放送大学卒業研究ゼミナール(Sakai)の日程

	Japanese/日本語 Individual Research for Graduation (Sakai Seminar)
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Individual Research for Graduation – 2001 Schedule

SCHEDULE

EVENTS/PROGRAMS

RESEARCH SCHEDULE

PREVIOUS ACADEMIC YEAR

Early June

Orientation through ‘University Window(Daigaku-no-Mado)’broadcasts

Issue identification and selection of research topic

６/１０～
６/１６

Orientation through ‘Questions & Learning Corner’

Early July

Distribution of the ‘Guide to Individual Research for Graduation’

８/１～
８/３１

Preliminary counseling based on Questionnaires submitted by graduation research candidates.

９/１～
１０/９

Submit Applications for Individual Graduation Research

Selection of research topic and collection of relevant information

１０/１２～
１１/１３

Individual consultation by dedicated academic staff based on Application.

１１/８～
１１/１９

Application for continued research by 1999 research students not submitting research papers. (Also submission of re-application forms.)

Early Jan.

Notification of acceptance to graduation research

１/２７～
２/１０

Course registration by accepted research students

Early March

Course registration by qualified research students

Early to Mid-March

Payment of tuition

ACADEMIC YEAR

Mid-April

Notification of graduation research permission (Instructor and research topic are decided and notified)

Participation in graduation research seminars and preparations for writing research papers

Mid-April

Start of graduation research

April～November

Participation in graduation research seminars and/or camps

Mid-Nov.

Submission of graduation research paper

End of Nov.

Research students not submitting papers and wishing to continue research in the following year must re-apply for further research.

Evaluation of graduation research papers

Mid-Dec.～
End Jan.

Research students notified of oral examination details after their research papers are approved; Oral examinations

End Jan.～
Early Feb.

Those wishing to re-apply for graduation research in the following year (if research paper is not approved in 2000).

Early March

Evaluation and reporting of graduation research paper.

Early March

・	Those failing in graduation research and who still wish to continue research must reapply.
・	Those failing in graduation research and wanting to undertake new research in the following year and who have already registered for graduation research must re-apply. (Those who do not register for the course will not be allowed to engage in graduation research in the following year.)

The above information has mainly been extracted from the Guide to Individual Graduation Research, with some details added.

Requirements for Starting Research
”The student must have been registered for 3 years and more, and have acquired 93 credits or more to engage in Individual Graduation Research.” （See Table 5, Section 1 under the University of the Air Rule Further details are described below.

１．	“…registered for 3 years and more” means that the regular student must have enrolled at least 3 years (2 years for those transferring into the second year, and 1 year for those transferring into the third year), excluding any time missed or suspended.
２．	“…acquired 93 credits or more” means that at least 93 certified credits are necessary including those already certified at the time of enrollment or transfer form other universities.

Special provisions apply to students enrolling from the second semester:
（Those enrolling in the first year during the second semester of 1997, those transferred into the second year during the second semester of 1998, and those transferred into the third year during the second semester of 1999 and those who have not missed any semester and have acquired 83 credits or more by the second semester of 1999）
Note, however, that the students who satisfy the above ‘Special Provisions’ criteria may not register for Individual Graduation Research if their application was not accepted the year preceding graduation research.

　 Some of the information contained herein has been reproduced from Mr. Saiki’s (in Tokushima) documents.
The staff is grateful to Mr. Saiki for his cooperation.