The Graduate School in the Department of Dance aims at developing abilities to pursue science and art, producing professional performing artists prominent in skills, theories and creativity, and ultimately raising scholars who will contribute to the artistic enhancement of choreographic arts and arts management in general. The department offers a master's program for dance and a doctor's program in performing arts.

1) At least 24 course units of graduate level credit in the relevant courses are required for the master's degree and 36 course units for the doctor's degree (including units completed in master course).


2) Students have to pass a qualifying examination. (in foreign language and major)


3) The third session of the master's program must present a dance that the student performs.


4) The doctoral program only those who have published one or more unassisted papers in domestic or foreign renowned journals or had one or more public presentations of dance work to submit the thesis.

·Dance (Master's degree)
Artistic Sociology, Dance Philosophy and Aesthetics, Choreographic Research ⅠⅡⅢ,
Dance Music Research, Dance Production, Dance Criticism, Folklore Dance Research,
Workshop in Masterpiece, Dance Notation Research, Dance Notation Research, Korean
Dance HistoryⅡ, Modern Dance HistoryⅡ, Ballet History Ⅱ, Workshop in Ballet, Ballet
Styles Expression Techniques, Seminar in Contemporary Dance, Workshop in
Contemporary Dance, Dance ProductionⅡ, Thesis ResearchⅠⅡⅢ etc.

·Performing Arts (Doctor's degree)
1) Major in Dance Studies
The Study of Major Performing Artists Ⅰ,Ⅱ,Ⅲ, Seminar in Contemporary Dance, Theory of Korean traditional Dance, Modern Drama, Artistic Sociology, Seminar in Performing Arts, philosophy of Arts, Topic in Dance Kinesiology, Dance Technology, Analysis of Movement and Notation, Dance Criticism

2) Major in Arts Management
Cultural Policy, Creative Industries, Cultural Studies, Laws in Culture and Arts, Topics in Culture and Arts, Performing Arts Promotion, Arts Marketing, Organizations and Management for Performing Arts, Theater Management.

Mal-Ae Kim, M.A.
Kyung Hee University, 1973, Professor, Korean Dance, makj@khu.ac.kr


Myung-Sook Park, Ph.D.
Han Yang University, 1994, Professor, Modern Dance, scdc305@hanmail.net


Hwa-Rye Kim, Ph.D.
Myong Ji University, 1994, Professor, Ballet, khrye52@hanmail.net


Mi-Ra Yoon, M.A.
Kyung Hee University, 1986, Professor, Korean Dance, aurora@khu.ac.kr


Byung-Ju Ahn, M.A.
Ball State University 1988, Brigham Young University, 1990, Professor, Dance Theory,
dancefan@hanmail.net

Research overview
· Korean Dance
In the sense of reinterpreting the pattern of traditional dances handed down through
new dances, this area looks for the right direction for Korean dance to advance in the
future by comparing and analyzing creative dance works that have emerged actively
since the 1980s.

· Modern Dance
This area deals with modern dance, assuming that modern dance is the most appropriate for
studying the sociological functions of dance because it shares the largest contact surface
with modern society and has the most extensive power of expression.

· Ballet
This area conducts research on techniques based on classical ballets as well as on the creative study of
post-modern ballets.

Ongoing Projects
· Kim Baek-bong, A Study of Fan Dances
· Cho Taek-won, A Study of Gasahojeop
· Comparative Image Analysis of Walking Patterns in 'Ipchum' of Kim Suk-ja style and 'Sanjo' of Kim Baek-bong style