Korean Program
The University of Notre Dame is pleased that East Asian Languages and Cultures is offering Korean Studies.
Professor Jung-Hyuck Lee, most recently acting director of Korean Studies at the University of Chicago, joined the Notre Dame faculty in fall 2008 and continues to offer courses in both Korean language and culture.
Lee is joined in the Department by Professor Hyun-Soul Cho who is visiting for the 2009-2010 academic year from Seoul National University and is teaching courses about Korean civilization, culture and media.
Korean Language Courses
Spring 2010
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25798 EALK 10112 01. First Year Korean II
MWF 9:30-10:25
Jung Hyuck Lee
25773 EALK 12112 01. First Year Korean II Lab
T 9:30-10:45
Or
28172 EALK 12112 02. First Year Korean II Lab
T 3:30-4:45
Prerequisite: 10111
This is an intensive introduction to the fundamentals of modern Korea. The class meets five days per week. This course is designed for students who have not studied Korean language before. The goal of this class is to gain an acquisition of the four basic language skills in Korean: reading, writing, speaking and listening. Students will learn to read and write and to develop conversational skills.
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28079 EALK 20212 01. Second Year Korean II
MWF 10:40-11:30
Jung-Hyuck Lee
28372 EALK 22212 01. Second Year Korean II Lab
R 9:30-10:45
Or
28373 EALK 22212 02. Second Year Korean II Lab
R 11:00-12:15
Prerequisite: 220211
Korean 20212 is the second semester of an Intermediate course on spoken and written Korean. It is catered for learners who have taken First-year Korean or have prior knowledge of Korean language & culture. It is designed to continue building students’ language skills with emphasis on enhancing the speaking ability, writing skills, and usage of more complex constructions. Hence, classroom activity and assignments will be designed and conducted with the main purpose of facilitating students' learning process. Furthermore, the medium of iinstruction will be in Korean and students are expected to use the target language as much as they can throughout the course.
There will be 9 lessons covered during fall semester, with supplementary activities relevant to each lesson. Moreover, approximately 90 Chinese characters will be introduced for the achievement of basic literacy.
26658 EALK 47498 01. Special Studies
Repeatable Course
Department approval required
Requires “contractual agreement” with the professor prior to scheduling. For advanced students who wish to pursue an independent research project reading Korean language materials
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Korean Literature Course
Spring 2010
128370 LLEA 20108 01 The Riddle of Korean Mythology
Crosslist: ASIA 20108
Hyun-soul Cho
MW 1:30-2:45
Do you know Korean mythology? Korean mythology has not only the universality of East Asian myth and world myth, but also the particularity of it. The particularity of Korean myth is shown by Mooga, the shaman’s song. We will study such a universality and particularity of Korean myth. Specially, in the view of comparative mythology, we will approach to Korean myth. Through this course, students will be able to understand Korean mythology, but Korean literatures and cultures as well.
