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IGETC Foreign Language (required for UC only)

Satisfies Global Citizenship

This course teaches the Korean Hangul. The materials are designed to encourage the students to feel free to interact in Korean as naturally and as spontaneously as possible. It introduces vocabulary skills, decoding skills, and fundamental sentence structures in the present and past. Pronunciation, grammar, and everyday vocabulary are stressed as indispensable tools for comprehension and expression. Aspects of Korean culture and history are covered as well.

IGETC AREA 3B (Humanities), Foreign Language (required for UC only)

Satisfies Global Citizenship

• Advisory: KOREAN 1*.

This course is a continuation of Korean 1. This course stresses vocabulary and fundamental sentence structure in the past and future indicative tenses and in the subjunctive mode. Basic aural and reading comprehension is also developed. Students will hold simple conversations, learning common sayings, and write short compositions about past and future actions. Readings of simplified texts and study of Korean culture are included.

*The advisory for this course is comparable to two years of high school Korean.

Satisfies Global Citizenship

• Advisory: KOREAN 2*

This course is a continuation of Korean 2 and teaches Korean by applying the Natural Approach in the classroom. Materials are designed to encourage students to interact in Korean as naturally and as spontaneously as possible. Developed in accordance with performance-based principles and methodology, the course is learner-centered using primary resources and function/task-oriented balancing acquiring and using skills. The integration of speaking, listening, reading, writing, and culture is stressed. Grammar points are systematically introduced with simple but adequate explanations and abundant examples, exercises, and drills. Aspects of Korean culture and history are covered as well.

*The advisory for this course is comparable to three years of high school Korean.

IGETC AREA 3B (Humanities)

Satisfies Global Citizenship

• Advisory: KOREAN 3 or equivalent skills.

This course builds on language skills developed in Korean 3. The course will review and expand on intermediate Korean grammar, provide practice in the use of set phrases and idioms, and further develop skills in reading and writing. It will enrich vocabulary, further develop reading comprehension, provide opportunity for improving intermediate level writing and conversational skills; and it will encompass aspects of Korean culture and history. This course is taught in Korean unless in cases of linguistic difficulty as determined by the professor.

• Prerequisite: KOREAN 2.

This course provides the student with an opportunity to increase fluency in spoken Korean with an emphasis on natural and colloquial usages. New vocabulary and idiomatic expressions will be emphasized, and the student will hold conversations in Korean in class. This course is taught in Korean except in cases of linguistic difficulty as determined by the professor.

Applied and service-learning field experience within a public agency, educational institution, and citizen volunteer groups is a requirement of this class.

IGETC AREA 3B (Humanities)

Satisfies Global Citizenship

• Advisory: Eligibility for English 1.

This course is an introduction to Korean civilization and literature. While encompassing aspects of philosophy, religion, and art, the course aims to throw light on key works of Korean prose and poetry from ancient to contemporary periods. The social, political, and cultural contextualization of these works will be used as a vehicle to a better understanding of Korea. The course does not require any prior knowledge of Korean language, literature or culture. All materials will be in English.

• Advisory: KOREAN 4.

This course provides the student with an opportunity to acquire professional skills in both oral and written Korean in the business environment. Students practice appropriate preparation of documents, communications, and interview skills. The course concentrates on the topics that are relevant to industry, which could include special vocabulary encountered during phone calls, emails, negotiations, meetings, presentations, etc., and also on general topics that occur within international trade relations.

• Corequisite: Any course in Korean.

This course — taken in tandem with another course in the discipline — enables a student to apply course content in a meaningful and relevant way to a particular activity. In this hands-on course, students engage in applied learning through unpaid experiential activities organized by the student (in conjunction with SMC’s applied/service learning center) and approved by the instructor. Students will develop a customized reading list relevant to their particular activity, complete a minimum of 15 hours of volunteer work with that activity, and submit academically-sound written reports regarding the activity. By applying course material to their experience, students develop a deeper understanding of the discipline.