South Korea Program Dates

Arrive in South Korea: Monday, June 9, 2025
Depart South to US Korea: Friday, June 27, 2025

 

Study Abroad South Korea Application

Early Deadline: December 4, 2024
Final Deadline: March 4, 2025

*Applications will be reviewed and accepted on a first come first served basis

 

Information Sessions

Coming Soon

 

About the program

During this summer study abroad program, students will learn about Korean culture—one that is rooted in tradition, transformed by industry and technology, and marked by legacies of colonization, division, and war. Students will experience life in Seoul by visiting historical temples and villages, cooking traditional Korean food, viewing classical and K-pop performances, and trying their hand at calligraphy. They will take in sweeping views of the city from Seoul Tower and cruise along the Han River. A weekend trip to Gyeoungju will bring them to the Buddhist Bulguksa Temple, a UNESCO heritage site. While immersing themselves in Seoul and its environs, students will sharpen their analytical skills as they learn about Korea-US relations, Korean global migration, and tensions within the divided peninsula.

 Program Highlights

  • Open to all majors

  • Scholarships available

  • A $0 program fee that covers lodging, insurance, and most excursions

  • Earn 6 units of upper division GE

  • All courses taught by CSU Fullerton faculty

  • Cruise along the Han River

  • Two-day excursion to Gyeongju, a city known as a “museum without walls”

  • Learn to cook Korean food and write Korean calligraphy

  • Explore Insa-dong, an antique and tea shop district, and Apgujeong-dong, a K-beauty and Instagram hub

  • Visit museums to examine ancient art, the Korean War, and K-Pop

Program Fee (tentative)

$4395 $0

The program fee includes the following items: 

  • Housing
  • All program academic field trips
  • All-access ground transportation travel pass
  • Group lunches  
  • International travel insurance 

The student fee does not include the following:

  • CSUF books and tuition
  • Round-trip airfare
  • Passport or visa fees if applicable
  • Daily personal meals and other expenses

Program Courses

HSS 350 Life and Culture Abroad, Seoul, Korea (3 units; GE C.3 & Z)
 

AMST 301: American Experiences (adapted for study abroad Korea):  (3 units; GE D.5 & Z)

Faculty

 

Dr. Susie Woo
suwoo@fullerton.edu   
American Studies, CSUF

Susie Woo is a Professor of American Studies at California State University, Fullerton where she teaches courses on race and immigration. Her book, Framed by War: Korean Children and Women at the Crossroads of US Empire, traces how the Korean War altered the lives of Korean children and women on both sides of the Pacific. Her current research centers on prosthetics, interracial blood transfusions, and mixed-race children to explore how bodies changed by war altered the landscape of US involvement in Korea and Vietnam. A native Southern Californian, she loves surfing with her kids, baking and then eating whatever she baked, and reading or watching Netflix late into the night.

 

Need more information?

  • Visit:  Student Success Center / HUM-112 / 8am-5pm, M-F 
  •  Email:  Jaycee Cover 

 

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