 I think when Korean major gets launched, there will be a greater number of courses on Korean culture. Hello everyone, I'm Lucy Lee and this is CalTV News. Regarding a Korean language department's effort to develop Korean major at UC Berkeley, I had interviews with students and the head of the department to delve deeper into this development. I would actually be completing my minor in Korean this semester but I would definitely want to continue my studies even if it weren't offered because of what the Korean curriculum has offered me so much of. I definitely learned so much about the Korean culture and feel so connected to the Berkeley Korean community. Just thinking about how much outstanding work is going on in the Korean studies department and in the Center for Korean Studies I should say. I think it would be really cool if the undergraduate program reflected all of that academic work. I think there is a very strong student interest which translated into a greater demand for Korean courses. In order to offer a balanced course offering, it is crucial that we offer more courses on Korean courses. I also wanted to say something about Korean language program history at Berkeley. UC Berkeley is one of the oldest programs. Its Korean studies program was launched in 1943 when Korean language instruction was prohibited in Korea during the colonial period. So there is a kind of historical mission that Korean studies faculty and Korean language lecturers embrace. And this is also a strong motivation for us to develop Korean major. I think when Korean major gets launched, there will be a greater number of courses on Korean culture. For example, we are going to offer more courses on pre-modern Korean literature and culture. F4T is also underway to secure more courses on Korean popular culture other than cinema. By that I am referring to Korean pop music, K-pop. And I think offering greater courses at the time of Korean major launching will benefit the department because it is going to enhance and increase student enrollments in the program. So we have already a very diverse group of students, students who are from very different backgrounds to begin with. Now Korean society has evolved in recent decades in such a way that diverse forms of lifestyles of activities or different associations or identities have become quite predominant. Korea is not a marginal and small kind of backseat country anymore. It has evolved in such a way that it has become a very global culture. That means, as I mentioned, one needs both aperture so to speak, global perspective as well as keen understanding of local culture. Thank you for watching. I'm Lucy Lee and this is CalTV News. See you next time.