KORE 101. Elementary Korean I. 4 Units.
This course is the first half of Elementary Korean. This course is designed for students with little or no prior knowledge of Korean. It introduces the basic phonetic system and the Korean alphabet, Hangul. Following this, students will develop foundational reading, writing, listening, and speaking skills through meaningful communicative activities and tasks. Upon successful completion, students should be able to comprehend and carry on simple daily conversations. Students will learn how to introduce themselves, describe their surroundings, discuss daily life, friends, and relatives, and talk about past, present, and future events using appropriate verb tenses.

KORE 102. Elementary Korean II. 4 Units.
This course is a continuation of Korean 101 and is designed to help students build communication skills in the Korean language. This course covers four language areas– listening, speaking, reading, and writing– needed for basic communication, while primacy is given to spoken language proficiency. Particular emphases will be placed on the ability to use Korean in a real-life-like situation/task with culturally appropriate and acceptable manners. Students are expected to actively participate in communicative exchanges with the instructor and classmates as well as be well prepared for the content of each class. This course assumes that students have the complete knowledge of Korean writing system, Hangul, and basic Korean grammar covered in Korean 101.

KORE 201. Intermediate Korean I. 4 Units.
This course is the first part of intermediate Korean. This course is designed for students who have completed the first-year Korean language courses (KORE 101 and KORE 102) or for heritage/non-heritage students possessing equivalent Korean language proficiency. This course builds upon and consolidates students’ knowledge of the linguistic features of Korean and enhances their communicative abilities by integrating all language skills (listening, speaking, reading, writing, vocabulary, grammar, and culture) through interactive activities. Development of reading and writing skills will be emphasized, and students will work on their presentational abilities for both oral and written communication.