MA Korean Studies
Master
In City of London
Description
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Type
Master
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Location
City of london
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Start date
Different dates available
Start of programme: September intake only
Mode of Attendance: Full-time or Part-time
This degree is designed either to prepare the student for advanced graduate work in a wide range of subjects related to Korea or as an end/qualification in itself.
The programme explores the history, politics, art, music and literature of Korea, as well as providing opportunities to study the languages of the region.
The MA in Korean Studies consists of four components. Students choose one major course and two minor courses from the lists on the Course Detail page.
Students who plan to go on to further research can take a higher-level Korean language course as a minor.
Students take three taught courses and must also complete a 10,000-word dissertation on an approved topic.
Convenors
Owen Miller
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Subjects
- Politics
- IT
- Art
- Literature
- Linguistics
- Korean
- Korean Studies
- Teaching
- Intercultural awareness
- Language Skills
- Legal Texts
- Traditional Drama
Course programme
Learn a language as part of this programme
Degree programmes at SOAS - including this one - can include language courses in more than forty African and Asian languages. It is SOAS students’ command of an African or Asian language which sets SOAS apart from other universities.
Students take 180 credits, 60 of which are a dissertation and a 15 credit compulsory module. You must take a further 105 credits from taught modules. Of the taught modules, students select 30 credits which will be their major, a further 60-75 credits from the list of majors/minors. 30 credits may be taken from the approved open options list.
As the emphasis in the Regional Studies programmes is on interdisciplinary study, students are required to select their modules from a minimum of three different disciplines, and a maximum of 60 credits may be taken in any one discipline.
Compulsory Dissertation- Dissertation in Korea Studies
- Connections and Intersections: Core Aspects of East Asian Studies
Students must select 30 credits from the same discipline as a major. Credits less than 30 credits will be consider minor only.
History- The Two Koreas since 1953 (PG)
- The Making of Modern Korea, 1864-1953
- Readings in Korean Literature (Masters)
- Translating Korean Literature (Masters)
- Literary Traditions and Culture of Korea (Masters)
- Trajectories of Modernity in Korean Literature (Masters)
- International politics of East Asia
- Northeast Asian politics: Japan, Korea and Taiwan
- Arts of Koryo and Chosen Korea
- Modern and Contemporary Korean Art
- Directed readings in Korean Studies A
- Directed readings in Korean Studies B
- Advanced Korean Readings (PG)
- Media Spectacle and Urban Space in East Asia
- Practical Translation: English into Korean
- Korean 1 (PG)
- Korean 2 (PG)
- Intermediate Korean (PG)
- Introduction to Mixed Script Korean (PG)
- Korean Readings (PG)
- Chinese 1 (PG)
- Special Course in Chinese: Reading Classical and Literary Chinese (PG)
- Japanese 1 (PG)
This is the structure for 2018/19 applicants
If you are a current student you can find structure information on Moodle or through your Department.
Programme Specification- MA Korean Studies - Programme Specifications 2017/18 (pdf; 130kb)
- MA Korean Studies - Programme Specifications 2018/19 (pdf; 130kb)
Important notice regarding changes to programmes and modules
MA Korean Studies