Honors Program

Students must register for the Honor’s Program after registering for IRRS as their areas of study during the Course Registration / Correction Period (Registration Period A/B, Correction Period 1/2) in the 2nd, 3rd or 4th semester.

After registering for the IR Honors Program at the specified time, students who satisfy the following conditions can gain the certification.

• 1. Register in IR as an Area of Study at the time of graduation.
• 2. Write an undergraduate thesis (not a Research Report) under the supervision of an IR Field faculty member and successfully pass the screening with a grade of A or A+ (i.e., earned a grade of A or A+ in “Graduation Thesis”)
• 3. Participate in and earn credits for at least one APU off-campus program. (A list of eligible off-campus programs is in the appendix. Domestic students may only participate in overseas programs, but international students can also participate in domestic programs.)
• 4. Have a cumulative GPA of at least 3.25 at the time of graduation.
• 5. Have a cumulative GPA of at least 3.40 in IR Field subjects at the time of graduation.

The IR Field faculty will provide them with supervision and encouragement to complete the Honors Program and receive the certification. Seminar instructors provide primary guidance and support once students begin taking seminars in the 5th semester.

Students who complete the Honors Program receive an Honors Certificate in International Relations and Peace Studies at the time of graduate that is signed by the Dean of the College of Asia Pacific Studies and conferred by the IR Field Leader. As a general rule, this certificate cannot be reissued.

Associate Professor GOMEZ Oscar A. (IR Field Leader)
E-mail: oagomez@apu.ac.jp

• *Domestic exchange (i.e., credit transfer) programs with Ritsumeikan University (RU) or other Japanese universities are not eligible. (Note: Program (xviii) is eligible because it is an RU-sponsored field study program.)
• *This list is subject to change (i.e., addition or deletion) depending on the development of new programs or review of existing ones.

• 1. Students must register for the Honor’s Program after registering for IRRS as their areas of study during the Course Registration / Correction Period (Registration Period A/B, Correction Period 1/2) in the 2nd or 3rd semester.
• 2. Students must confirm or withdraw from the IR Honors Program in the 6th semester Course Registration Correction Period 2 when Field registration is finalized.

After registering for the IR Honors Program at the specified time, students who satisfy the following conditions can gain the certification.

• 1. Complete at least 30 credits of IRPS Field subjects.
• 2. Write an undergraduate thesis under the supervision of an IRPS Field faculty member and successfully pass the screening with a grade of A or A+ (i.e., earned a grade of A or A+ in Research Seminar II)
• 3. Participate in and earn credits for at least one APU off-campus program. (A list of eligible off-campus programs is in the appendix. Domestic students may only participate in overseas programs, but international students can also participate in domestic programs.)
• 4. Have a cumulative GPA of at least 3.00 at the time of graduation.
• 5. Have a cumulative GPA of at least 3.25 in IRPS Field subjects at the time of graduation.

After students provisionally register for the IRPS Field in the 2nd semester, the IRPS Field faculty will provide them with supervision and encouragement to complete the Honors Program and receive the certification. Seminar instructors provide primary guidance and support once students begin taking seminars in the 5th semester.

Students who complete the Honors Program receive an Honors Certificate in International Relations and Peace Studies at the time of graduate that is signed by the Dean of the College of Asia Pacific Studies and conferred by the IRPS Field Leader. As a general rule, this certificate cannot be reissued.

Associate Professor GOMEZ Oscar A. (IRPS Field Leader)
E-mail: oagomez@apu.ac.jp

• *Domestic exchange (i.e., credit transfer) programs with Ritsumeikan University (RU) or other Japanese universities are not eligible. (Note: Program (xviii) is eligible because it is an RU-sponsored field study program.)
• *This list is subject to change (i.e., addition or deletion) depending on the development of new programs or review of existing ones.