Fall 2019 Undergraduate Courses
Please check ALBERT for accurate course locations and meeting patterns.
Please check ALBERT for accurate course locations and meeting patterns.
Professor Michele Matteini | MW: 3:30 PM - 4:45 PM
An introduction to the art and culture of the Far East, presented in a chronological and thematic approach corresponding to the major dynastic and cultural changes of China, Korea, and Japan. Teaches how to "read" works of art in order to interpret a culture or a historical period; aims at a better understanding of the similarities and differences among the cultures of the Far East. Also under ARTH-UA 510.
Professor Rebecca Karl | TR: 11:00 AM - 12:15 PM
Introduces the contours of Republican-era China (1911-1949), including some of the major issues and historical themes that emerged during the period. Focus on the problems of cultural production, urbanization, social division, and war. Engages not only with the history but, to some extent, with the academic debates on this history as well. Presumes some basic knowledge of modern China. Heavy reading and writing load.
Professor James Peck | M: 9:30 AM - 12:15 PM
How U.S. global interests and concerns sought to shape Asian realities (and were shaped in turn by them). Topics: the occupation of Japan; the U.S. and the Chinese revolution; the Korean War and the isolation of China; the Vietnam War and the Kennedy/ Johnson years; Nixon’s global geopolitical vision and Asian policies; Carter and human rights diplomacy; Reagan and the intensified Cold War; George H. W. Bush and Asia’s place in “a New World Order”; and finally, the Clinton and George W. Bush years.
Professor Annmaria Shimabuku | MW: 3:30PM - 4:45PM
This course is canceled for Fall 2019.
Professor Todd Foley | TR: 2:00 PM - 3:15 PM
Beginning with one of the earliest Chinese films still in existence and ending with a 2017 blockbuster, our class will examine not only a variety of Chinese films spanning nearly a hundred years of production, but also a number of different intellectual approaches to understanding these films. By focusing on one selected film per week, we will develop our own critical capacities in a way that pays attention to issues of history, politics, ideology, the material conditions of production, aesthetics, and intellectual life. We will generally follow a chronological organization and focus on important works by major directors from different parts of the Sinophone world. We will complement our critical focus on individual films with a selection of secondary readings, some of which will help to paint a broader picture of Chinese cinematic history, and some of which will provide specific readings of films through a variety of interpretive methods. The course is by no means exhaustive, and after being introduced to these several representative films and critical approaches, by the end of the semester students will hopefully be better equipped to continue navigating this rich field of cinematic production on their own.
Professor Thomas Looser | W: 2:00PM - 4:45PM
This course looks at the terms and conditions of Japanese animation (primarily, though not exclusively, anime) as, in many ways, a new and unique mode of expression. The course is framed in which anime might, or might not, shift earlier modes of expression (both literary and animated): the prevalence of mythology in animation and the tension between mythology and ideology; the importance of genre; and the impact of old and new media on narrative structure and reception. Implications of these conditions for thinking about Japanese culture are also considered.
Professor Sooran Choi | MW: 2:00PM - 3:15PM
The course examines post-WWII art and visual culture in South Korea and investigates why Western notions and forms of the avant-garde held such importance. By looking at various manifestations of resistance that emerged in South Korean art and visual culture, a complex relationship between art and politics will be explored. South Korea was led by the military, authoritarian governments that operated under a Cold War ideology after the Korean War (1950-1953) ended. Human rights and political dissent were often severely constrained and communist witch hunts were prevalent. The course focuses on several South Korean art collectives which engaged in avant-garde forms of art, music, performance, and literature to advance their cultural and political critique of the military regimes.
Professor Daniel Johnson | TR: 12:30PM - 3:15PM
Love is, as a concept and feeling, wrapped up in promises about romance and eroticism, but can also be connected to familial bonds and friendship, as well as pain and disappointment. These sentiments play a powerful role in defining personal experience, identity, and social formations between public and private life, and particularly in terms of how we understand our feelings of belonging, intimacy, and happiness. Love also has historical dimensions for us to consider, and has often been mediated by the relationship of the individual to the state and law. Looking at works of literature, film, and new media produced in modern and contemporary East Asia, this course will examine some of the ways that love has been articulated and experienced by different types of people within the region. We will play close attention to how cultural and historical contexts have shaped these instances of love, their relationship to questions of gender, desire, as well as dynamics of public/private and intimate/isolate. How did the arrival of modern life in East Asian challenge and transform expectations for romance and personal happiness for people in Japan, China, and Korea? In what ways has the atomization of life through neoliberal politics shifted our expectations and possibilities for intimacy? No knowledge of East Asian languages is required for this course. Apologies to Tina Turner.
Professor Yoon Jeong Oh | T: 11:00AM - 1:45PM
This course examines critical and aesthetic cosmopolitan discourses in contemporary cultural formations in Korea. We will take a look at the emergence and importance of the city in South Korea, and its relationship to or divergence from cosmopolitan ideas. By putting Seoul into dialogue with other cosmopolises, such as New York, Paris, Berlin, Tokyo, and others, we will analyze the relationship between disparate topics from colonization to zombies, and pop culture to cosmopolitan anxieties and deserted islands. We will tackle critical questions about the parallels between the global (cosmo) and the local (polis), how to challenge that dichotomy, what it means to build and desire for a cosmopolitan city, and how Seoul participates in cosmopolitan imaginations. Texts will include Yi Kwang-su, Frantz Fanon, Walter Benjamin, Henri Lefebvre, films by Bong Joon-ho, and city symphony films.
Professor Hye Eun Choi | TR: 6:45PM - 8:00PM
This course examines the transitions in Korean culture and society through modern popular music from the turn of the twentieth century to the latest K-pop hits. We will study the trajectory of changes in the production, circulation, and reception of Korean popular music not only across successive political, social, and economic junctures but also within major themes such as nationalism, race, gender, technology, and globalization. We will also investigate modern popular music and music culture as they relate to such subjects as hybridity, authenticity, transculturation, cyber-culture, and fandom. Classes will consist of lectures and discussions, and relevant music and video clips will be screened. No prior knowledge of Korean is required.
Professor Moss Roberts | TR: 12:30PM - 1:45PM
Although Confucianism and its “down to earth” approach to ethics and political rule dominated Chinese
government since the middle of the Han Dynasty, and literary Chinese writing dominated poetry and
formal writing for educated scholars and officials, vernacular fiction was wildly popular during the late
Ming dynasty and Qing dynasties. Such novels and short stories were written in language closer to the
people’s common speech and playfully violated, though sometimes reinforced the established political,
ethical, and religious hierarchies and boundaries with the inclusion of supernatural feats and creatures,
saints and rebels, and the mingling of humans and beasts.
Professor Todd Foley | TR: 6:20PM - 9:00PM
What is Chinese literature, and what is world literature? Is Chinese literature world literature? Are these questions even worth asking? Through a combination of literary texts and theoretical readings, this course will approach these basic questions from a number of different angles. Our attempts to interrogate the slippery categories of “Chinese literature” and “world literature” will take us through a variety of modern and contemporary Chinese works by a diverse group of writers. At the same time as we engage in a close literary analysis of these texts, we will examine the many ways the categories of “Chinese” and “world” literature can become complicated, including through issues of translation, genre, politics, culture, nation, and literary assessment. By the end of the course, we hope to have developed a productive critical perspective on the notions of “national literature” and “world literature” by working through the particular set of problems Chinese literature presents these categories.
Professor Robert Stolz | R: 12:30PM - 3:15PM
This course is canceled for Fall 2019.
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This course is for students with no previous Mandarin Chinese experience. If you can speak in Mandarin Chinese about matters related to everyday life situations but can not read and write at the same level, you should enroll in EAST-UA 231 Elementary Chinese for Advanced Beginners.
Designed to develop and reinforce language skills in listening, speaking, reading, and writing as it relates to everyday life situations. The objectives are: to master the Chinese phonetic system (pinyin and tones) with satisfactory pronunciation; to understand the construction of commonly used Chinese Characters (both simplified and traditional) and learn to write them correctly; to understand and use correctly basic Chinese grammar and sentence structures; to build up essential vocabulary; to read and write level appropriate passages; to become acquainted with aspects of Chinese culture and society related to the course materials.
Instructor | Schedule
Catherine Liu | MTWR: 8:00 AM - 9:15 AM
Hanyu Xiao | MTWR: 11:00 AM - 12:15 PM
Xiaohong Hou | MTWR: 12:30 PM - 1:45 PM
Chen Gao | MTWR: 3:30 PM - 4:45 PM
Chen Gao | MTWR: 4:55 PM - 6:10 PM
*PREREQUISITE: TEST SCORE GREATER OR EQUAL 3302.02, OR EAST-UA 201, OR EAST-UA 9201, ORCHIN-SHU 101, OR CHIN-SHU 101S, OR CHIN-SHU 101S2.
*PREREQUISITE: EAST-UA 201, 9201 OR EQUIVALENT. For students placed by placement exam: if you can speak in Mandarin Chinese about matters related to everyday life situations but can not read and write at the same level, you should consult the Chinese Language Coordinator Shiqi Liao before enrolling in the course: shiqi@nyu.edu. If you need a permission code to enroll, please contact the course instructor. If an instructor is not listed, please contact the department.
Designed to develop and reinforce language skills in listening, speaking, reading, and writing as it relates to everyday life situations. The objectives are: to master the Chinese phonetic system (pinyin and tones) with satisfactory pronunciation; to understand the construction of commonly used Chinese Characters (both simplified and traditional) and learn to write them correctly; to understand and use correctly basic Chinese grammar and sentence structures; to build up essential vocabulary; to read and write level appropriate passages; to become acquainted with aspects of Chinese culture and society related to the course materials.
Instructor | Schedule
Catherine Liu | MTWR: 9:30 AM - 10:45 PM
Catherine Liu | MTWR: 11:00 AM - 12:15 PM
Xin Li | MTWR: 3:30 PM - 4:45 PM
*PREREQUISITES: TEST SCORE GREATER OR EQUAL 3302.03, EAST-UA 202,OR EAST-UA 9202, OR CHIN-SHU 102 OR, CHIN-SHU 102S, AND CHIN-SHU 102S2
*PREREQUISITE: EAST-UA 202, 9202 OR EQUIVALENT. For students placed by placement exam: if you can speak in Mandarin Chinese about matters related to everyday life situations but can not read and write at the same level, you should enroll in EAST-UA 232 Intermediate Chinese for Advanced Beginners. If you need a permission code to enroll, please contact the course instructor. If an instructor is not listed, please contact the department.
Designed to consolidate the student's overall aural-oral proficiency. Focuses gradually on the written aspect of Chinese. The objectives are: to be able to obtain information from extended conversation; to both express and expound on, in relative length, feelings and opinions on common topics; to expand vocabulary and learn to decipher meaning of compound words; to develop reading comprehension of extended narrative, expository and simple argumentative passages; to solve non-complex textual problems with the aid of dictionaries; to write in relative length personal narratives, informational narratives, comparison and discussion of viewpoints with level-appropriate vocabulary and grammatical accuracy, as well as basic syntactical cohesion; to continue being acquainted with aspects of Chinese culture and society related to the course materials.
Instructor | Schedule
Cong Zhou | MTWR: 2:00 PM- 3:15 PM
Cong Zhou MTWR: 4:55 PM- 6:10 PM
Ruobing Wei | MTWR: 9:30AM - 10:45 AM
*PREREQUSITES: TEST SCORE 3302.04, OR EAST-UA 203 , OR EAST-UA 9203 OR CHIN-SHU 201, OR CHIN-SHU 201S1 , OR CHIN-SHU 201S2 .
*PREREQUISITE: EAST-UA 203, 9203 OR EQUIVALENT. For students placed by placement exam: if you can speak in Mandarin Chinese about matters related to everyday life situations but can not read and write at the same level, you should consult the Chinese Language Coordinator: shiqi@nyu.edu. If you need a permission code to enroll, please contact the course instructor. If an instructor is not listed, please contact the department.
Designed to consolidate the student's overall aural-oral proficiency. Focuses gradually on the written aspect of Chinese. The objectives are: to be able to obtain information from extended conversation; to both express and expound on, in relative length, feelings and opinions on common topics; to expand vocabulary and learn to decipher meaning of compound words; to develop reading comprehension of extended narrative, expository and simple argumentative passages; to solve non-complex textual problems with the aid of dictionaries; to write in relative length personal narratives, informational narratives, comparison and discussion of viewpoints with level-appropriate vocabulary and grammatical accuracy, as well as basic syntactical cohesion; to continue being acquainted with aspects of Chinese culture and society related to the course materials.
Instructor | Schedule
Jiayi Xu | MTWR: 9:30 AM - 10:45 PM
Jiayi Xu | MTWR: 3:30 PM - 4:45 PM
*PREREQUISITES: TEST SCORE GREATER OR EQUAL 3302.05, OR EAST-UA 204, OR EAST-UA 9204 , OR EAST-UA 232, OR EAST-UA 9232 , OR CHIN-SHU 202 .
*PREREQUISITE: EAST-UA 204, 9204, OR EQUIVALENT. This section is for Non-Heritage Students. Please contact the instructor of the course for permission to enroll into this section.
Designed to further develop proficiency in speaking and writing through readings on and discussions of socio-cultural topics relevant to today's China. Focuses on improving reading comprehension and writing skills. The objectives are: to further improve oral communicative competence by incorporating semi-formal or formal usages; to acquire vocabulary and patterns necessary for conducting semi-formal or formal discussions of socio-cultural topics; to increase reading speed of texts with more advanced syntax; to learn to make context-based guess about the meaning of a new word, conduct sentence analysis and solve textual problems with the aid of dictionaries; to write and present more fully developed narratives or reasoned and structured arguments in length; to learn to employ basic rhetoric methods; to learn to appreciate stylistic usage of Chinese language.
Instructor | Schedule
Wenteng Shao | TR: 12:30 PM - 1:45 PM
Hanyu Xiao | TR: 2:00 PM - 3:15 PM
Hanyu Xiao | TR: 3:30 PM - 4:45 PM
*PREREQUISITES: TEST SCORE GREATER OR EQUAL 3302.06, OR EAST-UA 205 , OR EAST-UA 9205 , OR CHIN-SHU 301.
*PREREQUISITE: EAST-UA 205, 9205 OR EQUIVALENT. This section is for Non-heritage students. Please contact the instructor of the course for permission to enroll into this section.
Designed to further develop proficiency in speaking and writing through readings on and discussions of socio-cultural topics relevant to today's China. Focuses on improving reading comprehension and writing skills. The objectives are: to further improve oral communicative competence by incorporating semi-formal or formal usages; to acquire vocabulary and patterns necessary for conducting semi-formal or formal discussions of socio-cultural topics; to increase reading speed of texts with more advanced syntax; to learn to make context-based guess about the meaning of a new word, conduct sentence analysis and solve textual problems with the aid of dictionaries; to write and present more fully developed narratives or reasoned and structured arguments in length; to learn to employ basic rhetoric methods; to learn to appreciate stylistic usage of Chinese language.
Instructor | Schedule
Xiaohong Hou | TR: 9:30 AM - 10:45 AM
Cong Zhou | TR: 12:30 PM - 1:45 PM
*PREREQUISITE: EAST-UA 206 OR 9206 ADVANCED CHINESE II OR EQUIVALENT. CONDUCTED IN CHINESE. CONTACT SHIQI LIAO AT SHIQI@NYU.EDU FOR A PERMISSION CODE.
Designed to help students understand and appreciate the linguistic and aesthetic features of Chinese language rendered in poetic form and to improve their ability to read and interpret authentic texts in general. Integrates language learning with poetry study, introduces the formal structure of Chinese classical poetry and surveys its stylistic variations at different historical conjunctures. Conducted primarily in Chinese. English translations of the poems are provided as references from time to time.
Instructor | Schedule
Shiqi Liao | T: 4:55 PM - 6:10 PM
Shiqi Liao | F: 11:00 AM - 12:15 PM
*PREREQUISITE: EAST-UA 204 (Intermediate Chinese II) or equivalent.
This is a 4-credit Advanced level language course designed for non-heritage students who wish to review and reinforce what they have learned in the elementary and/or intermediate level courses. Through
Instructor | Schedule
Jiayi Xu | TR 11:00 AM - 12:15 PM
*PREREQUISITE: EAST-UA 206 OR 9206 ADVANCED CHINESE II OR EQUIVALENT. CONDUCTED IN CHINESE. CONTACT SHIQI LIAO AT SHIQI@NYU.EDU FOR A PERMISSION CODE.
This course is designed to give students an introduction to basic syntax, grammar, and vocabulary of Classical Chinese through close readings of authentic texts. Almost all these texts are historically significant canon texts that are extremely rich in classical Chinese cultural connotation. They are selected from a wide variety of genres, such as historical literature, philosophical and political writings, written correspondence, poetry, essay, some of which are unique to Chinese culture. The course aims to develop the students' reading and comprehension skills in this highly stylized form of written Chinese, acquaint students not only with the classic Chinese cultural heritage but also underlying working mechanism that is in many ways relevant to the form and usage of today’s Mandarin Chinese.
Instructor | Schedule
Shiqi Liao | TR: 3:30 PM - 4:45 PM
*PREQUISITE: EAST-UA 212, 221, 222, 224, 226 or equivalent. Instructor's permission required: jw82@nyu.edu.
A post-advanced-level, intensive reading course in Chinese. The aim is to develop students’ skills in reading literary and cultural texts in their original language and sociohistorical context. Organized by an overall theme relevant to Department of East Asian Studies majors’ and graduate students’ training and professional development, such as Country and City in Modern China or Women and Revolution. Under the chosen rubric, reading materials are organized in such a way that both introduce the students to the major works in modern Chinese literature and culture and prepare them for further reading and independent research.
Instructor | Schedule
Jing Wang | F: 2:00 PM - 4:45 PM
*PREREQUISITE: EAST-UA 206, 9206 or equivalent AND instructor's permission: jw82@nyu.edu
The course is about reading The Dream of Red Chamber, which is by popular and scholarly consensus the greatest literary achievement of vernacular fiction from imperial China, in its entirety. Through close reading and small group discussion, the students will develop a high level of skills in literary translation, textual and discourse analysis, and critical interpretation, in addition to gaining an intimate knowledge of Chinese language, literary genres, cultural norms, and social conventions. The reading and discussion will be conducted in Chinese.
Instructor | Schedule
Jing Wang | W: 3:30 PM - 6:10 PM
EAST-UA 231 is designed for students who can understand and speak conversational Mandarin related to daily-life situations, but have not learned to read/write Chinese characters. Students with no background in the language should enroll in EAST-UA 201 Elementary Chinese I. If you need a permission code to enroll, please contact the course instructor. If an instructor is not listed, please contact the department.
Instructor | Schedule
Wenteng Shao | MTWR: 8:00 AM - 9:15 AM
Wenteng Shao | MTWR: 9:30 AM - 10:45 AM
Ruobing Wei | MTWR: 12:30 PM - 1:45 PM
Ruobing Wei | MTWR: 2:00 PM - 3:15 PM
*PREQUISITE: EAST-UA 231, 9231, OR EQUIVALENT. If you need a permission code to enroll, please contact the course instructor. If an instructor is not listed, please contact the department.
Continuation of Elementary Chinese for Advanced Beginners.
Instructor | Schedule
Xin Li | MTWR: 11:00 AM - 12:15 PM
Xin Li | MTWR: 12:30 PM - 1:45 PM
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Instructor | Schedule
Xiaohong Hou | TR: 11:00 AM - 12:15 PM
If you need a permission code to enroll, please contact the course instructor. If an instructor is not listed, please contact the department.
Introductory course in modern spoken and written Japanese, designed to develop fundamental skills in the areas of speaking, listening, reading, and writing. Gives contextualized instructions to develop both communicative and cultural competency. Systematically introduces the Japanese writing system (Hiragana, Katakana, and Kanji).
Instructor | Schedule
Masaki Kinjo | MTWR: 8:00 AM - 9:15 AM
Masaki Kinjo | MTWR: 9:30 AM - 10:45 AM
Masaki Kinjo | MTWR: 12:30 PM - 1:45 PM
Mayumi Matsumoto | MTWR: 8:00 AM - 9:15 AM
Mayumi Matsumoto | MTWR: 11:00 AM - 12:15 PM
Yukiko Hanawa | MTWR: 2:00 PM - 3:15 PM
Yukiko Hanawa | MTWR: 3:30 PM - 4:45 PM
Tsumugi Yamamoto | MTWR: 4:55 PM - 6:10 PM
PREREQUISITE: EAST-UA 247 WITH A MINIMUM GRADE OF C- OR EQUIVALENT.
Introductory course in modern spoken and written Japanese, designed to develop fundamental skills in the areas of speaking, listening, reading, and writing. Gives contextualized instructions to develop both communicative and cultural competency. Systematically introduces the Japanese writing system (Hiragana, Katakana, and Kanji).
Instructor | Schedule
Mayumi Matsumoto | MTWR: 12:30 PM - 1:45 PM
Shuichiro Takeda | MTWR: 2:00 PM - 3:15 PM
Toshiko Omori | MTWR: 3:30 PM - 4:45 PM
*PREREQUISITE: EAST-UA 249 WITH A MINIMUM GRADE OF C- OR EQUIVALENT. If you need a permission code to enroll, please contact the course instructor. If an instructor is not listed, please contact the department.
Continuing study of Japanese at the intermediate level. Stresses reading comprehension, spoken fluency, and composition, with materials organized around social and cultural topics. Continues to introduce new Kanji characters.
Instructor | Schedule
Tsumugi Yamamoto | MTWR: 2:00 PM - 3:15 PM
Tsumugi Yamamoto | MTWR: 3:30 PM - 4:45 PM
Kayo Nonaka | MTWR: 4:55 PM - 6:10 PM
PREREQUISITE: EAST-UA 249 WITH A MINIMUM GRADE OF C- OR EQUIVALENT. If you need a permission code to enroll, please contact the course instructor. If an instructor is not listed, please contact the department.
Continuing study of Japanese at the intermediate level. Stresses reading comprehension, spoken fluency, and composition, with materials organized around social and cultural topics. Continues to introduce new Kanji characters.
Instructor | Schedule
Kazue Kurokawa | MTWR: 3:30 PM - 4:45 PM
Kazue Kurokawa | MTWR: 4:55 PM - 6:10 PM
PREREQUISITE: EAST-UA 250 WITH A MINIMUM GRADE OF C+ OR EQUIVALENT. If you need a permission code to enroll, please contact the course instructor. If an instructor is not listed, please contact the department.
Continuing study of Japanese at the advanced level. Stresses reading comprehension, spoken fluency, and composition; uses original materials, such as newspaper/magazine articles, TV news, and video. Introduces additional Kanji characters. Advanced use of Japanese and character dictionaries.
Instructor | Schedule
Kayo Nonaka | TR: 3:30 PM - 4:45 PM
Kazue Kurokawa | TR: 12:30 PM - 1:45 PM
PREREQUISITE: EAST-UA 252 with a minimum grade of C+. If you need a permission code to enroll, please contact the course instructor. If an instructor is not listed, please contact the department.
Continuing study of Japanese at the advanced level. Stresses reading comprehension, spoken fluency, and composition; uses original materials, such as newspaper/magazine articles, TV news, and video. Introduces additional Kanji characters. Advanced use of Japanese and character dictionaries.
Instructor | Schedule
Kayo Nonaka | TR: 2:00 PM - 3:15 PM
PREQUISITE: By placement exam and permission from the instructor.
This course will cover all grammatical structures, essential kanji characters (550+) that are introduced in Elementary and Intermediate Japanese courses. Intended for students with high level of oral-aural skills, the course is a self-paced self-study course leading to proficiency in reading and writing skill that will meet CAS foreign language requirement if completed satisfactorily. It will meet the pre-requisite requirement for enrollment (by permission) in Advanced Japanese courses. Enrollment for this course is only through Japanese Language Placement Test. Students who have not taken any Japanese language course(s) at NYU are not eligible to enroll in this course.
Instructor | Schedule
Yukiko Hanawa | TR: 4:55 PM - 6:10 PM
This course is for students with no previous language experience. If you can speak in Korean about matters related to everyday life situations but can not read and write at the same level, you should enroll in EAST-UA 281 Elementary Korean for Advanced Learners.
First-year Korean designed to introduce the Korean language and alphabet, Hangul. This course provides a solid foundation in all aspects of the language, including speaking, listening, reading, and writing. Students study the language’s orthographic and phonetic systems, grammar, syntax, and vocabulary within social and cultural contexts.
Instructor | Schedule
Jeesun Park | MTWR: 9:30 AM - 10:45 AM
Jeesun Park | MTWR: 11:00 AM - 12:15 PM
Jeehyun Kim | MTWR: 8:00 AM - 9:15 AM
Seunghee Back | MTWR: 8:00 AM - 9:15 AM
Yongjun Choi | MTWR: 11:00 AM - 12:15 PM
*PREREQUISITE: EAST-UA 254 OR placement exam. If you need a permission code to enroll, please contact the course instructor. If an instructor is not listed, please contact the department.
First-year Korean designed to introduce the Korean language and alphabet, Hangul. This course provides a solid foundation in all aspects of the language, including speaking, listening, reading, and writing. Students study the language’s orthographic and phonetic systems, grammar, syntax, and vocabulary within social and cultural contexts.
Instructor | Schedule
Eunju Na | MTWR: 9:30 AM - 10:45 AM
Eunju Na | MTWR: 11:00 AM - 12:15 PM
Eunjung Ji | MTWR: 12:30 PM - 1:45 PM
*PREREQUISITES: EAST-UA 255,OR EAST-UA 281 OR PLACEMENT EXAM.
The Korean language at the intermediate level: phonetics, grammar, syntax, and vocabulary. Emphasizes the development of communicative skills in speaking, reading, and writing. Develops the language’s major social and cultural contexts. Requires students to write about and discuss various topics.
Instructor | Schedule
Dongmin Kim | MTWR: 12:30 PM - 1:45 PM
Dongmin Kim | MTWR: 4:55 PM - 6:10 PM
*PREREQUISITE: EAST-UA 256 OR PLACEMENT EXAM
The Korean language at the second-year level: phonetics, grammar, syntax, and vocabulary. Emphasizes the development of communicative skills in speaking, reading, and writing. Develops the language's major social and cultural contexts. Requires students to write about and discuss various topics.
Instructor | Schedule
Yun J. Kim | MTWR: 4:55 PM - 6:10 PM
*PREREQUISITE: EAST-UA 257, EAST-UA 282 OR PLACEMENT EXAM. If you need a permission code to enroll, please contact the course instructor. If an instructor is not listed, please contact the department.
This course is designed to assist advanced students of Korean language as they continue to learn skills in conversation, reading, and writing. Reading Korean newspapers and visiting Korean Web sites are integrated as part of the course’s instruction.
Instructor | Schedule
Eunju Na | TR: 2:00 PM - 3:15 PM
*PREREQUISITE: EAST-UA 258 OR PLACEMENT EXAM. If you need a permission code to enroll, please contact the course instructor. If an instructor is not listed, please contact the department.
This course is designed to assist advanced students of Korean language as they continue to learn skills in conversation, reading, and writing. Reading Korean newspapers and visiting Korean Web sites are integrated as part of the course’s instruction.
Instructor | Schedule
Jessun Park | TR: 12:30 PM - 1:45 PM
*PREREQUISITE: EAST-UA 259 OR placement exam. Please contact the course instructor for a permission code. If an instructor is not listed, please contact the department.
This course is designed to improve students? understanding of written and spoken Korean through exposure to various media sources, such as newspapers, magazines, TV, and film. Class discussions help enhance the students? speaking proficiency as well.
Instructor | Schedule
Cheun Mi Kim | TR: 2:00 PM - 3:15 PM
Cheun Mi Kim | MW: 2:00 PM - 3:15 PM
This course is for students who can speak in Korean about matters related to everyday life situations but can not read and write at the same level. This course covers the 1st year Korean material in a semester. Students with no language background should enroll in EAST-UA 254 Elementary Korean I. If you need a permission code to enroll, please contact the Korean Language Coordinator, Jeesun Park: jeesun.park@nyu.edu.
This intensive elementary course covers the first-year Korean material in a single semester. The course is designed for students with some Korean-speaking background, who can understand and speak basic to intermediate conversational Korean but do not have previous formal language training in reading and writing. It aims to develop students’ correct pronunciation, grammatical accuracy and overall competence in reading and writing.
Instructor | Schedule
Dongmin Kim | MTWR: 3:30 PM - 4:45 PM
*PREREQUISITE: EAST UA 255, EAST UA 281 OR PLACEMENT EXAM. This course is for students who can speak in Korean about matters related to everyday life situations but can not read and write at the same level. This course covers the 2nd year Korean material in a semester. If you need a permission code to enroll, please contact the course instructor. If an instructor is not listed, please contact the department.
This intensive intermediate course covers the second-year Korean material in a semester. The course is designed for students with intermediate-level speaking proficiency but with reading and writing ability equivalent to a student who has completed elementary level Korean, who can understand, with near-standard pronunciation and without basic major grammatical errors, conversational Korean related to daily-life situations and simple sociocultural topics. It aims to further strengthen students’ correct pronunciation and intonation, grammatical accuracy, ability to understand differences in nuances and overall competence in reading and writing.
Instructor | Schedule
Cheun Mi Kim | MTWR: 4:55 PM - 6:10 PM