Lecture

Lecture Schedule / Attendance Book

• The lecture schedule for required general courses is designed by the Center for the Basic Education and the Information Technology Center, while schedules for major courses, elective general courses, and other courses are made by each department.
• There are two types of attendance books: the temporary attendance book and the fixed attendance book. Temporary attendance books are distributed 2 or 3 days before the commencement of courses, while the fixed attendance books are distributed after the list of students registered in each course has been finalized. Professors in charge of each course shall enter the data from the temporary attendance books into the fixed attendance books.

Duration of Courses / Credits

• Classes are for 15 weeks for the first semester, and 15 weeks for the second semester.
• One credit is allocated to theoretical courses with 15 or more hours of lectures per semester, and one credit is allocated to experiments, practice, and other practical courses with 30 or more hours of sessions per semester.

Make-up Classes for Absences

When a professor fails to provide a lecture due to a business trip, leave, or sick leave, he or she shall provide a make-up class. A make-up class shall also be provided when a lecture falls on a public holiday. The attendance data of make-up classes shall be collected and registered in the attendance books.

Mandatory Lecture Hours and Allowances for Overtime Lectures

• The number of mandatory lecture hours per week is 9 for regular professors. For professors who also serve in other positions, this number of mandatory lecture hours may be adjusted.
• Allowance for overtime lectures will be paid when the number of lecture hours per week exceeds 9, in accordance with the regulation on the payment of lecturing fees. The amount of the allowance is determined according to the number of overtime lecture hours and the number of students.
• When a native Korean is required to give a lecture in a foreign language, the number of lecture hours is calculated by multiplying the actual lecture hours by 1.5.

Student Survey for the Evaluation of Lectures

PNU plans to conduct a student survey for the evaluation of lectures, with the purpose of providing professors with useful information for the improvement and development of their own lecturing methodologies.

• Period: at the end of each semester
• Applicable courses / Target courses
  • The survey will be conducted for all courses. Undergraduate courses or courses of general graduate schools with less than 10 students may be excluded from the target courses of the survey upon the request of the professors in charge. The survey is conducted for all engineering courses, regardless of the number of students.
  • All courses of the Graduate School of Education, Graduate School of International Studies, Graduate School of Dentistry, Department of Medicine of Graduate School of Medicine, and engineering majors of graduate schools. ※ Engineering majors of graduate schools are the engineering majors of general graduate schools, the Graduate School of Industry and the Graduate School of Environment.

  The survey is conducted regardless of the number of students per class. Special Research and Thesis Research are excluded.

• Utilization of analysis on results / Application of Analysis Results The survey results may be reviewed by the deans of colleges and professors in charge. Directors of each department may access the data by making an official request, and the results may be disclosed with the consent of the professors in charge.

Standard for canceling courses

Authorized/approved courses may be combined or canceled when the number of applicants meets the standards described below.

• When there is one class per course
  • Basic major courses, required major courses, and educational courses for teachers: canceled when there are less than 5 students. (excluding major practical sessions of the College of Arts)
  • Elective major courses
    • Departments with 30 students or more: canceled when less than ten students registered
    • Departments with less than 30 students: canceled when less than one-third of the total number of students in the department registered
  • Mandatory Elective
    • Communication: canceled when there are less than 30 students registered
    • Practical English: canceled when there are less than 30 students registered
    • Practical Computing: canceled when there are less than 10 students registered
  • Elective general courses: canceled when there are less than 30 students registered
• When there are two or more divided classes per course
  • Theoretical courses: combined to form a unit of 30 students, or canceled regardless of course type
  • Experiments and practice (including practical courses): combined to form a unit of 20 students, or canceled(Special cases, including lecture rooms with special capacities, are excluded)
• The maximum number of students per course (each divided class) is 300. However, remote lectures may have a higher number of students, provided that it does not pose any problem in terms of system maintenance and class management.
• Lectures in foreign languages will be canceled when there are less than five students.
• The number of students of newly-divided classes shall be 30 or more, and the final decision will be made after considering the size of lecture rooms and the conditions of experiments or practice.
• Master’s degree courses of graduate schools are canceled when there are less than 2 students, while doctor’s degree courses are canceled when there is less than 1 student, with the exception of Thesis Research courses.
• Courses that have been canceled for two consecutive semesters will be deleted from the educational curriculum.

Academic Record Management

• Academic records are entered digitally after completion of final examinations of each semester. The records shall be entered by a fixed date in accordance with the procedures designated by the Division of Educational Affairs, and shall be reviewed and confirmed by students. Once entered, the professors in charge may change the records during the period of review of academic records and the period of request for correction of academic records.
• A grade of ‘F’ will be given to students who have failed to attend more than two-thirds of the lectures in a course.
• Grading Standards for Undergraduate Courses / Academic Evaluation Standards in Undergraduate Programs
  • The rule of relative evaluation is applied to theoretical courses among general courses, and the rule of absolute evaluation is applied to “Intensive Courses.”
  • The rule of relative evaluation is applied to theoretical courses among major courses.
  • The rule of absolute evaluation is applied to experiments, practice, and practical courses.
  • “Field Practice Course” and “Social Services” are evaluated with a grade of P or F0.
  • The rule of relative evaluation is applied to “Vocational Capability Development Courses.”
  • Foreign students are excluded from relative evaluation, and the professors in charge will evaluate foreign students according to the criterion.
  • For courses with relative evaluation, the percentages of students that should fall into each grade range are as follows: Theoretical courses with less than 20 students, courses combining theoretical and practical sessions, theory of subject matter education among educational courses for non-educational majors, and special lectures may be excluded from relative evaluation.

    General Courses

    • A+ ～ A0: Under 30%
    • A+ ～ B0: Under 60%
    • C+ and under: More than 40%

    Major Courses

    • A+ ～ A0: Under 30%
    • A+ ～ B0: Under 70%
    • C+ and under: More than 30%
    • Relative evaluation is applied to all student for grading of general courses.
    • Relative evaluation is applied to the grading of major courses in the 2005 educational curriculum. Courses of the 2004 educational curriculum or older are excluded.
  • Students who achieve 60% of the full score or higher in “Field Practice Courses” will receive a grade of P, while those who earn less than 60% of the full score will receive an F0. These grades will not be reflected in the student’s GPA.
  • Students who have dropped a course are still included in the number of students for the relative evaluation. When entering grading data, the professor in charge will mark a ‘W’ for students who have dropped the course. The ‘W’ will not be marked on the official transcripts and the Academic Data Sheet.
  • Students of the graduate schools of PNU who take an undergraduate course are excluded from the relative evaluation.
  • When graduate students from other school take courses in PNU curriculum, the students will be assessed as the same manner as students of PNU.
  • The rule of absolute evaluation is applied to undergraduate courses given in English (excluding Practical English and courses of English-related departments).
  • In Practical English and Practical Computing, three grades are given: which are A+, A0, F. The percentages of students given each grade are determined in accordance with the guidelines of the related organizations.
  • Practical English and Practical Computing, which have been offered beginning in the spring semester of the 2005 academic year according to the 2004 or older educational curriculums, are evaluated with three grades: A+, A0, F. The percentages of students given each grade are determined in accordance with the guidelines of the related organizations.
  • Jointly managed basic major courses may be combined and evaluated by department (school).
• Grade Confirmation and Grade Appeal
  • Even for submitted grades on any courses, a record may be corrected immediately in the event that the student raises a formal objection that is proven to be valid during the period of requests for correction of academic records.
  • Records cannot be changed after the period of requests for correction of academic records has expired.
• Repeating Courses
  • Students who have received a grade of D+ (C+ for graduate students) or lower may re-take the course. The grade received for a repeated course will be valid.
  • Grades awarded for repeated courses cannot be higher than B+ (excluding graduate students), with the exception of Practical English and Practical Computing.
  • Students of the Graduate School of Medicine and Graduate School of Dentistry shall re-take any course in which they achieved a grade of C+ or lower.
• Academic Warnings
  • Academic warnings are given to students who have received a GPA of 1.80 or lower (excluding students of the Department of Medicine of the School of Medicine).
  • Students who receive academic warnings in three consecutive semesters will be discharged. Academic warnings given after a return from leave for military service are included in consecutive academic warnings.