Stream

Advanced Korean Studies - KOREB23469

Stream Summary

Faculty: ARTSC - Faculty of Arts&Social Science

School: School of Humanities and Languages

Contact: hal@unsw.edu.au

Program: 3469 - Music (Honours) / Arts

Award(s):

Bachelor of Arts (Minor)

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Stream Outline

This stream structure is for students commencing prior to 2016.

Students commencing from 2016 should refer to the relevant stream version for their program. Please click here for a complete list of programs in which Korean Studies can be studied.


The minor stream in Advanced Korean Studies covers the study of the Korean language and the study of the social, cultural and historical aspects associated with the language. It provides students the opportunity to develop as competent users of the Korean language. Students gain intercultural awareness and understanding, develop explicit knowledge of language, and gain knowledge of the social, cultural and historical background of Korean-speaking people. The Korean language plays a key role in expressing the cultures and identities of the places in which is spoken.

Learning Korean will provide students a privileged form of access to the cultural resources and complex patterns of life in Korea and other countries. Developing competence in Korean will have an important place in promoting relationships and mutual understanding between countries and peoples.

This stream is available to students commencing at Advanced entry level.

Placement Information

Students who wish to enrol in a language course without completing the necessary prerequisites are required to complete an online placement application form before the commencement of the semester.

For more information, please see the School Website.

For students admitted in their first year of study to ARTS3660 or higher on the grounds of ability and/or previous study, such courses will be counted as Level 1 courses in terms of degree requirements.

Stream Structure

A student who wishes to gain a minor stream in Advanced Korean Studies must complete 36 units of credit in approved courses including two Professional Studies courses.

Note: A student who has achieved a higher level of study in a language course is not permitted to study a lower level language course.

Advanced Level

Level 1

Level 2 and 3
  • 12 UOC Korean Contextual Studies Courses
  • 12 UOC Korean Professional Studies Courses

Korean Contextual Studies Courses

The following courses from other subject areas can also be counted towards the Korean Studies minor stream:

Korean Professional Studies Courses