Korean Language/Studies Program | Courses
Regular Courses
KOR 101: ELEMENTARY KOREAN I,
5 units
COURSE DESCRIPTION: Elementary Korean I is the first part of a basic course in spoken and written modern Korean. This course is designed to assist students in their development of survival Korean language skills in speaking, listening, reading, and writing plus cultural understanding. In this course, students will master all of the Korean alphabet (called Hangul) components as well as the sound system of Hangul. The course will focus on speaking basic Korean words, phrases, and sentences. The latter part of the course will focus on grammatical patterns such as basic sentence structures and some simple expressions
No Prerequisite
GE standing
Section 1: for the students who do not have any Korean language background
Section 2: for the students who are exposed to Korean language
KOR 102: ELEMENTARY KOREAN II, 5 units
COURSE DESCRIPTION: Elementary Korean II is the second part of a basic course in spoken and written modern Korean. This course is designed to assist students in their further development of Korean language skills in speaking, listening, reading, and writing plus cultural understanding. The course will focus on speaking basic Korean words, phrases, and sentences. The latter part of the course will focus on grammatical patterns such as simple sentence structures (with present progressive and various sentence-ending particles) and some simple expressions in various social situations (e.g., planning weekend activities, dining at a restaurant).
Prerequisite: Elementary Korean I or consent of instructor
GE standing
Section 1: for the students who do not have any Korean language background
Section 2: for the students who are exposed to Korean language
KOR 201: INTERMEDIATE KOREAN I, 5 units
COURSE DESCRIPTION: Intermediate Korean I is the first part of second year Korean. This course builds upon students’ knowledge of basic grammatical structures (acquired at elementary level Korean) and teaches students grammatical patterns of complex sentences. Students are expected to be competent in conversing on a variety of topics in daily life situations. Students expand their knowledge of words and phrases to express their ideas more fluently in Korean. All four language skills are emphasized with the cultural competency.
Prerequisite: Elementary Korean II or consent of instructor
GE standing
KOR 202: INTERMEDIATE KOREAN II, 5 units
COURSE DESCRIPTION: Intermediate Korean II is the second part of a second year Korean. This course builds upon students’ knowledge of grammatical structures (acquired in Intermediate Korean I) and teaches students complex sentence structures at a more advanced level. Students are expected to be competent in conversing on a variety of topics in everyday situations. Students are expected to write short essays using the vocabularies, expressions, and sentence structures introduced (rather than separate sentences). All four language skills are emphasized with the cultural competency.
Prerequisite: Intermediate Korean I or consent of instructor
GE standing
KOR 301: ADVANCED KOREAN I, 3 units
COURSE DESCRIPTION: Advanced Korean I is the first parts of third year Korean. This course teaches complex sentences with advanced grammatical patterns. Students are expected to become fluent in conversing on a variety of topics in everyday situations. Reading and writing skills will be emphasized with the authentic materials, but depending on the students’ ability, spoken skills will also be emphasized. Expected student learning outcome in advanced Korean is the communicate with the Korean natives in the advanced level of cultural competency.
Prerequisite: Intermediate Korean I or consent of instructor
KOR 302: ADVANCED KOREAN II, 3 units
COURSE DESCRIPTION: Advanced Korean II is the second part of third year Korean. This course teaches complex sentences with advanced grammatical patterns. Students are expected to become fluent in conversing on a variety of topics in everyday situations. Students will also have further understanding of the Korean culture. Reading and writing skills will be emphasized, but depending on the students’ ability, spoken skills will also be emphasized.
Prerequisite: Advanced Korean I or consent of instructor
KOR 321: KOREAN CIVILIZATION, 3 units
COURSE DESCRIPTION: This is a survey course of the main characteristics and development of Korean customs, art, music, literature, philosophy, religion, political and social institutions through different periods. These topics will be presented in chronological historical periods - Tangun Choson, Kokuryo, Paeckje, Silla, Unified Silla, Koryo, Yi Choson, Japanese Colonial Period, Korea’s First to Seventh Regime to present time. We will discuss how Korean civilization during these different historical periods from a variety of perspectives: personhood (gender, age, and class), nationhood (geographical, historical, functional, conflict, convergence, world system, ecological, or intercultural) at the same time. Selected texts and important literary works will be introduced to highlight the key aspects above and the humanistic dimension of the Korean mind, legacies, traditions, heritage, and material and spiritual landscape. The approach is interdisciplinary and both descriptive and interpretive. All class activities and reading materials are in English. In addition to lectures, classroom instruction includes discussions, student presentations, individual and small group special projects, films, and guest speakers.
Prerequisite: Upper division standing only
GE standing
KOR 331: BUSINESS KOREAN I, 3 units
COURSE DESCRIPTION: This course is intended to help you acquire a broad knowledge of business Korean and relevant Korean business culture. The course aims to develop language skills and general business cultural understanding useful for performing basic business within the Korean business environment. The course focuses on basic business terms, phrases and business etiquette of Korean. It focuses on business culture and Chaebol studies. Through task-based and content-oriented activities, you will develop your language and cultural competency in business Korean.
Prerequisite: Intermediate Korean II or consent of instructor
KOR 332: BUSINESS KOREAN II, 3 units
COURSE DESCRIPTION: Continuation and a practicum part of Business Korean I (KOR 331). Deeper understanding of the Korean business culture. The course aims to develop language skills and business cultural understanding useful for performing basic business within the Korean business environment. The course focuses on how to write a resume, a job application, writing a self-introduction and job interview skills including basic business and economic terms, phrases and business etiquette. It focuses on individual performance of hands-on curriculum, i.e. sending a resume, requesting an interview, learning manners during meetings, etc. Through task-based and content-oriented activities, you will develop your language and cultural competency in business Korean.
Prerequisite: Business Korean I or consent of instructor
Special Topics Courses
KOR 296: Experimental Topics
Example topic: KOREAN CULTURE AND SOCIETY, 3 units
COURSE DESCRIPTION: This course is an introduction to Korean anthropology by examining Korean people, history, culture, and society. We will focus on contemporary issues and the major transformations that have occurred in the past century such as nationalism and the construction of Korean identity, thoughts and life passage, kinship, art and languages, the making of national symbols, self-representation, the remaking of the Korean family, urbanization, consumerism, and globalization
Taught in English.
No Prerequisite.
KOR 496: Topics in Korean Studies
Example topic: KOREAN STUDIES THROUGH MEDIA, 3 units
COURSE DESCRIPTION: This course introduces major approaches to the study and analysis of the modern/contemporary Korean wave (i.e. influence of modern Korean culture to many neighboring countries in East Asia as well as to some countries in the west) and Korean identity formation. It will cover broad patterns in historical developments and consider the politics of nationalism, colonialism, the division of the peninsula, through different media exposures and cultural phenomena. Course materials include ethnographic data, popular culture of South Korea through media i.e. literary materials and documents, popular music, shows, TV dramas, movies, commercial designs, advertisement, internet industry, and survey of academic and semi-academic readings and viewings of international Korean wave.
Taught in English.
No Prerequisite.
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