Basic Study on the Articulation of Curriculum between the Undergraduate Program and the Graduate Program.

本研究通过对本校教师和研究生的访谈，从“课程衔接”的角度，探讨大学部和研究生部的职能分工。（1）自1991年修订《大学设置标准》以来，许多大学降低了毕业所需的学分。这意味着四年的本科课程不足以再教授专业。因此，许多学校和学院将部分或部分本科专业课程提升为硕士课程。（2）1991年以来研究生教育规模的扩大，带来了独立的研究生院和专业的创建，这些研究生院和专业没有相应的本科专业，许多成人和外国学生进入研究生院。然而，这种扩张导致了学生学术背景的多样化以及缺乏研究生培养所需的基本知识。（3）因此，如何在教育和课程设置上有效地整合本科和研究生，是我们面临的一项重要而艰巨的任务。

This project intends to study the functional division of labor between the undergraduate program and the graduate program in terms of "articulation of curriculum" through the interview to the faculty as well as questionnair.The some findings are summarized below.(1)Since the revision of the "Standard of the Establishment of the University" in 1991, many universities have reduced the number of credit required to graduate. This means four yers of the undergraduate program is not enough to teach specialities any more. Thus many schools and colleges moved some or nost of undergraduate speciality courses up to master programs.(2)The expansion of graduate education since 1991 brought the creation of the independent graduate schools and programs that have not the corresponding undergraduate programs and manyadult and foreign students to the graduate schools. However this expansion resulted in the diversification of academic background of students as well as the lack of basic knowledge necessary for graduate training.(3)Therefore, we are now facing the important but difficult task to reorganize the undergraduate program and the graduate program and to articulate these two programs effectively in terms of education and curriculum.