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iconDepartment of English Linguistics　영어학과
dotGoals and Objectives
The doctoral and master’s programs of the HUFS Graduate School, Department of English Linguistics provides in-depth research on various concentration areas, grounded on students’ excellent proficiency in English. The Department aims to lead the development of the field by actively utilizing diverse opportunities offered by the informationalized industrial-technological society while maintaining the traditional humanistic value in the rapidly-changing world. Moreover, the Department attempts to globalize the study of English linguistics in Korea and general English education and contribute to the development of the field.
dot Faculty
Choe, Hohsung Ph.D. in Linguistics, Indiana University English Education
Chung, Kook Ph.D. in Linguistics, University of Texas at Austin English Phonology (Honorary professor)
Hong, Sung-Hoon Ph.D. in Linguistics, University of Arizona English Phonology
Jang, Tae-Yeoub Ph.D. in Linguistics, University of Edinburgh Experimental Phonetics, Speech Engineering
Joh, Jae Young Ph.D. in Linguistics, Hankuk University of Foreign Studies English Linguistics, English Syntax
(Honorary professor)
Kim, Jee Eun Ph.D. in Linguistics, Georgetown University Computational Linguistics
Kim, Kwng-Sup Ph.D. in Linguistics, University of Maryland English Syntax
Kim, Yookang Ph.D. in Linguistics, University of Wisconsin-Madison History of English
Lee, Sun Woo Ph.D. in Linguistics, University of Wisconsin English Syntax (Honorary professor)
Park, Jeong-Woon Ph.D. in Linguistics, University of California at Berkeley Semantics, English Syntax
Rhee, Seongha Ph.D. in Linguistics, University of Texas at Austin Applied Linguistics, Grammaticalization
Suh, Kyung-Hee Ph.D. in Linguistics, University of California at Los Angeles Applied Linguistics
Plumlee, Marilyn Kay Ph.D. in Linguistics, University of Bourgogne Sociolinguistics

dot Required Courses
1. M.A Program: Master’s students are required to take three courses from the following five courses: (English) Syntax I,
    (English) Semantics I, (English) Phonology I, (English) Phonetics I, and History of English I.
2. Ph.D. Program: Doctoral students are required to take two courses in section II (e.g. ~II, Seminar, Research, etc.) from
    the following four courses: (English) Syntax, (English) Semantics, (English) Phonology, and (English) Phonetics.
dotConference Presentation
Prior to their dissertation defense, doctoral students are required to present at least one paper at a conference by an academic association enlisted on the Korean Research Foundation (KRF), or a national conference deemed equivalent, or an international conference.
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