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Welcome to the Korea Studies Program
For information about receiving an undergraduate or graduate degree
in Korea Studies, please visit the Student Services webpage.
[BA
Degree] [MA
Degree] [Korea
Studies Collection] [Visiting
Scholars]
and contact Paula Milligan, Graduate Program Assistant,
Jackson School Office of Student Services, at
milligan@u.washington.edu for questions about the graduate
program, application procedures and status, examination scores,
and transcripts.
The University of
Washington maintains one of the oldest programs in the United States
providing undergraduate and graduate training in Korean studies in
a variety of disciplines. Courses are offered in Korean language,
literature, history, social organization, and politics. The language
program consists of three years of modern language and advanced reading.
The history courses cover the full range of the Korean experience,
from the origins of the Korean people in the archaeological record
to contemporary times. Undergraduate and graduate courses on Korean
history and society cover the period under Japanese colonial rule
in the first half of the twentieth century, the liberation of Korea
after 1945, the Korean War, and the political, economic, social, and
cultural development of both South Korea and North Korea. Graduate
seminars provide opportunities for research in Korean and other non-Western
languages on a variety of topics in the political, social, economic,
and intellectual history of the country. Regular course offerings
are supplemented by visiting faculty from political science, economics
and economic development, law, folklore, and literature. The objective
of the program is to provide students at the BA and MA degree levels
with a broad background for use in a variety of professions.
Over
the past decade, graduates from the master's degree program have
gone on to successful careers in business, banking, government,
law, social work, and education. For others, the MA degree is a
first step toward a doctorate in history, political science, sociology,
anthropology, Korean literature, or comparative literature. The
program emphasizes the study of Korea in the context of East Asian
civilization and the modern world economy, not simply as a single
country isolated from its neighbors. Students are encouraged to
take related courses on China, Japan, and international studies,
so that they will emerge from their experience at the University
with comprehensive training.
The
Korea Studies Program mourns the passing of Assistant Professor of Korean
Literature Scott Swaner (1968-2006). An expert in contemporary
Korean poetry, Professor Swaner received his doctorate from Harvard
in 2003 and came to the University of Washington later that year for a post-doctoral position.
He joined the faculty as an assistant professor in 2004. He will be
missed by colleagues, students, and friends.
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