Korean Minor
Korea occupies a place of significant geopolitical, economic, and cultural importance in the world. It is a unique country where five thousand years of history and tradition coexist with the most advanced technological and economic development. It is also a place where political and ideological differences divide the country into two Koreas (Republic of Korea, or South Korea, and Democratic Republic of Korea, or North Korea) that maintain one of the world’s most fortified military zones. The Korean peninsula is home to over 72 million ethnic Koreans (North and South combined) and over 1.3 million recent migrants from all over the world. Approximately 7 million ethnic Koreans have migrated to other countries and have established diasporic communities in over 150 countries. The Korean language is spoken by over 75 million people around the world and ranks 13th among the most used languages in the world.
Requirements
In addition to the program requirements listed below, students must:
- take at least nine hours of their minor "core" requirements at UNC–Chapel Hill
- earn a minimum cumulative GPA of 2.000 in the minor core requirements. Some programs may require higher standards for minor or specific courses.
For more information, please consult the degree requirements section of the catalog.
The undergraduate minor in Korean consists of four courses.
| Code | Title | Hours |
|---|---|---|
| Core Requirements | ||
| Three courses are language courses beyond KOR 203 (the first semester of Intermediate Korean), chosen from: | 9-10 | |
| Intermediate Korean II | ||
| Advanced Korean I | ||
 Advanced Korean II | ||
| Modern Korean Literature and Culture | ||
| Changes and Continuities in Korean History | ||
| Korean Through Current Affairs | ||
| Topics in Korean Language and Literature | ||
| The fourth course must be chosen from among the following courses: | 3 | |
| First-Year Seminar: Transnational Korea: Literature, Film, and Popular Culture | ||
| History, Memory, and Reality in Contemporary Korea | ||
| Education and Social Changes in Contemporary Korea | ||
| Imagining the City in Modern Korea: Text, Image, Space | ||
| Rebel, Lover, Martyr: Gender and Sexuality in North and South Korean Screen Cultures | ||
| Korean Diasporas | ||
| Body Politics in Modern Korean Literature H | ||
| Modern Korean Literature and Culture | ||
| Changes and Continuities in Korean History | ||
| Korean Through Current Affairs | ||
| Cold War Culture in East Asia: Transnational and Intermedial Connections | ||
| Documenting Diasporas: Korean Diasporas in Films and Documentaries | ||
| Asian Economic Systems | ||
| Topics in Korean Language and Literature | ||
| Total Hours | 12-13 | |
| H | Honors version available. An honors course fulfills the same requirements as the nonhonors version of that course. Enrollment and GPA restrictions may apply. |
Placement credit (PL) may not be used to meet minor requirements.
See the program page here for special opportunities.
Department Programs
Majors
- Asian Studies Major, B.A.–Interdisciplinary Concentration
- Asian Studies Major, B.A.–Arab Cultures Concentration
- Asian Studies Major, B.A.–Chinese Concentration
- Asian Studies Major, B.A.–Japanese Concentration
- Asian Studies Major, B.A.–Korean Studies Concentration
- Asian Studies Major, B.A.–South Asian Studies Concentration
Minors
- Arabic Minor
- Asian Studies Minor
- Chinese Minor
- Modern Hebrew Minor
- Hindi-Urdu Minor
- Japanese Minor
- Korean Minor
- Middle Eastern Languages Minor
- Persian Minor
- Southeast Asian Studies Minor
Graduate Programs
Department of Asian and Middle Eastern Studies
New West 113, CB# 3267
(919) 962-4294
