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[bewolff]

I want to do a Masters in Korea.

I am in Chungnam Province.
I can drive a bit to get to where I can take classes.
I would like to find a program that does not require me to have a certain proficiency level in Korean, but rather is taught in English.
I would prefer a British or American Lit program, or perhaps a lingquistics program.
I want to take classes at night and work during the day.

I hope that someone in Northern Chungnam has some good ideas of a possible program.

I have also heard that their is a substantial tuition break available for North Americans who enter graduate programs in Korea. Any information on this would be much appreciated.

One further question. Do graduate students from a non-English speaking country take the TOEIC or TOEFL to get into graduate school here? Are there programs where they can choose to study in English without having a tested proficiency level in Korean. This third question obviouly is not for me.

Thanks. Any information would be appreciated.

[venus]

[kalkamagi]

First of all, what is with the bold and italics?

Second, you could probably find the answers to at least one of your questions using the search function.

On a more helpful note, you seem quite particular in your search, so I genuinely doubt you will find exactly what you are looking for.

Coming from someone that has done her MA in Korea, I would say:

-Any decent grad school worth your time and money will be in Seoul.
-You can find programs in English at the "sky" universities (in Seoul).
-They give scholarships, but it is not a "substantial discount"- more like $1000/semester, assuming you get the grades to qualify.
-These programs are in business/international relations, not in English literature.

I knew a guy doing his Phd at Yonsei who was also a professor at an International College in Busan (came up to Seoul twice a week for classes.) From talking to him, I got the feeling that the quality of education wasn't that high, considering it is a bunch of Korean students from Busan doing classwork in English.

As for your friend,
If you apply to an English-speaking program in Korea and your first language is not English, you have to submit English test scores. (Korean proficiency not required.)

If you find a program you like, try calling their admissions office to get more detailed info.

[adeline]

CNU has a graduate program for brit and american lit and linguistics, i don't know if the courses are in english though, undergrad im pretty sure not, but maybe graduate level are.

I'm also wondering about this although in kind of the opposite way. I want to get my masters in North Korean studies but I don't know what level of korean i need to do that, both what level the university requires and what I would want to have in order to get as much as possible out of the program. anyways i know im not there yet so ill keep waiting and studying until i cross that magic barrier.

[PRagic]

1) You'd probably be better off doing a distance degree with an acredited university. There are a few threads addressing this topic.

2) As one poster note, most of the international grad programs concentrate on international relations, asian studies, or business.

3) All of the decent programs at the big universities in Seoul require passing a foreign language exam to graduate.