Offered By	ANU College of Asia and the Pacific
Academic Contact	Roald Maliangkay

 Description

Korean is the official language of North and South Korea and there are currently about 78 million Korean speakers worldwide. Korean has a unique script called Han'g l, developed in the fifteenth century at the order of the king. It is a highly sophisticated alphabet that is remarkably easy to learn. As Australia’s future is increasingly tied to the countries in Asia, the importance of a language such as Korean will continue to grow. Knowledge of Korean is not only invaluable for understanding Korean society and culture but it is also a skill valued in a wide range of professions, both in Australia and internationally. 

Students in this major are encouraged to spend time studying at a tertiary institution in Korea through a year of study in the Year in Asia program (Graduate Diploma in Asia Pacific Studies). Competitive scholarships are available to qualified students.

A student may not take a course if that course is a prerequisite for another course which they have already passed.

Students with prior knowledge of the language will be required to take a placement test and may be exempted from the compulsory course.

Learning Outcomes

By the end of the Korean language major students should be able to:

1. express themselves confidently in a polite, neutral or informal register, appropriate to the genre and the audience;
2. read, comprehend and infer authors’ meaning in newspapers, magazines, and literary texts in Korean;
3. engage with authentic media such as television news broadcasts, movies, short stories and novels by summarizing, analyzing, evaluating and criticizing their content;
4. write texts in Korean in the appropriate genre, with correct grammatical structures and thematic vocabulary relevant to the level of the student;
5. Write, perform and record presentations or interviews in Korean either individually or in cooperative groups, and answer questions based on those performances or interviews

Course Lists

The course lists in the "Requirements" section below is a definitive list and includes all courses that can be counted towards the major, whether or not they are offered in the current year. For a list of courses that will be offered in the current year, please see the Summary of Courses page.

Requirements

This major requires the completion of 48 units, which must include:

6 units from the completion of the following courses:

KORE3013           Modern Korean 6

 

A maximum of 42 units from the completion of courses from the following list:

ASIA2103            Language in Asia (L)

ASIA3006            Practical Assignment in Asia and the Pacific

CHIN3030           Classical Chinese 1

CHIN3031           Classical Chinese 2

CHIN3032           Classical Chinese 3

CHIN3033           Classical Chinese 4

KORE1020           Modern Korean 1

KORE1021           Modern Korean 2

KORE2521           Modern Korean 3 (12 units)

KORE2522           Modern Korean 4 (12 units)

KORE3012           Modern Korean 5

KORE2015           Korean for Background Speakers A

KORE2016           Korean for Background Speakers B

KORE3009           Korean Seminar A

KORE3010           Korean Seminar B

The information published on the Study at ANU 2012 website applies to the 2012 academic year only. All information provided on this website replaces the information contained in the Study at ANU 2011 website.