40 courses with the subject KORE, each shown exactly as we captured it from the college's catalog, with every element we hold. Where the wording looks broken, that is our reading of the catalog, not the college's text.
KORE 101Elementary Korean I3
For students with no prior experience studying Korean. Development of oral, interpretive, and written language skills in Korean through exposure to authentic texts and multimedia, vocabulary and grammar-building activities, communicative tasks, and cultural projects. Notes: KORE 101 and KORE 102 must be taken in sequence. KORE 110 is the combination of KORE 101 and KORE 102. Offered by Modern & Classical Languages. Limited to three attempts. Equivalent to KORE 110.Schedule Type: LectureGrading: This course is graded on the Undergraduate Regular scale.Additional Course Details: Taught in Korean
Continuation of KORE 101. For students with prior experience studying Korean. Development of oral, interpretive, and written language skills in Korean through exposure to authentic texts and multimedia, vocabulary and grammar-building activities, communicative tasks, and cultural projects. Notes: KORE 101 and KORE 102 must be taken in sequence. KORE 110 is the combination of KORE 101 and KORE 102. Offered by Modern & Classical Languages. Limited to three attempts. Equivalent to KORE 110.Recommended Prerequisite: KORE 101, appropriate placement score, or permission of instructor.Schedule Type: LectureGrading: This course is graded on the Undergraduate Regular scale.Additional Course Details: Taught in Korean
Combination of KORE 101 and KORE 102. Intensive introduction to Korean for students with no prior experience studying the language. Development of oral, interpretive, and written language skills in Korean through exposure to authentic texts and multimedia, vocabulary and grammar-building activities, communicative tasks, and cultural projects. Offered by Modern & Classical Languages. Limited to three attempts. Equivalent to KORE 101, KORE 102.Schedule Type: LectureGrading: This course is graded on the Undergraduate Regular scale.Additional Course Details: Taught in Korean 200 Level Courses
Further development of oral, interpretive, and written language skills in Korean through exposure to authentic texts and multimedia, vocabulary and grammar-building activities, communicative tasks, and cultural projects. Offered by Modern & Classical Languages. Limited to three attempts.Recommended Prerequisite: KORE 102, KORE 110, appropriate placement score, or permission of instructor.Schedule Type: LectureGrading: This course is graded on the Undergraduate Regular scale.Additional Course Details: Taught in Korean
Continuation of KORE 201. Further development of oral, interpretive, and written language skills in Korean through exposure to authentic texts and multimedia, vocabulary and grammar-building activities, communicative tasks, and cultural projects. Notes: KORE 202 fulfills foreign language requirement. Offered by Modern & Classical Languages. Limited to three attempts.Recommended Prerequisite: KORE 201, appropriate placement score, or permission of instructor.Schedule Type: LectureGrading: This course is graded on the Undergraduate Regular scale.Additional Course Details: Fulfills Frgn Lng requirment, Taught in Korean 300 Level Courses
Provides a broad overview of Korean people, society, and culture, mainly focusing on basic culture codes. Starting from the ways of Korean people's interaction, the course explores distinctive features of expression such as joy, excitement, sadness, frustration, and anger. Various authentic materials and course books will offer the framework for students to understand unique Korean cultural phenomena and their sociohistorical background. Offered by Modern & Classical Languages. May be repeated within the degree for a maximum 9 credits.Specialized Designation: Topic Varies, Non-Western CultureSchedule Type: LectureGrading: This course is graded on the Undergraduate Regular scale.
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KORE
Credits (min)
3
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3
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May be repeated within the degree for a maximum 9 credits.
Develops advanced level Korean language skills and cultural awareness in interpersonal, interpretive, and presentational modes of communication. Offered by Modern & Classical Languages. Limited to three attempts.Recommended Prerequisite: KORE 202; appropriate placement score; or permission of instructorSchedule Type: LectureGrading: This course is graded on the Undergraduate Regular scale.Additional Course Details: Taught in Korean
Develops intermediate- to high- level Korean reading, writing, listening and speaking skills while increasing culture awareness in Korean business settings through authentic materials and hands-on projects with people in the Korean business community. Offered by Modern & Classical Languages. Limited to three attempts.Recommended Prerequisite: KORE 202, appropriate placement score, or permission of instructor.Schedule Type: LectureGrading: This course is graded on the Undergraduate Regular scale.Additional Course Details: Taught in Korean
KORE 310Traditional Korean Literature in Translation3
Develops students’ advanced knowledge of traditional Korean literature and culture through exploration of pre-modern Korean literary texts (those written before 1900). Students will gain a fundamental understanding of Korean literature and culture and gain a deeper perspective on Korean cultural products by reading traditional Korean literary genres and learning about their social, historical, and cultural backgrounds. Offered by Modern & Classical Languages. May be repeated within the degree for a maximum 6 credits.Specialized Designation: Topic VariesRecommended Prerequisite: ENGH 101; or permission of instructorSchedule Type: LectureGrading: This course is graded on the Undergraduate Regular scale.
Subject
KORE
Credits (min)
3
Credits (max)
3
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Repeatable
May be repeated within the degree for a maximum 6 credits.
Offers an overview of South Korean literature in the twentieth and twenty-first century. Examines the literary representations of modern Korean histories and investigates the origins and evolvement of modern Korean literary genres. Offered by Modern & Classical Languages. Limited to three attempts.Mason Core: Mason Core, LiteratureRecommended Prerequisite: ENGH 101; appropriate placement score; or permission of instructor.Schedule Type: LectureGrading: This course is graded on the Undergraduate Regular scale.
Develops students' critical understanding of transnational and global perspectives of culture flow using various cultural products and art forms of Korea. Provides students with the understanding of the histories and social contexts of Korean popular culture. Offered by Modern & Classical Languages. May be repeated within the degree for a maximum 6 credits.Specialized Designation: Non-Western CultureSchedule Type: LectureGrading: This course is graded on the Undergraduate Regular scale.
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KORE
Credits (min)
3
Credits (max)
3
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Type
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Repeatable
May be repeated within the degree for a maximum 6 credits.
KORE 321Korean Proficiency through Visual Culture3
Develops Intermediate-high level Korean reading, writing, listening, and speaking skills while increasing understanding of Korean culture through authentic Korean visual culture such as films, TV dramas, commercials, and music videos. Students who complete the course will gain an understanding of local and global Korean visual culture as well as acquire upper level Korean linguistic proficiency. Offered by Modern & Classical Languages. May be repeated within the degree for a maximum 6 credits.Recommended Prerequisite: KORE 202, appropriate placement score, or permission of instructor.Schedule Type: LectureGrading: This course is graded on the Undergraduate Regular scale.Additional Course Details: Taught in Korean
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KORE
Credits (min)
3
Credits (max)
3
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Repeatable
May be repeated within the degree for a maximum 6 credits.
Introduces students to major contemporary and twentieth-century Korean writers from both South and North Korea. Students acquire a balanced knowledge about North and South Korea’s representative writers and their influential literary texts along with sociohistorical backgrounds of each society. Offered by Modern & Classical Languages. May be repeated within the term for a maximum 6 credits.Specialized Designation: Topic VariesRecommended Prerequisite: ENGH 101; appropriate placement score; or permission of instructorSchedule Type: LectureGrading: This course is graded on the Undergraduate Regular scale.
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KORE
Credits (min)
3
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3
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May be repeated within the term for a maximum 6 credits.
KORE 331Special Topics in Advanced Korean Reading3
This course introduces students to advanced-level reading materials. Topics will vary. This course is designed for students who have a high-intermediate level of Korean proficiency and the goal for this course is developing advanced level Korean proficiency, literacy, and acquiring sociohistorical knowledge of Korean society. Offered by Modern & Classical Languages. May be repeated within the term for a maximum 9 credits.Specialized Designation: Topic VariesRecommended Prerequisite: KORE 202; appropriate placement score; or permission of instructorSchedule Type: LectureGrading: This course is graded on the Undergraduate Regular scale.Additional Course Details: Taught in Korean
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KORE
Credits (min)
3
Credits (max)
3
Credit unit
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Repeatable
May be repeated within the term for a maximum 9 credits.
KORE 332Special Topics in Advanced Korean Speaking3
Introduces students to advanced-level materials to improve proficiency in speaking. Topics will vary. This course is designed for students who have a high-intermediate level of Korean proficiency and the goal for this course is developing advanced level Korean proficiency in speaking, public speaking, presentation skills and acquiring social-cultural knowledge of contemporary Korean society. Offered by Modern & Classical Languages. May be repeated within the degree for a maximum 9 credits.Specialized Designation: Topic VariesRecommended Prerequisite: KORE 202; appropriate placement score; or permission of instructorSchedule Type: LectureGrading: This course is graded on the Undergraduate Regular scale.Additional Course Details: Taught in Korean
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KORE
Credits (min)
3
Credits (max)
3
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Type
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Repeatable
May be repeated within the degree for a maximum 9 credits.
KORE 340Transformation of Language and Culture in North and South Korea3
Develops advanced level North and South Korean reading, writing, listening, and speaking skills and increases culture awareness through authentic Korean visual culture. Distinguishes cross-linguistic and cross-cultural differences of North and South Korean language and culture and develops advanced level Korean linguistic proficiency. Offered by Modern & Classical Languages. Limited to three attempts.Specialized Designation: Topic VariesRecommended Prerequisite: KORE 202 or placement exam.Schedule Type: LectureGrading: This course is graded on the Undergraduate Regular scale.Additional Course Details: Taught in Korean
Explores Korean cinema and visual culture in global contexts. Analyzing its cultural production and global reception allows students to appreciate its impact on world cinema and its ability to transcend cultural and linguistic barriers. Offered by Modern & Classical Languages. Limited to three attempts.Schedule Type: LectureGrading: This course is graded on the Undergraduate Regular scale.
Surveys the history of the Chosŏn dynasty from its establishment in the fifteenth century to the nineteenth century until 1876 when Chosŏn opened its ports to Japan and the West and integrated into the modern capitalist world. Offered by Modern & Classical Languages. Limited to three attempts.Specialized Designation: Topic VariesSchedule Type: LectureGrading: This course is graded on the Undergraduate Regular scale.
Surveys the history of the Korean Peninsula from the seventeenth century to the present in a global context and explores historical topics of special interest. Offered by Modern & Classical Languages. Limited to three attempts.Mason Core: Mason Core, Global Contexts, Global UnderstandingSchedule Type: LectureGrading: This course is graded on the Undergraduate Regular scale.
This course is designed to develop students’ advanced level Korean writing skills. Students will learn technical, formal, and stylistic writing useful for document preparation and a various professional setting. Offered by Modern & Classical Languages. Limited to three attempts.Mason Core: Mason Core, Writing Intensive in MajorSpecialized Designation: Topic VariesRecommended Prerequisite: KORE 202; appropriate placement score; or permission of instructorSchedule Type: LectureGrading: This course is graded on the Undergraduate Regular scale.Additional Course Details: Taught in Korean
Introduces the study of Korean linguistics, including phonetics, phonology, morphology, syntax, semantics, pragmatics as well as its variation and change. Combines the discussion of theoretical issues with the empirical analysis of the Korean language. Offered by Modern & Classical Languages. Limited to three attempts.Specialized Designation: Non-Western CultureSchedule Type: LectureGrading: This course is graded on the Undergraduate Regular scale. 400 Level Courses
Develops professional communication skills and career-oriented language use in Korean, with emphasis on domain-specific vocabulary and register in academic and professional contexts. Topics vary based on student interests and may include diplomacy, humanities, healthcare, cuisine, and hospitality. Offered by Modern & Classical Languages. May be repeated within the term for a maximum 9 credits.Specialized Designation: Topic VariesRecommended Prerequisite: KORE 202; appropriate placement score; or permission of instructorSchedule Type: LectureGrading: This course is graded on the Undergraduate Regular scale.Additional Course Details: Taught in Korean
Subject
KORE
Credits (min)
3
Credits (max)
3
Credit unit
credits
Type
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Repeatable
May be repeated within the term for a maximum 9 credits.
Explores a selected theme in Korean linguistics with a focus on its lexicology, sound system, and language variation. Combines discussion of theoretical issues with the empirical analysis of Korean. Offered by Modern & Classical Languages. May be repeated within the term for a maximum 9 credits.Specialized Designation: Topic VariesRecommended Prerequisite: KORE 202 or equivalent; appropriate placement score; or permission of instructorSchedule Type: LectureGrading: This course is graded on the Undergraduate Regular scale.Additional Course Details: Taught in Korean
Subject
KORE
Credits (min)
3
Credits (max)
3
Credit unit
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Type
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Repeatable
May be repeated within the term for a maximum 9 credits.
The objective of this course is introducing basic theories and practices of translation and developing students' professional translation skills using various authentic Korean media texts or literary texts. Students will learn to apply text identification, text analysis, and resolve translation issues while they are practicing translating Korean texts into English. Offered by Modern & Classical Languages. May be repeated within the term for a maximum 9 credits.Specialized Designation: Topic VariesRecommended Prerequisite: 300 level KORE course conducted in Korean; appropriate placement score; or permission of instructorSchedule Type: LectureGrading: This course is graded on the Undergraduate Regular scale.Additional Course Details: Taught in Korean
Subject
KORE
Credits (min)
3
Credits (max)
3
Credit unit
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Type
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Repeatable
May be repeated within the term for a maximum 9 credits.
Explores histories and contemporary applications of Korean cultural studies and cultural analyses, including cultural production and consumption in domestic and transnational scopes, reception and fandom, semiotics, postcolonial and postmodern theory, visual and media studies, and quantitative and qualitative methods. Students consider representative Korean cultural products, and also learn about the Western development of Cultural Studies. Offered by Modern & Classical Languages. May be repeated within the term for a maximum 6 credits.Specialized Designation: Topic VariesRecommended Prerequisite: 300 level KORE course conducted in Korean; appropriate placement score; permission of instructorSchedule Type: LectureGrading: This course is graded on the Undergraduate Regular scale.Additional Course Details: Taught in Korean
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KORE
Credits (min)
3
Credits (max)
3
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May be repeated within the term for a maximum 6 credits.
Students examine the histories and the current aspects of ethnic Koreans’ migration in the context of diaspora, race and ethnicity, and colonialism. Additionally, the course is designed to develop students’ research methods, presentation skills, and collaborative ethics. Offered by Modern & Classical Languages. May be repeated within the term for a maximum 9 credits.Specialized Designation: Topic VariesSchedule Type: LectureGrading: This course is graded on the Undergraduate Regular scale.
Subject
KORE
Credits (min)
3
Credits (max)
3
Credit unit
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Type
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Repeatable
May be repeated within the term for a maximum 9 credits.
Examines the critical issues of women and gender in Korean society. Offers students a contextual understanding of women’s experiences and social changes through cultural and historical framework. Enhances the intersectionality of gender, space, and culture within the Korean context. Offered by Modern & Classical Languages. Limited to three attempts.Recommended Prerequisite: ENGH 101Schedule Type: LectureGrading: This course is graded on the Undergraduate Regular scale.
Students draw from interdisciplinary Korean studies subfields, apply approaches and theories applied in main Korean studies fields, and synthesize major topics. The course is designed to develop students’ research methods, presentation skills, and collaborative ethics. Offered by Modern & Classical Languages. Limited to two attempts.Mason Core: Mason Core, Mason Apex, Capstone, SynthesisRecommended Prerequisite: KORE 301 or permission of the instructorSchedule Type: SeminarGrading: This course is graded on the Undergraduate Regular scale.Additional Course Details: Taught in Korean
On-the-job training using Korean language in diverse settings through approved internship placements. Note: See department for the application process. Offered by Modern & Classical Languages. May be repeated within the term for a maximum 9 credits.Specialized Designation: Topic VariesRecommended Prerequisite: KORE 202 and one KORE 300-level core courseSchedule Type: InternshipGrading: This course is graded on the Undergraduate Regular scale.Additional Course Details: Taught in Korean 500 Level Courses
Subject
KORE
Credits (min)
1
Credits (max)
9
Credit unit
credits
Type
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Repeatable
May be repeated within the term for a maximum 9 credits.
Critical approaches to teaching the Korean language as a foreign or second language combining theories and practices. Surveys the second language acquisition theories while exploring the current trends and pedagogical practices in foreign language teaching. Offered by Modern & Classical Languages. May not be repeated for credit.Recommended Prerequisite: KORE 385, or permission of the instructorRegistration Restrictions: Enrollment limited to students with a class of Advanced to Candidacy, Graduate, Junior Plus, Non-Degree or Senior Plus.
This course introduces students to modern Korean popular narrative, including science fiction, fantasy, horror fiction, speculative fiction, and detective fiction. Students can develop understanding of the historical formation of Korean popular literature and acquire familiarity with its major themes and tropes. Offered by Modern & Classical Languages. May be repeated within the degree for a maximum 6 credits.Specialized Designation: Topic VariesRecommended Prerequisite: 400-level KORE courses taught in KoreanRegistration Restrictions: Enrollment limited to students with a class of Advanced to Candidacy, Graduate, Junior Plus, Non-Degree or Senior Plus.
Subject
KORE
Credits (min)
3
Credits (max)
3
Credit unit
credits
Type
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Repeatable
May be repeated within the degree for a maximum 6 credits.
This course blends theory and practice, spending equal time with each, although each week may be different. The course will investigate the key components to understand multimedia pedagogy, enhancing the visual and aural engagement about formal, aesthetic, and technical strategies for thinking, expressing, and communicating through visual media and culture. Offered by Modern & Classical Languages. May be repeated within the degree for a maximum 6 credits.Specialized Designation: Topic VariesRecommended Prerequisite: 400-level KORE coursesRegistration Restrictions: Enrollment limited to students with a class of Advanced to Candidacy, Graduate, Junior Plus, Non-Degree or Senior Plus.
Subject
KORE
Credits (min)
3
Credits (max)
3
Credit unit
credits
Type
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Repeatable
May be repeated within the degree for a maximum 6 credits.
Real-world experience in Korean translation through workshops and projects to develop translation skills needed to become a literary translator as well as a language professional in various fields, including foreign service, transnational businesses, federal and local governments, translation agencies, national security agencies, global cultural industries, and law firms. Combines theories and practices to translate various authentic Korean media and literary texts and to solve genre-specific and language-specific translation problems through appropriate translation strategies. Offered by Modern & Classical Languages. May be repeated within the degree for a maximum 6 credits.Specialized Designation: Topic VariesRecommended Prerequisite: 300-level, or equivalent, KORE course conducted in Korean; appropriate placement score; or permission of the instructorRegistration Restrictions: Enrollment limited to students with a class of Advanced to Candidacy, Graduate, Junior Plus, Non-Degree or Senior Plus.
Subject
KORE
Credits (min)
3
Credits (max)
3
Credit unit
credits
Type
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Repeatable
May be repeated within the degree for a maximum 6 credits.
Explores histories and contemporary applications of Korean cultural studies and cultural analyses, including cultural production and consumption in domestic and transnational scopes, reception and fandom, semiotics, postcolonial and postmodern theory, visual and media studies, and quantitative and qualitative methods. Students analyze representative Korean cultural products, and also learn about the theoretical development of Korean Cultural Studies. Offered by Modern & Classical Languages. May be repeated within the degree for a maximum 6 credits.Specialized Designation: Topic VariesRecommended Prerequisite: a 300-level KORE course conducted in Korean; an appropriate placement score or permission from the instructorRegistration Restrictions: Enrollment limited to students with a class of Advanced to Candidacy, Graduate, Junior Plus, Non-Degree or Senior Plus.
Subject
KORE
Credits (min)
3
Credits (max)
3
Credit unit
credits
Type
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Repeatable
May be repeated within the degree for a maximum 6 credits.
This course examines the critical issues of women and gender in Korean society. Through cultural and historical framework, it gives students a contextual understanding of women’s experiences and social changes. Offered by Modern & Classical Languages. May be repeated within the degree for a maximum 6 credits.Specialized Designation: Topic VariesRecommended Prerequisite: 400-level KORE coursesRegistration Restrictions: Enrollment limited to students with a class of Advanced to Candidacy, Graduate, Junior Plus, Non-Degree or Senior Plus.
Subject
KORE
Credits (min)
3
Credits (max)
3
Credit unit
credits
Type
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Repeatable
May be repeated within the degree for a maximum 6 credits.
Equips students with advanced knowledge about Korean media culture by examining various practices across the mediascape and the transnational and global phenomena that result from them. Offered by Modern & Classical Languages. May be repeated within the degree for a maximum 6 credits.Specialized Designation: Topic VariesRecommended Prerequisite: 400-level KORE course conducted in KoreanRegistration Restrictions: Enrollment limited to students with a class of Advanced to Candidacy, Graduate, Junior Plus, Non-Degree or Senior Plus.
Subject
KORE
Credits (min)
3
Credits (max)
3
Credit unit
credits
Type
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Repeatable
May be repeated within the degree for a maximum 6 credits.
Offers advanced knowledge of Korean studies and demonstrates public humanities with the “Digital Korean Studies Lab.” Students will contribute to archiving an interdisciplinary and thematic section of the Lab by creating a group digital project related to their research topic. Offered by Modern & Classical Languages. May be repeated within the degree for a maximum 6 credits.Specialized Designation: Topic VariesRecommended Prerequisite: 400-level courses conducted in Korean and at least 15 credits of graduate requirements of Korean MARegistration Restrictions: Enrollment limited to students with a class of Advanced to Candidacy, Graduate, Junior Plus, Non-Degree or Senior Plus.
Subject
KORE
Credits (min)
3
Credits (max)
3
Credit unit
credits
Type
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Repeatable
May be repeated within the degree for a maximum 6 credits.
KORE 610Methods of Korean Literary and Cultural Studies3
This course introduces students to the fundamental research techniques and main trends of Korean literary and cultural studies, adapted to writing a master thesis or designing a capstone project. Offered by Modern & Classical Languages. May be repeated within the degree for a maximum 6 credits.Specialized Designation: Topic VariesRecommended Prerequisite: 500-level KORE course conducted in Korean, permission of instructorRegistration Restrictions: Enrollment limited to students with a class of Advanced to Candidacy, Graduate, Junior Plus, Non-Degree or Senior Plus.
Subject
KORE
Credits (min)
3
Credits (max)
3
Credit unit
credits
Type
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Repeatable
May be repeated within the degree for a maximum 6 credits.
Conduct a research project under the supervision of a faculty advisor and project evaluation committee. As a research-oriented class where students craft their research questions, find data and sources, apply suitable research methods, examine issues and phenomena, and present research projects, this course prepares students for advanced academic fields or professional job fields. Offered by Modern & Classical Languages. May be repeated within the term for a maximum 6 credits.Recommended Prerequisite: KORE 500-level core courseRegistration Restrictions: Enrollment limited to students with a class of Advanced to Candidacy, Graduate or Non-Degree.
Subject
KORE
Credits (min)
1
Credits (max)
6
Credit unit
credits
Type
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Repeatable
May be repeated within the term for a maximum 6 credits.
Research writing under the direction of a faculty committee. Students must register for three credits in the first semester of KORE 799 and maintain continuous enrollment until the completion of a thesis. Offered by Modern & Classical Languages. May be repeated within the degree for a maximum 9 credits.Recommended Prerequisite: KORE 798 Directed Reading in Korean Studies; completion of all required coursework except the thesis.Registration Restrictions: Enrollment limited to students with a class of Advanced to Candidacy, Graduate or Non-Degree.
Subject
KORE
Credits (min)
1
Credits (max)
6
Credit unit
credits
Type
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Repeatable
May be repeated within the degree for a maximum 9 credits.
