Korean
Degrees Offered: Undergraduate Major and Minor, and
Graduate M.A. and Ph.D.
NOTE! The Korean Program is changing its numbering; the numbers after the
/slash/ are the new numbers for Autumn 2011 onwards.
Undergraduate
Major
This is a 75 credit major, consisting of
the following courses:
I. LANGUAGE COURSES:
45 credits, with a minimum of 15 credits beyond
the second year:
- KOREAN 301, 302, 303/101, 102, 103 First-Year Korean for Novice Learners
- KOREAN 305, 306, 307/135 First-Year Korean for Heritage Learners
- KOREAN 145 Foreign Study: Elementary Korean (1-15 credits, max. 20)
- KOREAN 311, 312, 313/201, 202, 203 Second-Year Korean for Novice Learners
- KOREAN 245 Foreign Study: Intermediate Korean (1-15 credits, max. 20)
- KOREAN 315, 316, 317/211, 212, 213 Second-Year Korean for Heritage Learners
- KOREAN 345 Foreign Study: Advanced Korean (1-15 credits, max. 20)
- KOREAN 411, 412, 413 Readings in Contemporary Korean
II. AREA-RELATED HUMANITIES & SOCIAL
SCIENCE COURSES:
30 credits. Suggested courses include:
-
ASIAN 207 Special Topics in the Literature & Culture of Asia (when Korea is the topic)
- ASIAN 401 Introduction to Asian Linguistics
- ASIAN 404 Writing Systems
- ASIAN 498 Special Topics
(when Korea is topic; 1-5 credits, max. 15)
- HSTAS 212 History of
Korean Civilization
- HSTAS 481 History of Traditional Korea: Earliest Times to the 19th Century
- HSTAS 482 History of Modern Korea: 1860 to the Present
- KOREAN 415 Social Science Literature in Korean
- KOREAN 416 Readings in Korean Literature
- KOREAN 417 Readings in Korean Journals
- KOREAN 445 Foreign Study: Korean Literature (1-15 credits, max. 20)
- KOREAN 499 Undergraduate Independent Study (3-5 credits, max. 15)
- LING 400 Survey of Linguistic Method and Theory
- SISEA 448 Modern Korean Society
Courses taken to satisfy the language requirement
may not be used simultaneously to satisfy the area-related
humanities and social sciences requirement of the major.
Undergraduate
Minor
This is a 30 credits minor, consisting of the following:
I. LANGUAGE COURSES: 15 credits at or above the third year of the language, taken from:
- KOREAN 345 Foreign Study: Advanced Korean (1-15 credits, max. 20)
- KOREAN 411, 412, 413 Readings in Contemporary Korean
II. AREA-RELATED HUMANITIES & SOCIAL SCIENCES:
15 credits. Suggested courses include:
- ASIAN 207 Special Topics in the Literature & Culture of Asia (when Korea is the topic)
- ASIAN 498 Special Topics (when Korea is topic; 1-5 credits, max. 15)
- HSTAS 212 History of Korean Civilization
- HSTAS 481 History of Traditional Korea: Earliest Times to the Nineteenth Century
- HSTAS 482 History of Modern Korea: 1860 to the Present
- KOREAN 415 Social Science Literature in Korean
- KOREAN 416 Readings in Korean Literature
- KOREAN 417 Readings in Korean Journals
- KOREAN 445 Foreign Study: Korean Literature (1-15 credits, max. 20)
- KOREAN 499 Undergraduate Independent Study (3–5 credits, max. 15)
- SISEA 448 Modern Korean Society
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M.A. Programs: Specialization in
Language and Literature
Admission
The applicant must meet the requirements of the Graduate
School as outlined in the University Bulletin. An undergraduate
grade point average of 3.0 in the junior and senior years
is a prerequisite for admission, together with three letters
of recommendation and a statement of purpose. Admission
to the M.A. program with specialization in Korean language
and literature requires that a student have strong undergraduate
preparation in any of the following: Korean language and
literature, another language and literature, Asian regional
studies, comparative literature, linguistics, English,
philosophy, history or an approved area in the humanities
or social sciences. Three years of Korean language training
are also required for admission. Students lacking such
preparation will be required to take the necessary courses
during their first year of residence.
Program Description
The program in Korean language and literature offers work
in the history and criticism of Korean literature. The
student will develop an individualized program of study
with an adviser. A student may include coursework in other
Asian languages and literature, Korea-related courses in
other disciplines such as history or anthropology, courses
in other language and literature departments, and courses
in other departments or programs such as Comparative Literature
or Women's Studies.
Course Work and Credits
The M.A. course program must include in every case the
following courses or their equivalent (39 credits):
- KOREAN 415, 416, 417 (15 credits)
- ASIAN 498 or KOREAN 462 Korean Literature (5 credits)
- KOREAN 531 Advanced Readings in Modern Korean Literature
(may be repeated for Ph.D. requirements) (5 credits)
- KOREAN 532 Advanced Readings in Traditional Vernacular
Korean Literature (may be repeated for Ph.D. requirements)
(5 credits)
- ASIAN 700 M.A. thesis (9 credits)
The student must also either 1) submit a thesis, or 2)
submit two research papers in lieu of a thesis.
Foreign Language Requirement
For a detailed discussion of the language requirement
please consult Sections 2.4.0 - 2.4.6 of the Policies and
Procedures.
M.A. Examination
The student will take a written examination in two parts,
each part to be two hours in length. One part will be in
pre-modern Korean literature, the other modern. The student
should take the M.A. examination no later than Autumn Quarter
of the third year.
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Ph.D. Program: Specialization in Language and Literature
I. Admission
The student must meet such general admission requirements
for the doctoral program as the Graduate School may set
forth.
A student shall petition for admission to the Ph.D. program
with specialization in Korean Literature after successful
completion of at least two quarters of graduate study in
the Department of Asian Languages and Literature. The student
should wither have the M.A. degree in Korean literature
or the equivalent, or have satisfactorily completed all
coursework required for the M.A. in Korean literature.
The student should be prepared to enter 500 level courses
in Korean. The petition should be submitted after consultation
with the student's academic advisor.
II. Course Requirements
KOREAN LANGUAGE AND LITERATURE
In addition to the course requirement and examination
for the M.A. in Korean literature, students in the Ph.D.
program must complete the following courses:
- KOREAN 531 Advanced Readings in Modern Korean Literature
(5 credits)
- KOREAN 532 Advanced Readings in Traditional Vernacular
Korean Literature (5 credits)
- ASIAN 800 Doctoral Dissertation (27 credits)
CHINESE LANGUAGE AND LITERATURE
Students interested in pre-modern Korean literature will
be required to take two years of Chinese, at least one
year of classical Chinese, and a survey course on pre-modern
Chinese literature. Courses to choose from include the
following:
- CHIN 111, 112, 113 First-Year Chinese (15 credits)
- CHIN 121 Accelerated Chinese (10 credits)
- CHIN 134 First-Year Intensive Chinese (15 credits)
- CHIN 211, 212, 213 Second-Year Chinese (15 credits)
- CHIN 222 Accelerated Chinese (10 credits)
- CHIN 223 Accelerated Chinese (10 credits)
- CHIN 234 Second-Year Intensive Chinese (15 credits)
- CHIN 451, 452, 453 First-Year Classical Chinese (15 credits)
- CHIN 373 Chinese Poetry (5 credits)
- CHIN 374 Chinese Prose (5 credits)
- CHIN 380 Premodern Chinese Narrative in Translation (5 credits)
Students interested in modern Korean literature are
required to take either: (1) three years of Chinese and
a survey course in Chinese literature, or (2) three years
of Japanese and a survey course in modern Japanese literature.
JAPANESE LANGUAGE AND LITERATURE
- JAPAN 111, 112, 113 First-Year Japanese (15 credits)
- JAPAN 134 First-Year Intensive Japanese (15 credits)
- JAPAN 211, 212, 213 Second-Year Japanese (15 credits)
- JAPAN 234 Second-Year Intensive Japanese (15 credits)
- JAPAN 311, 312, 313 Third-Year Japanese (15 credits)
- JAPAN 323 Japanese Literature III (15 credits)
- JAPAN 431, 432, 433 Readings in Modern Japanese Literature
(15 credits)
LINGUISTICS
Students are encouraged to take linguistics courses that
will help the student prepare for the field exam in a language-related
area. Courses to choose from include the following:
- ASIAN 401 Introduction to Asian Linguistics (5 credits)
- JAPAN 440 Introduction to Japanese Linguistics (5 credits)
INTERDEPARTMENTAL
Students are encouraged to take Korea-related courses
in other disciplines such as history and anthropology.
Familiarity with other literatures and cultures, and course
work in other departments such as Comparative Literature
or other language and literature programs is also recommended.
III. Field Examinations
With the guidance of an adviser, students shall develop
a plan of study that concentrates on four "fields". A field
shall be an area of study within Korean or other Asian
literature defined by the student's particular interests;
a field may be defined, for example, by a period, an author,
a theoretical question or any other topic of interest to
the student. A student may offer no more than one Korea-related
field from outside the department; three of the fields
must be prepared with department faculty. One of the fields
may be in another Asian language or literature, depending
on the student's interests. At least one of the fields
shall be related to language. The adviser and the student
will decide on a time for the student to take a written
examination, either take-home or sit-down.
IV. Language Examinations
Prior to the General Examination, students must demonstrate
proficiency of an additional Asian language and a European
language. (The student may apply the foreign language
required for the M.A. to this requirement.)
IV. General Examination
When the four field examinations have been successfully
passed, and the second language requirement met, the academic
adviser arranges with the Graduate School for the student
to take the oral General Examination for admission to candidacy
for the Doctoral degree. This is usually a two-hour long
oral examination, and covers principally, but not exclusively,
the four fields that the student has prepared. Passing
this examination, the student then writes a dissertation,
under the direction of a dissertation adviser. An oral
Final Examination in defense of the finished dissertation
completes the degree requirements for this program.
N.B.: Students admitted to the Ph.D. program may, at
the discretion of their adviser, be required to add to
their basic program any course(s) considered necessary
to remedy a deficiency in their background.
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