Spring Semester 2018

3rd / 4th Year Seminar

Guidance Session

Academic Office

MS1 MS2 RS UT

【１】System and Registration Process

CONTENTS

・Seminar Subjects

・Registration Process

・

・Standard Registration Process

・Exchange Program Students

・ Accelerated Graduation Programs

・Sub-seminars

【２】Application Procedures

Classes You Can Apply For and Credits

System and Registration Process

Seminar Subjects

Subject Name Eligibility Period Period Credits Symbol

Major Seminar 1

5th or 6th semester

students

Semester Spring 2

Major Seminar 2 Semester Fall 2

Research

Seminar7th semester students Semester

Whole

year

2

Undergraduate

Thesis

8th or above semester

Students who pass

the Research seminar

Semester4

専演ⅠMS-1

専演ⅡMS-2

卒研RS

卒論UT

◎Basic Information

(1) Seminar Courses consist of four subjects.

(2) Each subject lasts 1 semester for a total of 2 years’ study.

(Please note that, as a rule, Research Seminar and Undergraduate Thesis

are packaged as a 1-year course)

(3) You can earn a maximum of 10 credits.

Overview of Seminar Subjects

卒研RS

卒論UT

[4th year seminars]

4th year seminars are the culmination of a student’s four years

of study at APU. These highly specialized subjects allow

students to research a topic of interest and write a thesis on it

over a period of one year.

専演ⅠMS-1

専演II

MS-2

[3rd year seminars]

In 3rd year seminars, small numbers of students work closely with professors to increase their expertise through researching, presenting and discussing selected topics. Simultaneously, through actual practice students master the research methods and investigative analysis techniques considered necessary for every area of study and which are the fundamental skills required for undergraduate research.

◎Basic Rules

（１）Students are required to apply the semester before the

scheduled registration.

Application Period for AY2018 Spring Seminar:

（２）Once you have been registered, you will automatically be

registered for a seminar subject each semester until you reach

Undergraduate Thesis (UT). ※2 years of continuous registration is recommended.

（３）In order to cancel a seminar, you must apply for cancellation

the semester before you plan to drop it.

Basic Rules Registration Process

Dec 13 – 20, 2017

2017 2018 2018 2019 2019

Fall Spring Fall Spring Fall

4th semester 5th semester 6th semester 7th semester 8th semester

Registration Process

★

You are here

Current 4th semester students

専演 ＩMS-1

New Application

(*12/13-20)

Automatic Registration

専演 ＩＩMS-2

卒研RS

卒論UT

P

Automatic Registration

(*Only students who pass RS)

2017 2018 2018 2019 2019

Fall Spring Fall Spring Fall

4th semester 5th semester 6th semester 7th semester 8th semester

専演 ＩMS-1

★

You are here

New Application

(*12/13-20)

▼

Cancellation

No

Seminar

Class

卒研RS

卒論UT

P

New Application

Current 4th semester students

For students who plan to

participate in an exchange

program or take a leave of

absence.

Registration Process

2017 2018 2018 2019 2019

Fall Spring Fall Spring Fall

4th semester 5th semester 6th semester 7th semester 8th semester

★

You are here

▼

Cancellation

Current 4th semester students

For students who

wish to change

seminar

instructors.

Registration Process

専演 ＩMS-1

New Application

(*12/13-20)

New Application

専演 ＩＩMS-2

卒研RS

卒論UT

P

Starting

Period

2017 2018 2018 2019 2019

FA(NOW) Spring Fall Spring Fall

Semester 4 5 6 7 8

5th

semester

Subject専演 Ｉ

MS-1

専演 ＩＩ

MS-2

卒研

RS

卒論

UT

Application

6th

semester

Subject専演 ＩＩ

MS-2

卒研

RS

卒論

UT

Application

7th

semester

Subject卒研

RS

卒論

UT

Application

Current 4th semester students ●New application

▼Cancellation App.

Automatic registration

Standard Flow

P

P

P

Starting

Period

2017 2018 2018 2019

FA(NOW) Spring Fall Spring

Semester 5 6 7 8

6th

semester

Subject専演 Ｉ

MS-1

卒研

RS

卒論

UT

Application

7th

semester

Subject卒研

RS

卒論

UT

Application

Current 5th semester students ●New application

▼Cancellation App.

Automatic registration

Standard Flow

P

P

・Students planning to go on an Exchange Program

・Students planning to take a leave of absence

・Accelerated Graduation Program Students

・Students planning to transfer colleges

For details, check the Undergraduate seminar (3rd/4th ) page on

the Academic Office Website for details.

Irregular Cases

Sub-seminars◎Basic Rules

(1)Sub-seminars can be taken together as a set with

3rd year seminars (Major Seminar).

(2)You can register for a sub-seminar from your college or from another

college.

（If you register for a sub-seminar from another college, the credits will be

counted as general electives)

(3)You must apply every semester for your sub-seminar.

(4)You can only register for a sub-seminar if you meet all of the following

criteria:

・Your main seminar application was accepted.

・Your main seminar instructor gives you permission to register for a

sub-seminar.

・The sub-seminar instructor gives you permission to register.

・There is no conflict between the time schedule for your main seminar

and the sub-seminar.

Sub-seminars

Sub-

seminar

2017 2018 2018 2019 2019

FA(NOW) Spring Fall Spring Fall

Semester 4 5 6 7 8

5th & 6th

semester

Main seminar専演 Ｉ

MS-1

専演 ＩＩ

MS-2

卒研

RS

卒論

UT

Sub-seminar専演 ＩSub

MS-1Sub

専演 ＩＩSub

MS-2Sub

Application

6th

semester

Subject専演 ＩＩ

MS-2

卒研

RS

卒論

UT

Sub-seminar専演 ＩＩSub

MS-2Sub

Application

◆ ◆

P

P

Current 4th semester students ●New application

◆Sub-seminar App.

Automatic registration

◆

APS

Environment & Development Hospitality & Tourism

International Relations & Peace StudiesCulture, Society & Media

APM

Accounting & Finance Marketing

Strategic Management and Organization Innovation & Economics

Joint

APS

Students

×○

○ APM

Students

×○

○

Seminar class

Classes You Can Apply For and CreditsMAIN

SEMINAR

APS

Environment & Development Hospitality & Tourism

International Relations & Peace StudiesCulture, Society & Media

APM

Accounting & Finance Marketing

Strategic Management and Organization Innovation & Economics

Joint

APS

Students○

○ APM

Students○○

Seminar class

Classes You Can Apply For and Credits

○

○

SUB

SEMINAR

Which seminar classes can I take?

Main Seminar Sub-seminar

APS APM Joint APS APM Joint

APS

Eligibility ○ × ○ ○ ○ ○

Credit

FieldMajor － Major Major

General

ElectiveMajor

APM

Eligibility × ○ ○ ○ ○ ○

Credit

FieldMajor Major

General

ElectiveMajor Major

Students

College

Listing of Area of Study on DiplomasFor students in the College of International Management (APM) only

Those who have fulfilled the graduation requirements will be

awarded a bachelor’s degree upon graduation. In addition,

students who complete 30 or more credits from a specific Area of

Study, Core Subjects or Seminar subjects will also receive the

Area of Study on their diploma. Credits earned for all APM

3rd and 4th-year seminars will count toward this requirement

regardless of the area of study.

※Please note that for APS students, credits earned from

seminar subjects do NOT count towards any Area of Study.

Application Procedures

Main seminars and sub-seminars have the same application period.

You must apply for both at the same time!

Application Procedures

Order Item Period Place

1 Check which seminars are available

Nov 1~

Academic Office

Website

（AC-Web）2 Check the details of your desired

seminar(s) provided in the syllabus.

3 Consult with desired seminar instructor(s)*Sub-seminar applications also

require a meeting with the instructor

Follow the instructions

given in the syllabus

4 Prepare the required ‘Application Essay’ and/or ‘Assignment(s)’

*Application requirements may vary depending

on the instructor. Be sure to check the syllabus.

~ Dec 12

5 Apply via manaba

(survey)

*Applicants are required to enter the essay/assignment into the survey

Dec 13 ~ 20 manaba

6Confirm the result(s)

Jan 31,

2018 ~AC-Web

*You can apply for up to 2 main seminars.

*Students wishing to apply for a sub-seminar, must apply using the same

application procedures as outlined in the chart below.

Class List Key to Symbols

Symbol Definition

○ Must meet the listed requirements in order to apply.

－ Not offered in 2018 Spring Semester

●Only continuing students (students who have already been

taking this seminar) can apply.

▲

Only for students in their 6th semester in 2018 Spring Semester.

However, taken as a sub-seminar, 5th-semester students may

also register.

（J） Class held in Japanese

（E） Class held in English

（E/J） Class held in both English and Japanese (Bilingual)

Available

5-10 slots available

Less than 4 slots available

Class schedules of seminars

Course name Timetable @Syllabus Timetable @Campusmate

Major Seminar I 3rd period on

Saturday(‘dummy’)Actual Timetable (Mon – Fri)

※Other courses can not be registered in the slot 'Major

Seminar II' is actually scheduled in

Research Seminar 1st period on

Saturday(‘dummy’)1st period on Saturday※please confirm with your instructor regarding the actual

class schedule and the classroom before the class starts.

Undergraduate

Thesis

2nd period on

Saturday(‘dummy’)2nd period on Saturday※please confirm with your instructor regarding the actual

class schedule and the classroom before the class starts.

Please note that there have been cases where students who did not confirm the 4th year seminar class times before the class

began found the schedule clashed with other classes. Please make sure you check with your supervisor before registration period

A and ensure you don't have any clashes.

Writing your seminar application essay

• As a standard requirement for both main seminar and sub-seminar

applications, applicants are asked to provide an essay stating the reason

why they wish to apply for the seminar and so on. You are free to write

your essay however you wish in approximately 600 words (about 1 A4 size

sheet of paper in length)

• In addition to the essay, some instructors may require a supplementary

assignment so please be sure to check the syllabus way in advance or ask

your seminar instructors directly during individual consultations.

• There are cases in which applicants are exempted from providing an essay.

Please see the next slide for more details.

• As you are to enter the essay and/or assignment directly into the

application page in manaba (12/13~20), we strongly recommend that you

prepare your essay/assignment beforehand using MS word(or any

equivalent word processing software).

• As the box provided in manaba only accepts plain text, assignments which

require the use of objects (images, tables, graphs, etc.) may be uploaded

as a separate file using the upload feature found right below the text box

for the assignment. (up to 55mb)

Enter only the‘Application Essay’

in manaba

Enter both the‘Application Essay’

and the‘Assignment’ in

manaba

Enter (or upload) only the

‘Assignment’ in manaba

(No need to provide the ‘Application Essay’)

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NO a c

Q. Did your desired seminar instructor specify on the syllabus or during

consultation that you need to submit a ‘Separate Assignment’? Q. Which one applies to you?

No need to provide the ‘Application Essay’.

*Please check the syllabus or confirm with the seminar

instructor regarding whether you need to submit any

assignment(s).

Application Requirements

YESNO

YES

Q. Does any of the following apply to you?

a

b

c

The seminar instructor specifies a separate assignment and clearly indicates that

he/she does not require applicants to write an ‘application essay’.

I had previously been taking the seminar and wish to return to the seminar next semester when I come back

from an exchange program or a leave of absence.

I wish to continue taking a sub-seminar under the same instructor in the following semester.

Screening ProceduresApplic

ation

1st choice

screening

2nd choice

screening

Sub-seminar

screening

Final

Result

1st choice A 〇 － － A

2nd choice － － － － －

Sub Seminar － － － － －

Applic

ation

1st choice

screening

2nd choice

screening

Sub-seminar

screening

Final

Result

1st choice A × － － －

2nd choice － － － － －

Sub Seminar － － － － －

Applic

ation

1st choice

screening

2nd choice

screening

Sub-seminar

screening

Final

Result

1st choice A 〇 － － A

2nd choice B － － － －

Sub Seminar － － － － －

Applic

ation

1st choice

screening

2nd choice

screening

Sub-seminar

screening

Final

Result

1st choice A × － － －

2nd choice B － 〇 － Ｂ

Sub Seminar － － － － －

Applic

ation

1st choice

screening

2nd choice

screening

Sub-seminar

screening

Final

Result

1st choice A 〇 － － A

2nd choice B － － － －

Sub Seminar B － － 〇 Ｂ

Applic

ation

1st choice

screening

2nd choice

screening

Sub-seminar

screening

Final

Result

1st choice A 〇 － － A

2nd choice B － － － －

Sub Seminar Ｃ － － 〇 Ｃ

Applic

ation

1st choice

screening

2nd choice

screening

Sub-seminar

screening

Final

Result

1st choice A × － － －

2nd choice B － 〇 － B

Sub Seminar Ｃ － － 〇 Ｃ

Applic

ation

1st choice

screening

2nd choice

screening

3rd choice

screening

Final

Result

1st choice A × － － －

2nd choice － － － － －

Sub Seminar Ｃ － － 〇 Ｃ※

Applic

ation

1st choice

screening

2nd choice

screening

3rd choice

screening

Final

Result

1st choice A × － － －

2nd choice Ｂ － × － －

Sub Seminar Ｃ － － 〇 Ｃ※

※Please note that this only applies for sub-seminars in your

own college or those offered jointly.

If you have any questions, please visit the Academic Office!

seminar1@apu.ac.jp…or contact us at: