StudyQA — Bachelor: Eastern Philosophy — Seoul National University

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Philosophical reflection on human thought and knowledge, actions and habits, life and history, culture and technology is necessary not only for one's personal edification and refinement, but also for becoming a professional in a chosen field. The complexities of modern society dictate that one become an expert in one's chosen field of endeavor. In order for a society to develop one step further, however, each professional member of that society should not rest content with expertise in his/her field, but also learn to have an eye for the overall structure and direction of society. A narrow perspective limited to one's immediate concerns and surroundings cannot possibly furnish a comprehensive vision for the world. One of the important aims of college education is to enable students to appreciate such comprehensive visions and to develop such visions for themselves. The discipline best suited to achieving this goal is philosophy.

Students' extra-curricular activities include involvement in the Department of Philosophy Students Association, which is run through a steering committee. Under the steering committee may be found the editorial sub-committee which is in charge of publishing the Bulletin of the Department of Philosophy RePhil. There are also academic societies such as the Social Philosophy Society, and the research group on politics of gender, Sophia.

General Education:

Logic and Critical Thinking
Understanding Western Philosophy
Understanding Asian Philosophy
Modern Society and Ethics
Understanding Korean Philosophy
Philosophy in Historical Content
Introduction to Philosophy
Bio-Medical Ethics
Understanding Social Philosophy
Classics in Oriental Philosophy
Critical Understanding of Scientific Reasoning
Philosophical Understanding of Science
Philosophy of Gender and Sexual Morality
Computer and Mind
Logic
Chinese Classics and Chinese Thought
Moral Reasoning
Law and Values
Buddhist Philosophy

Major Courses:

Indian and Buddhist Philosophy
Ancient Western Philosophy
Ancient Chinese Philosophy
History of Korean Philosophy
Symbolic Logic
Logic for Teaching Philosophy
Theories of Teaching Philosophy
Materials and Methods in Teaching Philosophy
Ethics
Social Philosophy
Epistemology
Korean Buddhist Philosophy
Modern Western Philosophy
Medieval Western Philosophy
Philosophy of Language
Existentialism
Contemporary French Philosophy
Phenomenology
Topics in Buddhist Philosophy
Topics in the Hundred Schools
Topics in Neo-Confucian Philosophy
Modern and Contemporary Chinese Philosophy
Neo-Confucianism in Song and Ming Dynasties
Topics in Ancient and Medieval Western Philosophy
Topics in Contemporary Western Philosophy
Philosophy of Science
Philosophy of Mind
Topics in Social Philosophy
Metaphysics
Topics in Ethics
Studies in Western Modern Philosophy
Philosophy of Culture
Taoist Philosophy
Philosophy of History

Online application
proof of Korean proficiency is required; 1) Korean Proficiency: TOPIK level 3 or higher 2) Other official documents indicating proof of language proficiency (ie. SNU Korean Language Center Level 4 or higher)
Personal Statement and Study Plan
Letter of Recommendation
Counselor Reference
Official High School Transcript and Graduation Certificate
A Copy of the Applicant’s Passport
Certificate of Facts concerning the Entry and Exit
Portfolio, Records of Achievement, etc.
Agreement for Verification of Academic Record

If you wish to apply for the scholarship program, please fill out the scholarship application form every semester. Application period:

During November(1st semester)
During May(2nd semester)

New Student (Merit scholarship)

Funding: Fully funded or partially funded (admission fee + tuition 10%)
Eligibility: New undergraduate student (Full fund – 2 by college (excluding science and engineering);

Partial fund – selected within the 30% of the registered students)

Current Student (Merit scholarship)

GPA requirement: Completed more than one semester; 3.6 GPA or higher (average of all semesters)
Funding: Fully funded
Eligibility: Undergraduate student (selected from the allotted pool)

International Student Scholarship:

GPA requirement: 2.4 GPA or higher (average of the previous semester)
Funding: Tuition and fees (partial or fully funded)
Eligibility: International student in the government-funded (government-invited) scholarship, international
student (self-funded), Korean student living overseas and studying in Korea (undergraduate and graduate course)

SNU Foundation Scholarship:

GPA requirement: 2.7 GPA or higher (average of the previous semester)
Funding: Tuition and fees (partial or fully funded)
Feature: Scholarship funded by some 200 funds created by Seoul National University Foundation

The following is the scholarship programs offered for undergraduate applicants. Students may apply for the programs before or during the admission application period. Applicants may find program details via this website http://en.snu.ac.kr/apply/info or supporting organizations.

Korean Government Scholarship Program (KGSP)

Eligibility

International applicants who wish to apply for 4-year undergraduate programs of SNU.
* Those who wish to study in the programs longer than 4 years – such as medicine, veterinary medicine, pharmacy, and architecture – cannot apply for this scholarship.

Number of Recipients

Approximately 20~40 every year

Subsidies

Full tuition fee: tuition exemption for 8 semesters
Living expenses: 800,000 KRW per month
Airfare: one economy round trip
Korean language training fee: one year
* Korean language training is mandatory and when the student does not achieve TOPIK grade 3 within a year, she/he is not eligible to enter the degree program.
Others: medical insurance, settlement and returning expenses

Application Period

September

Selection Procedure

Applicants submit applications for this program to Korean embassies in their countries ⇒ the embassies make the first selection ⇒ the National Institute for International Education make the final selection

Contact

SNU staff in charge: 82-2-880-6971, sck590@snu.ac.kr

Reference

NIIED: http://www.studyinkorea.go.kr (English version) ⇒ GKS ⇒ Introduction to the projects ⇒ Korean Government Scholarship Program
2016 KGSP Guideline Download

Overseas Koreans Scholarship