• 1)Students must complete a minimum of 30 credit hours of graduate courses.
• 2)‘Academic Writing in the Digital Age: Methods and Practices’ and ‘Research Ethics’ are mandatory courses for all graduate students in the program and should be taken in their entering semester or in the semesters when the courses are first offered.
• 3)Students can take up to 3 graduate courses (9 credit hours) outside the English department with an approval from the graduate program director.

1) Literary & Cultural Studies Track

• ①Students must complete 3 credits in each of the following 4 areas: Poetry, Novel, Drama, and Literary Criticism.
• ②Students must also complete 6 additional credits from the Rhetoric & Composition track. Academic Writing in the Digital Age: Methods and Practices counts as an RC course.

2) Linguistics Track

• ①Students must choose 6 areas from the following and complete 3 credits in each area: Phonetics/Phonology, Syntax/Semantics/Corpus Linguistics, Pragmatics, Sociolinguistics, English Education, Psycholinguistics, and History of English.
• ②Students must also complete 6 additional credits from the Rhetoric & Composition track. Academic Writing in the Digital Age: Methods and Practices counts as an RC course.

3) Rhetoric & Composition Track

• ①Students must complete 21 credits in Rhetoric & Composition.
• ②Students must also complete a minimum of 6 additional credits from the Literary & Cultural Studies track or/and the Linguistics track.
• ③Students can take up to 2 graduate courses (6 credits) in English Corpus.
• ④Academic Writing in the Digital Age: Methods and Practices counts as an RC course but cannot be chosen for Comprehensive Exams.
• ⑤Students must take at least 3 credit hours in each of the following three areas: history of rhetoric, English writing, and cultural studies.

• 1)MA candidates must both maintain an overall GPA of at least 3.00/4.30 and have valid passing grades in TOEFL (IBT 100 or equivalent) or IELTS (Level 7).
  Students will be disqualified from the Program after receiving a third grade of C+ or lower.
• 2)Students must pass Comprehensive Exams before submitting a thesis proposal.

• 1)Students must complete 27 credits before taking the Comprehensive Exams. In order to take the exams, the students must check if they have submitted the required English language test scores, then notify the head TA (englishta@yonsei.ac.kr) directly by May 15 or November 15, depending on the semester they want to take the exams.
• 2)Students must demonstrate their English language proficiency by submitting one of the following test scores: TOEFL PBT 600 / IBT 100 or higher or IELTS level 7 or higher. Students whose first language is English or have earned a BA or MA degree from an institution where the medium of instruction is English do not need to submit a test score
• 3)The Comprehensive Exams are held twice a year, once in late June and once in late December. A score above 70 out of 100 on each subject area is considered as pass. If a student fails in one subject area, the student can take the exam again in 10 days (subject area change not allowed). If the student fails to pass the second exam, the student must retake the exam in the next semester.

  ①If a student fails in two or more subject areas, the student must retake the exams in the next semester. (subject area change not allowed)

  ②Only 2 retakes are allowed for each subject area.

• 4)Comprehensive Exams for Each Track

  ①Literary & Cultural Studies majors will be tested on the 4 subject areas of Poetry, Novel, Drama, and Literary Criticism.

  ②(2) Linguistics majors will be tested on 3 subject areas of their own choice from the following seven areas: Phonetics/Phonology, Syntax/Semantics/Corpus Linguistics, Pragmatics, Sociolinguistics, English Education, Psycholinguistics, and History of English.
  - Receiving A+ in two or more subjects (including at least one advanced subject) exempts the student from the exam of the corresponding subjects to the maximum of two subject areas. Ex) Phonetics/Phonology area → Phonetics A+ & Phonology A+

  ③(3) Rhetoric & Composition majors will be tested on the 3 subject areas of Rhetorical Theory, Composition Studies, and Cultural Studies.
  - Receiving A0 in one or more subjects in Composition Studies exempts the student from the exam of the corresponding subject area.

• 1)MA candidates must meet the supervisor more than twice to discuss their thesis project before submitting a thesis proposal.
• 2)MA candidates must organize a thesis committee composed of 3 members: the supervisor and 2 other faculty members.
• 3)MA candidates must submit a printed copy of the proposal to the supervisor for approval. The confirmed proposal should also be submitted to the department office for administrative processing.
• 4)All MA thesis must be written in English.

• 1)Students must complete a minimum of 30 credit hours of graduate courses.
• 2)Students who did not take Research Paper Writing, or Academic Writing in the Digital Age: Methods and Practices for their Master’s degree must take the class in the first semester.
• 3)Students can take up to 5 graduate courses (15 credit hours) outside the English department with an approval from the graduate program director.
• 4)Students can take up to 6 credits of Independent Study. If students want to take ‘Independent Study’, they should discuss this with their supervisors (at least 1 month before the semester) and ask the English department office to open the course.

• 1)PhD candidates must maintain an overall GPA of at least 3.00/4.30. Students will be disqualified from the Program after receiving a third grade of C+ or lower. Also they must have valid passing scores in either TOEFL (IBT 100 or its equivalent) or IELTS (Level 7)
• 2)Students must pass Comprehensive Exams before submitting a dissertation proposal.

• 1)Students can take Comprehensive Exams after completing 30 credits of coursework. They should notify the committee and the department of their intention to take the exams in the semester preceding the semester when they plan to take the exams Also, they should enroll themselves in Directed Research for at least one semester between the time when they pass the exam and the semester when they take their thesis preliminary defense. In order to take the exams, the students must check if they have submitted the required English language test scores, then notify the head TA (englishta@yonsei.ac.kr) directly by May 15 or November 15.
  - Students must talk to their supervisors regarding the exam.
• 2)The Comprehensive Exam will be held twice a year. It will be on 10th June, and 10th December. A score above 70 out of 100 on each subject area is considered as pass. The retakes will be on 10th July, and 10th January.
  - If above dates are public holidays or weekends, then the department will announce the changed dates to the students.
• 3)Students must demonstrate their English language proficiency by submitting one of the following test scores: TOEFL PBT 600 / IBT 100 or higher or IELTS level 7 or higher. Students whose native language is English or have earned a BA or MA degree from an institution where the medium of instruction is English do not need to submit a test score. Students who hold a MA degree in English from Yonsei University are also exempt from this requirement.
• 4)Literary & Cultural Studies and Rhetoric & Composition majors must organize a Comprehensive Exam committee of 3 faculty members including the dissertation supervisor to make a reading list of 30 books and journals in consultation with each member of the committee for Comprehensive Exams.
• 5)Linguistics majors must choose 2 subject areas related to their dissertation topic and another 2 unrelated areas to make a reading list of 30 books and journals for Comprehensive Exams.
• 6)Retakes

  ①If a student fails in one subject area, the student can take the exam again in a month. If the student fails to pass the second exam, the student must retake the exam in the next semester.

  ②If a student fails in two or more subject areas, the student must retake the exams in the next semester.

  ③Only 2 retakes are allowed for each subject area.
  - Subject area changes are not allowed.

• 1)PhD candidates must spend at least 2 semesters on dissertation writing after passing Comprehensive Exams. In other words, they need to take Directed Research I for 2 semesters.
• 2)PhD candidates must organize a dissertation committee of 5 members comprised of the supervisor and 4 other faculty members.
• 3)PhD candidates must meet the supervisor more than once to discuss their dissertation project before submitting a dissertation proposal.
• 4)PhD candidates must submit a printed copy of the proposal to the supervisor for approval and the confirmed proposal should also be submitted at least one semester before the Preliminary Review to the department office for administrative processing.
• 5)All doctoral dissertations must be written in English.

• 1)Eligibility Requirements

  ⓐunemployed, full-time MA student within 1-4th semesters or Ph.D student within 1-8th semesters and should be able to spend 40 hrs or more per week on study

  ⓑnon-recipient of any other scholarship from the Graduate School

  ⓒobtainment of a minimum GPA of 3.3/4.3 in the previous semester, without any record of an F grade or more than one C+ (or lower) grade in the graduate program

  ⓓTeaching is limited to 6 credit hours a week.

• 2)Benefits

  ⓐscholarship of about KRW 4,500,000 for MA, about KRW 7,800,000 for Ph.D, about KRW 6,000,000 for PhD candidate per semester

  - Specific scholarship amount will be decided by the graduate school administrative committee each semester.

  - For MA students, students will receive different amount of scholarship depending on their publishing records.

  ⓑpaper and conference workshops

  ⓒfull funding for attending domestic and overseas conferences and educational programs (conditional)

  * Be sure to obtain the BK office’s approval BEFORE applying to an overseas conference.

  ⓓreimbursement of publication fees and bestowal of cash awards for scholarly productivity

• 3)Responsibilities

  ⓐat least one conference presentation per year

  - If a student is scheduled to present a paper in a future conference, they can submit an acceptance letter from the conference organizer.

  - Before applying for the 4th-semester BK scholarship, MA students should have at least two conference presentation records. PhD students should have 4 presentation records before they apply for the 8th semester BK scholarship.

  ⓑjournal publication requirement (Ph.D students only)

  - If you are in the 1st to 4th semester of the program: publication of one essay (100%) (e.g. one single-authored paper or two co-authored papers) is required per year, i.e,. during the period of 1st and 2nd semester, and that of 3rd and 4th semester.

  - 5-8th semester: publication of one essay (100%) (e.g. one single-authored paper or two co-authored papers) per semester. If an 8th-semester PhD student fails to publish a paper within the semester, they will receive a partial scholarship, whose amount is equivalent to that of regular GTA scholarship.

  * The semester count starts when you enter the program (regardless of when you first apply for BK scholarship). For example, if you apply for the BK scholarship in your 2nd semester, you should publish one essay before the semester ends. The failure to meet the above publication requirement will result in the disqualification from the BK fellowship selection process for next semester.

  * MA students: 3-4th semester students should submit at least one publishable essay (and other requirements) when they apply for the BK scholarship.

  ⓒassistant work of 5-6 hours per week

  ⓓattendance of workshops and seminars hosted by the department

  ⓔwriting the thesis or dissertation in English and presenting a summary version at the department graduate conference held at the end of the semester

  ⓕsubmission of a paper (part of MA thesis) to an academic journal within three months of graduation (MA students only)

  ⓖIn case of receiving funding from the BK Office to attend an overseas conference, the paper (or another) must be submitted to an academic journal within six months of the presentation date.

  ⓗIn case of co-authoring a paper, all co-authors must fill out, sign, and submit a hard copy of the Statement of Co-Authoring to the BK Office, preferably before journal submission.

  ⓘMedia Literacy and Data Literacy Requirements

  - All BK scholarship recipients and BK participatory students must take at least one session from the Y-DEC media literacy program within 1st~3rd semester. Also, students must submit the proof to the BK office.

  - All BK scholarship recipients and BK participatory students must make one YouTube video every year. The video should be related to the students’ majors, and must be at least 5 minute long. If there is no special reason, the video should be up on the YouTube for at least 2 years. Students must submit the link of their YouTube video to the BK office. Also, all of the submitted videos will automatically enter the best YouTube contest for rewards.

  - When BK scholarship recipients and BK participatory students (who met above requirements about Media/Data Literacy) want to take intensive courses about Statistics or Data Science from inside or outside the school, incentive or the full tuition fee (in an acceptable range) for the course will be offered.

  * If students complete certificate programs from the department (Digital Humanities, Cultural Studies or Literary Criticism Certificate Programs), incentives will also be offered.

• 1)Eligibility Requirements

  -a, c, d Eligibility Scholarship requirements of BK Scholarship Recipient (see above)

• 2)Benefits

  -b, c, d, i of BK Scholarship Recipient Benefits (see above)

• 3)Responsibilities

  -g, h, i of BK Scholarship Recipient Responsibilities (see above)