8. Honors Program

APS students in the 2nd, 3rd, or 4th semester who have registered "International Relations (IR)" as their Area of Study by the end of each Course Registration Correction Period 2 will receive guidelines on how to register for the IR Honors Program at the Campus Terminal. Students who wish to register for the program must remember to register for their Area of Study.
Students cannot register in their 1st, 5th semester, or after.

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 Programs. (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 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.

LEE Yaechan (IR Field Leader)
E-mail: yclee@apu.ac.jp

• *Domestic exchange (i.e., credit transfer) programs with Ritsumeikan University (RU) or other Japanese universities are not eligible.
• *This list is subject to change (i.e., addition or deletion) depending on the development of new programs or review of existing ones.

• 1. APS students in the 2nd or 3rd semester who have registered "International Relations and Peace Studies (IRP)" as their Area of Study by the end of each Course Registration Correction Period 2 will receive guidelines on how to register for the IR Honors Program at the Campus Terminal. Students who wish to register for the program must remember to register for their Area of Study.
  Students cannot register in their 1st, 4th semester, or after.
• 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 Programs. (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.

LEE Yaechan (IR Field Leader)
E-mail: yclee@apu.ac.jp

• *Domestic exchange (i.e., credit transfer) programs with Ritsumeikan University (RU) or other Japanese universities are not eligible.
• *This list is subject to change (i.e., addition or deletion) depending on the development of new programs or review of existing ones.