First-year (elementary) Korean aims to help students acquire elementary proficiency in Korean. Not open to students who have previous exposure to the Korean language. Places special focus on mastering pronunciation, writing system, basic vocabulary, and basic grammar used in carrying out simple real-life tasks. Students can expect a chance to understand cultural difference and identity as well.

Credits: 5
Semester(s) Typically Offered: Fall
Grading: Graded (GRD)

First-year (elementary) Korean aims to help students acquire elementary proficiency in Korean. Not open to students who have previous exposure to the Korean language. Places special focus on mastering pronunciation, writing system, basic vocabulary, and basic grammar used in carrying out simple real-life tasks. Students can expect a chance to understand cultural difference and identity as well.

Credits: 5
Semester(s) Typically Offered: Spring
Grading: Graded (GRD)
Pre-Requisites: KOR 101

Equips students with intermediate communicative skills in Korean. Expects students to initiate and be engaged in spontaneous dialogues with little difficulty. Students should be able to understand simple Korean text and compose short essays in Korean. Emphasizes expansion of knowledge of grammar and vocabulary.

Credits: 4
Semester(s) Typically Offered: Fall
Grading: Graded (GRD)
Pre-Requisites: KOR 102

Equips students with intermediate communicative skills in Korean. Expects students to initiate and be engaged in spontaneous dialogues with little difficulty. Students should be able to understand simple Korean text and compose short essays in Korean. Emphasizes expansion of knowledge of grammar and vocabulary.

Credits: 4
Semester(s) Typically Offered: Spring
Grading: Graded (GRD)
Pre-Requisites: KOR 201

Helps students to achieve advanced proficiency in Korean and become familiar with Korean culture. Expects students to engage in conversations on various concrete and abstract topics, and to improve their skills for understanding authentic Korean texts and composing essays in Korean. Students also expand their vocabulary, including basic Chinese characters.

Credits: 3
Semester(s) Typically Offered: Fall
Grading: Graded (GRD)
Pre-Requisites: KOR 201

Helps students to achieve advanced proficiency in Korean and become familiar with Korean culture. Expects students to engage in conversations on various concrete and abstract topics, and to improve their skills for understanding authentic Korean texts and composing essays in Korean. Students also expand their vocabulary, including basic Chinese characters.

Credits: 3-4
Semester(s) Typically Offered: Spring
Grading: Graded (GRD)
Pre-Requisites: KOR 301

Classical Korean literature from early times to the 19th century, taught in two parts--prose and poetry. Prose includes folktales, essays, short stories (18th C ) and pansori novels (18-19th C). Poetry includes hyangga (the oldest poems before 10th C), shijo (10th-19th C), and kasa (18th-19th C). Crosslisted with ENG 463.

Credits: 3
Semester(s) Typically Offered: Data not available
Grading: Graded (GRD)

Modern Korean literature since the 20th century, taught in two parts--prose and poetry. Prose is confined to short stories (Danpyunsosul), and they can be categorized into three distinctive periods of time: Japanese occupation (1905-1945), liberation and Korean wartime (1940's-50's), and industrialization (1960's and after). Poetry (Hyundaishi) is from modern Korean poets, and they can be more easily classified according to the themes.

Credits: 3
Semester(s) Typically Offered: Data not available
Grading: Graded (GRD)

Advanced Korean texts and culture. Students read newspaper articles, short stories, and essays in Korean and discuss various topics in Korean history and contemporary Korean culture determined by their interests in Korean.

Credits: 3
Semester(s) Typically Offered: Data not available
Grading: Graded (GRD)
Pre-Requisites: KOR 301

Advanced readings and conversation in Korean is a course designed for students who would like to improve their skills for understanding advanced Korean texts and conversation, and to help students become more familiar with Korean culture. Students will read newspaper articles, short stories, and essays in Korean and discuss various topics in Korean history and contemporary Korean culture determined by their interests in Korean.

Credits: 3
Semester(s) Typically Offered: Data not available
Grading: Graded (GRD)
Pre-Requisites: KOR 401

Lays the groundwork for an understanding of how the Korean language operates. No prior knowledge of Korean is necessary, but does require a familiarity with basic linguistic theory. Students are introduced to major phonological, morphological, syntactic, semantic, and pragmatic characteristics of Korean in light of linguistic/cognitive universals and cross-linguistic variations.

Credits: 3
Semester(s) Typically Offered: Data not available
Grading: Graded (GRD)

Helps students teach Korean as a foreign language to English speakers. We discuss a wide range of issues related to the teaching of Korean including various language teaching methods and their application to Korean teaching, textbooks and supplementary teaching materials, designing curricula and syllabi, testing and evaluation, and incorporating Korean culture. Students develop lesson plans, materials, and class activities. Graduate students read and discuss selected current research articles, give teaching demonstrations, and write a term paper.

Credits: 3
Semester(s) Typically Offered: Data not available
Grading: Graded (GRD)

Hands-on experience in language and cultural studies at institutions and organizations in Western New York and/or nationwide.

Credits: 1-8
Semester(s) Typically Offered: Fall, Spring
Grading: Graded (GRD)

For advanced students of Korean.

Credits: 1-8
Semester(s) Typically Offered: Fall, Spring
Grading: Graded (GRD)