Korean Department
School of Korean Studies is the largest in size, highest in level, and the strongest Korean teaching institution in China. It offers two undergraduate programs — a five-year bilingual studies program (Korean and Japanese) and a four-year Korean studies program. It is also authorized to grant master’s degrees. Currently, it has more than 500 undergraduate students and nearly 40 postgraduate students. All the teachers in the school has master’s or doctor’s degrees.
It lays emphasis on training students’ basic language skills and fostering their practical abilities and their originality.
It has a research institute of Korean studies, and it has a Korean cultural institute which is the only one in China. Both provide students with a good atmosphere to study and do research.
At least ten Korean teachers are invited to teach in the school each year.
Core Courses:
Foundation Courses:
Elementary Korean, intermediate Korean, Comprehensive Korean, Korean Conversations, Translation, Korean Listening and Speaking, Korean Society and Culture, Korean Newspaper and Magazine Reading, Korean Culture, Introduction to the Korean Language, etc.
Advanced Courses:
Advanced Korean, Advanced Korean Listening, Simultaneous Interpretation, Business Korean, Science and Technology Korean, Applied Korean Writing, A History of Diplomatic Relations between China and Korea, etc.