SOAS, University of London (The School of Oriental and African Studies)

Structure

Students choose three taught units. One of these units must be a major and two units must be minors. Students can choose all three units from List A or two units from List A and one from List B. No more than one course can be chosen from List B.

List A

Majors or Minors

• Topics in Modern Korean History - 15PEAC059 (1 Unit) - Full Year
• Topics in the History of Traditional Korea - 15PEAC053 (1 Unit) - Full Year
• Topics in the History and Structure of the Korean Language - 15PEAC060 (1 Unit) - Full Year
• International politics of East Asia - 15PPOC251 (1 Unit) - Full Year
• Readings in Korean Literature (Masters) - 15PJKC016 (1 Unit) - Full Year
• Northeast Asian politics: Japan, Korea and Taiwan - 15PPOC253 (1 Unit) - Full Year

Majors together/Minors individually

These courses can be considered as majors only if both half-unit courses are taken together. Separately they will be considered as minors.

• Pop and Politics in East Asia (Masters) - 15PMUH014 (0.5 Unit) - Term 1
• Musical Traditions of East Asia (Masters) - 15PMUH016 (0.5 Unit) - Term 2

Majors together/Minors individually

These courses can be considered as majors only if both half-unit courses are taken together. Separately they will be considered as minors.

• Literary Traditions and Culture of Korea (Masters) - 15PJKH005 (0.5 Unit) - Term 1
• Trajectories of Modernity in 20th Century Korean Literature (Masters) - 15PJKH006 (0.5 Unit) - Term 2

Minors only

• East Asia and globalisation - 15PDSH025 (0.5 Unit) - Term 1
• Korean Advanced (Masters) - 15PEAC018 (1 Unit) - Full Year
• Practical Translation from and into Korean - 15PJKC002 (1 Unit) - Full Year
• Directed Readings for Korean Studies - 15PEAC016 (1 Unit) - Full Year

List B

• Elementary Korean (Postgraduate) - 15PJKC015 (1 Unit) - Full Year - Not Running 2012/2013
• Intermediate Korean (Postgraduate) - 15PJKC013 (1 Unit) - Full Year
• Introduction to Mixed Script Korean (Postgraduate) - 15PJKC014 (1 Unit) - Full Year
• Higher Intermediate Readings in Korean (PG) - 15PJKC018 (1 Unit) - Full Year
• Special Course in Chinese 1 (Postgraduate) - 15PCHC008 (1 Unit) - Full Year
• Special Course in Chinese: Reading Classical and Literary Chinese (Postgraduate) - 15PCHC010 (1 Unit) - Full Year
• Basic Japanese 1 (Postgraduate) - 15PJKC008 (1 Unit) - Full Year

Programme Specification

• MA Korean Studies - Programme Specifications 2012/13 (pdf; 27kb)

Teaching & Learning

Teaching & Learning

Students are exposed to a wide range of topics through participation in the seminars, general lectures and specialised workshops.

Lectures and Seminars

In most courses there is one 2-hour class each week. This may be an informal lecture followed by a discussion or student presentation.

At Masters level there is particular emphasis on seminar work where students may be expected to make full-scale presentations for units they take.

Dissertation

The 10,000-word dissertation on an approved topic linked with one of the taught courses.

Learning Resources

SOAS Library is one of the world's most important academic libraries for the study of Africa, Asia and the Middle East, attracting scholars from all over the world. The Library houses over 1.2 million volumes, together with significant archival holdings, special collections and a growing network of electronic resources.

How to apply

How to apply

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Scholarships

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