One has to have credits for Progress III to take Progress IV. It is obligatory for all forth-year students. (If students or their academic supervisors wish to decline or delay to have progress report interview with special reason, they will be excluded). Students who wish to take progress report interview and poster presentation should submit their Progress Report Advisor candidates to the Department of Genetics Administrative Office. The deadline for submission is end of April for students who entered SOKENDAI in April and end of October for students who entered SOKENDAI in October. Education and Research Committee of Department of Genetics appoints Progress Report Committee consisting of four faculty members (no more than two assistant professors can be included) for each student, and one of them (either full professor or associate professor) becomes organizing faculty. In principle, one committee member of Life Science Progress Report III should be included in the organizing faculty for keeping continuity. Faculty members of laboratory where the student is conducting research should not become this committee member. When students want to invite assistant professors to the committee, students should have consent from them. Progress Report Committee members are determined by the Education and Research Committee upon consideration of candidates submitted from the student.
  Each student should submit progress report, that includes objective, research results so far obtained, and future plan, according to "Guide to 4th year graduate students writing reports on their progress" , to Department of Genetics Administrative Office by second Tuesday of May for students who entered SOKENDAI in April and by second Tuesday of November for students who entered SOKENDAI in October.
   Besides, each students are requied to submit " activity report" on the Web, that includes NIG activities, external activities and etc.
To have progress report interview, students must submit Application for Course Registration to SOKENDAI. The course title for this interview is [Life Science Progress IV].

  In the progress report poster presentation, students should present their progress and problems to the Progress Report Committee members and other participants, and may take questions and advises from them about the researches. Students may consider those advises and discussions to settle the problems and to rearrange their knowledge. Committee members should continue to give advices in any time when students request.
  In the progress report presentation as a closed seminar, each student gives a presentation based on the contents of the report submitted in advance. Students may distribute additional handouts at presentation and will give a talk by using computer files and the handouts.
  In the Progress Report poster presentation, students should present their progress and/or problems to the Progress Report committee members and other participants. In both Progress Report presentation, students may take questions and advises from committee members and participants and have to incorporate those advises and discussions to settle problems and to rearrange their knowledge. Advisors should continue to give advices in any time when students request. Committee members may give advices to student in other occasions if necessary.

  To clarify status of study progress, and to receive appropriate suggestions from progress committee on the points below if progress is not smooth
1. Whether one can write report on interim research result in English
2. Whether one can overcome difficulities one faces during research

   Students should take the Life Science Progress Report IVA first and take the Life Science Progress Report IVB depending on entry periods (or progress of academic work by leave of absence etc.). Research presentation is held at closed presentation as the Life Science Progress Report IVA and at poster presentation as the Life Science Progress Report IVB. Exchange of opinions concerning other progress is held among progress committee members as necessary.

  To pass this course, students should present progress report IVA and IVB once in each semester. In the opportunities other than progress report presentation, it is also needed for students to advance their researches and thought by discussing with laboratory staffs and other laboratory members and then to reflect those results to the progress reports. As the results of above activities, students are evaluated in one of four grades (A, B, C, D). Students get total of four credits, two credits for each semester when you obtain grades(A,B,C).