East Asian Languages and Cultures
 
Korean Language Program Courses & Syllabi

First Y ear Korean I Korean II
Second Y ear Korean III Korean IV
Third Y ear Advanced Korean I Advanced Korean II
Fourth Year Advanced Korean III Advanced Korean IV

EALC 115 Korean I


EALC 115 introduces the fundamentals of standard Korean in all four levels of communication (listening, speaking, reading, and writing). The course provides practice in basic Korean conversations as well as fundamental grammar.

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EALC 117 Korean II



This course focuses on the low-intermediate Korean conversations, basic reading, and writing , as well as grammar.

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EALC 215 Korean III

Korean III deals with four areas of speaking, listening, reading, and writing, but more emphasis will be put on reading and writing than in Korean I and II. In Korean III, you will learn more complicated grammatical structures and useful expressions.

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EALC 217 Korean IV

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EALC 315 Advanced Korean I

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EALC 317 Advanced Korean II

Advanced Korean II deals with all the areas, speaking, listening, reading, and writing Korean, but more emphasis will be put on reading and writing of Chinese characters (Han-Ja). In Advanced Korean II, you will learn more complicated grammatical structures and useful expressions with Han-Ja.

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EALC 415 Advanced Korean III

Advanced Korean III deals with the three areas of speaking, reading, and writing, but more emphasis is put on reading and writing of Chinese characters in modern written Korean. In Advanced Korean III, students will read Korean stories and essays written in mixed script and learn more complicated grammatical structures and useful expressions with about 500 additional Chinese characters.

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EALC 417 Advanced Korean IV

Advanced Korean IV is the continuation of Advanced Korean III. This course deals with the three areas of speaking, reading, and writing, but more emphasis is put on reading and writing of Chinese characters in modern written Korean. In Advanced Korean IV, students will read advanced-level Korean stories and essays written in mixed script, and learn more complicated grammatical structures and useful expressions with about 700 additional Chinese characters.

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Learn more about basic language instruction at USC.

Dr. Nam-Kil Kim
Director of Korean Language Program
University of Southern California
Department of East Asian Languages and Cultures
Taper Hall of Humanities, THH 356
Los Angeles, CA  90089