Introduction
Program Overview
Korea University's Korean Flagship Program is an Overseas Training Course for the UHM Korean Flagship Program, which was designed by the U.S. government to train American Korean experts with the highest level of Korean proficiency (ACTFL Superior Level), and first opened at Hawaii State University in the U.S.
The goal of the local Korean flagship program is to cultivate Korean experts by learning the highest level of Korean proficiency and understanding Korean society through Korea University Undergraduate majors, high-level media classes, internship activities, and other cultural activities as well.
First established at Hawaii State University, the course took students from the Fall Semester of 2003 after a year of preparation and began full-fledged U.S. courses. KFOP has been converted to a degree program since 2006, allowing students who have completed two years of courses to obtain a Master's Degree, and since 2009, it has been changed to an Undergraduate Program to teach professional-level Korean to Undergraduate students at the University of Hawaii.
The Language Flagship
The Language Flagship is an advanced language education program that leads a new paradigm in designing, supporting, and implementing language education. Through innovative partnerships with the NSEP (Security Education Bureau) under the U.S. Department of Defense and Educational Institutions and Businesses, the program is training students to grow into the next generation of global professionals, and its top priority is to cultivate the highest level of linguists who can speak the language fluently.
The Language Flagship enables selected students to reach the top level in key languages selected by the U.S. government regarding security. The Korean language is operated by the University of Hawaii's Korean Language Flagship Center in the U.S., and the Overseas Program is the only one in Korea at Korea University's Korean language center.