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Kim, Jae Wook. 2010. A Study on Curriculum Development in Department of Korean Education in Domestic Universities. The Language and Culture 6-1: 47-67 The focus of this study is to develop Korean language course as a foreign language for the department of the Korean language education. Most of existing curriculum of the department is based on the examples of the Korean language Act of 2005. However the Act can not be applied to undergraduate studies because it's focused on the curriculum for graduate schools and only presenting mandatory subjects for the teaching certificate of Korean language. Supplementing the Act, it is necessary to develop the curriculum considering not only domestic Korean language courses but also foreign courses. To develop Korean language education course for undergraduate schools, this study analyzes 17 domestic courses and 20 Japanese courses and 29 Chinese ones, where the demand for Korean language eduction is high, and presents basic principles regarding designing Korean education curriculum and the actual curriculum for the department. Courses for the 1st, 2nd, and 5th areas of the domestic curriculum is correspondent to the mandatory credit required by Korean language Act, but the 3rd, which is the essential part of Korean education, is 10% less than the Act rules, and the 4th course is excessing the regulation of the Act by 16%. This is due to the fact that the existing courses are only presenting courses following basic requirements of the Act and not developing new courses which can open up new opportunity to the students. Professors for the anticipated courses are also severely lacking. While domestic courses are focusing on Korean linguistics and language educations following the frame of the Act, Japanese courses emphasize comparative linguistics and improving language skill itself and Chinese courses are paying attention to improving language skill and Korean linguistics. Based on the analyze, it is concluded that curriculums of Korean education department need to link each area of the Korean linguistics regarding Korean as a 'language' not as the 'mother tongue' This study also presents newly designed Korean education courses to extend the area of the study for various purposes and targets. It also suggests to extend and specialize Korean education practice. (Hankuk University of Foreign Studies)