Minoring in Korean
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 | |
KOR 204 | Intermediate Korean II | |
KOR 305 | Advanced Korean I | |
KOR 306 |  Advanced Korean II | |
KOR 407 | Modern Korean Literature and Culture | |
KOR 408 | Changes and Continuities in Korean History | |
KOR 409 | Korean Through Current Affairs | |
KOR 490 | Topics in Korean Language and Literature | |
| The fourth course must be chosen from among the following courses: | 3 | |
ASIA 72 | First-Year Seminar: Transnational Korea: Literature, Film, and Popular Culture | |
KOR 150 | History, Memory, and Reality in Contemporary Korea | |
KOR 151 | Education and Social Changes in Contemporary Korea | |
KOR/CMPL 232 | Imagining the City in Modern Korea: Text, Image, Space | |
KOR/CMPL/WGST 237 | Rebel, Lover, Martyr: Gender and Sexuality in North and South Korean Screen Cultures | |
KOR 327 | Korean Diasporas | |
KOR 346/CMPL 246 | Body Politics in Modern Korean Literature H | |
KOR 407 | Modern Korean Literature and Culture | |
KOR 408 | Changes and Continuities in Korean History | |
KOR 409 | Korean Through Current Affairs | |
ASIA 427/CMPL 527/PWAD 427 | Cold War Culture in East Asia: Transnational and Intermedial Connections | |
KOR 447/CMPL 547 | Documenting Diasporas: Korean Diasporas in Films and Documentaries | |
ASIA/ECON 469 | Asian Economic Systems | |
KOR 490 | 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.