Classification of subjects

Strengthening of interdisciplinary lectures and the flexibility of the curriculum

The course's subjects consist of ones (Professional major lectures) selected in interdisciplinary lectures and major lectures of related departments.

Interdisciplinary lectures: Lectures related to themes of 2 to 3 majors

Opening regular academic lectures of long-term research projects (taking courses of conferences regularly).

Original language lectures (Lectures related to Koreanology of English, Chinese, and Japanese that are not open in the general graduate school) : Attracting foreign students, to foster professional manpower to introduce Koreanology to other countries.

Forms of lectures

Vitalization of teaching methods of joint seminars or debate forums including Independent Studies (Instructional form including carrying out joint research projects, seminars, debate forums, field studies), Team Teaching(2 to 3 professors simultaneously or sequentially arrange classes), and Intensive lectures (Completion of subjects opened in a short time during vacation)

Operation of various school systems

Opening lectures of chair-professors and research professors and intensive lectures of foreign guest professors during many semesters.

Exchanging with other universities in Korea and other countries and promoting mutual credit recognition systems.

Encourage candidates for doctoral degrees to study in fields of the applicable research areas for a year and making their reports recieve credit.

Introducing a new curriculum operation method to grant the right to select lectures to students.

• Package Program
  • Professors designate specific subjects as subjects of completion in interdisciplinary major courses in demand.
• Road-Map Program
  • Professors present subjects of completion in specific interdisciplinary major courses in order.
• Self-Design Major
  • Students achieve recognition of specific majors by completing them with advisors' approval.

Details about operation of the courses

One application unit : Application by single unit (there is no the separately fixed number of students by detailed study field)

Details about operation of the courses

TITLE	SUBJECT		TITLE	SUBJECT
Social Development and Change in Pre-modern Korea	Foundation of Society	Tradition	Modern East Asian Language Systems	Operating System	Modern
History of Discourses on East Asia	Methodology	Visual	The Urban-Rural Dynamic and Korean Modernization	Operating System	Modern
Development and Change in Modern East Asia	Foundation of Society	Modern	Politics and Thought in Modern and Contemporary China	Interpretation / Symbol	Contemporary
A Study on the History of Modern East Asian Economy	Foundation of Society	Modern	Studies on Sinography in East Asia	Interpretation / Symbol	Contemporary
Colonial Empire of Japan	Foundation of Society	Modern	Popular Culture in Korea	Interpretation / Symbol	Contemporary
Western Learning and Civilization in East Asia	Interpretation / Symbol	Tradition	Special Topics in East Asian Anthropo-geography	Foundation of Society	Contemporary
Historical Materials for Pre-modern East Asia	Foundation of Society	Tradition	East Asian Perspectives on Nature and Ecological Discourses	Foundation of Society	Contemporary
Scientific Research of Modernity in East Asia	Interpretation / Symbol	Modern	Korean Economy and Nationalism	Foundation of Society	Contemporary
Process of modernization in East Asian Societies	Foundation of Society	Modern	Seminars on East Asia Ⅰ	Methodology	Visual
Literature and Culture in East Asia	Interpretation / Symbol	Contemporary	Seminars on East Asia Ⅱ	Methodology	Visual
Society and Economy in East Asia	Foundation of Society	Contemporary	Special Lectures on East Asian Studies	Foundation of Society	Contemporary
Reading of Classical texts of East Asia	Interpretation / Symbol	Tradition	The World System and East Asia	Foundation of Society	Contemporary
Preliminary Studies on Confucian Canon	Interpretation / Symbol	Tradition	Korean-Chinese Economic Relations	Operating System	Contemporary
Korean Studies in the West	Interpretation / Symbol	Contemporary	International Cooperation in East Asia	Operating System	Contemporary
Recognition of Others in East Asian Civilizations	Methodology	Visual	Social Change in China	Operating System	Contemporary
East Asian Studies Overseas	Methodology	Visual	East Asian Political Economy	Operating System	Contemporary
Modern Korean Literature: Theories and Methods	Methodology	Visual	Developmental Strategies of East Asian Nations	Operating System	Contemporary
Survey Methods for East Asian Societies	Methodology	Visual	Reform and Economic Policy in China	Operating System	Contemporary
Intellectual Culture in Traditional East Asia	Interpretation / Symbol	Tradition	International Relations in East Asia	Operating System	Contemporary
Continuity and Change in Traditional Korean Literature	Interpretation / Symbol	Tradition	Politics and Thought in Modern and Contemporary East Asia	Operating System	Contemporary
Family, Marriage, and Women in East Asia	Foundation of Society	Tradition	Research Methods for East Asian Studies	Methodology	Visual
Population Changes in Traditional East Asia	Foundation of Society	Tradition	Land and Power in Traditional East Asia	Operating System	Tradition
Underlying Principles of Traditional East Asian Societies	Operating System	Tradition	Rise of Modern Literature in East Asia	Interpretation / Symbol해석 / 표상	Modern
Internationa Relations of Traditional China	Operating System	Tradition	History of Korean Language Culture(Practice)	Methodology	Visual
History of International Relations in Traditional East Asia	Operating System	Tradition	Study of Archaeological Materials in East Asia	Foundation of Society	Tradition
Confucian Ritual System and Social Structure	Operating System	Tradition	World of Japanese Classics	Operating System	Tradition
Underlying Patterns in Chinese Consciousness	Interpretation / Symbol	Modern	Practicing Privacte Diaries of East Asia	Interpretation / Symbol	Tradition
Literary Exchanges between Korea and Japan in Pre-modern and Modern Times	Interpretation / Symbol	Modern	Structure of Japanese Local Society and Local Administration	Interpretation / Symbol	Contemporary
Literary Exchanges between Korea and China in Pre-modern and Modern Times	Interpretation / Symbol	Modern	Neo-Confucianism and East Asia Traditional Thought	Operating System	Tradition
Modern Media and Culture	Interpretation / Symbol	Modern	Modern Linguistic Culture	Foundation of Society	Tradition
Intellectual Trends in Early Modern East Asia	Interpretation / Symbol	Tradition	Social Scientific Methods and Research Design for East Asian Studies	Methodology	Visual
Cultural Discourse on Modern Korean Society	Interpretation / Symbol	Tradition	From High-Art to Pop-culture: the post-New Era literary scene	Foundation of Society	Contemporary
Modern Academic Thoughts in Korea	Interpretation / Symbol	Modern	Pop Goes Tradition: the cultural reinvention of the past in today’s China	Interpretation / Symbol	Contemporary
History of Migration in Early Modern East Asia	Foundation of Society	Modern	East Asian Popular Culture During the Early Modern Period	Operating System	Modern
Social History of Modern Culture	Foundation of Society	Modern	Confucianism and the Political Culture of East Asia	Operating System	Tradition
Population Changes in Early Modern East Asia	Foundation of Society	Modern	East Asian Thought in the Antiquity	Interpretation / Symbol	Tradition
The Project of Modernity in Three East Asian Nations: Supervised Reading and Research	Operating System	Modern	Comparative Philosophy	Interpretation / Symbol	Tradition
Modern East Asian Social Systems	Operating System	Modern	Philosophies and Eudaemonics of East Asia	Interpretation / Symbol	Tradition
Colonial Cultural Policy	Operating System	Modern	Confucianism and Art	Interpretation / Symbol	Tradition
Modern Korean Cultural Institutions	Operating System	Modern	Visual Art and Culture of East Asia	Foundation of Society	Modern
East Asia and the Shock of the West	Operating System	Modern	Compatative Studies of Korean and Japanese Culture	Foundation of Society	Contemporary
The Elite in Traditional East Asia	Operating System	Modern	Modern and Contemporary Economic and Social History of the Two Koreas	Operating System	Contemporary

• Applicants mark fields that they want, select their test methods (subjects), and freely select majors in the future.
• Screening method : Introducing languages (2 languages) and various screening methods (Ex; documents, interviews).
• Selection of majors : There is no separate procedure to select majors and students select them under the guidance of advisors
• Judge of the doctoral courses : Qualified theses (Translation, arrangement, and classification of materials) or qualifying examinations
• Judge when the master's course ends: Submission of master's thesis
  Integrated master's and doctoral course 57 credits (24 for master's degree, 36 for doctoral degree)