Korean Centre, JNU
Korean Centre is the centre par excellence for Korean Studies, and also is only one in the country to offer both undergraduate and postgraduate degree programmes in Korean language. It offers following courses:-
B.A.(Hons) in Korean Language, Literature & Culture Studies: The students are first imparted basic skills in listening, speaking, reading & writing in Korean Language. They are first introduced to the Hangul script and then slowly graduate to Hanja or the Chinese characters used along with Hangul. The course also trains the students in conversation, composition and translation through a knowledge of specialized terminologies. The students are given intensive training in the Oral skills with the help of State-of the-art audio-visual aids. Along with the language the students also study the History Geography and Culture of Korea.
M.A. in Korean: This programme aims to impart general and overall understanding of Korean linguistics like morphology, syntax semantics, honorific usage etc. Students are also introduced first to the History of Korean literature and then to some typical literary text like poetry, short stories, novels, essays and plays. The students also acquire specialized knowledge in interpretation and translation and also study and analyze the Contemporary issues affecting Korea.
Our Faculty Members
Dr. Vyjayanti Raghavan
Prof. Ravikesh
Dr. Neerja Samajdar
Mr. Kaushal Kumar
Dr. Kim
Dr. P.N.Ajita
Mrs. Lee
Mrs. Cho
Mrs. Na
Mrs. Pushpa Tiwari
