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Korean: Language, Literature, Culture (including courses in English)

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  • CAS LK 111: First-Semester Korean
    Undergraduate Prerequisites: Placement examination, or for those who have never studied Korean. - Course intended for those who have no or minimal knowledge of Korean. Starting from the Korean alphabet learning, develops elementary-level proficiency in listening, speaking, reading, and writing. Effective Fall 2020, this course fulfills a single unit in the following BU Hub area: The Individual in Community.
    • The Individual in Community
  • CAS LK 112: Second-Semester Korean
    Undergraduate Prerequisites: (CASLK111) or placement test results. - Continuing from CAS LK 111, further develops elementary-level proficiency in listening, speaking, reading, and writing. Effective Fall 2020, this course fulfills a single unit in the following BU Hub area: The Individual in Community.
    • The Individual in Community
  • CAS LK 116: First Year Korean for Heritage Speakers
    Accelerated one-semester course covering first-year Korean for students who understand spoken Korean but need more practice with reading, writing, and speaking. Provides comprehensive coverage of Korean grammar, reading, writing, and speaking, and explores aspects of students’ Korean heritage. Effective Fall 2020, this course fulfills a single unit in the following BU Hub area: The Individual in Community.
    • The Individual in Community
  • CAS LK 211: Third-Semester Korean
    Undergraduate Prerequisites: (CASLK112) or placement test results. - Development of communicative skills acquired in the first year. Speaking, writing, and reading exercises designed for intermediate level vocabulary and grammar practice. Effective Fall 2020, this course fulfills a single unit in the following BU Hub area: The Individual in Community.
    • The Individual in Community
  • CAS LK 212: Fourth-Semester Korean
    Undergraduate Prerequisites: (CASLK211) or placement test results. - Further review of the structures of Korean. Practice solid intermediate level communication skills in conversation and writing in specialized topics. Discussion and project on Korean culture. Satisfactory completion of LK 212 fulfills the CAS second language requirement. Effective Fall 2018, this course fulfills a single unit in the following BU Hub area: Global Citizenship and Intercultural Literacy. Effective Fall 2020, this course fulfills a single unit in the following BU Hub areas: The Individual in Community, Global Citizenship and Intercultural Literacy.
    • Global Citizenship and Intercultural Literacy
    • The Individual in Community
  • CAS LK 216: Second-Year Korean for Heritage Speakers
    Undergraduate Prerequisites: (CASLK 116) or equivalent proficiency, or consent of instructor. - Continues from CASLK 116. Accelerated one-semester course covering second-year Korean for students fluent in spoken Korean but need more practice in grammar, reading, and writing Provides comprehensive coverage of second-year Korean grammar, reading, writing, and speaking; explores aspects of students’ Korean heritage. Successful completion of CASLK 216 fulfills the CAS second language requirement. Effective Fall 2018, this course fulfills a single unit in the following BU Hub area: Global Citizenship and Intercultural Literacy. Effective Fall 2020, this course fulfills a single unit in the following BU Hub areas: Global Citizenship and Intercultural Literacy, The Individual in Community.
    • Global Citizenship and Intercultural Literacy
    • The Individual in Community
  • CAS LK 250: Introduction to Korean Literature (in English translation)
    This course provides a broad overview of Korean literature, focusing on love, marriage, and family. Viewing these as ever-changing cultural institutions, this course asks what roles Korean literary texts have played in reproducing or challenging socially sanctioned modes of intimacy. No prerequisites; readings and discussion in English. Effective Fall 2018, this course fulfills a single unit in each of the following BU Hub areas: Aesthetic Exploration, Global Citizenship, and Intercultural Literacy.
    • Aesthetic Exploration
    • Global Citizenship and Intercultural Literacy
  • CAS LK 251: Classics of Korean Literature
    Introduction to Korean literature from its first recorded beginnings to the early twentieth century, understood against the backdrop of the complex historical, cultural, political, linguistic, philosophical and religious contexts and networks. Effective Fall 2021, this course fulfills a single unit in each of the following BU Hub areas: Aesthetic Exploration, Historical Consciousness.
    • Aesthetic Exploration
    • Historical Consciousness
  • CAS LK 260: Gateway to Asian Cultures
    Panoramic introduction to the cultures of East and South Asia in comparative perspective (China, Japan, Korea, Vietnam, India). Examines shared foundations, transformative inflection points, sites, peoples, and ideologies over the past two millennia through primary texts and media. Carries humanities divisional credit in CAS. Effective Spring 2019, this course fulfills a single unit in each of the following BU Hub areas: Aesthetic Exploration, Global Citizenship and Intercultural Literacy.
    • Aesthetic Exploration
    • Global Citizenship and Intercultural Literacy
  • CAS LK 311: Fifth-Semester Korean
    Undergraduate Prerequisites: (CASLK 212) or consent of instructor. - Reading and discussing modern Korean texts in order to develop reading, writing, listening, and speaking skills while enhancing the understanding of Korean culture. Effective Fall 2024, this course fulfills a single unit in each of the following BU Hub Global Citizenship and Intercultural Literacy, Global Citizenship and Intercultural Literacy.
    • Digital/Multimedia Expression
    • Global Citizenship and Intercultural Literacy
  • CAS LK 312: Sixth-Semester Korean
    Undergraduate Prerequisites: CASLK 311 or placement test results. Continues from CASLK 311. Focuses on reading and discussing modern Korean texts to further develop reading, writing, listening, and speaking skills while enhancing the understanding of Korean culture and society. Effective Spring 2024, this course fulfills a single unit in each of the following BU Hub areas: Oral and/or Signed Communication, Teamwork/Collaboration.
    • Oral and/or Signed Communication
    • Teamwork/Collaboration
  • CAS LK 313: Korean through TV Drama
    Undergraduate Prerequisites: (CASLK212) or consent of instructor. - Content-based advanced-level Korean language course. Uses recent South Korean TV drama series as primary texts to elevate Korean proficiency level and increase cultural awareness. A special emphasis on speaking and listening. Effective Spring 2020, this course fulfills a single unit in each of the following BU Hub areas: Global Citizenship and Intercultural Literacy, Oral and/or Signed Communication.
    • Global Citizenship and Intercultural Literacy
    • Oral and/or Signed Communication
  • CAS LK 317: Hanmun Premodern Korean Literary Sinitic
    Prerequisites: CASLK 212 or CASLK 216 or equivalent proficiency. - Practical introduction to both Hanja (Sinographs used in the Korea of old and new) and Hanmun (Literary Sinitic as used in premodern Korea). Students learn to read, understand, interpret, and discuss simple to moderately challenging pre-twentieth century Hanmun texts. Effective Fall 2025, this course fulfills a single unit in each of the following BU Hub areas: Aesthetic Exploration, Historical Consciousness.
    • Aesthetic Exploration
    • Historical Consciousness
  • CAS LK 322: Korean for the Professions
    Undergraduate Prerequisites: CASLK 212 or CASLK 216 or consent of instructor. - Content-based advanced Korean language course focusing on developing communication skills needed in a variety of professional environments in Korea. Helps students prepare for job applications, interviews, professional meetings and presentations. Effective Fall 2019, this course fulfills a single unit in each of the following BU Hub areas: Global Citizenship and Intercultural Literacy, Oral and/or Signed Communication, Teamwork/Collaboration.
    • Global Citizenship and Intercultural Literacy
    • Oral and/or Signed Communication
    • Teamwork/Collaboration
  • CAS LK 375: Growing Up as Korean Women
    By exploring memoirs, autobiographies, prose fiction, poetry, films, and graphic novels by (broadly defined) Korean women, this course examines how Korean women’s narratives have evolved and what changes they have enabled. Effective Spring 2019, this course fulfills a single unit in each of the following BU Hub areas: Aesthetic Exploration, Global Citizenship and Intercultural Literacy. Effective Spring 2027, this course fulfills a single unit in each of the following BU HUB areas: Aesthetic Exploration, Creativity/Innovation, Global Citizenship and Intercultural Literacy.
    • Aesthetic Exploration
    • Global Citizenship and Intercultural Literacy
  • CAS LK 383: Modern Korean Culture through Cinema (in English translation)
    Overviewing the history of Korean cinema, focusing on themes of violence and redemption. How have the cinematic representations of violence changed in Korean cinema? What ethical, aesthetic, and historical implications can we draw from them? Effective Fall 2018, this course fulfills a single unit in each of the following BU Hub areas: Aesthetic Exploration, Global Citizenship and Intercultural Literacy. Effective Fall 2019, this course fulfills a single unit in each of the following BU Hub areas: Aesthetic Exploration, Critical Thinking, Ethical Reasoning.
    • Aesthetic Exploration
    • Critical Thinking
    • Ethical Reasoning
  • CAS LK 401: Senior Independent Work
    Prerequisite: approval of the WLL Director of Undergraduate Studies. - Senior independent work.
  • CAS LK 430: Novels of Joseon Korea
    Undergraduate Prerequisites: (CASLK311 & CASLK312) - An advanced Korean language course focusing on understanding and interpreting three major novels of the mid-to-late Joseon era of Korea in their historical context. Opportunities for creative and expository writing. Effective Fall 2023, this course fulfills a single requirement in the following BU HUB area: Creativity/Innovation.
    • Creativity/Innovation
  • CAS LK 440: Korean Conversation and Composition through Media
    Undergraduate Prerequisites: (CASLK312) or consent of instructor. - Intensive practice of both oral and written forms of Korean. Survey of important cultural, social, political, and economic issues in Korea as portrayed in films, television, and periodicals. Development of effective written and spoken communication. Effective Spring 2024, this course fulfills a single unit in each of the following BU Hub areas: Digital/Multimedia Expression, Ethical Reasoning, Social Inquiry I.
    • Digital/Multimedia Expression
    • Ethical Reasoning
    • Social Inquiry I
  • CAS LK 460: Korean Translation
    Undergraduate Prerequisites: First Year Writing Seminar (e.g., WR 100 or WR 120). - Through training in translating from Korean into English, the course enhances knowledge of Korean language and culture and improves English writing as well as deepening the understanding of what is involved in translating one language into another. Students collaboratively translate a short-story by a South Korean author. In the Fall semester of 2024, this author participates in a workshop with the students and takes part in a public reading of the jointly prepared translation, to be published. Effective Fall 2020, this course fulfills a single unit in each of the following BU Hub areas: Writing-Intensive Course, Aesthetic Exploration.
    • Aesthetic Exploration
    • Writing-Intensive Course

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