First-Year Courses in Korean (Division 409) This page was created at 8:00 AM on Wed, Oct 4, 2000. Fall Term, 2000 (September 6 - December 22) Open courses in Korean Wolverine Access Subject listing for KOREAN Take me to the Fall Term '00 Time Schedule for Korean. To see what first-year courses have been added or changed in Korean this week go to What's New This Week. Note: The Department Waitlist policy for all courses is 2 – Go to the department office to get on a waitlist, and then attend the first class meeting. Policies and procedures for handling the waitlist will be explained there. Students wanting to begin language study, at a level other than first year, must take a placement exam to be held on Tuesday, September 5, 1-3 p.m. The room assignments are as follows: Chinese 3520 FB Japanese Lec Rm 2 MLB Korean Lec Rm 1 MLB Students wanting to be tested in any of the other languages we teach (Hindi, Thai, Tamil, Vietnamese, Indonesian, Tagalog, Punjabi, Urdu, Tibetan) should contact the department to schedule an individual test. The same is true for students who want to be tested in a language we do not teach, but can certify (Gujarathi, Marathi). Korean 101. Beginning Korean. Korean Language Courses Prerequisites & Distribution: Native or near-native speakers of Korean are not eligible for this course. Credits: (5). Course Homepage: No Homepage Submitted. This first-year course is for those who have no or minimal proficiency in Korean. This course will introduce the basic structure of Korean while focusing on the development of reading, writing, and speaking skills. Class regularly meets five times a week – two hours of lecture and three hours of aural/oral practice – and daily attendance is expected. In addition, students are required to do additional hours of work for practice on their own in the computer lab. Through lectures, students will learn Korean characters, be able to read sentences with considerable fluency, and understand the basic grammatical structures of Korean. Based on the knowledge obtained through lectures, recitation classes will help the students develop an ability to use basic conversational expressions freely. The checkpoints for evaluation include homework assignments, weekly quizzes, reading aloud, and oral interviews. The textbook for the course is College Korean by Clare You (University of California Press). Those who successfully complete the course will gain sustained control of basic conversation. Check Times, Location, and Availability Cost: No Data Given. Waitlist Code: 2 Korean 150(249)/Asian Studies 154/Hist. 144. Introduction to Korean Civilization. Culture Courses Section 001. Instructor(s): Henry Em (henryem@umich.edu) Prerequisites & Distribution: (4). (HU). Credits: (4; 3 in the half-term). Course Homepage: No Homepage Submitted. This course in an introduction to the study of Korean civilization. Taking an interdisciplinary approach, we will begin in pre-historic times and end in 1945. But our main focus will be social and cultural transformations during Koryo and Choson periods (936-1910). No knowledge of Korean is required. Requirements and class format consist of lectures and discussion, student presentations, two short papers, quizzes, and a final exam. Check Times, Location, and Availability Cost: No Data Given. Waitlist Code: No Data Given. This page was created at 8:00 AM on Wed, Oct 4, 2000. University of Michigan | College of LS&A | Student Academic Affairs | LS&A Bulletin Index This page maintained by LS&A Academic Information and Publications, 1228 Angell Hall Copyright © 2000 The Regents of the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI 48109 USA +1 734 764-1817 Trademarks of the University of Michigan may not be electronically or otherwise altered or separated from this document or used for any non-University purpose.