■ Requirements for Graduation

Masters Program

1.  Courses

* Required Credits: 30 credits (10 courses)

-Mandatory courses: 6 credits (2 courses):  students can choose two courses out of  Comparative Cultural Studies, Quantitative Methodology For Area Studies, Research Method in Area Studies

- Major elective courses: 15 credits (5 courses): major area 12 credits (4 courses),  different major area 3 credits (1 course)

- Other elective courses: 9 credits (3 courses)

* Credits can be obtained from Ewha Womans Universtiy and Sogang University

* Students in their third semester can obtain credits from abroad as exchange students.

2. Foreign Language Exams

English : Toefl PBT 550 CBT 213 IBT 80

Other languages: Above intermediate level

1. Graduate School Second language exam Foreign Language Exams
2. Foreign Language Institute

3. Undergraduate language courses: 2 courses

4. Nationally approved language test

5. The length of the stay in the concerned country should be more than 6 months

Ph.D Program

1. Courses

* Required credits: 30 credits (10 courses)

- Mandatory courses 6 credits (2 courses): Students can choose two out of Comparative Cultural Studies, Quantitative Methodology For Area Studies, Research Method in Area Studies

* Credits required for Masters-Ph.D integrated program is 54 credits

2. Foreign Language Exam

English TOEFL: over PBT 550 (CBT 213)

Other languages: advanced level

1. Graduate School: second language proficiency test

2. Foreign Language Institute

3. 2 undergraduate language courses

4. Nationally approved language proficiency test

5. Over 1 year stay in a foreign country as Ph.D candidate

3. Comprehensive Exam

To comprehensively evaluate students’ ability to research, we abolished the conventional test and adopted comprehensive test. The procedure is as follows:

(1) Students applying to take comprehensive exam should submit the name of the professor and the grade certificate of graduate school

(2) Students should submit all final research papers written during graduate school.

(3) Students should submit research plan to professor.

■ Curriculum structure

ARE 6109 Basic Theories of Area Studies

Yonsei-Fudan-Keio DL Course

ARE 6104  Globalization and regional transformation

ARE 6105  Globalization and regional governance

ARE 6106  Dimensions of global governance