The Korean Studies curriculum promotes critical thinking skills, communicative and interpersonal abilities, and intercultural competence, as well as linguistic proficiency itself, through various resources. Korean Studies holds these five competences as vital skills for language learners and for any student to become an intellectual global citizen. The Korean language curriculum is carefully designed to integrate language and culture at all levels by adopting innovative pedagogical methods. Its special focus on functional proficiency, through interactions with various sources of Korean language media and native speaker usage, allows students to express themselves in a culturally natural manner. All instructional materials and assessments are developed based on the Communicative Language Teaching approach.

Korean Studies may be applied to the Korean Concentration, and the major, minor and Concentration in Asian and Asian Diaspora Studies. Learn more about the Korean Concentration at the Academic Programs page. Information on Asian and Asian Diaspora Studies programs are available through SHASS. Advisors for these programs are listed below. Students uncertain what level of Korean language to take should refer to placement information. Information on transfer credit is available here.

Korean Concentration: Hee-Jeong Jeong
Asian and Asian Diaspora Studies Minor/Major: Sana Aiyar
Global Languages Korean Studies group: Hee-Jeong Jeong | Cheol-Rin Park