Korean (Korea)
Undergraduate Courses
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100-Level Courses
KOREA 101 : First-Year Korean 1.
| WHEN TAUGHT: | Fall; Winter |
| DESCRIPTION: | Han'gul, the phonetic system, basic grammar and vocabulary, discourse, reading, and culture. |
Course Outcomes
KOREA 102 : First-Year Korean 2.
200-Level Courses
| WHEN TAUGHT: | Winter |
| PREREQUISITE: | Korea 101 or equivalent. |
| DESCRIPTION: | Continuation of Korea 101. Phonetic system, basic grammar, vocabulary, discourse, reading, and culture. |
Course Outcomes
KOREA 201 : Second-Year Korean 1.
| WHEN TAUGHT: | Fall |
| PREREQUISITE: | Korea 102 or equivalent. |
| DESCRIPTION: | Further practice in discourse and basic reading and writing skills; culture. |
Course Outcomes
KOREA 202 : Second-Year Korean 2.
| WHEN TAUGHT: | Winter |
| PREREQUISITE: | Korea 201 or equivalent. |
| DESCRIPTION: | Continuation of Korea 201. Conversation, basic reading and writing skills, culture. Introduction to Chinese characters. |
| NOTE: | Not for returned missionaries. This course is part of a GE Mosaic. See ge.byu.edu/mosaic-list for more information. |
Course Outcomes
KOREA 211R : Second-Year Conversation.
300-Level Courses
| PREREQUISITE: | Korea 201 or foreign residence experience. |
| DESCRIPTION: | Intermediate listening comprehension and speaking skills. |
Course Outcomes
KOREA 301 : Third-Year Korean 1.
| WHEN TAUGHT: | Fall; Winter; Summer |
| PREREQUISITE: | Korea 202 or equivalent. |
| DESCRIPTION: | Vocabulary, grammar, discourse, pronunciation, hanja, and culture. |
| NOTE: | First course for returned missionaries. |
Course Outcomes
KOREA 302 : Third-Year Korean 2.
| WHEN TAUGHT: | Fall; Winter |
| PREREQUISITE: | Korea 301 or equivalent. |
| DESCRIPTION: | Continuation of Korea 301. Vocabulary, grammar, discourse, hanja, composition, pronunciation, and culture. |
Course Outcomes
KOREA 311R : Third-Year Conversation.
| WHEN TAUGHT: | Fall; Winter |
| PREREQUISITE: | Korea 301 or foreign residence experience. |
| DESCRIPTION: | Advanced conversational skills. |
Course Outcomes
KOREA 321 : Selected Readings of Modern Korean.
| WHEN TAUGHT: | Winter |
| PREREQUISITE: | Korea 301 or equivalent. |
| DESCRIPTION: | Mixed script (with hanja) and other readings from modern documentary and literary texts, emphasizing comprehension, grammar, and vocabulary building. |
Course Outcomes
KOREA 325 : Structure of Korean.
| WHEN TAUGHT: | Fall |
| PREREQUISITE: | KOREA 302 |
| DESCRIPTION: | Applying phonology, morphology, syntax, and semantics to the problems of learning Korean. |
Course Outcomes
KOREA 340 : Korean Literature to 1900.
| WHEN TAUGHT: | Fall |
| PREREQUISITE: | KOREA 302 |
| DESCRIPTION: | Korean literature from the earliest times to 1900. Emphasis on basic literary concepts. |
| NOTE: | This course is part of a GE Mosaic. See ge.byu.edu/mosaic-list for more information. |
Course Outcomes
KOREA 345 : Korean Culture.
| WHEN TAUGHT: | Winter |
| DESCRIPTION: | Selected topics in traditional, modern, and contemporary Korean culture. All readings in English. |
Course Outcomes
KOREA 399R : Academic Internship.
400-Level Courses
| WHEN TAUGHT: | Fall; Winter; Spring; Summer |
| PREREQUISITE: | Korea 301; instructor's consent. |
| DESCRIPTION: | On-the-job cultural and language experience. |
Course Outcomes
KOREA 401 : Fourth-Year Korean 1.
| WHEN TAUGHT: | Fall |
| PREREQUISITE: | KOREA 302 |
| DESCRIPTION: | Advanced language preparation in reading, discourse, writing, and hanja. |
Course Outcomes
KOREA 402 : Fourth-Year Korean 2.
| WHEN TAUGHT: | Winter |
| PREREQUISITE: | KOREA 401 |
| DESCRIPTION: | Continuation of Korea 401. Advanced reading, discourse, writing, and hanja. |
Course Outcomes
KOREA 441 : Classical Korean (Hanmun).
| WHEN TAUGHT: | Fall |
| PREREQUISITE: | KOREA 321; or CHIN 441 |
| DESCRIPTION: | Reading of premodern, documentary Sino-Korean texts, including genealogy records and the Chosŏn Dynasty Annals. |
Course Outcomes
KOREA 443 : Korean Literature after 1900.
| WHEN TAUGHT: | Winter |
| PREREQUISITE: | KOREA 302 |
| DESCRIPTION: | Literary texts from major post-1900 authors, in Korean, emphasizing reading, translating, and criticism. |
Course Outcomes
KOREA 490R : Individual Study in Korean.
| WHEN TAUGHT: | Fall; Winter; Spring; Summer |
| PREREQUISITE: | Instructor's consent. |
| DESCRIPTION: | Individual assignments appropriate to needs of advanced students. |
Course Outcomes
KOREA 495 : Senior Seminar.
| WHEN TAUGHT: | Winter |
| DESCRIPTION: | Individual research, with seminar paper the primary objective. |
| NOTE: | Required for Korean majors. |
Course Outcomes
Graduate Courses
For 600-level courses, see the BYU 2013–2014 Graduate Catalog.
For more information, please visit http://saas.byu.edu/catalog/2013-2014ucat/departments/AsianNELang/KoreanCourses.php