General Education Curriculum
History and Culture
World Cultures and Languages
Thinking and Expression
Modern Society and Citizenship
Self-Management and Development
Digital Convergence in Humanities and Social Sciences – Interdisciplinary Program at Korea University (Scheduled for Winter 2025)
The general education curriculum has different characteristics and objectives than the major curriculum, allowing students the freedom to choose fields and courses.
A minimum of 30 credits is required for the general education curriculum.
The curriculum is structured into six areas, and students are encouraged to study courses from various fields in a balanced manner.
- Students must take at least one course from each of the six areas.
- We aim to offer at least three courses per semester in each of the six areas to provide diverse options for students.
| Category | 1st semester | 2nd semester | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Credits | Subject | Credits | |
| General Education | College General Mathematics | 3 | General Physics for Colleges | 3 |
| Fundamentals of SW coding | 3 | Fundamentals of SW coding | 3 | |
| Understanding Science | 3 | |||
| Category | 1st semester | 2nd semester | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Credits | Subject | Credits | |
| General Education | Philosophical Foundations Leadership | 3 | Global Citizens & Civilization | 3 |
| Understanding Classical Music | 3 | Classic and Contemporary Music | 3 | |
| Understanding the Fine Arts | 3 | Understanding the Fine Arts | 3 | |
| Introduction to Cities | 3 | |||
| The Humanities for Contemporaries | 3 | |||
| Category | 1st semester | 2nd semester | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Credits | Subject | Credits | |
| General Education | Tourism English | 3 | Tourism English | 3 |
| Survival English | 3 | Survival English | 3 | |
| Understanding Chinese Culture | 3 | Understanding Japanese Society and Culture | 3 | |
| Japanese 1 | 3 | Japanese 1 | 3 | |
| Chinese 1 | 3 | Chinese 1 | 3 | |
| Category | 1st semester | 2nd semester | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Credits | Subject | Credits | |
| General Education | Philosophy Concert | 3 | Logic and Thinking | 3 |
| Design Thinking | 3 | Social Innovation | 3 | |
| Navigating Your Cyber University Journey | 3 | Navigating Your Cyber University Journey | 3 | |
| Introduction to Korean | 3 | Principle of Chinese Characters | 3 | |
| Category | 1st semester | 2nd semester | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Credits | Subject | Credits | |
| General Education | Modern Society and Sport | 3 | Modern Society and Sport | 3 |
| Legal Knowledge for Everyday Life | 3 | Legal Knowledge for Everyday Life | 3 | |
| Business Leadership | 3 | International Migration and Social Integration | 3 | |
| Modern Society & Crime | 3 | Understandings of Asian Society | 3 | |
| Category | 1st semester | 2nd semester | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Credits | Subject | Credits | |
| General Education | Home Economics and Finance Technology | 3 | Home Economics and Finance Technology | 3 |
| Contemporary Health Care | 3 | Contemporary Health Care | 3 | |
| Self-Management of Modern People | 3 | Self-Management of Modern People | 3 | |
| Introduction to Caregiving | 3 | Interpersonal Psychology | 3 | |
| Consciousness Coaching | 3 | Consciousness Coaching | 3 | |
| Career Coaching | 3 | Art market | 3 | |
| Category | 1st semester | 2nd semester | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Credits | Subject | Credits | |
| General Education | - | - | Digital Environments and Ethical Issues | 3 |
| - | - | Literary Sensitivity and Imagination on Human Values in the Digital Technology Era | 3 | |
| - | - | Imagination in the Digital Technology Society | 3 | |