{"id":1681,"date":"2025-07-14T21:25:51","date_gmt":"2025-07-15T01:25:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/abroad\/?post_type=bu-program-page&#038;p=1681"},"modified":"2025-08-05T15:54:06","modified_gmt":"2025-08-05T19:54:06","slug":"curriculum","status":"publish","type":"bu-program-page","link":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/abroad\/degree-program\/seoul-study-abroad\/curriculum\/","title":{"rendered":"Seoul Study Abroad Curriculum"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h2>Curriculum<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Students may enroll in either Korea University or Yonsei University. Students may enroll in one of two program tracks, each of which will include direct enrollment at a local university:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3><strong>Korea University<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Students will enroll at Korea University for a total of 15 to 18 units. Korea University courses are typically worth 3 US units. Further information about course content and availability is provided through&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/registrar.korea.edu\/eduinfo_en\/info\/registration_courses.do\">Korea University course search<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul><li>College of Liberal Arts &#8211; Psychology,&nbsp;Sociology, History, Language (including Korean)<\/li><li>College of Life Science and Economics &#8211; Economics, Political Science, Environmental Science, Food and Resource Economics, Biological Science, Life Sciences<\/li><li>College of Science &#8211; Chemistry, Earth &amp; Environmental Sciences, Math, Physics<\/li><li>College of Health Science &#8211; Biosystems, Health and Environment Science, Health Policy<\/li><li>College of Informatics (including Computer Science)<\/li><li>School of Art &amp; Design<\/li><li>School of Media and Communication<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h3><strong>Yonsei University<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Students will enroll in 5-6 courses at Yonsei University for a total of 15-18 units. Yonsei courses are typically worth 3 US units each.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Through the Office of International Affairs (OIA) at Yonsei University, students may enroll in courses (course code: IEE) offered exclusively to visiting students.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Some popular IEE courses are:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul><li>Korean Popular Culture &amp; Korean Wave<\/li><li>Contemporary Korean Cinema &amp; Society<\/li><li>Understanding K-pop<\/li><li>Media Communication in Korea<\/li><li>Korean Tradition Music &amp; Culture<\/li><li>Modern Korean History<\/li><li>Korean Food &amp; Culture<\/li><li>Korean Art History<\/li><li>Korean Government &amp; Public Policy<\/li><li>Korea-U.S. Relations<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Additionally, Yonsei University has hundreds of course offerings in English. Further information about course content and availability is provided through&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/underwood1.yonsei.ac.kr\/com\/lgin\/SsoCtr\/initExtPageWork.do?link=handbList&amp;locale=en\">Yonsei&nbsp;Portal Service<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul><li>Economics<\/li><li>Education<\/li><li>Human Ecology<\/li><li>International Studies<\/li><li>Liberal Arts<\/li><li>Life Systems (Biology, Biochemistry, Biotechnology)<\/li><li>Science (Math, Physics, Chemistry, Earth Science, Astronomy, Atmospheric Science)<\/li><li>Social Sciences<\/li><li>Theology<\/li><\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Curriculum Students may enroll in either Korea University or Yonsei University. Students may enroll in one of two program tracks, each of which will include direct enrollment at a local university: Korea University Students will enroll at Korea University for a total of 15 to 18 units. 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