NOTE: This major was approved after the publication of the 2007-2008 catalogue.
This set of major requirements is effective beginning Fall 2007.
The requirements below are an addendum to the 2007-2008 catalogue. For information regarding courses or faculty, please contact the Department of East Asian Languages and Literatures.
If you are interested in this major, please contact the School of Humanities Office of Undergraduate Study to meet with an academic counselor.

The major seeks to develop students’ competence in the language and understanding of Korean history, culture, and literature. It will prepare students to pursue further interests in Korea and thus produce future Korean studies scholars and Korea specialists in various fields. Korean majors will aim to speak and understand Korean proficiently in professional and social environments, read Han’gul texts with facility, and be able to read some Sino-Korean texts (text with Chinese characters in a mixed script setting) with the use of character dictionaries. In addition, Korean majors will learn about Korea’s rich literary heritage and learn about major literary works from the pre-modern and modern period; learn about contemporary Korean culture and society. The culminating work of the major is a junior-senior colloquium where all students will demonstrate research and writing abilities by writing papers using primary sources. Students will demonstrate proficient in translating as well as skills of critical reasoning and clear writing in their junior-senior colloquium papers.

REQUIREMENTS FOR THE BACHELOR’S DEGREE IN KOREAN LITERATURE AND CULTURE

University Requirements: See pages 57-62.

School Requirements: See page 258.

Foreign Language Placement and Progression: See page 258.

Departmental Requirements

Completion of Korean 3C or equivalent; EA 130: Korean Society and Culture; EA 140: Topics in Korean Literature and Society; two courses from History 173D: Korean History to 1800, History 173E: Korean History: 1800-1945, and History 173F: Korean History Since 1945; East Asian Languages and Literatures 190; at least four Korean literature, visual culture, cultural studies, gender, religion, or comparative literature courses, of which one may be a lower-division East Asian course offered by the Department; and three courses dealing with the literature or culture of another East Asian country.

Residence Requirement for the Major: At least five upper-division courses required for the major must be completed successfully at UCI. Students are encouraged, however, to complete up to a year of their language study in approved study abroad programs.