Statistics as of 2016

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Total students in Korean Studies major (since spring 2015). Nationalities in undergraduate students South Korea, USA, France, Italy, Germany, China, Malaysia, Thailand, Singapore, Morocco, Tanzania.

WHAT IS KOREAN STUDIES? The Korean Studies B.A. Program is the University’s new interdisciplinary field of education and research. It began in

Korean Studies Division of International Studies Scranton College Ewha Womans University 707 International Education Building 52 Ewhayeodae-gil Seodaemun-gu Seoul South Korea 03760 E-mail. [email protected]

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Faculties Literature, Sociology, History, Religion, Anthropology, North Korean Studies, Gender Studies, Economics, Politics, Musicology, Language Education, Political Economy.

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spring 2015 given the growing interest and demand on undergraduate education and academic researches about Korea: its traditional and modern cultures, literature, history, economy, society, politics and religions.

KOREAN STUDIES DIVISION OF INTERNATIONAL STUDIES SCRANTON COLLEGE EWHA WOMANS UNIVERSITY

WHAT CAN I STUDY AT KOREAN STUDIES B.A. PROGRAM? The B.A. degree program encourages students to think beyond conventional disciplinary lines and to have a basic and strong core of knowledge regarding to Korea as one geographic area of the world. Upon acquiring the fundamental knowledge about Korea and Korean culture that require good skills of Korean language, students are encouraged to design their own field of expertise and develop their particular interests. We have two core faculty members in Korean literature and history and twelve affiliated faculties in religion, anthropology, sociology, politics, gender studies, North Korean studies, and so on.

Welcome to Korean Studies at Ewha

Ewha’s BA program in Korean Studies started in Spring 2015. It is a new program but offers one of

FACULTY

Professor

Associate Professor

Seok Hyang Kim

Young Kyu Kim

Korea-related courses most of which are taught in English, especially all the major courses. Currently,

(Ph.D. University of Georgia)

(Ph.D. University of Hawaii at Manoa)

our undergraduate students from many parts of the world ranging from the USA to EU, ASEAN, China,

North Korean Studies

Korean Applied Linguistics & Second Language Acquisition

the most diversified Korean Studies programs in the world in terms of its number of core faculty and

and Africa. Korean Studies B.A. program is committed to building the best undergraduate education in which international and domestic students can deepen their knowledge and understanding about Korea as well as the world at large.

Department Chair Sang-ho Ro

Korean Studies Courses in 2016

FACULTY

Spring

Associate Professor

Associate Professor

Hae Ran Cho

Sun Hee Park

(Ph.D. Ewha Womans University)

(Ph.D. Ewha Womans University)

Classical Korean Literature

Second Language Acquisition

Offered by Affiliated Departments (12 credits at maximum for Korean Studies major)

•Politics and Diplomacy of Korea

(International Studies) •East Asian History and Civilization

(International Studies) •East Asian Culture and Thought (International Studies) •International Relations in East Asia (International Studies)

•Popular Culture of Korean Society (Sociology) •Contemporary Korean Society (Sociology) •Government and Business in Korea (Economics) •Korean Financial Markets (Economics)

•Korean Economy (International Studies)

•Premodern History of Korea (History)

•Korean Contemporary Art (Art History)

•Modern History of Korea (History)

•Modern Korean History and International Relations

•Comparative Study in Korean and Asian History

(History) •An Introduction to Women’s Studies in Korea (Women’s Studies) •Gender and Family in Korean Society (Women’s Studies) •Sex, Gender, Sexuality in Korea (Women’s Studies)

Associate Professor

Assistant Professor

Heather A. Willoughby

Kyong-Mi Danyel Kwon

(Ph.D. Columbia University)

(Ph.D. Harvard University)

(Politics and Diplomacy) •International History of East Asia (Politics and Diplomacy) •East Asian Societies: A Comparative Sociology (Sociology)

East Asian Culture and Society

Modern Korean Literature & Culture

•Marriage and Family in Korea (Sociology)

Fall •Korean Heritage (Prof.Sang-ho Ro)

Assistant Professor

•General Introduction to Korea (Prof.Kyong-Mi Kwon)

•Introduction to Korean Music (Prof.Heather Willoughby)

Sharon Yoon

•Introduction to Korean History (Prof.Sang-ho Ro)

•Introduction to Premodern Korean Literature (Prof.In-hye Han)

•Introduction to Korean Politics (Prof.Ki-Suk Cho)

•North Korean Society and Culture (Prof.Kyong-Mi Kwon)

•Globalization and Korean Migration (Prof.Sharon Yoon)

•Globalization and Korean Migration (Prof.Sharon Yoon)

•Survey of Korean Literature (Prof.Kyong-Mi Kwon)

The course offerings in fall semester may change.

•Korean Heritage (Prof.Sang-ho Ro)

Professor

Professor

Joon Sik Choi

Eun Mee Kim

(Ph.D. Temple University)

(Ph.D. Brown University)

Religious Studies, Korean Studies

Political Economy

(Ph.D. Princeton University) Race, Ethnicity and Migration

Assistant Professor & Department Chair

Sang-ho Ro (Ph.D. Princeton University) Modern Korean History

The list of Korean Studies courses

•Korean Heritage

•Multiculturalism and Korean Society

•General Introduction to Korea

•Reading Academic Korean II

•Introduction to Korean History

•Advanced Topics in East Asian Religion

•Introduction to Korean Politics

•Korean Business Ethics

•Reading Academic Korean I

•Korean Studies Seminar

•Survey of Korean Literature

•Korean Traditional Art

•Understanding Korean Religion

•Traditions of Political Thoughts in East Asia

Professor

Professor

Young Hoon Kim

Hai Young Lee

•Understanding Korean Society

•Women and Gender in East Asia

(Ph.D. University of Southern California)

(Ph.D. Ewha Womans University)

•Introduction to Korean Culture

•Government and Politics of East Asia

Korean Language Education

•Introduction to Korean Economy

•Language and Culture of Korea

•Introduction Korean Music

•Sociological Topics in Contemporary Korea

•Introduction to Pre-modern Korean Literature

•Special Topics in Korean Studies I •Thematic Approaches to Korean Culture I

Visual Anthropology

Professor

Professor

•Globalization and Korean Migration

In Pyo Lee

Eun Sil Kim

•North Korean Society and Culture

•Literary Aesthetics in Contemporary South Korea

(Ph.D. Yale University)

(Ph.D. University of California, San Francisco)

•Everyday Life in Modern Korea

•Korean Landscape and Urban Space

•Korean Diaspora

•Korean Studies Workshop

Women’s Studies

•Korean Film and Media Studies

•Special Topics in Korean Studies II

•Ethnographies of East Asia

•Thematic Approaches to Korean Culture II

Korean Economy

Advanced Seminars offered by MA program in Korean Studies (6 credits at maximum are counted as Korean Studies major)

Scholarship Opportunities in Korean Studies

•KS502 한국의 사회와 문화

(Contemporary Korean Society and Culture)

•KS705 Special Topics in Korean Studies I •KS706 Special Topics in Korean Studies II

Scholarship Opportunities in Korean Studies

International Exchange M (merit-based) Application Period: automatically selected without additional application Eligibility: 1) U  ndergraduate students who have foreign nationals earned 15 credit hour without failure in the previous semester, and whose GPA is over 3.00 (out of 4.30). 2) A  mong the students who pass the qualification above, those who have higher GPA have priority to be selected. 3) If the students take Korean language courses, they can be selected even though they take 12 credit hours. 4) The University limit the scholarship to those who have the TOPIK level 4 or above.

International Exchange N (need-based) Eligibility: 1) Students must earn 10 credit hours in the previous semester and their GPA must be over 2.00 (out of 4.30). 2) Students must have difficulty in paying the tuition fee.

JAYANG Young-soo Noh Fellowship for Korean Studies major students Eligibility: 1) Jayang YS Noh scholarship is only for Korean Studies major students. 2) In the beginning of each semester from fall 2016, Department Chair can recommend one student for this fellowship. 3) Amount: 600,000 won for one semester

•KS700 Modern Korean Literature

•KS707 Advanced Korean Studies I

•KS701 Modern Korean History

B. Outside Scholarships

•KS708 Advanced Korean Studies II

외국인우수자비유학생 지원(NIIED 국립 국제교육원)

•KS702 Korean Visual Culture

•KS709 Special Topics in

Application Period: mid-January-early March [the exact date may differ every year] Eligibility: 1) An international student who is enrolled more than for one year in South Korean undergraduate program. 2) Cumulative GPA must be 80 percent or higher. 3) GPA in the previous semester must be 80 percent or higher. 4) Level 4 or higher on the TOPIK test.

•KS703 Seminar in Korean Studies I

East Asian Studies

•KS704 Seminar in Korean Studies II

A. Scholarships at Ewha Ewha Global Partnership Program (EGPP) Application Period: students must apply for the scholarship in their University application. Eligibility: 1) Students must be from a developing country in Asia and Africa. 2) Students should demonstrate their high potential to become a female leader. Full tuition fee (including admission fee), on-campus housing fee, plus stipend.

International Exchange Scholarship (IES) Application Period: students must apply for the scholarship in their University application. Eligibility: 1) Students are deemed capable of contributing to international exchange in education. 2) Students should keep their GPA above the minimum requirement to maintain their scholarship. The benefit varies from full-tuition-fee exemption for four years to half-tuition-fee exemption for one year.

Korean Language Classes for Korean Studies major students sponsored by Advancement of College Education (ACE) project

Every semester, the Korean Studies program organizes Korean language classes only for our major students. The Korean language class of the program is non-credit and voluntary program. Depending on the demands of its students, the program organizes one or two classes in beginners’ and intermediate levels. The class schedule will be decided by participants and teachers. Students can decide whether they want to use the program or not.