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Last updated: 4/7/2023
This guidance applies to students of the Program in Economic and Public
Policy 18th Cohort for academic years 2022, 2023 and 2024.
1. Academic Calendar
Each module comes in 5 weeks. Each semester consists of module A, module
B, module C, and recess. Many courses are offered in modules A and B.
Intensive courses are offered in module C and recess.
First Year (AY2022):
First Year (AY2023):
Second Year (AY2023):
Second Year (AY2024):

Fall Semester (October 2022 – March 2023)
Spring Semester (April 2023 – September 2023)
Fall Semester (October 2023 – March 2024)
Spring Semester (April 2024 – September 2024)

NOTE: Some courses may be held during spring recess, including mandatory courses

2. Course requirements
In Tsukuba, 1 credit corresponds to 10 lectures (75 min. per lecture).
Students are required to earn at least 30 credits by taking courses including
mandatory courses to fulfill a partial requirement for earning a Master ofInternational Public Policy.
All required courses are shown in Table 1 and Table 2 (below).

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Table 1 as represented in chart form: Requirements for Students in Graduate School of Business Sciences, Humanities and Social Sciences Oct 2021- Mar 2023 (1AY 2022 Enrollment

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rectangle = 1unit / Grey areas represent the number of choices of courses available)↑↑

More courses available(See Table 2)

Joint Seminar

Academic Writing

Graduate GE

Inter-disciplinary

Degree Program

Courses

Foundation

General Ed. Courses(1)

Courses (1)(2)

FoundationSubject
for Major(2)

Major Subject

Major Subject(lecture)(seminar)

(8+)

(6)

Note: In order to graduate, there is a minimum credit requirement of 30 credits, however:
1. There are 6 categories of courses to take, each of which has its own minimum credit requirement, which must be met in order to graduate
successfully (i.e. Successfully attaining 30 credits does not necessarily mean you meet the requirements to graduate. For example, a total of30 credits which does not include 1 unit from ‘Graduate General Education Courses’ (orange), would not meet graduation requirements).
2. 20 of the 30 units must come by gaining units from across different course categories, with the minimum unit requirement of each category
represented above by the colored rectangles.

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Table 2: Additionally Required Courses and Available Courses for PEPP students
Class
Professor
Year Semester
PeriodStatistics*
Yu
1
Fall ABTue 1, 2
Intro-intermediate
Naito
1
Fall AB
Thur 1, 2
Macroeconomics*
Japanese Economy*
Kurokawa
1
Fall ABMon 5, 6Intermediate Microeconomics**Moges
1
Fall ABFri 5, 6★□

CodeBC51181★□

BC51081◎□★□◯★

BC1188101DZ131
0ABC404

Microeconomics

Nakano◎★
★

0ABE065
0ABC007
0ABC008

Economic Development of Japan
Econometrics IEconometrics II☆

0ABC900

Seminar on Economics I☆

0ABC901

Seminar on Economics II☆

0ABC902

Seminar on Economics III★

Social Development
Development Economics I, II■■■■■

0ABC005
0ABC405
0ABC406
0ABC403
0ABC402
0ABC407
0ABC408
0ABC415

Takahashi
Yu
Yu
PEPP
faculty
PEPP
faculty
PEPP
faculty
Minowa■0ABC416

Public Economics
International Trade
International Finance and Policy
Economics of Development
Labor Economics
Geographic Information System andSatellite Data Analysis forEconomists
Health Economics■0ATHE24

1Spring C
Fall C
Spring A

Intensive
Tue 5, 6
Tue 3, 4

1
11

1

Fall AB

Mon 3

1

1

Spring AB

Mon 3

1

2

Fall ABMon 3

11

Fall AB

Thu 4

1MalekSpr ABFri 1, 22

Naito
Kurokawa
Moges
Kashiwagi
Fukai

Spring AB
Spring AB
Spring AB
Spring AB
Spring AB

Tue 5, 6
Mon 5, 6
Fri 5, 6
Thur 5
Fri 3, 4

222
1
2

Ramdani

Spring C

TBA

2

Fall C
Fall C(AY2023
only)

Intensive

1

Periods 5, 6
Jan

1
1

Kondo

1, 220ABC006

Policy Analysis and Programme
Evaluation

Matsushima

Spring AB

Tue 40ABC906

Internship I

0ABC907

Internship II

C/Spring
Recess
C/SummerRecess0ABC908

Field Work Project

PEPP
faculty
PEPP
faculty
PEPP
faculty

byappointment
byappointment
byappointment

0ABE061

Applied Microeconomics 1Fukuzumi

Research Workshop on
International Public Policy A
Research Workshop on
International Public Policy B
Data Management
Advanced Data Management
Macroeconomics
Applied Time Series Analysis
Microfinance and Public Policy
Academic Writing for Graduate
Students
The Fundamentals of Public Policy
and Management

PEPP
faculty
PEPP
faculty
TBA
TBA
TBA
TBA
TBA

0ABC501★□◯★□◯□◯□◯□◯

01DZ134
01DZ149
01DZ650
01DZ657
01DZ509□◯

01DZ676□◯

01DZ677

Notes:

2Matsushima●22

Wed 3, Thu 3

Seminar on Policy Analysis andProgram Evaluation B

0ABC500

2Spr AB

0ABC625●Credits
2Spring2

Fall AB(AY2023only)
SpringABC

2

Fall ABC11
11, 2

Fall C
Fall C
Fall C
SpringFall C

Quimpo1

Fall C

Quimpo1

Fall AB

Tue 3
Upon
Consultancy
Upon
Consultancy
Intensive
Intensive
Intensive
Intensive
Intensive
Tue 1, 2
Fri 1, 2
Tue 5, 611
123
31122222

1. Courses with ● (Research Workshop on International Public Policy A and Research Workshop on International Public Policy B)
are mandatory.

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2. In order to have credits from Research Workshop on International Public Policy A, students need to take and have credits from thefollowing courses: Statistics, Data Management, Advanced Data Management, and Seminar on Economics 1.
3. In order to have credits from Research Workshop on International Public Policy B, students need to have credits from Seminar onEconomics II and Seminar on Economics III, and must also pass a preliminary examination. In order to pass the preliminary
examination, students need to pass both the master's thesis mid-term oral defence and the written examinations that test the knowledgeof courses marked ★. Students who took and have credit from all courses with ★ and from 4 of the 7 courses marked ■ are exempt
from those written exams. For Development Economics I and Development Economics II, we count those two courses as one course.
The content of exams are the content of those courses with ★. Note that even if students are exempt from the written exams of thepreliminary examination, students still need to pass the mid-term oral defence of the master's thesis.
4. Courses marked as ☆ are mandatory for both Research Workshop on International A and B, as explained above.
5. Courses with □ can be counted towards fulfillment of the 30 credits requirement up to 10 credits.
6. Courses with ◯ are offered through the old curriculum.

7. Courses with * are cross-listed with undergraduate courses.
8. A course with ** is mandatory except for students who pass the placement test. Those who want to take the placement test need toreport to the deputy director within the first week of October.
9. For courses with ◎, JICA requests JICA scholars to take these two courses as Mandatory courses.

10. For courses with ■, students need to pass 4 out of 7 courses in order to exempt themselves from the written exam, which is one of
the requirements of the preliminary examination.
11. In order to take Microeconomics, taking Intermediate Microeconomics is a prerequisite.

3. Course Registration
Course registration must be completed on TWINS during the designated registration period,
usually in the first two weeks of each semester. For Fall AB courses (first semester), thedeadline is Friday, October 14. After this date, you are not allowed to cancel any course
registration.
4. Language courses
Special Japanese language courses are offered for PEPP scholars beginning in September prior
to arrival and running into the fall semester of the first year, with additional classes taking placeat the end of the following spring semester. In principle, attendance is mandatory.
5. Lunch seminar
As part of Seminar on Economics I, II, and III, we hold a lunch seminar on Monday in the 3rd
period (11:40~) in module AB each semester for the first three semesters. Lunch seminar is akey forum for students to present, exchange, and discuss their research progress. All students at
various stages present their research work and discuss others’ work. Attendance is mandatory.
Specific instructions and a schedule will be provided at the beginning of each semester. Your goalin the first year’s lunch seminar is to develop a good research proposal for your master thesis,
based on which your advisors are determined (see 7. Advisors).
6. Master thesis
As part of the requirements for earning an M.A. in International Public Policy, students arerequired to submit and successfully defend a master’s thesis. A complete draft must besubmitted mid-May in the second year, followed by a preliminary oral defense later the samemonth. A final copy must be submitted in early-July, followed by a final oral defense in late-Julyor early-August. Specific instructions and a schedule will be announced in the second year.

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In the first year, each student is randomly assigned an advisor for administrative purposes. Your
first-year advisor does not supervise your research. Finding advisors for your thesis research isyour responsibility. Your goal in the first year is to find ‘good’ advisors while completing course
work, contributing to lunch seminars, and interacting with professors.
In January, you are required to submit the names of your main advisor and two sub-advisors ofyour choice along with your research proposal. You must choose a main advisor from the PEPP
faculty. Sub-advisors are also commonly chosen from them. If you prefer to choose other subadvisors, you should ask a program officer about the rules and necessary procedures. (You needto receive prior approval from a professor.)
We determine each student’s advisors based on students’ research interests/projects and theiracademic performance in the first year (the balance of advising duties among faculty members
is another factor considered). Students may be assigned advisors other than their choice. If youracademic performance is not satisfactory, you will not be able to continue to the second year of
your master’s program, and no advisors will be assigned to you; this also means you cannot
submit a master’s thesis in your second year.
8. Grades
Each grade signifies the following score points:GradeA+ABCDPoint
90~100
80~89
70~79
60~69
59 and under* Means “failed” and no credit is provided.
* Not shown on the official transcript

9. Administration
If you have any questions regarding the program, contact PEPP program officers Stephen
Harrison or Toshie Miura. Most announcements are made via email.
Many thanks for your patience and the very best of luck with your studies.