Korean
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KOREAN 1 Elementary Modern Korean--Intensive 10 Units
Department: Korean
Course level: Undergraduate
Term course may be offered: Summer
Grading: Letter grade.
Hours and format: 15 hours of Lecture and 5 hours of Laboratory per week for 10 weeks. 19 hours of Lecture and 6 hours of Laboratory per week for 8 weeks.
This is the equivalent of 1A-1B offered in the regular academic year.
Students will not receive credit for 1 after taking 1A-1B.
KOREAN 1A Elementary Korean 5 Units
Department: Korean
Course level: Undergraduate
Terms course may be offered: Fall and spring
Grading: Letter grade.
Hours and format: 5 hours of Lecture per week for 15 weeks.
Prerequisites: 1A is prerequisite to 1B; or consent of instructor.
These courses are designed for students who have little or no prior knowledge of the Korean language. With emphasis on speaking, listening, writing, and reading skills, the course will introduce the basic grammar of the Korean language. The courses are also intended to introduce certain cultural aspects through media sources and various activities.
KOREAN 1AX Elementary Korean for Heritage Speakers 5 Units
Department: Korean
Course level: Undergraduate
Terms course may be offered: Fall and spring
Grading: Letter grade.
Hours and format: 5 hours of Lecture per week for 15 weeks.
Prerequisites: 1AX is prerequisite to 1BX; or consent of instructor.
These courses are designed for students who already have elementary comprehension and speaking skills in Korean and have minimum exposure to reading and/or writing in Korean.
Students will receive no credit for 1AX-1BX after taking 1 or 1A-1B.
KOREAN 1B Elementary Korean 5 Units
Department: Korean
Course level: Undergraduate
Terms course may be offered: Fall and spring
Grading: Letter grade.
Hours and format: 5 hours of Lecture per week for 15 weeks.
Prerequisites: 1A is prerequisite to 1B; or consent of instructor.
These courses are designed for students who have little or no prior knowledge of the Korean language. With emphasis on speaking, listening, writing, and reading skills, the course will introduce the basic grammar of the Korean language. The courses are also intended to introduce certain cultural aspects through media sources and various activities.
KOREAN 1BX Elementary Korean for Heritage Speakers 5 Units
Department: Korean
Course level: Undergraduate
Terms course may be offered: Fall and spring
Grading: Letter grade.
Hours and format: 5 hours of Lecture per week for 15 weeks.
Prerequisites: 1AX is a prerequisite to 1BX; or consent of instructor.
These courses are designed for students who already have elementary comprehension and speaking skills in Korean and have minimum exposure to reading and/or writing in Korean.
Students will receive no credit for 1AX-1BX after taking 1 or 1A-1B.
KOREAN 7A Introduction to Pre-Modern Korean Literature and Culture 4 Units
Department: Korean
Course level: Undergraduate
Terms course may be offered: Fall and summer
Grading: Letter grade.
Hours and format: 3 hours of Lecture per week for 15 weeks. 8 hours of Lecture and 2 hours of Discussion per week for 6 weeks.
A survey of pre-modern Korean literature and culture from the seventh century to the 19th century, focusing on the relation between literary texts and various aspects of performance tradition. Topics include literati culture, gender relations, humor, and material culture. Texts to be examined include ritual songs, sijo, kasa, p'ansori, prose narratives, art, and contemporary media representation of performance traditions. All readings are in English.
Students will receive no credit for 7A after taking 187A. Students can remove adeficient grade in 187A by taking 7A.
KOREAN 7B Introduction to Modern Korean Literature and Culture 4 Units
Department: Korean
Course level: Undergraduate
Terms course may be offered: Spring and summer
Grading: Letter grade.
Hours and format: 3 hours of Lecture per week for 15 weeks. 8 hours of Lecture and 2 hours of Discussion per week for 6 weeks.
A survey of modern Korean literature and culture in the 20th century, focusing on the development of nationalist aesthetics in both North and South Korea. Topics include "new woman" narratives, urban culture, colonial modernity, war and trauma, and diaspora. Texts to be examined include works of fiction, poetry, art, and film. All readings are in English.
Students will receive no credit for 7B after taking 187B. Students can remove a deficient grade in 187B by taking 7B.
KOREAN 10 Intermediate Korean--Intensive 10 Units
Department: Korean
Course level: Undergraduate
Term course may be offered: Summer
Grading: Letter grade.
Hours and format: 15 hours of Lecture and 5 hours of Laboratory per week for 10 weeks. 19 hours of Lecture and 6 hours of Laboratory per week for 8 weeks.
Prerequisites: 1B or equivalent.
A second-year course in modern Korean. This is the equivalent of 10A-10B offered in the regular academic year.
KOREAN 10A Intermediate Korean 5 Units
Department: Korean
Course level: Undergraduate
Terms course may be offered: Fall and spring
Grading: Letter grade.
Hours and format: 5 hours of Lecture per week for 15 weeks.
Prerequisites: 1B; 10A is prerequisite to 10B; or consent of instructor.
This is a second-year course in modern Korean with equal attention given to listening, speaking, reading, writing, and cultural aspects of the language.
KOREAN 10AX Intermediate Korean for Heritage Speakers 5 Units
Department: Korean
Course level: Undergraduate
Terms course may be offered: Fall and spring
Grading: Letter grade.
Hours and format: 5 hours of Lecture per week for 15 weeks.
Prerequisites: 10AX is prerequisite to 10BX.
Intermediate Korean for students whose Korean proficiency level is higher in speaking than in reading or writing due to Korean-heritage background.
Students will receive no credit for 10AX-10BX after taking 10 or 10A-10B.
KOREAN 10B Intermediate Korean 5 Units
Department: Korean
Course level: Undergraduate
Terms course may be offered: Fall and spring
Grading: Letter grade.
Hours and format: 5 hours of Lecture per week for 15 weeks.
Prerequisites: 1B; 10A is prerequisite to 10B; consent of instructor.
This is a second-year course in modern Korean with equal attention given to listening, speaking, reading, writing, and cultural aspects of the language.
KOREAN 10BX Intermediate Korean for Heritage Speakers 5 Units
Department: Korean
Course level: Undergraduate
Terms course may be offered: Fall and spring
Grading: Letter grade.
Hours and format: 5 hours of Lecture per week for 15 weeks.
Prerequisites: 10AX is prerequisite to 10BX.
Intermediate Korean for students whose Korean proficiency level is higher in speaking than in reading or writing due to Korean-heritage background.
Students will receive no credit for 10AX-10BX after taking 10 or 10A-10B.
KOREAN 24 Freshman Seminar 1 Unit
Department: Korean
Course level: Undergraduate
Terms course may be offered: Fall and spring
Grading: The grading option will be decided by the instructor when the class is offered.
Hours and format: 1 hour of seminar per week for 15 weeks. 1.5 hours of seminar per week for 10 weeks. 2 hours of seminar per week for 8 weeks. 3 hours of seminar per week for 6 weeks. 3 hours of seminar per week for 5 weeks.
The Freshman Seminar Program has been designed to provide new students with the opportunity to explore an intellectual topic with a faculty member in a small seminar setting. Freshman seminars are offered in all campus departments and topics vary from department to department and semester to semester. Enrollment limited to fifteen freshmen.
Course may be repeated for credit as topic varies. Course may be repeated for credit when topic changes.
KOREAN 84 Sophomore Seminar 1 Unit
Department: Korean
Course level: Undergraduate
Terms course may be offered: Fall, spring and summer
Grading: The grading option will be decided by the instructor when the class is offered.
Hours and format: 1 hour of seminar per week for 15 weeks. 1 and 1 half hours of seminar per week for 10 weeks. 2 hours of seminar per week for 8 weeks. 3 hours of seminar per week for 6 weeks. 3 hours of seminar per week for 5 weeks.
Sophomore seminars are small interactive courses offered by faculty members in departments all across the campus. Sophomore seminars offer opportunity for close, regular intellectual contact between faculty members and students in the crucial second year. The topics vary from department to department and semester to semester. Enrollment limited to 15 sophomores.
Course may be repeated for credit as topic varies. Course may be repeated for credit when topic changes.
KOREAN 98 Directed Group Study for Lower Division Students 1 - 4 Units
Department: Korean
Course level: Undergraduate
Terms course may be offered: Fall, spring and summer
Grading: Offered for pass/not pass grade only.
Hours and format: Hours to be arranged.
Prerequisites: Lower division standing, 3.5 GPA.
Small group instruction in topics not covered by regularly scheduled courses.
Enrollment is restricted; see the Introduction to Courses and Curricula section of this catalog.
KOREAN 99 Independent Study for Lower Division Students 1 - 4 Units
Department: Korean
Course level: Undergraduate
Terms course may be offered: Fall and spring
Grading: Offered for pass/not pass grade only.
Hours and format: Hours to be arranged.
Prerequisites: Lower division standing, 3.5 GPA.
Independent study in topics not covered by regularly scheduled courses.
Enrollment is restricted; see the Introduction to Courses and Curricula section of this catalog.
KOREAN 100A Advanced Korean 4 Units
Department: Korean
Course level: Undergraduate
Terms course may be offered: Fall and spring
Grading: Letter grade.
Hours and format: 3 hours of Lecture per week for 15 weeks.
Prerequisites: 10B; 100A is prerequiste to 100B; or consent of instructor.
This is a third-year course in modern Korean with emphasis on acquisition of advanced vocabulary and grammatical structure. Approximately 100 Sino-Korean characters will be introduced in each semester. Students will gain exposure and knowledge of advanced-level Korean by reading authentic texts and writing short compositions, summaries, essays, and critical reviews. Small group discussions will enhance speaking skills.
KOREAN 100AX Advanced Korean for Heritage Speakers 4 Units
Department: Korean
Course level: Undergraduate
Terms course may be offered: Fall and spring
Grading: Letter grade.
Hours and format: 3 hours of lecture per week.
Prerequisites: 10BX; 100AX is prerequisite to 100BX.
Advanced Korean for students whose Korean proficiency level is higher in speaking than in reading or writing due to Korean-heritage background.
KOREAN 100B Advanced Korean 4 Units
Department: Korean
Course level: Undergraduate
Terms course may be offered: Fall and spring
Grading: Letter grade.
Hours and format: 3 hours of Lecture per week for 15 weeks.
Prerequisites: 10B; 100A is prerequisite to 100B; or consent of instructor.
This is a third-year course in modern Korean with emphasis on acquisition of advanced vocabulary and grammatical structure. Approximately 100 Sino-Korean characters will be introduced in each semester. Students will gain exposure and knowledge of advanced-level Korean by reading authentic texts and writing short compositions, summaries, essays, and critical reviews. Small group discussions will enhance speaking skills.
KOREAN 100BX Advanced Korean for Heritage Speakers 4 Units
Department: Korean
Course level: Undergraduate
Terms course may be offered: Fall and spring
Grading: Letter grade.
Hours and format: 3 hours of lecture per week.
Advanced Korean for students whose Korean proficiency level is higher in speaking than in reading or writing due to Korean-heritage background.
KOREAN 101 Fourth-Year Readings--Literature 4 Units
Department: Korean
Course level: Undergraduate
Terms course may be offered: Fall and spring
Grading: Letter grade.
Hours and format: 3 hours of Lecture per week for 15 weeks.
Prerequisites: 100B.
An advanced course in the reading and analysis of literary texts in modern Korean. Advanced conversation, writing skills, and practice in the use of standard reference tools will also be emphasized, with the goal of preparing students to do independent research in Korean.
Course may be repeated for credit. Course may be repeated for credit when topic changes.
KOREAN 102 Fourth-Year Readings--Social Sciences and History 4 Units
Department: Korean
Course level: Undergraduate
Terms course may be offered: Fall and spring
Grading: Letter grade.
Hours and format: 3 hours of Lecture per week for 15 weeks.
Prerequisites: 100B.
An advanced course in the reading and analysis of specialized texts in modern Korean drawn from history, sociology, economics, etc. Advanced conversation, writing skills, and practice in the use of standard reference tools will also be emphasized, with the goal of preparing students to do independent research in Korean.
Course may be repeated for credit. Course may be repeated for credit when topic changes.
KOREAN 111 Fifth-Year Korean A 4 Units
Department: Korean
Course level: Undergraduate
Terms course may be offered: Fall and spring
Grading: Letter grade.
Hours and format: 3 hours of Lecture per week for 15 weeks.
Prerequisites: 102.
This course is designed to increase the students' proficiency to advanced-high level in all aspects of modern Korean; it aims to prepare students for research or employment in a variety of Korea-related fields. Text materials are drawn from authentic sources including modern Korean literature, film, intellectual history, and readings on contemporary issues. Radio and TV broadcasts will also be included in the teaching materials. Texts will be selected, in part, according to student interests. With the instructor's guidance, students will conduct research projects based on specialized readings in their own fields of study. The research projects will be presented both orally and in written form at the end of the semester.
KOREAN 112 Fifth-Year Korean B 4 Units
Department: Korean
Course level: Undergraduate
Terms course may be offered: Fall and spring
Grading: Letter grade.
Hours and format: 3 hours of Lecture per week for 15 weeks.
Prerequisites: 102.
This course is designed to increase the students' proficiency to advanced-high level in all aspects of modern Korean; it aims to prepare students for research or employment in a variety of Korea-related fields. Text materials are drawn from authentic sources including modern Korean literature, film, intellectual history, and readings on contemporary issues. Radio and TV broadcasts will also be included in the teaching materials. Texts will be selected, in part, according to student interests. With the instructor's guidance, students will conduct research projects based on specialized readings in their own fields of study. The research projects will be presented both orally and in written form at the end of the semester.
KOREAN 130 Genre and Occasion in Traditional Poetry 4 Units
Department: Korean
Course level: Undergraduate
Terms course may be offered: Fall and spring
Grading: Letter grade.
Hours and format: 3 hours of Lecture per week for 15 weeks.
Prerequisites: 100B or equivalent.
This course will examine traditional and poetry, and consider the performative and cultural contexts of compositional practice before the 20th century. The course is intended to introduce key verse forms as well as basic reading knowledge of premodern Korean texts. Topics will vary.
Course may be repeated for credit as topic varies. Course may be repeated for credit when topic changes.
KOREAN 140 Narrating Persons and Objects in Traditional Korean Prose 4 Units
Department: Korean
Course level: Undergraduate
Terms course may be offered: Fall and spring
Grading: Letter grade.
Hours and format: 3 hours of Lecture per week for 15 weeks.
This course is a critical exploration of the broad range of prose literature before the 20th century, including vernacular fiction, memoirs, travel accounts, and essays. Particular attention will be given to narrative styles, issues of personal identity, and a link between literary text and material culture in the development of prose literature before the 20th century. The course is intended as a close reading of key prose narrative works, while functioning simultaneously as an introduction to basic reading knowledge of premodern Korean texts. Topics will vary.
Course may be repeated for credit as topic varies. Course may be repeated for credit when topic changes.
KOREAN 150 Modern Korean Poetry 4 Units
Department: Korean
Course level: Undergraduate
Terms course may be offered: Fall and spring
Grading: Letter grade.
Hours and format: 3 hours of Lecture per week for 15 weeks.
Prerequisites: 100B or equivalent.
This course will examine the works of major poets in the first half of the 20th century and will consider the formation of modern Korean poetry. Particular attention will be given to the ideas of lyricism, modernism, and the identity of a poet in the context of the colonial occupation of Korea.
Course may be repeated for credit as topic varies. Course may be repeated for credit when topic changes.
KOREAN 155 Modern Korean Fiction 4 Units
Department: Korean
Course level: Undergraduate
Terms course may be offered: Fall and spring
Grading: Letter grade.
Hours and format: 3 hours of lecture per week for 8 weeks.
Prerequisites: 100B or equivalent.
This course surveys modern Korean fiction in the first half of the 20th century. Readings include major works of the novel, short fiction, and literary criticism. The course examines the development of modern fiction in the context of nationalist movements, colonialism, and the Korean War.
Course may be repeated for credit as topic varies. Course may be repeated for credit when topic changes.
KOREAN 157 Contemporary Korean Literature 4 Units
Department: Korean
Course level: Undergraduate
Terms course may be offered: Fall and spring
Grading: Letter grade.
Hours and format: 3 hours of Lecture per week for 15 weeks.
Prerequisites: 100B or equivalent.
This course surveys contemporary Korean literature, focusing on the separate development of language, literary aesthetics, and nationalism in North and South Korea from the end of the Korean War to the present. The course examines an assortment of works of fiction, poetry, literary criticism, and visual media. Emphasis is on close readings of the texts, while considering various issues involving post colonial cultural production: war and trauma, gender and labor, political violence and presentation, modernization and dislocation, and diaspora. Topics will vary.
KOREAN 170 Intercultural Encounters in Korean Literature 4 Units
Department: Korean
Course level: Undergraduate
Terms course may be offered: Fall, spring and summer
Grading: Letter grade.
Hours and format: 3 hours of lecture per week. 8 hours of lecture per week for 6 weeks.
This course will explore the moments of intercultural encounters captured in Korean literature. Encounters with foreign cultures and literary reflections on them have emerged as prominent at critical moments of Korean history, such as periods of great social transition or international conflict. In this course, we will be addressing questions concerning how experiences of the encounters of foreign cultures have been represented in Korean literature from the sixteenth through the twentieth century; what their domestic ramifications were, especially in terms of literary genres; and how the transformation of Korean national identity have been imagined and articulated in literary works.
KOREAN 180 Critical Approaches to Modern Korean Literature 4 Units
Department: Korean
Course level: Undergraduate
Terms course may be offered: Fall and spring
Grading: Letter grade.
Hours and format: 3 hours of Lecture per week for 15 weeks.
Prerequisites: One upper division literature course.
This course introduces various critical approaches to modern Korean literature through a set of texts in English translation. Readings will include an assortment of works of fiction, poetry, literary criticism, and visual media. Emphasis is on close reading of texts and literary approaches to them.
Course may be repeated for credit as topic varies. Course may be repeated for credit when topic changes.
KOREAN 185 Picturing Korea 4 Units
Department: Korean
Course level: Undergraduate
Terms course may be offered: Fall and spring
Grading: Letter grade.
Hours and format: 3 hours of Lecture per week for 15 weeks.
This course explores the role of modern visual media in shaping geopolitical, cultural, and historical imaginations of Korea during the last hundred years. Drawing examples from photographs, films, and literature, produced in and outside Korea, the course aims to consider the idea of "Korea" primarily via images constructed through transnational cultural networks. Consideration will be given to the relationship between visual media and cultural memory. We will think in particular about the ways in which globally accessible visual media such as photography and film narrate the key local sites of contested memories of colonization, war, and political violence.
KOREAN 186 Introduction to Korean Cinema 4 Units
Department: Korean
Course level: Undergraduate
Terms course may be offered: Fall and spring
Grading: Letter grade.
Hours and format: 3 hours of lecture and 2 to 3 hours of viewing per week.
This course offers a historical overview of Korean cinema from its colonial development to its present renaissance. It covers Korean film aesthetics, major directors, film movements, genre, censorship issues, and industrial transformation as well as global circulation and transnational reception. In an effort to read film as sociocultural texts, various topics will be discussed. All readings are in English.
Course may be repeated for credit as topic varies. Course may be repeated for credit when topic changes. Instructor: An
KOREAN 187 History and Memory in Korean Cinema 4 Units
Department: Korean
Course level: Undergraduate
Terms course may be offered: Fall and spring
Grading: Letter grade.
Hours and format: 3 hours of lecture and 2 to 3 hours of viewing per week.
This course examines representations of history and memory in contemporary Korean cinema. Korean films have displayed a thematic preoccupation with the nation's tumultuous past by presenting diverse stories of past events and experiences. The course pays close attention to the ways in which popular narrative films render history and memory meaningful and pertinent to contemporary film viewers. All readings are in English.
Course may be repeated for credit as topic varies. Course may be repeated for credit when topic changes. Instructor: An
KOREAN 188 Cold War Culture in Korea: Literature and Film 4 Units
Department: Korean
Course level: Undergraduate
Terms course may be offered: Fall and spring
Grading: Letter grade.
Hours and format: 3 hours of lecture and 2 to 3 hours of viewing per week.
This course examines the formation and transformation of global Cold War culture in South Korean literature and film of the 20th century. It pays close attention to representations of the Korean War and its aftermath in literature and cinema, but opens up the field of inquiry to encompass larger sociocultural issues related to the Cold War system manifest in literature and cinema. All readings are in English.
Course may be repeated for credit as topic varies. Course may be repeated for credit when topic changes. Instructor: An
KOREAN 198 Directed Group Study 1 - 4 Units
Department: Korean
Course level: Undergraduate
Terms course may be offered: Fall, spring and summer
Grading: Offered for pass/not pass grade only.
Hours and format: Hours to be arranged.
Prerequisites: Junior standing.
Small group instruction in topics not covered by regularly scheduled courses.
Enrollment is restricted; see the Introduction to Courses and Curricula section of this catalog.
KOREAN 199 Independent Study 1 - 4 Units
Department: Korean
Course level: Undergraduate
Terms course may be offered: Fall, spring and summer
Grading: Offered for pass/not pass grade only.
Hours and format: Hours to be arranged.
Prerequisites: Junior standing.
Independent study in topics not covered by regularly scheduled courses.
Enrollment is restricted; see the Introduction to Courses and Curricula section of this catalog.
KOREAN 200 Special Topics in Korean Literature for Graduate Students 2 or 4 Units
Department: Korean
Course level: Graduate
Terms course may be offered: Fall and spring
Grading: Letter grade.
Hours and format: 3 hours of Seminar per week for 15 weeks.
Prerequisites: Graduate standing and consent of instructor.
This seminar provides in-depth discussions on a topic germane to Korean and other East Asian literary and cultural studies. Students in the Group in Asian Studies with research interests in Korean literature, intellectual history, and popular culture are particularly recommended to take this course. Students in Chinese and Japanese may take this course for the purpose of comparative examination with the student's main area of research. The course is open to graduate students in all fields, but students should consult with the instructor to determine the viability of this course for the student's overall program of studies. Topics will vary.
Course may be repeated for credit. Course may be repeated for credit when topic changes.
KOREAN 298 Directed Study for Graduate Students 1 - 8 Units
Department: Korean
Course level: Graduate
Terms course may be offered: Fall, spring and summer
Grading: Letter grade.
Hours and format: Hours to be arranged.
Special tutorial or seminar on selected topics not covered by available courses or seminars.
KOREAN 299 Thesis Preparation and Related Research 1 - 8 Units
Department: Korean
Course level: Graduate
Terms course may be offered: Fall, spring and summer
Grading: Offered for satisfactory/unsatisfactory grade only.
Hours and format: Hours to be arranged.
Prerequisites: Consent of thesis supervisor and graduate adviser.
KOREAN 601 Individual Study for Master's Students 1 - 8 Units
Department: Korean
Course level: Graduate examination preparation
Terms course may be offered: Fall, spring and summer
Grading: Offered for satisfactory/unsatisfactory grade only.
Hours and format: Zero hours of Independent study per week for 15 weeks. 1.5 to 15 hours of Independent study per week for 8 weeks. 2.5 to 20 hours of Independent study per week for 6 weeks.
Prerequisites: Consent of graduate adviser.
Individual study for the comprehensive or language requirements in consultation with the graduate adviser. Units may not be used to meet either unit or residence requirements for a master's degree.
KOREAN 602 Individual Study for Doctoral Students 1 - 8 Units
Department: Korean
Course level: Graduate examination preparation
Terms course may be offered: Fall, spring and summer
Grading: Offered for satisfactory/unsatisfactory grade only.
Hours and format: Hours to be arranged.
Individual study in consultation with the major field adviser, intended to provide an opportunity for qualified students to prepare for various examinations required of candidates for the Ph.D.
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