Graduate students should complete the required courses and obtain the required credits according to the requirements of the training program. The total credits of all disciplines and majors of graduate students with scientific degrees should be no less than 34 credits; Among full-time professional degree graduates, the total credits of arts and sciences are not less than 32 credits, and the total credits of medicine are not less than 2 1 credit.

The setting and credit allocation of each course are as follows:

1. course

Compulsory course:

First foreign language

4 credits and 90 hours

Socialism with Chinese characteristics's Theory and Practice

2 credits, 36 hours.

Academic exchange activities

2 credits (must participate in 15 academic exchange activities, including 2 self-presentation reports)

China culture and English thesis writing (including academic ethics and academic norms) or contemporary scientific development trends and prospects and English thesis writing (including academic ethics and academic norms) 2 credits.

Professional platform course

2-3 courses, each course is generally not less than 3 credits (engineering graduate students can choose 1 mathematics as a compulsory course, and other mathematics can be chosen as an elective course if the subject needs it).

Elective courses:

You must choose 1 as an elective course from the following two ideological and political theory courses:

① Introduction to Dialectics of Nature

② Methodology of Marxism and Social Science

The rest are professional elective courses.

2. Credit

The credits of each course should be reasonably determined according to the content requirements and learning volume of the course. Generally speaking, 18 hours of teaching is 1 credit. For professional courses with strong theory and large amount of self-study, the academic performance is slightly higher; The scores of practical experiment courses and knowledge expansion courses are slightly lower.

Elective undergraduate courses (including supplementary undergraduate courses for graduate students with equivalent academic qualifications) are not included in credits.

Mid-term evaluation

In the second semester of the second academic year, we will make a comprehensive assessment of the political thoughts and course learning of graduate students. The specific assessment methods shall be handled in accordance with the provisions on the diversion of graduate students' mid-term assessment in Sichuan University.

Scientific research and papers

The purpose of scientific research and dissertation work is to enable graduate students to receive comprehensive scientific research training and cultivate their ability to engage in scientific research independently or undertake specialized technical work.

Under the guidance of the tutor, graduate students choose topics for their papers through literature reading, investigation and research, scientific experiments, etc., and make opening reports in the third semester. After the approval of the tutor and the teaching and research section, draw up the work plan of the thesis and fill in the opening report of the graduate thesis of Sichuan University. At the same time, submit the progress report of the research semester of master's degree thesis of Sichuan University to your college every semester.

Master's degree thesis is an important symbol to comprehensively measure the training quality and academic level of master's students. It must be independently completed by master students under the guidance of tutors, and the working time of the thesis is not less than one academic year.