New Taekwondo Major to Initiate at Concordia University, Irvine, USA.

    
Concordia University in Irvine, California, the United States, will establish a new undergraduate emphasis in taekwondo this fall; the first taekwondo major of this kind outside Korea.

According to the press release of Concordia University on May 18, 2006, the new Taekwondo major will be considered as one of the Exercise and Sports Sciences, where students will be taught taekwondo science and theory, taekwondo dojang (school) management and taekwondo business. The selection of the first batch of freshmen will start from Aug. 26, 2006.

“I am heartened that Concordia University is demonstrating great vision for the future by investing in this new emphasis in taekwondo. I believe that the exciting collaboration between the World Taekwondo Federation and Concordia University in supporting this new emphasis would greatly enhance the lives of your students,”said WTF President Chungwon Choue.

Students are required to accomplish the following compulsory courses, among others: sports science, biology, taekwondo, sport management and marketing, dojang management.

Theoretical and practical courses will be given by Prof. Chang-jin Kang, an Irvine citizen who owns a taekwondo school. With a 9th Kukkiwon Dan and 48 years of experience in taekwondo practice and lecturing, Prof. Kang played a key role in establishing the taekwondo major at the university.

According to Prof. Kang, students who graduate from the course could be granted a 3rd or 4th Dan by the examination committee. He will also be in charge of international referee courses, exchange programs with taekwondo-majored Korean students, seminars and other activities related to this sport.

Concordia University Irvine is the first American university outside Korea where taekwondo will be lectured as a major.