Courses and Syllabi
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Korean Fall 2025
Undergraduate
KORE 102: Elementary Korean II (3 Credits)
Continuation of KORE 101. Notes: Students may not receive credit for KORE 102 and KORE 110. Offered by Modern & Classical Languages. Limited to three attempts. Equivalent to KORE 110.
Recommended Prerequisite: KORE 101, appropriate placement score, or permission of instructor.
Schedule Type: Lecture
Grading:
This course is graded on the Undergraduate Regular scale.
This course is graded on the Undergraduate Regular scale.
Additional Course Details: Taught in Korean
1 Section Currently Scheduled
- KORE 102 - DL1: Elementary Korean II — Dae Yong Kim - Online
KORE 110: Elementary Korean (6 Credits)
Introduces elements of grammar, vocabulary, oral skills, listening comprehension, and reading. Offered by Modern & Classical Languages. Limited to three attempts. Equivalent to KORE 101, KORE 102.
Schedule Type: Lecture
Grading:
This course is graded on the Undergraduate Regular scale.
This course is graded on the Undergraduate Regular scale.
Additional Course Details: Taught in Korean
3 Sections Currently Scheduled
- KORE 110 - 001: Elementary Korean — Sun Young Kim — 10:30 AM to 12:20 PM MWF - Angel Cabrera Global Center 1405
- KORE 110 - 002: Elementary Korean — Hei Sook Yoo — 12:30 PM to 02:20 PM MWF - Angel Cabrera Global Center 1405
- KORE 110 - DL1: Elementary Korean — Jihye Moon - Online
KORE 201: Intermediate Korean I (3 Credits)
Continuation of basic Korean listening, speaking, reading, and writing skills. Online and lab work required. Offered by Modern & Classical Languages. Limited to three attempts.
Recommended Prerequisite: KORE 102, KORE 110, appropriate placement score, or permission of instructor.
Schedule Type: Lecture
Grading:
This course is graded on the Undergraduate Regular scale.
This course is graded on the Undergraduate Regular scale.
Additional Course Details: Taught in Korean
2 Sections Currently Scheduled
- KORE 201 - 001: Intermediate Korean I — Sun Young Kim — 01:30 PM to 02:45 PM MW - Angel Cabrera Global Center 1302A
- KORE 201 - DL1: Intermediate Korean I — Dae Yong Kim - Online
KORE 202: Intermediate Korean II (3 Credits)
Continuation of KORE 201. Online and lab work required. Offered by Modern & Classical Languages. Limited to three attempts.
Recommended Prerequisite: KORE 201, appropriate placement score, or permission of instructor.
Schedule Type: Lecture
Grading:
This course is graded on the Undergraduate Regular scale.
This course is graded on the Undergraduate Regular scale.
Additional Course Details: Fulfills Frgn Lng requirment, Taught in Korean
2 Sections Currently Scheduled
- KORE 202 - 001: Intermediate Korean II — So Young Yi — 12:00 PM to 01:15 PM TR - Exploratory Hall (formerly Science and Tech II) L111
- KORE 202 - DL1: Intermediate Korean II — So Young Yi — 10:30 AM to 11:45 AM TR - Online
KORE 300: Korean Culture and Society (3 Credits)
Provides a broad overview of Korean people, society, and culture, mainly focusing on basic culture codes. Starting from the ways of Korean people's interaction, the course explores distinctive features of expression such as joy, excitement, sadness, frustration, and anger. Various authentic materials and course books will offer the framework for students to understand unique Korean cultural phenomena and their sociohistorical background. Offered by Modern & Classical Languages. May be repeated within the degree for a maximum 9 credits.
Specialized Designation: Topic Varies, Non-Western Culture
Schedule Type: Lecture
Grading:
This course is graded on the Undergraduate Regular scale.
This course is graded on the Undergraduate Regular scale.
1 Section Currently Scheduled
- KORE 300 - 002: Korean Culture & Society — Paul S. Cha — 01:30 PM to 02:45 PM T - Innovation Hall 336 - Hybrid
KORE 301: Advanced Korean Language and Culture (3 Credits)
Develops advanced level Korean language skills and cultural awareness in interpersonal, interpretive, and presentational modes of communication. Offered by Modern & Classical Languages. Limited to three attempts.
Recommended Prerequisite: KORE 202; appropriate placement score; or permission of instructor
Schedule Type: Lecture
Grading:
This course is graded on the Undergraduate Regular scale.
This course is graded on the Undergraduate Regular scale.
Additional Course Details: Taught in Korean
1 Section Currently Scheduled
- KORE 301 - 001: Advanced Korean Lang and Cult — Hyun Seon Park — 03:00 PM to 04:15 PM TR - Horizon Hall 5012
KORE 305: Business Korean (3 Credits)
Develops intermediate- to high- level Korean reading, writing, listening and speaking skills while increasing culture awareness in Korean business settings through authentic materials and hands-on projects with people in the Korean business community. Offered by Modern & Classical Languages. Limited to three attempts.
Recommended Prerequisite: KORE 202, appropriate placement score, or permission of instructor.
Schedule Type: Lecture
Grading:
This course is graded on the Undergraduate Regular scale.
This course is graded on the Undergraduate Regular scale.
Additional Course Details: Taught in Korean
1 Section Currently Scheduled
- KORE 305 - DL1: Business Korean — Hei Sook Yoo - Online
KORE 311: Modern Korean Literature in Translation (3 Credits)
Offers an overview of South Korean literature in the twentieth and twenty-first century. Examines the literary representations of modern Korean histories and investigates the origins and evolvement of modern Korean literary genres. Offered by Modern & Classical Languages. Limited to three attempts.
Mason Core: Mason Core, Literature
Recommended Prerequisite: ENGH 101; appropriate placement score; or permission of instructor.
Schedule Type: Lecture
Grading:
This course is graded on the Undergraduate Regular scale.
This course is graded on the Undergraduate Regular scale.
1 Section Currently Scheduled
- KORE 311 - DL1: Modern Korean Lit Translation — Young A Jung - Online
KORE 340: Transformation of Language and Culture in North and South Korea (3 Credits)
Develops advanced level North and South Korean reading, writing, listening, and speaking skills and increases culture awareness through authentic Korean visual culture. Distinguishes cross-linguistic and cross-cultural differences of North and South Korean language and culture and develops advanced level Korean linguistic proficiency. Offered by Modern & Classical Languages. Limited to three attempts.
Specialized Designation: Topic Varies
Recommended Prerequisite: KORE 202 or placement exam.
Schedule Type: Lecture
Grading:
This course is graded on the Undergraduate Regular scale.
This course is graded on the Undergraduate Regular scale.
Additional Course Details: Taught in Korean
1 Section Currently Scheduled
- KORE 340 - 001: Lang and Soc of the Two Koreas — Dae Yong Kim — 10:30 AM to 11:45 AM T - Innovation Hall 336 - Hybrid
KORE 350: Korean Cinema in Global Contexts (3 Credits)
Explores Korean cinema and visual culture in global contexts. Analyzing its cultural production and global reception allows students to appreciate its impact on world cinema and its ability to transcend cultural and linguistic barriers. Offered by Modern & Classical Languages. Limited to three attempts.
Schedule Type: Lecture
Grading:
This course is graded on the Undergraduate Regular scale.
This course is graded on the Undergraduate Regular scale.
1 Section Currently Scheduled
- KORE 350 - 001: Korean Cinema Global Contexts — Hyun Seon Park — 03:00 PM to 04:15 PM W - Krug Hall 204 - Hybrid
KORE 370: Advanced Korean Writing (3 Credits)
This course is designed to develop students’ advanced level Korean writing skills. Students will learn technical, formal, and stylistic writing useful for document preparation and a various professional setting. Offered by Modern & Classical Languages. Limited to three attempts.
Mason Core: Mason Core, Writing Intensive in Major
Specialized Designation: Topic Varies
Recommended Prerequisite: KORE 202; appropriate placement score; or permission of instructor
Schedule Type: Lecture
Grading:
This course is graded on the Undergraduate Regular scale.
This course is graded on the Undergraduate Regular scale.
Additional Course Details: Taught in Korean
1 Section Currently Scheduled
- KORE 370 - 001: Academic Purpose Writing — Jihye Moon — 12:00 PM to 01:15 PM TR - Horizon Hall 5008
KORE 410: Special Topics in Korean Linguistics (3 Credits)
Explores a selected theme in Korean linguistics with a focus on its lexicology, sound system, and language variation. Combines discussion of theoretical issues with the empirical analysis of Korean. Offered by Modern & Classical Languages. May be repeated within the term for a maximum 9 credits.
Specialized Designation: Topic Varies
Recommended Prerequisite: KORE 202 or equivalent; appropriate placement score; or permission of instructor
Schedule Type: Lecture
Grading:
This course is graded on the Undergraduate Regular scale.
This course is graded on the Undergraduate Regular scale.
Additional Course Details: Taught in Korean
1 Section Currently Scheduled
- KORE 410 - DL1: Korean Morphology and Syntax — Jihye Moon - Online
KORE 450: Korean Cultural Studies (3 Credits)
Explores histories and contemporary applications of Korean cultural studies and cultural analyses, including cultural production and consumption in domestic and transnational scopes, reception and fandom, semiotics, postcolonial and postmodern theory, visual and media studies, and quantitative and qualitative methods. Students consider representative Korean cultural products, and also learn about the Western development of Cultural Studies. Offered by Modern & Classical Languages. May be repeated within the term for a maximum 6 credits.
Specialized Designation: Topic Varies
Recommended Prerequisite: 300 level KORE course conducted in Korean; appropriate placement score; permission of instructor
Schedule Type: Lecture
Grading:
This course is graded on the Undergraduate Regular scale.
This course is graded on the Undergraduate Regular scale.
Additional Course Details: Taught in Korean
1 Section Currently Scheduled
- KORE 450 - 001: Racial & Gender Dynamics Kore — Young A Jung — 04:30 PM to 07:10 PM M - Horizon Hall 5008