 | | Course ID: | KREN 1001. 4 hours. | | Course Title: | Elementary Korean I | Course
Description: | Pronunciation, grammar, particles, basic sentence construction,
and sentence patterns. Reading and writing in Hangul, the
national writing system. Not open to native speakers. | | Athena Title: | Elementary Korean I | Semester Course
Offered: | Offered fall semester every year. | | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| | | Course ID: | KREN 1002. 4 hours. | | Course Title: | Elementary Korean II | Course
Description: | As a continuation of Elementary Korean I, this course focuses
on pronunciation, grammar, particles, basic sentence construction,
and sentence patterns. Reading and writing in Hangul, the
national writing system. This course is not open to native
speakers. | | Athena Title: | Elementary Korean II | | Pre or Corequisite: | KREN 1001 | Semester Course
Offered: | Offered spring semester every year. | | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| | | Course ID: | KREN 2001. 3 hours. | | Course Title: | Intermediate Korean I | Course
Description: | Pronunciation, grammar, particles, sentence construction, and
sentence patterns. Declarative, interrogative, propositive, and
imperative speech styles. Reading and writing in Hangul, the
national writing system. This course is not open to native
speakers. | | Athena Title: | Intermediate Korean I | | Equivalent Courses: | Not open to students with credit in KREN 2011 | | Pre or Corequisite: | KREN 1002 | Semester Course
Offered: | Offered fall semester every year. | | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| | | Course ID: | KREN 2002. 3 hours. | | Course Title: | Intermediate Korean II | Course
Description: | As a continuation of Intermediate Korean I, this course focuses
on pronunciation, grammar, particles, sentence construction, and
sentence patterns. Declarative, interrogative, propositive, and
imperative speech styles. Reading and writing in Hangul, the
national writing system. This course is not open to native
speakers. | | Athena Title: | Intermediate Korean II | | Equivalent Courses: | Not open to students with credit in KREN 2022 | | Pre or Corequisite: | KREN 2001 | Semester Course
Offered: | Offered spring semester every year. | | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| | | Course ID: | KREN 2011. 3 hours. | | Course Title: | Enhanced Intermediate Korean I | Course
Description: | Enhanced course with comprehensive grammar review; readings of intermediate texts; composition, conversation, and presentation. Not open to native speakers. | | Athena Title: | Enhanced Intermediate Korean I | | Equivalent Courses: | Not open to students with credit in KREN 2001 | | Prerequisite: | KREN 1002 and permission of department | Semester Course
Offered: | Offered fall semester every year. | | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| | | Course ID: | KREN 2022. 3 hours. | | Course Title: | Enhanced Intermediate Korean II | Course
Description: | A continuation of Enhanced Intermediate Korean I, with comprehensive grammar review; readings of intermediate texts; composition, conversation, and presentation. Not open to native speakers. | | Athena Title: | Enhancd Intermediate Korean II | | Equivalent Courses: | Not open to students with credit in KREN 2002 | | Prerequisite: | (KREN 2001 or KREN 2011) and permission of department | Semester Course
Offered: | Offered spring semester every year. | | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| | | Course ID: | KREN 3001. 3 hours. | | Course Title: | Advanced Korean I | Course
Description: | This course focuses on building an advanced-level vocabulary and
grammar knowledge in Korean for a variety of verbal and written
communications. This course is not open to native speakers. | | Athena Title: | Advanced Korean I | | Equivalent Courses: | Not open to students with credit in KREN 3011 | | Pre or Corequisite: | KREN 2002 | Semester Course
Offered: | Offered fall and spring semester every year. | | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| | | Course ID: | KREN 3002. 3 hours. | | Course Title: | Advanced Korean II | Course
Description: | As a continuation of Advanced Korean I, this course focuses on
building an advanced-level vocabulary and grammar knowledge in
Korean for a variety of verbal and written communications. This
course is not open to native speakers. | | Athena Title: | Advanced Korean II | | Equivalent Courses: | Not open to students with credit in KREN 3022 | | Pre or Corequisite: | KREN 3001 | Semester Course
Offered: | Offered fall and spring semester every year. | | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| | | Course ID: | KREN 3011. 3 hours. | | Course Title: | Enhanced Advanced Korean I | Course
Description: | Enhanced course with comprehensive grammar review; readings of advanced texts; composition, conversation, and presentation. Not open to native speakers. | | Athena Title: | Enhanced Advanced Korean I | | Equivalent Courses: | Not open to students with credit in KREN 3001 | | Prerequisite: | (KREN 2002 or KREN 2022) and permission of department | Semester Course
Offered: | Offered fall semester every year. | | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| | | Course ID: | KREN 3022. 3 hours. | | Course Title: | Enhanced Advanced Korean II | Course
Description: | A continuation of Enhanced Advanced Korean I, with comprehensive grammar review; readings of advanced texts; composition, conversation, and presentation. Not open to native speakers. | | Athena Title: | Enhanced Advanced Korean II | | Equivalent Courses: | Not open to students with credit in KREN 3002 | | Prerequisite: | (KREN 3001 or KREN 3011) and permission of department | Semester Course
Offered: | Offered spring semester every year. | | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| | | Course ID: | KREN 3990. 3 hours. Repeatable for maximum 6 hours credit. | | Course Title: | Directed Study in Korean Language, Literature, and Culture | Course
Description: | The student undertakes an in-depth study of Korean language,
literature, and culture in consultation with a faculty member. | | Athena Title: | Korean Language | | Nontraditional Format: | Directed study. | Semester Course
Offered: | Offered fall, spring and summer semester every year. | | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| | | Course ID: | KREN 4000S. 3 hours. Repeatable for maximum 9 hours credit. | | Course Title: | Internship in Korea | Course
Description: | Students will intern at a secondary school or university in
Korea. They will teach conversational English in class or
through extracurricular activities at a host school. Students
will also learn spoken Korean by engaging in various activities
with Korean students on and off campus. | | Athena Title: | Korean Internship | | Nontraditional Format: | Course includes a service-learning project during the semester
that either employs skills or knowledge learned in the course or
teaches new skills or knowledge related to course objectives.
Students will be involved in the planning and implementation of
the projects(s) and may spend time outside of the classroom.
Students will be engaged in the service-learning component for
approximately 50-75% of overall instructional time. | Semester Course
Offered: | Offered summer semester every year. | | Grading System: | S/U (Satisfactory/Unsatisfactory) |
| | | Course ID: | KREN 4001. 3 hours. | | Course Title: | Business Korean | Course
Description: | Students will be able to speak, comprehend, read, and write business Korean and will also be able to understand Korean business culture through classroom activities, field trips, and homework assignments based on authentic material. | | Athena Title: | Business Korean | | Pre or Corequisite: | KREN 3002 | Semester Course
Offered: | Offered fall semester every year. | | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| | | Course ID: | KREN 4002. 3 hours. | | Course Title: | Business Korean II | Course
Description: | A continuation of Business Korean. | | Athena Title: | BUSINESS KREN II | | Prerequisite: | KREN 4001 | Semester Course
Offered: | Offered spring semester every year. | | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| | | Course ID: | KREN 4010. 3 hours. Repeatable for maximum 6 hours credit. | | Course Title: | Special Topics in Korean Film | Course
Description: | Students will enhance their understanding and knowledge of
Korean society, culture, and history by studying fictional and
documentary films from Korea. Representative topics
examined in this class include colonialism, post-colonialism,
war, the national division, family, women’s lives, shamanism,
Confucianism, Buddhism, modernization, and the impact of
Globalization. | | Athena Title: | Special Topics in Korean Film | | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| | | Course ID: | KREN 4011/6011. 3 hours. Repeatable for maximum 6 hours credit. | | Course Title: | Modern Korean Fiction | Course
Description: | Survey of representative works of fiction in modern Korean
literature. Western-style novels, emerging in the early
twentieth century, have served as main vehicles for chronicling
dramatic changes in Korean society. Students will study the
development of this novelistic genre from aesthetic, historical,
socio-cultural, and comparative perspectives. | | Athena Title: | Modern Korean Fiction | Semester Course
Offered: | Offered every year. | | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| | | Course ID: | KREN 4960R. 1-6 hours. Repeatable for maximum 16 hours credit. | | Course Title: | Faculty-Mentored Undergraduate Research I | Course
Description: | Faculty-supervised independent or collaborative inquiry into
fundamental and applied problems within a discipline that requires
students to gather, analyze, synthesize, and interpret data and to
present results in writing and other relevant communication
formats. | | Athena Title: | Undergraduate Research I | | Nontraditional Format: | This course belongs to a progressive research course sequence to
promote a student's increasing skill development and depth of
inquiry, as well as growing independent research capability.
This course requires the close supervision of a faculty member
as the student undertakes a systematic and in-depth inquiry into
unknown, fundamental, and applied problems. In some cases, the
student will work collaboratively as part of a research team.
The student will have to apply understanding of the discipline
to identify or shape research questions and apply skills and
techniques learned to the research project. Students will gather
data, synthesize relevant literature, analyze, and interpret
data. The student will present results in writing or through
participation in research-group or program meetings and meetings
with their faculty mentor. The student will receive feedback
from the faculty mentor on their research progress and written
or oral presentation of results. A minimum of 45 hours of work
per credit hour per semester is required. | | Prerequisite: | Permission of department | Semester Course
Offered: | Offered fall, spring and summer semester every year. | | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| | | Course ID: | KREN 4970R. 1-6 hours. Repeatable for maximum 8 hours credit. | | Course Title: | Faculty-Mentored Undergraduate Research II | Course
Description: | Faculty-supervised independent or collaborative inquiry into
fundamental and applied problems within a discipline that requires
students to gather, analyze, synthesize, and interpret data and to
present results in writing and other relevant communication
formats. | | Athena Title: | Undergraduate Research II | | Nontraditional Format: | These courses belong to a progressive research course sequence
to promote a student's increasing skill development and depth of
inquiry, as well as growing independent research capability. The
courses require the close supervision of a faculty member as the
student undertakes a systematic and in-depth inquiry into
unknown, fundamental, and applied problems. In some cases, the
student will work collaboratively as part of a research team.
The student will have to apply understanding of the discipline
to identify or shape research questions and apply skills and
techniques learned to the research project. Students will gather
data, synthesize relevant literature, analyze, and interpret
data. The student will present results in writing or through
participation in research-group or program meetings and meetings
with their faculty mentor. The student will receive feedback
from the faculty mentor on their research progress and written
or oral presentation of results. A minimum of 45 hours of work
per credit hour per semester is required. | | Prerequisite: | Permission of department | Semester Course
Offered: | Offered fall, spring and summer semester every year. | | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| | | Course ID: | KREN 4980R. 1-6 hours. Repeatable for maximum 8 hours credit. | | Course Title: | Faculty-Mentored Undergraduate Research III | Course
Description: | Faculty-supervised independent or collaborative inquiry into
fundamental and applied problems within a discipline that requires
students to gather, analyze, synthesize, and interpret data and to
present results in writing and other relevant communication
formats. | | Athena Title: | Undergraduate Research III | | Nontraditional Format: | These courses belong to a progressive research course sequence
to promote a student's increasing skill development and depth of
inquiry, as well as growing independent research capability. The
courses require the close supervision of a faculty member as the
student undertakes a systematic and in-depth inquiry into
unknown, fundamental, and applied problems. In some cases, the
student will work collaboratively as part of a research team.
The student will have to apply understanding of the discipline
to identify or shape research questions and apply skills and
techniques learned to the research project. Students will gather
data, synthesize relevant literature, analyze, and interpret
data. The student will present results in writing or through
participation in research-group or program meetings and meetings
with their faculty mentor. The student will receive feedback
from the faculty mentor on their research progress and written
or oral presentation of results. A minimum of 45 hours of work
per credit hour per semester is required. | | Prerequisite: | Permission of department | Semester Course
Offered: | Offered fall, spring and summer semester every year. | | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| | | Course ID: | KREN 4990R. 1-6 hours. Repeatable for maximum 8 hours credit. | | Course Title: | Undergraduate Research Thesis (or Final Project) | Course
Description: | Faculty-supervised independent or collaborative inquiry into
fundamental and applied problems within a discipline that requires
students to gather, analyze, synthesize, and interpret data.
Students will write or produce a thesis or other professional
capstone product, such as a report or portfolio that describes
their systematic and in-depth inquiry. | | Athena Title: | Undergraduate Thesis | | Nontraditional Format: | This is a capstone course under the direct supervision of a
faculty member. This course may be the culmination of the 4960R-
4980R sequence. Students will write a thesis or other
professional capstone product, such as a report or portfolio,
that describes their systematic and in-depth inquiry into an
unknown, fundamental, or applied problem. The thesis or capstone
product is written in close collaboration with the faculty
member and must be approved by that faculty member and/or the
department. The student will apply understanding of the
discipline to identify or shape the research question and apply
skills and techniques learned to complete the research project.
The student will have gathered data, synthesized relevant
literature and materials, analyzed, and interpreted data. The
student will demonstrate in writing the contribution of their
work to the discovery and interpretation of knowledge
significant to their field of study. The student will have
presented results in the form of a properly formatted,
professionally rigorous thesis document or other appropriate
professional capstone product and through the formal
presentation of the thesis or product to faculty and peers
during an approved event. The student will receive feedback from
the faculty member on the overall execution of their thesis
project, the written thesis, and their presentation. | | Prerequisite: | Permission of department | Semester Course
Offered: | Offered fall, spring and summer semester every year. | | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
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