Programme name: Credit-based Undergraduate Programme

Level of training: Undergraduate

Field of study: Korean Language Studies

Type of training: Full-time

Institution: University of Foreign Languages, Hue University

(Issued under Decision No 856, 21/09/ 2016 of the Rector of University of Foreign Languages, Hue University)      

 

1. Training Objectives:

- General Objectives:

Provide students of BA in Korean Language Studies with political awareness and professional ethics, good health, the ability to handle well specialisation-related work, meeting the requirements of the society and of the economy in the process of international integration.

- Specific Objectives:

+ Ethical qualities:

Students will have basic qualities of a graduate of Korean Language Studies, who has deep understanding of Marxist-Leninist Worldview and Ho Chi Minh’s ideology, who is patriotic with a love for socialism, who loves his/her students and career, and who has a high sense of responsibility, good ethics and exemplary style of a prospective officer.

+ Knowledge:

Students will have relatively broad and profound knowledge of the Korean language, culture and literature, develop and improve a command of communicative skills in Korean, allowing for a relatively stable professional level such as translators and interpreters in the field of economics, culture, society.

+ Skills:

Skills in applying knowledge of Korean Language and Culture to solve problems encountered during professional practice and research.

Foundational skills in conducting research into Korean language, literature or culture, as well as the ability to perform professionally in some other services such as tourism and museum.

 

2. Training duration: 4 years

 

3. Volume of knowledge: 139 credits (including 7 credits for non-specialised language, but not including the content of Physical Education (4 credits) and Defence Education (165) periods).

 

4. Candidates for Recruitment: Based on the recruitment regulations of the Ministry of Education and Training.

 

5. Training process and Graduation condition: In accordance with the Regulation 43 of the Ministry of Education And Training.

 

6. Grading Scale: In accordance with the Regulation 43 of the Ministry of Education and Training.

 

7. Programme Content

7.1. Programme Structure

7.1.1. General knowledge          

7.1.1.1. Theories of politics        

7.1.1.2. Natural Sciences            

7.1.1.3. Social Sciences               

7.1.1.4. Humanities                     

7.1.1.5. Non-specialised language           

7 .1.1.6. General 2nd foreign language    

7 .1.2. Professional knowledge 

7.1.2.1. Linguistics                                      

7.1.2.2. Culture -Literature                       

7.1.2.3. Practical Language Skills             

7.1.2.4. Knowledge of Specialised field  

7.1.2.5 Practicum and Internship             

7.1.2.6. Thesis (or alternatives) 

41 credits

10 credits

05 credits

08 credits

04 credits

07 credits

07 credits

98 credits

08 credits

06 credits

48 credits

24 credits

05 credits

07 credits

7.2. List of courses:

No.

Subject Code

Subject

Number of credits

1

2

3

4

A

1

GENERAL KNOWLEDGE

41

I

1

Theory of Politics

10

1

LCT1012

Basic principles of Marxism and Leninism 1

2

2

LCT1063

Basic principles of Marxism and Leninism 2

3

3

LCT1022

Ho Chi Minh’s Ideology

2

4

LCT1033

Revolutionary Strategies of Vietnamese Communist Party

3

II

1

Natural Sciences

05

 

 

Compulsory:

05

5

KTN1013

Basic informatics

3

6

KTN1022

Environment and Human beings

2

III

1

Social Sciences

08

 

 

Compulsory:

08

7

KXH1012

Vietnamese in use

2

8

KXH1022

Contrastive linguistics

2

9

KXH1042

Introduction to linguistics

2

10

KXH1072

Research methodology

2

IV

1

Humanities

04

 

 

Compulsory:

04

 11

KNV1012

History of World civilisation

2

 12

KNV1022

Introduction to Vietnamese culture

2

V

1

 General second foreign language: Selecting one of the languages taught at the University (except for Korean).

 

 

 

Compulsory (7 out of 11 credits to be selected)

7/11

13

NNC1042

General second foreign language 1 (Listening)

2

14

NNC1052

General second foreign language 2 (Speaking)

2

15

NNC1062

General second foreign language 3 (Reading)

2

16

NNC1072

General second foreign language 4 (Writing)

2

17

NNC1083

General second foreign language 5 (Grammar/ Translation practice)

3

 

1

Non-specialised Foreign Language

7

 

1

Physical education

4

 

1

National Defence Education

 6 weeks

B

 

PROFESSIONAL KNOWLEDGE

98

VIII

HAN2

Linguistics

8

 

 

Compulsory:

8

18

HAN2012

Korean Phonetics

2

19

HANA032

Idioms in Korean

2

20

HAN2032

Korean Grammar 1 – Morphology

2

21

HAN2042

Korean Grammar 2 – Syntax

2

IX

HAN3

Culture – Literature

6

22

HAN2012

Korean Culture and Civilisation

2

23

HAN2022

History of Korean literature

2

24

HAN3032

Extracts from Korean literature

2

X

HAN4

Practical Language Skills

48

 

 

Compulsory:

48

25

HAN4012

General Korean I.1

2

26

HAN4022

General Korean I.2

2

27

HAN4032

General Korean I.3

2

28

HAN4042

General Korean I.4

2

29

HAN4052

General Korean I.5

2

30

HAN4062

General Korean II.1

2

31

HAN4072

General Korean II.2

2

32

HAN4082

General Korean II.3

2

33

HAN4092

General Korean II.4

2

34

HAN4102

General Korean II.5

2

35

HAN4112

Listening I

2

36

HAN4122

Listening II

2

37

HAN4132

Listening III

2

38

HAN4142

Speaking I

2

39

HAN4152

Speaking II

2

40

HAN4162

Speaking III

2

41

HAN4172

Reading I

2

42

HAN4182

Reading II

2

43

HAN4192

Reading III

2

44

HAN4202

Writing I

2

45

HAN4212

Writing II

2

46

HAN4222

Writing III

2

47

HAN4233

Basic translation practice 1

3

48

HAN4242

Basic translation practice 2

2

 

 

Elective:

0

 

HANA

Specialisation knowledge for Literature

24

 

 

Compulsory:

16

49

HANB073

Written translation practice 2

2

50

HANB043

Oral translation practice 2

2

51

HANA092

Theoretical translation 1

2

52

HANA103

Oral translation practice 1

3

53

HANA113

Written translation practice 1

3

54

HANA062

Korean economy

2

55

HANA012

Sociolinguistics

2

 

 

Elective:

8/14

56

HANA102

Literature/Discussion

2

57

HANA072

Cross-cultural communication

2

58

HAN2022

Korean lexicology

2

59

HANA202

Korean language teaching

2

60

HANA022

Alliteration in Korean

2

61

HANA042

Chinese characters in Korean language

2

62

HANA052

Korean demographics

2

 

 

End-of-programme practicum and alternatives

5

 

HANA215

End-of-programme practicum

5

 

 

Alternatives to end-of-programme practicum

(5)

63

HANA122

Korean for tourism

(2)

64

HANA133

Korean for business

(3)

 

Graduation thesis and alternatives

7

 

 

Alternatives to graduation thesis

 

65

HANA173

Korean for office work

(3)

66

HANA182

Pragmatics

(2)

67

HANA192

Communicative Korean

(2)

68

HANA227

Graduation thesis

7

69

Total number of credits

139

 

 

Specialisation knowledge for Translation-Interpretation

29

 

 

Compulsory:

27

70

HANB012

Theoretical translation 1

2

71

HANB022

Theoretical translation 2

2

72

HANB033

Oral translation practice 1

3

73

HANB043

Oral translation practice 2

3

74

HANB052

Oral translation practice 3

2

75

HANB063

Written translation practice 1

3

76

HANB073

Written translation practice 2

3

77

HANB082

Written translation practice 3

2

78

HANB092

Advanced translation

2

 

 

Elective:

 

79

HANB112

Text translation

2

80

HANB122

Literature translation

2

 

 

End-of-programme practicum

5

 

 

Alternatives to end-of-programme practicum

(5)

81

HANA122

Korean for tourism

 

(2)

82

HANA133

Korean for business

(3)

 

 

Graduation Thesis and Alternatives

7

 

HANB207

Graduation thesis

7

 

 

Alternatives to graduation thesis

(7)

83

HANA173

Korean for office work

(3)

84

HANA182

Pragmatics

(2)

85

HANA192

Communicative Korean

(2)

 

Total number of credits

138