Korean (KOREA)
KOREA 1101 - Elementary Korean I (6 Credits)
Designed for students with no or very little knowledge of Korean in order to acquire the 4 skills (listening, speaking, reading and writing) of the Korean language and to become familiar with its culture. Students will learn the Korean writing system and basic survival language skills. Basic knowledge of Korean grammar, vocabulary, expressions and cultural points will be given during the lab. Students will then have an opportunity to practice the learned knowledge in lectures. By the end of the semester, students will be able to engage in simple conversations with native Koreans on subjects familiar to them such as, introducing oneself, describing events or objects in the present and past, asking for and giving directions to and from certain places, talking about future plans, etc.
Forbidden Overlaps: KOREA 1101, KOREA 1109
Distribution Requirements: (FL-AG), (OCL-IL)
Exploratory Studies:
(EALANG)
Last Four Terms Offered: Fall 2024, Fall 2023, Fall 2022, Fall 2021 KOREA 1102 - Elementary Korean II (6 Credits)
Continuation of KOREA 1101. Designed to help students acquire the 4 skills (listening, speaking, reading and writing) of the Korean language and to become familiar with its culture. Basic knowledge of Korean grammar, vocabulary, expressions and cultural points will be given during the lab. The students will then have an opportunity to practice the learned knowledge in lectures. The goal of this course is to refine their survival skills in Korean. By the end of the semester, students will be able to engage in simple conversations with native Koreans on subjects familiar to them in all time frames (present, past, and future): school life, family and friends, traffic and transportation, vacation, food and restaurant, hobbies, etc. Korean typing skill is required.
Prerequisites: grade of C+ or higher in KOREA 1101 or online placement test (collt.lrc.cornell.edu/).
Forbidden Overlaps: KOREA 1102, KOREA 1110
Distribution Requirements: (FL-AG), (OCL-IL)
Exploratory Studies:
(EALANG)
Last Four Terms Offered: Spring 2025, Spring 2024, Spring 2023, Spring 2022 KOREA 1109 - Elementary Korean Reading and Writing I (4 Credits)
Designed for Korean heritage students who already have some level of speaking and listening competence in Korean, but have limited linguistic proficiency of reading and writing. The course first introduces basic conversational and grammatical structures and idiomatic expressions. It will then focus on speaking, reading and writing skills through short stories, essays and Korean folktales. Students will be able to create a dialogue regarding topics such as greetings, leave-taking, campus life, Korean language class, daily life, and life in Seoul.
Prerequisites: online placement test (collt.lrc.cornell.edu/) is required.
Forbidden Overlaps: KOREA 1101, KOREA 1109
Distribution Requirements: (FL-AG), (OCL-IL)
Exploratory Studies:
(EALANG)
Last Four Terms Offered: Fall 2024, Fall 2023, Fall 2022, Fall 2021 KOREA 1110 - Elementary Korean Reading and Writing II (4 Credits)
Continuation of KOREA 1109. Focuses on communicative skills in speaking, listening, reading and writing by introducing a wide range of linguistic resources. Students will command daily conversation in different cultural contexts and develop an ability to summarize and reflect on literary texts and films both in oral and written modes. Students will be able to create a discourse regarding topics such as birthday, campus life, family, shopping and hobbies. Also, students will write and revise their own work regularly to improve linguistic accuracy and reduce error production.
Prerequisites: grade of B- or higher in KOREA 1109 or online placement test (collt.lrc.cornell.edu/).
Forbidden Overlaps: KOREA 1102, KOREA 1110
Distribution Requirements: (FL-AG), (OCL-IL)
Exploratory Studies:
(EALANG)
Last Four Terms Offered: Spring 2025, Spring 2024, Spring 2023, Spring 2022 KOREA 2200 - Korean CASE (3 Credits)
KOREA 2201 - Intermediate Korean I (4 Credits)
Designed for intermediate learners of Korean. Students will achieve a higher level of communicative competence through practicing the target language in a wide range of speech events. Specifically, students will compare and contrast cultural differences, describe their own experiences and events, discuss opinions on various topics and participate in speech events. Students will command a lengthy discourse regarding various topics such as weather and seasons, clothing and fashion, travel, public transportation, shopping and life in Korea.
Prerequisites: grade of B- or higher in KOREA 1102 or online placement test (collt.lrc.cornell.edu/).
Distribution Requirements: (FL-AG), (FLOPI-AS), (OCL-IL)
Exploratory Studies:
(EALANG)
Last Four Terms Offered: Fall 2024, Fall 2023, Fall 2022, Fall 2021 KOREA 2202 - Intermediate Korean II (4 Credits)
Continuation of KOREA 2201 . The course helps students develop further communicative competence by understanding and producing complex linguistic structures and pragmatically appropriate expressions in cultural contexts. Students will use linguistic tools to describe and express their stance, justification, attitudes, evaluation and complex clausal relations. Students will command a lengthy discourse regarding various topics such as holidays, birthday, cultural differences, doctor-patient talk and job interview.
Prerequisites: grade of B- or higher in KOREA 2201 or online placement test (collt.lrc.cornell.edu/).
Distribution Requirements: (FL-AG), (FLOPI-AS), (OCL-IL)
Exploratory Studies:
(EALANG)
Last Four Terms Offered: Spring 2025, Spring 2024, Spring 2023, Spring 2022 KOREA 2209 - Intermediate Korean Reading and Writing I (4 Credits)
Designed for the Korean heritage students who can understand and speak Korean, but especially need to refine their reading and writing skills. Students will acquire concrete knowledge of grammar to use in everyday conversation, will be able to read passages faster, and will minimize their spelling errors in writing, through frequent discussion and composition about Korean culture, society and history. They will become confident in reading paragraph-length readings in Korean, be able to write their reflections on the passages that they have read, and speak with ease when participating in the classroom discussions. Various projects will enhance students' overall linguistic and intercultural competence. Korean typing skill is required.
Prerequisites: grade of B- or higher in KOREA 1110 or online placement test (collt.lrc.cornell.edu).
Distribution Requirements: (FL-AG), (FLOPI-AS), (OCL-IL)
Exploratory Studies:
(EALANG)
Last Four Terms Offered: Fall 2024, Fall 2023, Fall 2022, Fall 2021 KOREA 2210 - Intermediate Korean Reading and Writing II (4 Credits)
Continuation of KOREA 2209. Designed for Korean heritage students who can understand and speak Korean, but especially need to refine their reading and writing skills. Students will acquire concrete knowledge of grammar to use in everyday conversation, and will minimize their spelling errors in writing, through frequent discussion and composition about Korean culture, society and history. They will become confident in reading paragraph-length readings in Korean, be able to write their reflections on the passages that they have read, and speak with ease when participating in the classroom discussions. Various projects will enhance students' overall linguistic and intercultural competence. Korean typing skill is required.
Prerequisites: grade of B- or higher in KOREA 2209, or online placement test (collt.lrc.cornell.edu).
Distribution Requirements: (FL-AG), (FLOPI-AS), (OCL-IL)
Exploratory Studies:
(EALANG)
Last Four Terms Offered: Spring 2025, Spring 2024, Spring 2023, Spring 2022 KOREA 3301 - High Intermediate Korean I (4 Credits)
Designed for high intermediate learners of Korean. It aims to help students achieve high levels of language proficiency by introducing a wide range of authentic reading materials. The course provides students with reading materials from writings in various genres and styles such as newspaper editorials, columns, essays, short stories, and other literary writings. Students will discuss and write an essay on topics regarding living in Korea, popular Korean food, dating culture in Korea, tour sites and regional products, Korean wave, address terms and interpersonal relations, and famous Korean people.
Prerequisites: grade of B- or higher in KOREA 2202 or KOREA 2210, or online placement test (collt.lrc.cornell.edu/).
Distribution Requirements: (FL-AG), (FLOPI-AS), (OCL-IL)
Exploratory Studies:
(EALANG)
Last Four Terms Offered: Fall 2024, Fall 2023, Fall 2022, Fall 2021 KOREA 3302 - High Intermediate Korean II (4 Credits)
Continuation of KOREA 3301. Students will continue to refine their high-intermediate language skills. Authentic published materials and documentary video-clips will be introduced in order for students to be exposed to an advanced level of Korean. Students will discuss and write an essay on topics regarding Seoul, South Korea and North Korea, housing in Korea, customs and superstition of Korea, Korean folk tales and proverbs, Korean culture of community, and Korea during the Japanese colonial period. Students are given the opportunity to do research on Korean culture and society following an academic research format and give an oral presentation in class.
Prerequisites: grade of B- or higher in KOREA 3301 or online placement test (collt.lrc.cornell.edu/).
Distribution Requirements: (FL-AG), (FLOPI-AS), (OCL-IL)
Exploratory Studies:
(EALANG)
Last Four Terms Offered: Spring 2025, Spring 2024, Spring 2023, Spring 2022 KOREA 3316 - Korean Language Across the Curriculum (LAC) (1 Credit)
This 1-credit optional course aims to expand the students' vocabulary, and advance their speaking and reading skills as well as enhance their knowledge and deepen their cultural understanding by attaching to non-language courses throughout the University.
Prerequisites: KOREA 2201/ KOREA 2202 or equivalent. Conducted in Korean.
Last Four Terms Offered: Spring 2024, Fall 2023, Fall 2022, Spring 2022
KOREA 4401 - Advanced Korean I (4 Credits)
Designed for students who have completed the intermediate level of Korean, to acquire advanced language skills (speaking, listening, reading and writing) through Content-Based Instruction and Project-Based Language Learning. Students will gain profound knowledge in various fields on Korea through discussion and composition: current issues in Korean society, Korean people's thoughts and mind, tradition, history and culture. With frequent discussions and compositions on various contemporary news articles, medical drama series, and documentaries, students are encouraged to become Intercultural Communicative Citizens and learn the contents through the language. The expected student outcome is to gain confidence in the academic level of discussions and compositions by critical thinking and analyzing. Korean typing skill is required.
Prerequisites: grade of B- or above in KOREA 2202 or KOREA 2210 or online placement required.
Distribution Requirements: (FL-AG), (FLOPI-AS)
Exploratory Studies:
(EALANG)
Last Four Terms Offered: Fall 2024, Fall 2023, Fall 2022, Fall 2021 KOREA 4402 - Advanced Korean II (4 Credits)
Continuation of KOREA 4401. Designed for students to acquire advanced language skills (speaking, listening, reading and writing) through Content-Based Instruction and Project-Based Language Learning. Students will gain profound knowledge in various fields on Korea through discussion and composition: Current issues in Korean society, Korean people's thoughts and mind, tradition, history and culture. With frequent discussions and compositions on various contemporary news articles, documentaries, and a novel, students are encouraged to become Intercultural Communicative Citizens and learn the contents through the language. The expected student outcome is to gain confidence in the academic level of discussions and compositions by critical thinking and analyzing. Korean typing skill is required.
Prerequisites: grade of B+ or higher in KOREA 4401 or online placement test (collt.lrc.cornell.edu/).
Distribution Requirements: (FL-AG), (FLOPI-AS), (OCL-IL)
Exploratory Studies:
(EALANG)
Last Four Terms Offered: Spring 2025, Spring 2024, Spring 2023, Spring 2022 KOREA 4431 - Directed Study (1-4 Credits)
Intended for above advanced language study.
Exploratory Studies:
(CU-UG); (EALANG)
Last Four Terms Offered: Fall 2024, Fall 2023, Fall 2022, Fall 2021 KOREA 4432 - Directed Study (1-4 Credits)
Intended for above advanced language study.
Exploratory Studies:
(CU-UG); (EALANG)
Last Four Terms Offered: Spring 2025, Spring 2024, Spring 2023, Spring 2022 KOREA 5509 - Graduate Studies in Korean (3-4 Credits)
Topics vary by semester in relation to student needs.
Last Four Terms Offered: Fall 2024, Fall 2023, Fall 2022
KOREA 5510 - Graduate Studies in Korean (3-4 Credits)
Topics vary by semester in relation to student needs.
Last Four Terms Offered: Spring 2025, Spring 2024, Spring 2023, Spring 2022