KORE 321: Korean Proficiency through Visual Culture

KORE 321-K02: Korean Profic through Vis Cult
(Fall 2024)

05:00 PM to 06:15 PM MTW

Mason Korea (119 Songdomunhwa-ro, Yeonsu-gu, Incheon, Korea) G208 - Hybrid

Section Information for Fall 2024

*This is the section tailored to the needs of the native or near-native speakers in Korean. If you're an international student at the low-advanced level, please take section K01 for international students. 

*This is a hybrid course where students meet only once a week (Monday) for discussion and activities, and do the online assignments throughout the rest of the week. 

This course aims to foster Korean linguistic proficiency through Korean TV series, often referred to as “Korean Dramas.” In this course, students will watch the episodes of the TV series, “Extraordinary Attorney Woo (2022)” and “Kill Me Heal Me (2015)." The course aims to explore Korean culture as well as refining Korean linguistic profiency. 

Students in this course will analyze Korean culture while learning how to write an academic paper at a college-level, and how to present academic papers in a formal setting. Students will carry out three projects throughout the semester - First, students will build K-Culture Archive to explore how Korean culture is embedded in Korean Drama, and train to look at Korean culture from a distance before utilizing it as a text to analyze Korean culture. Second, students will learn how to write an academic paper as a team, and explore how the changes in Korean society is embedded in Korean dramas. For examples, students will explore how the changes in gender norms, family culture, cultural practices are embedded in K-dramas, and ways that Korean media deal with disability, diversity, and inclusiveness has evolved over time. Students will also learn how to present an academic paper in a formal setting, as they present their papers at K-Culture Conference. Finally, students will produce a K-Drama of their own - while reflecting what they learned throughout the semester and expressing their creativity. At the end of the semester, we'll have K-Drama Festival as a class along with the Awarding Ceremony where Best Drama Award and Best Actor/Actress Award will be awarded to students based on students' vote. 

K-Culture Archive and the K-Dramas submitted to the K-Drama Festival will be provided to the K01 section students as educational materials. 

This section is for native speakers of Korean. If you are not a native speaker of Korean, please take KORE 321 K01.

Course Information from the University Catalog

Credits: 3

Develops Intermediate-high level Korean reading, writing, listening, and speaking skills while increasing understanding of Korean culture through authentic Korean visual culture such as films, TV dramas, commercials, and music videos. Students who complete the course will gain an understanding of local and global Korean visual culture as well as acquire upper level Korean linguistic proficiency. Offered by Modern & Classical Languages. May be repeated within the degree for a maximum 6 credits.
Recommended Prerequisite: KORE 202, appropriate placement score, or permission of instructor.
Schedule Type: Lecture
Grading:
This course is graded on the Undergraduate Regular scale.
Additional Course Details: Taught in Korean

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