Undergraduate Courses

101. First-Year Korean 1. (4:5:0) F

Han'qul, the phonetic system, basic grammar and vocabulary, discourse, reading, and culture.

102. First-Year Korean 2. (4:5:0) Prerequisite: Korea 101 or equivalent.

Continuation of Korea 101. Phonetic system, basic grammar, vocabulary, discourse, reading, and culture.

201. Second-Year Korean 1. (4:5:0) Prerequisite: Korea 102 or equivalent.

Further practice in discourse and basic reading and writing skills; culture.

202. Second-Year Korean 2. (4:5:0) Prerequisite: Korea 201 or equivalent.

Continuation of Korea 201. Conversation, basic reading and writing skills, culture. Introduction to Chinese characters. Not for returned missionaries.

211R. Second-Year Conversation. (2:2:0 ea.) Prerequisite: Korea 201 or foreign residence experience.

Intermediate listening comprehension and speaking skills.

301. Third-Year Korean 1. (4:5:0) Prerequisite: Korea 202 or equivalent.

Vocabulary, grammar, discourse, pronunciation, hanja, and culture. First course for returned missionaries.

302. Third-Year Korean 2. (4:5:0) W Prerequisite: Korea 301 or equivalent.

Continuation of Korea 301. Vocabulary, grammar, discourse, hanja, composition, pronunciation, and culture.

311R. Third-Year Conversation. (2:2:0 ea.) W Prerequisite: Korea 301 or foreign residence experience.

Advanced conversational skills.

321. Selected Readings of Modern Korean. (3:3:0) Prerequisite: Korea 301 or equivalent.

Mixed script (with hanja) and other readings from modern documentary and literary texts, emphasizing comprehension, grammar, and vocabulary building.

325. Structure of Korean. (3:3:0) Prerequisite: Korea 302.

Applying phonology, morphology, syntax, and semantics to the problems of learning Korean.

340. Korean Literature to 1900. (3:4:0) Prerequisite: Korea 302.

Korean literature from earliest times to 1900, emphasizing basic literary concepts.

344R. Korean Literature in Translation. (3:3:0 ea.)

All readings in English; topics vary.

345. Korean Culture. (3:3:0)

Selected topics in traditional, modern, and contemporary Korean culture. All readings in English.

399R. Academic Internship. (1–9:0:0 ea.) Prerequisite: Korea 301; instructor's consent.

On-the-job cultural and language experience.

401. Fourth-Year Korean 1. (3:3:0) F Prerequisite: Korea 302.

Advanced language preparation in reading, discourse, writing, and hanja.

402. Fourth-Year Korean 2. (3:3:0) W Prerequisite: Korea 401.

Continuation of Korea 401. Advanced reading, discourse, writing, and hanja.

441. Classical Korean (Hanmun). (3:4:0) Prerequisite: Korea 321 or Chin 441.

Reading of premodern, documentary Sino-Korean texts, including genealogy records and the Choson Dynasty Annals.

443. Korean Literature after 1900. (3:4:0) Prerequisite: Korea 302.

Literary texts from major post-1900 authors, in Korean, emphasizing reading, translating, and criticism.

490R. Individual Study in Korean. (1–3:Arr.:0 ea.) Prerequisite: instructor's consent.

Individual assignments appropriate to individual needs of advanced students.

495. Senior Seminar. (2:2:0)

Individual research, with seminar paper the primary objective. Required for Korean majors.