Transfer Student Courses in Korean (Division 409)

Winter Term, 2000 (January 5 - April 26, 2000)

To see what Transfer Student courses have been added or changed in Korean this week go to What's New This Week.

Waitlist policy for all courses is 1 - get on the waitlist and go to the first day of class and talk to the instructor.

Students wanting to begin language study in Chinese, Japanese, or Korean, at a level other than first year, must take a placement exam to be held on Tuesday, January 4, 1-3pm. Test locations will be posted outside of the Department office in 3070 FB.

Korean Language Courses

Instructor(s): Jeyseon Lee (jeyseon@umich.edu)

Prerequisites & Distribution: Korean 101. No credit granted to those who have completed or are enrolled in Korean 361. (5). (LR).

Credits: (5).

Course Homepage: No Homepage Submitted.

Continuation of Korean 101. This course continues introducing 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 finish the course will gain sustained control of basic conversation.

Culture Courses

Section 001.

Instructor(s): Eun-su Cho (eunsucho@umich.edu)

Prerequisites & Distribution: (4). (HU).

Credits: (4; 3 in the half-term).

Course Homepage: No Homepage Submitted.

This course provides the opportunity to become acquainted with Korea and Korean through a study of the history, thought, religion, and literature. Each lecture will take the themes in Korean Civilization, with emphasis on the history and culture from pre-historic to modern times. We will consider the unique shape of Korean civilization as it has been impacted by its larger neighbors: China, in traditional times, and Japan, in the twentieth century. Along the way, we will examine literature materials illustrative of Korean elite values, popular religion and family structure. The course will consist of four parts: Korean history; thought and religion; literature; contemporary society.

Korean Language Courses

Section 001.

Instructor(s): Jeyseon Lee (jeyseon@umich.edu)

Prerequisites & Distribution: Korean 401. (5). (Excl).

Credits: (5).

Course Homepage: No Homepage Submitted.

Third-year Korean will help students improve their skills, both spoken and written, up to intermediate-high level. Class meets five hours per week – two hours of lecture and three hours of recitation. In lecture classes, the students will learn Chinese characters, and thereby build up their vocabulary and heighten reading ability. The reading materials will inform the students of various cultural aspects of Korea. Through weekly writing assignments, the students will also learn more accurate syntax, pragmatic ways of expression, and logical ways of thinking in Korean. In recitation classes, strengthened aural/oral training will be given. The students will tell a short story, have free group-discussion, and learn songs. Evaluation will be based on attendance, homework assignments, exams, class activities, and various oral performances.

Korean Language Courses

Section 001.

Instructor(s): Eun-su Cho (eunsucho@umich.edu)

Prerequisites & Distribution: Korean 402. (3). (Excl). May be repeated for a total of six credits.

Credits: (3).

Course Homepage: No Homepage Submitted.

This is a reading course designed to introduce selected contemporary articles on various subjects in the Korean Studies field to students who have advanced knowledge of Korean language and culture and want to know the state-of-the-art of Korean Studies in contemporary Korea. The selected readings include major articles in Korean history, literature, thought, and religion. The course will be conducted in Korean, and emphasis will be placed on developing reading skills for Korean scholarly materials and academic writing skills as well. Student participation in the classroom discussion is crucial for the effectiveness of the course. There will be a midterm, final, and writing assignments. A course pack will be used as a main textbook.

Culture Courses

Section 001 – Meets with Asian Studies 381.001

Instructor(s): Henry Em (henryem@umich.edu)

Prerequisites & Distribution: (3). (Excl).

Credits: (3).

Course Homepage: No Homepage Submitted.

A general introduction to the political and cultural history of modern Korea since 1850. The topics to be examined are: state and society in late Choson, impact of colonialism, nationalist and socialist movements, liberation and partition of Korea, the Korean war, rivalry between North and South Korea, problems of economic development, and the democratic movement in South Korea. Open to undergraduate History and Asian Studies concentrators, as well as graduate students in History, Asian Studies and Political Science. Lecture format

Students are expected to attend classes regularly, keep up with reading assignments and participate in classroom discussion. Aside from preparation and class participation (10% of total grade), the final grade will be determined by performance on three quizzes (30% of total grade), three short papers (5 pages each, 30% of total grade), and a final paper (10 pages, 30% of total grade).

Korean Language Courses

Section 001.

Prerequisites & Distribution: Korean 402 and permission of instructor. (1-6). (Excl). May be repeated for a total of eight credits with permission of instructor.

Credits: (1-6).

Course Homepage: No Homepage Submitted.

This course is designed to develop advanced reading and writing skills in modern Korean for future academic work (with stress on Sino-Korean).