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This course is designed for students aiming to advance their Korean proficiency through close reading and analysis of selected texts from Korean short stories and novels. Students will engage in discussions, compositions, and presentations to critically reflect on these works. By exploring themes such as love, gender, family, human rights, and relationships, the course offers deeper insights into the customs, values, and beliefs that shape Korean society and culture, as well as the universal human experiences conveyed through literature.

This non-core beginner’s course is specially tailored for students who want to learn a new language in a fun and stress-free way. Compared to core courses, this course is more focused on communication activities with hands-on exercises to automatize and internalize simple basic expressions related to their daily lives. This course will provide students with a strong foundation to start learning the language with confidence and comfort.

This non-core beginner’s course is specially tailored for students who want to learn a new language in a fun and stress-free way. Compared to core courses, this course is more focused on communication activities with hands-on exercises to automatize and internalize simple basic expressions related to their daily lives. This course will provide students with a strong foundation to start learning the language with confidence and comfort.

Designed for non-heritage advanced learners of Korean with fourth-year proficiency or equivalent (as approved by the instructors), this course uses Korean songs as a focal point to enhance language skills while engaging with relevant cultural and historical knowledge of modern and contemporary Korea. By implication, we closely read and listen to selected songs so that we probe to reach a better and deeper understanding of the Korean language as played out in a verse and musical form, on the one hand, and we study the contexts in which the lyric and music are produced, performed, and distributed.

Designed for non-heritage advanced learners of Korean with fourth-year proficiency or equivalent (as approved by the instructors), this course uses Korean songs as a focal point to enhance language skills while engaging with relevant cultural and historical knowledge of modern and contemporary Korea. By implication, we closely read and listen to selected songs so that we probe to reach a better and deeper understanding of the Korean language as played out in a verse and musical form, on the one hand, and we study the contexts in which the lyric and music are produced, performed, and distributed. Consent only.

KORE 21300 is the third course in the fourth-year Korean sequence. Students will learn basic principles, methods, and techniques in translation and apply appropriate strategies to the practice and description of translation. They will watch pre-recorded lecture videos, complete weekly translation assignments (Korean to English and English to Korean), and participate in group or individual sessions to discuss their translation work. Students will also choose a literary work or text of their choice for their final translation project. The materials covered in this class include medical guidelines, campaign flyers, newspaper articles, reports, brochures, resumes, business and academic emails, and editorials. This course meets on Tuesdays and Thursdays for eighty minutes.  

KORE 21200 is the second course in the fourth-year Korean sequence, designed to continue improving students' speaking, listening, reading, and writing skills to an advanced level. This course will focus on enhancing speed, accuracy, and comprehension in advanced listening and reading of authentic texts, such as interviews, movies, novels, essays, and reports. Additionally, it will refine writing skills in various styles. Students will also discuss social, cultural, and political issues in Korea, utilizing their analytical skills and knowledge acquired in class. This course meets on Tuesdays and Thursdays for eighty minutes.

KORE 21100 is the first course in the fourth-year Korean sequence, designed for students who aim to improve their speaking, listening, reading, and writing skills to an advanced level. Successful completion of the third-year Korean sequence or equivalent skills is required to enroll in this course. This course will focus on enhancing speed, accuracy, and comprehension in advanced listening and reading of authentic texts, such as newspaper articles, essays, poems, and reports. Additionally, it will refine writing skills in various styles. Students will also discuss social and cultural issues in Korea, utilizing their analytical skills and knowledge acquired in class. This course meets on Tuesdays and Thursdays for eighty minutes.

KORE 21100 is designed for the students who aim to improve their speaking, listening, reading, and writing skills to an advanced level. This course will focus on enhancing speed, accuracy, and comprehension in advanced listening and reading of authentic texts (such as newspaper articles, essays, poems, reports etc.) as well as the refinement of writing skills in various styles. Students will also discuss social and cultural issues in Korea using their analytic skills and knowledge acquired in class.

The third of three consecutive courses focuses on improving speaking, listening, reading, and writing skills to high-advanced level. Through intensive readings and discussions, students will build extensive vocabulary and complex grammatical structures as well as developing sophisticated speaking skills and academic writing skills. The materials introduced in this class include newspaper articles dealing with current social, cultural, or economic issues in Korea, literary works such as poems and novels, and authentic media such as TV documentaries or movies.