This week, I started my graduate school semester in earnest. Starting with my first class on Saturday, September 4th, this week was filled with course registration and orientation.

Originally, the orientation was supposed to be held offline at the graduate school, but this time, due to COVID-19, it was conducted online through a video conference.

During the orientation, we were briefed on the credits, class progress, course registration, and other aspects until graduation, and it became a brief introduction session between the freshmen and the professors.

Here is a summary. (I think most graduate schools have similar graduation requirements.)

The maximum number of credits you can register for per semester is 9 credits.
If you write a thesis, you can graduate with 24 credits in lectures + 6 credits in research guidance, and if you replace it, you can graduate with 30 credits in lectures + 6 credits in research guidance.
You can take the major exam after you have completed 18 credits.
Passing the major exam and the English exam is required for graduation.

In terms of course registration, while other graduate schools have a wide range of subjects to choose from, the timetable was already set with only three subjects. (I guess it is not possible to include many subjects due to the nature of the weekend graduate school.)

It is said that you can take up to 9 credits (3 subjects) from related departments (similar departments) until graduation.

The downside is that this semester has more subjects that are closer to management than IT. Starting next semester, I need to plan carefully so that I can take the courses I want, including courses from related departments.

Tomorrow is the first class, and I hope I can graduate without any problems in the next two years~