KORE 321: Korean Proficiency through Visual Culture

KORE 321-K02: Korean Profic through Vis Cult
(Fall 2025)

03:00 PM to 04:15 PM T

Mason Korea (119 Songdomunhwa-ro, Yeonsu-gu, Incheon, Korea) G209 - Hybrid

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Section Information for Fall 2025

  • This is a course for native (or near-native) speakers of the Korean language.
  • This is a hybrid course: students meet only once a week on Tuesday for lectures, discussions, and writing workshops, while doing assignments online during the rest of the week.
  • Students will learn how to write an academic paper, how to present in a formal conference setting, while analyzing Korean culture embedded in Korean dramas.
  • Students will create their own K-drama as a team at the end of the semester.
  • The syllabus uploaded here is tentative and will be updated during the summer. There will be changes in the Korean Dramas to analyze, but the workload will remain the same.
  • If you're an international students who wish to take this course, please get in touch with the instructor (soh44@gmu.edu) 

This section is for native speakers of Korean. If you are not a native speaker of Korean, please take KORE 321 K01.

Course Information from the University Catalog

Credits: 3

Develops Intermediate-high level Korean reading, writing, listening, and speaking skills while increasing understanding of Korean culture through authentic Korean visual culture such as films, TV dramas, commercials, and music videos. Students who complete the course will gain an understanding of local and global Korean visual culture as well as acquire upper level Korean linguistic proficiency. Offered by Modern & Classical Languages. May be repeated within the degree for a maximum 6 credits.
Recommended Prerequisite: KORE 202, appropriate placement score, or permission of instructor.
Schedule Type: Lecture
Grading:
This course is graded on the Undergraduate Regular scale.
Additional Course Details: Taught in Korean

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