No credit granted to those who have completed or are enrolled in Korean 202. Application required contact department office. Korean 202 or 362. Native or near-native speakers of Korean are not eligible for this course. 401 improves the students' language skills, both spoken and written, up to the intermediate level.
Students learn Chinese characters, thereby building vocabulary and heighten reading ability.
Korean 402 is a continuation of work begun in 401. Students continue to strengthen speaking and writing skills, and through the continuing introduction of Chinese characters increase vocabulary and reading skills. A continuation of Korean 401. Korean Literature in Translation. The course introduces and discusses classical Korean literature, from the earliest poetry hyangga , to the 19th century sijo which are the central poetic genre in the tradition of Korean poetry.