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All of the courses listed on this page count towards Notre Dame’s Global Engagement Certificate. For more information, visit the Center for the Study of Languages and Cultures website. 

Language Culture 

Korean Language Courses

Students In A Korean Class

Below are the core language courses for the Korean Program. Please check the Requirements page for which courses count towards your program of study. Please note that not all courses are offered every semester.

First Level

EALK10001: Elementary Korean I

This is the beginning course of the sequence of two three-credit courses, a sequence that covers the same materials as First Year Korean I. This elementary course is designed for students who have no prior knowledge in Korean and provides a solid foundation in modern Korean starting from the Korean alphabet Hangul. Emphasis is placed on the fundamentals of listening, speaking, reading, and writing of basic Korean. In addition, students will be exposed to everyday life contexts likely to be encountered in contemporary Korean society. 

EALK10002: Elementary Korean II

This course is a continuation of Elementary Korean I. It is the second half of the two 3-credit course sequence (Elementary Korean I and II) that covers the same materials as the 5-credit First Year Korean I. Upon completion of this course, students will be ready to enroll in First Year Korean II (5 credits) in the following spring semester. Students will continue their acquisition of the four basic language skills in Korean: reading, writing, speaking, and listening. At the end of the semester, students will be able to understand and articulate basic idiomatic expressions and grammatical patterns (e.g., sentence structure, levels, verb tenses) and develop their understanding of aspects of Korean culture. 

EALK10111 First Year Korean I

This introductory course is designed for students who have no (or very limited) prior knowledge in Korean and provides a solid foundation in modern Korean starting from the Korean alphabet Hangul. Emphasis is placed on the fundamentals of listening, speaking, reading, and writing of basic Korean. In addition, students will be exposed to everyday life contexts likely to be encountered in contemporary Korean society. At the end of semester students will be able to understand and articulate basic idiomatic expressions and grammatical patterns (e.g., sentence structure, speech levels, verb tenses) in conversation and writing and develop their understanding of aspects of Korean culture. First Year Korean I is a 5 credit course; students should enroll in both EALK 10111 and EALK 11111. 

EALK10112 First Year Korean II

This course is a continuation of First Year Korean I. It is the second half of the two 5-credit course sequence (First Year Korean I and II).

EALK11111: First Year Korean I Drill

EALK 11111 is the corequisite lab to EALK 10111.

EALK11112: First Year Korean II Drill

EALK 11112 is the corequisite lab to EALK 10112.

Second Level

EALK20211: Second Year Korean I

This second-year Korean is for students who have successfully finished EALK 10112 or who have permission from the instructor after taking the Korean placement exam. Students will continue building their language skills with emphasis on enhancing speaking ability, writing skills, and usage of more complex constructions. The medium of instruction will be only in Korean and students are expected to use the target language as much as they can throughout the course. Second Year Korean I is a 5 credit course; students should enroll in both EALK 20211 and EALK 21211. 

EALK20212: Second Year Korean II

This course is a continuation of Second Year Korean I. It is the second half of the two 5-credit course sequence (Second Year Korean I and II).

EALK21211: Second Year Korean I Drill

EALK 21211 is the co-requisite lab to EALK 20211. 

EALK21212: Second Year Korean II Drill

EALK 21212 is the co-requisite lab to EALK 20212. 

Third Level

EALK30311: Third Year Korean l

This third-year Korean is fifth in a series of Korean language courses offered at the University of Notre Dame and is designed for students who have successfully finished EALK 20212 or who have gotten permission from the instructor after taking a placement test. This course aims to develop functional proficiency in Korean at the intermediate-high level in listening, speaking, reading, and writing. Students will develop competence in fluency, grammatical accuracy, and socio-linguistic/cultural appropriateness through a variety of activities and assignments. In addition, students will learn to communicate with more sophisticated grammatical structures and advanced vocabulary on various topics. This course will integrate Korean cultural themes with language learning to enhance students' learning of the Korean language and to deepen their understanding of Korean culture. The specific themes that we are going to explore this semester are 1) appropriate pragmatics when apologizing, requesting, and denying; 2) the difference between indigenous language and Sino-Korean; 3) the Koreans' way of thinking which is reflected in language; and, 4) social relation of Korean people, and so on. The course focuses on exploring 5Cs (Communication, Cultures, Connections, Comparisons, and Communities) through more in-depth studies of the Korean language and culture. Third Year Korean I is a 4-credit course; students should enroll in both EALK 30311 and EALK 31311-01. 

EALK30312: Third Year Korean lI

This course is a continuation of Third Year Korean I. It is the second half of the two 5-credit course sequences (Third Year Korean I and II).

EALK31311: Third Year Korean l Drill

EALK 31311 is the co-requisite lab to EALK 30311.  

EALK31312: Third Year Korean lI Drill

EALK 31312 is the co-requisite lab to EALK 30312.  

Fourth Level

EALK 40400 Contemporary Korean Language and Culture
 
This course is designed for students who are trying to elevate their Korean language proficiency level, from Intermediate to Advanced level, by challenging themselves to understand Korean authentic/ modified media materials such as Korean TV dramas, TV shows, TV news, or documentaries. The course also introduces students to contemporary Korean popular culture and the Korean culture wave. Understanding the oral and visual authenticity of these media materials provides students with a rich and varied context for language learning, exposing them to vocabulary and grammatical structures beyond their current proficiency. Through context-rich media texts, frequent discussions, and feedback sessions, this course offers students the opportunity to increase their awareness of Korean culture, a crucial element for advancing to the advanced level. Adapting an interactive and elaborated task-based and content-based instructional design, which includes the four modes of language learning (speaking, listening, reading, and writing), this course assists and motivates students to achieve two main objectives: increasing Korean language proficiency and gaining valuable cultural awareness. The purpose of this course is not to suggest a normative way of Korean living or to generalize Korean culture, but to study diverse ways of living and to critically examine the personal and social implications of various cultural modes.
This course fulfills the Arts & Letters Language requirements and the Core Advanced Language & Culture requirement.
ALLN- Arts&Letters Language Req (ALLN)
WKLC - Core Advanced Language & Culture (WKLC)

Korean Culture Requirement Course Offerings

  • Modern Korean Literature (LLEA 30331-01), taught by Hayun Cho
  • Korean Popular Culture (LLEA 33214-01), taught by Hayun Cho
  • Exploring Korean Hist./Culture (LLEA30340-01), taught byYeonhee Yoon
  • Introduction to Second Language Acquisition (LLEA 30001-01), taught by Hana Kang 
  • Sociolinguistics (LLEA 30011-01), taught by Hana Kang

Courses that do not count towards literature and culture requirement (not taught by EALC faculty) but can be used to complete remaining credits:

  • Korean Society and Politics (LLEA 30112-02), taught by Sharon Yoon