be taken from any courses of the major at the applicant's discretion.

Chapter 10 Completion of Double Major

Article 53 (Application criteria) ① All students of any department of the university may take double majors.

② Those who are studying above the 2nd academic year, whose Grade Point Average is above 3.00 accumulated till the previous semester can apply for a double major among the majors offered in the department in which they have attended.

Article 54 (Application procedure) ① The students intending to complete a double major can begin to take credits from the beginning of each semester in either the 2nd year or a 3rd year. However, if re-admitted students, or those having reentered, or enrolled are more than have completed the 3rd year, the credits for the double major can be taken from the beginning semester in the 4th year.

② Those intending to complete a double major shall submit the application for double major completion to the department director after a student advisor of the department reviews it, and then receive the approval of the president through the director of  academic affairs.

Article 55 (Department membership) Students completing double major courses belong to the department of their first major.

Article 56 (The number of credits required for completion) ① Those who intend to complete a double major shall receive the guidance of course work from a department director of the second major. They take more than 35 credits in major courses of the department in which they apply for the double major.

② Those who apply for a double major shall take 20-22 credits out of the 35 credits in required courses assigned from the department of the second major. The rest of the required credits can be taken from any courses of the major at an applicant's discretion.

Article 57 (Method of completion) The credits already obtained from the minor courses can be included in double major.

Article 58(Course exemption) If major course of the first major is the same of the double major, credits obtained from the course of the double major are not allowed to be included. However, in this case, elective courses of the major required to the double major shall be taken.

Article 59 (Completing double major and approval) ① Those who submit the application for double major completion can take its courses without any selection procedure. However, if the number of applicants exceed the quota assigned according to article 53-2, selection criteria shall be academic performance (Grade Point Average) obtained from the previous semester.

② Double majors are not allowed in such departments related to healthcare such as nursing, clinical pathology, physical therapy, radiology, and dental technology.

Article 60 (Granting degrees) Those who satisfactorily meet the requirements for completion in the first major as well as the double shall receive the degree.

Article 61(Withdrawal) ① Those who want to withdraw from completion of double major courses shall submit the withdrawal form of double major completion within the period from the beginning date of final examination through the end date of registration change after the starting semester. However, a senior shall submit it by the starting date of the semester prior to graduation.

② If a student who intends to submit the withdrawal form according to article 61-1 has satisfied all requirement for completing a minor, and hands in its application form, completion of the minor can be authorized according to article 51.

③ Credits of the double major courses that students have already taken shall be authorized as credits of elective subjects.

Article 62 (Tuition and fees for dual majors) <Deleted as of March 1, 2002>

Chapter 11 Graduation Criteria

Article 63 (Review for graduation/completion) ① Criteria to take review for either graduation or completion are as the following:

1. Registration shall be for over 4years/8semesters. However, those who graduate early, re-enter, or are re-admitted are excluded.

2. Credits for graduation/completion according to article 37 shall be obtained.

3. Core liberal arts, basic courses of related studies and major required courses shall be   necessarily completed.

4. Those who graduate early shall pass a review for early graduation.

② Review for graduation shall be done in department faculty meetings for those who fulfill the criteria written in article 63-1.

③ Required credits of a Special Baccalaureate Degree Program are above 67 credits (70credits in Nursing). However, when those having 3year-diploma degree are re-entered to senior(the 4th year), they are required to take above 33 credits (35credits in Nursing).

Article 64 (Complementary regulations) Detailed regulations for Major Seminary shall be set up independently.

Additional Regulation

① (Effective date)  This detailed regulation is effective as of March 1, 2000.

② (Interim measures)  The previous regulations shall apply to those who were admitted to the Catholic University of Pusan before 1999.

Additional Regulation

This revised detailed regulation is effective as of March 1, 2001.

Additional Regulation

This revised detailed regulation is effective as of March 1, 2002.

Additional Regulation

This revised detailed regulation is effective as of March 1, 2003.

Additional Regulation

Article 21-2 of this revised detailed regulation is effective as of December 13, 2003.

Additional Regulation

This revised detailed regulation is effective as of March 7, 2003.

Additional Regulation

This revised detailed regulation is effective as of June 13, 2003.

Additional Regulation

This revised detailed regulation is effective as of March 1, 2004.

Additional Regulation

① (Effective date)This revised detailed regulation is effective as of March 1, 2004. However, article 41-2 and article 42 apply from February 10, 2004.

② (Interim measures)  Despite the revised regulation of article 14-2, the previous regulation shall apply to those who are not allowed to graduate due to lack of required credits taken, and intend to re-enroll.

Additional Regulation

This revised detailed regulation is effective as of June 18, 2004.

Additional Regulation

This revised detailed regulation is effective as of December 31, 2004.

Additional Regulation

① (Effective date)This revised detailed regulation is effective as of March 1, 2006.

② (Interim measures) Despite the revised regulations of article 8-1,8-2, 16-1 and 16-2, previous regulations be shall applied to those who were admitted to the university before 2005.

Additional Regulation

① (Effective date)This revised detailed regulation is effective as of March 1, 2007.

② (Interim measures) Article 63-3 shall apply to those who re-enter in the academic year 2008 as a junior(the 3rd year), and those who re-enter in the academic year 2009 as a senior(the forth year). The previous regulation shall apply to those who re-enter before the academic year 2008.