Advanced Academic Korean II

1 Course Unit

This course aims to further develop and enhance the language and critical thinking skills required for conducting academic research in Korean studies or relevant disciplines. Through a historical lens, students will have the opportunity to explore a variety of topics, such as culture, gender, international relations, politics, the economy, and religion from early times to the nineteenth century. Students will continue to read critically, evaluate, analyze, and discuss these academic texts (both primary and secondary sources), written in Korean or mixed scripts, and will broaden and expand their repertoires of the Sino-Korean vocabulary and Hanja (Chinese characters) common in academic disciplines. Course materials will include academic journal articles, book chapters, and primary sources pertaining to the fields of each student's research, as well as Korean historical movies and documentaries. This course will be conducted in Korean. Not Offered Every Year Mutually Exclusive: KORN 6145 Prerequisite: KORN 1045 1 Course Unit