Korea University's International Summer Campus (ISC) is an excellent opportunity for Carolina students to live and learn in South Korea with students and faculty from all over the world. Students from over 220 institutions and from 35 countries participate on this program! Students attend from North American Institutions (60%), Singapore and Hong Kong (35%), the UK (10%), and other parts of the world. International students, along with local KU students, take courses from over 120 course offerings, all taught in English. Korean language courses are also available.
Note: UNC Department of Psychology faculty members teach at KU's ISC each summer, and this program is highly recommended for Carolina students seeking UNC graded psychology credit abroad, although all majors are welcome! Participants are free to choose from the full ISC course catalog, but many of ISC’s psychology courses have been pre-approved for psychology major/minor credit.
KU was originally founded in 1905 as Bosung College; the college was renamed Korea University in 1946. Currently, there are over 35,500 students at KU, including approximately 25,700 undergraduates. KU has 17 colleges and divisions, 52 departments, and 17 graduate schools. Colleges and divisions include: Liberal Arts, Life Sciences and Biotechnology, Political Science and Economics, Science, Information and Communication, Art and Design, Media and Communication, International Studies, Information Security, Health Sciences, Engineering, Medicine, Education, Nursing, Business, Law, and Interdisciplinary Studies. The East Asiatic Research Center and the Korean Cultural Research Center are just two of KU’s numerous research centers housed between its Anam Campus (main), Sejong Campus (adjacent to Anam and connected by shuttle bus), and three auxiliary hospitals.
KU is located just east of downtown Seoul.
The KU International Summer Campus program offers 4-week and 6-week courses. Students can choose to take two or three courses. You are encouraged to choose solely from the 6-week courses, but may choose one 4-week course at the maximum. Classes are scheduled Monday through Thursday, and an array of cultural events and activities are available on Fridays. Faculty are recruited to teach at KU ISC from prestigious institutions such as Stanford, Oxford, Cambridge, Cornell, the National University of Singapore, and others.
Full list of course offerings - includes instructor information and syllabi.
Students seeking psychology credit: Please see this list of courses and how those courses count toward the BA and BS in Psychology here at UNC (KoreaUnivCourseApprovalsTable.pdf). Ask your Study Abroad Advisor if you have any questions!
MOST courses in this program are Transfer Credit.
SOME courses in this program are UNC Graded Credit.
UNC Graded Credit Programs (often taught by UNC Faculty): No action required
- These courses automatically show up on your Tar Heel Tracker and UNC Transcript.
- You will receive a letter grade for those courses, and this does affect your GPA.
- For Summer 2018, these courses include: PSYC 101(General Psychology), PSYC 250 (Human Development), PSYC 500 (Developmental Psychopathology)