The Department of British and American Language and Culture
of the Graduate School of Kyung Hee University aims at acquisition
of knowledge related to British and American Language and
Culture. It has three major fields of study: linguistic studies,
studies of Teaching English as a Second Language (TESL) and
cultural studies. Its first objective of education is to help
students to have a good command of the English language and
grasp the vast cultural phenomena of England, America and
other English-speaking countries such as Canada and Australia.
We focus our education on enhancing students' professional
sensibility not only of British and American language itself
but also of the British and American cultural phenomena, ancient
and modern, so that they can be specialists in British and
American language and culture.
We direct our education for our students to have a deeper
sense of linguistic and cultural developments of British and
American countries in connection with the major political
and social events in history, dealing with the areas of English
linguistics, English and American fiction, film studies, American
studies, etc. With this knowledge, our students will be well-equipped
to serve as professionals such as professors in linguistics,
cultural studies, American studies, British and American literature,
also as critics and columnists of mass media arts such as
film and video art, working for newspapers and magazines.
1) At least 24 course units of graduate level credit in British
and American Language and Culture courses are required for
the master's degree; 60 course units for the doctoral degree
(including units completed in master course).
2) Students have to pass a qualifying examination.
3) Students must fulfill presentation, defense, and document
requirements for the departmental thesis
committee.
4) A thesis advisor can be any faculty member from the department.
· Studies in British and American Culture
· Studies in Popular Culture, American Culture in Historical
Perspective, Films and Anglo-American Literature, Criticism
on Anglo-American Films, Folklore in England and America, Studies
in Feminist Culture, Cross-cultural Communication, Medieval
Great Epics and Chaucer, Poetry of Milton, Studies in Metaphysical
Poetry, 18th Century British Poetry, 19th Century British Poetry,
20th Century British Poetry, 19th Century American Poetry, 20th
Century American Poetry, Studies in Contemporary American Novel,
Studies in Contemporary English Novel, Studies in the 19th Century
American Novel, Studies in the 19th Century English Novel, Studies
in Modern British Drama, Studies in Renaissance Drama, Classical
Drama, Theoretical Background for Linguistic Research, Syntax,
Syntactic Theories and Applications, Phonology, Phonological
Theories and Applications, Semantics, Pragmatics, Semantic/Pragmatics
Theories and Applications, Seminar in Linguistic Analysis, Psycholinguistics,
Sociolinguistics, History of Linguistics, Historical Linguistics,
Studies in English Grammar I, Studies in English Grammar II,
TEFL Methodology, Functional Grammar, Multimedia and English
Education, English Phonetics for EFL Teacher, Theoretical Foundations
for Korean-English Translation, Analysis of English Textbooks,
English Composition for EFL Teachers, Thesis Research I, II,
III
Jong-Huh,
Ph.D.
[Chung Nam National University, 1992, Professor, Shakespeare
and Modern Drama, huhj@khu.ac.kr]
Myoung-Ah Shin, Ph.D.
[University of Florida, 1989, Professor, Literary Criticism
and American Fiction, mashin@khu.ac.kr]
Keon-Soo Lee, Ph.D.
[University of Hawaii, 1991, Professor, Syntax, kslee@khu.ac.kr]
Han-Gyu Lee, Ph.D.
[University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 1992, Professor,
Pragmatics, hglee@khu.ac.kr]
Jae-Hak Yoon, Ph.D.
[Ohio State University, 1996, Associate Professor, Semantics,
jyoon@khu.ac.kr]
Sung-Hee Choi, Ph.D.
[University of Maryland at College Park, 2000, Assistant Professor,
Drama and Cultural Studies, shchoi@khu.ac.kr]
Kiwan-Sung, Ph.D.
[Pennsylvania State University, 1998, English Education, Associate
Professor, kiwansung@khu.ac.kr]
Sung-Ran Cho, Ph.D.
[State University of New York at Buffalo, 2003, Full-time
Lecturer, Interpretation
and American Fiction, scho@khu.ac.kr]
Myung-Ho Lee, Ph.D.
[State University of New York at Buffalo, 2001, Assistant
Professor, American
Fiction and Cultural Theory,
mhlee@khu.ac.kr]
