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Korean Major Program

B.A. Degree in Korean

The Department of East Asian Languages and Literatures offers an undergraduate major in Korean. The major program includes studies in language, literature, culture, and linguistics. Any given course can count only toward the fulfillment of one category requirement, even if the course appears as an option in more than one category.

Prerequisites: (25 hrs.)

Korean Language: K101, K102, K103, K104 or equivalents.
Koran Culture: K231

Requirements: (55 hrs.)

  1. Language(25 hrs.)
    K205, K206, K507, K508, K509
  2. Literature(5 hrs.)
    K251 (Korean Literature in Translation)
  3. Linguistics (5 hrs.)
    K680 (Introduction to Korean Linguistics) or EALL701 (Pedagogical Syntax: Korean)
  4. Advanced studies (10 hrs., either language or literature)
    Language: K514 (Advanced Reading, Conversation, and Composition), K610, K611, K612
    Literature: K505 (Korean Drama in Translation), K600 (Performance Traditions of Korea), K645 (Studies in Korean American Literature), K654 (Korean Literary Traditions)
    Language in literature: K753 (repeatable up to 10 hrs.)
    Honors research: K H783
  5. Electives (10 hrs.)
    Comparative Studies 241(Introduction to Asian America Studies)
    EALL 341 (History of Thought in China, Japan, and Korea)
    EALL 346 (Asian American Film)
    EALL 357 (East Asian Folklore)
    EALL 675 (Women Writers, Culture, and Society in East Asia)
    EALL 677 (Performance Tradition in Contemporary East Asia)
    EALL 683 (Scripts of East Asia
    History of Art 690.02 (Buddhist Art of Korea)
    K600 (Performance Traditions of Korea)
    K656 (Interdisciplinary Topics in Korean Politics and Society
    Philosophy 215 (Asian Philosophy)
Revised 12/16/08