Spring 2019 Undergraduate Courses
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Spring 2019
East Asian Art II: China, Korea, Japan to 1000 Ce
Professor Michele Matteini | TR: 9:30 AM - 10:15 AM
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.
Mongols and Samurais: Japan's Eurasian Dream
Professor Tatiana Linkhoeva | MW: 2:00 PM - 3:15 PM
Topics in Japan Literature: Between Self and Monster
Professor Andrea Mendoza | TR: 12:20 PM - 1:45 PM
Monsters are globally pervasive in mythology, literature, film, and art. Yet, as much as we may love consuming monstrous texts, images, and ideas for entertainment, monsters are not often thought of as having implications in our realities. We challenge this perception through comparative study of monsters in Japan, examining how monstrosity is invented and theorized as both metaphor and commentary for perceived relationships between selfhood and otherness within historical and contemporary contexts. Considering interdisciplinary modes of critical inquiry, we consider diverse ideas about monstrosity and how they are interlocked with questions of sexuality, gender, race, and class. We study literary and cinematic texts with theoretical and historical readings, including the works of Abe Kōbō, Enchi Fumiko, Miyazaki Hayao, Kirino Natsuo, and Sigmund Freud. Topics include: modernity, imperialism, capitalism, and transnationalism.
Maoism & The Chinese Tradition
Professor Laurence Coderre | W: 2:00 PM - 4:45 PM
This class examines approaches to “traditional” Chinese history and culture, as enacted in the Yan’an period, the first seventeen years of the People’s Republic, and the Cultural Revolution. During the course of our explorations, we will take aim at the purported existence of a unified, millennia-old “Chinese tradition” by considering how this invented notion was crucial to the iconoclastic intellectual movements of the early twentieth century. After all, calls to break with “tradition” necessarily presuppose that such a “tradition” exists—that is to say, they produce a notion of “tradition” only to denounce it. We will trace the cultural lineage of Mao and his -ism, loosely construed, back to this bait-and-switch. Indeed, we will see to what extent Mao-period characterizations of feudalism and the Old Society repeatedly reenact it. At the same time, we will see that the Communists were also at pains to maintain “traditional” cultural forms through processes of recuperation and reinvention. How do we make sense of this additional twist? And what does all this say about the status of Mao(ism) and the “Chinese tradition” today?
Historical Epics of China and Japan
Professor Eric Hodges | MW: 2:00 PM - 3:15 PM
Involves in-depth study of the major epics of China, Japan, and Vietnam?the historical-military and the social-romantic. The Chinese historical epic Three Kingdoms is read against the Japanese epic Tale of the Heike. Emphasis is placed on the political nature of the dynastic state form, the types of legitimacy and the forms of rebellion, the process of breakdown and reintegration of an imperial house, the empire as dynasty and as territory, and the range of characterology. In the second half of the course, the Chinese classic Dream of the Red Chamber is read against the Japanese Tale of Genji. In addition to the above-mentioned topics, attention is given to the role of women and marriage in a governing elite, the modalities of social criticism in a novel of manners. The Vietnamese national classic Tale of Kieu is used as an introduction to the course because it combines all of the key topics. Finally, we pay particular attention to the ways in which Buddhist, Daoist, and Confucian doctrines function in each work.
Vietnam: The War & Its History
Professor James Peck | W: 3:30 PM - 6:10 PM
Focus on the American War in Vietnam. Begins by examining Vietnamese cultural and national identity and the impact of French colonialism and then examines: the war of 1946-54 between the French and the Viet Minh; the early American OSS links with Ho Chi Minh and the Truman administration's deepening commitments to the French; the policies of the Eisenhower administration, from Dien Bien Phu and the Geneva Conference in 1954 to the decision to back Ngo Dien Diem; the deepening commitment of the Kennedy administration; the escalating war of the Johnson years; and the end of the war under Nixon and Ford. Concludes with legacies and interpretations of the war.
Readings in Chinese Philosophy
Professor Moss Roberts | MW: 11:00 AM - 12:15 PM
Coverage from the era of Confucius (d. 479 B.C.E.) to the unification of the realm in 206 B.C.E., the pre-imperial period that is also known as the warring states. Begins with the Analects to establish the key elements of Confucius' ethical and political philosophy and then examines his critics and followers. Concludes with Sima Qian's Record of the Historian (excerpts) and the novel The Three Kingdoms. The former addresses the establishment of the Qin and Han dynasties; the latter chronicles the fall of the Han dynasty some four centuries later and the reconstitution of a unified realm.
Topics in Asian Studies: East Asia and the Nobel Prize in Literature
Professor Todd Foley | MW: 3:30 PM - 4:45 PM
Of 114 total laureates, Japan can claim two, China can claim either one or two, and Korea cannot claim any. What does the awarding of the Nobel Prize say about the state of literature in East Asia, and about the Nobel Prize itself? What, furthermore, does it say about the idea of national literature, world literature, and the role of literary prizes in negotiating these fraught categories? This course is designed around the goal of combining close literary analysis with a broader theoretical discussion of these issues. While engaging critically with works produced by East Asian laureates (and potential laureates), we will simultaneously interrogate the Nobel Prize itself and the particular questions it raises about the categorization, function, and assessment of literature in today’s world. Each week we will combine a literary selection with a variety of secondary sources—either criticism or commentary on the literature, or more general theoretical selections. By the end of the course we hope to have examined not only the productions of several major East Asian writers, but also the ideas of “national literature” and “world Literature,” along with issues of translation, identity, culture, and politics.
Topics in Asian Studies: Poverty and Wealth in East Asia
Professor June Hee Kwon | M: 3:30 PM - 6:10 PM
The concurrent rise of Crazy Rich Asians and extremely precarious Asians may characterize contemporary Asia, a region that has undergone rapid economic development and social changes. The gap between the wealthy and the poor has been growing wider and wider, producing new utopias and new dystopias at the same time. While critically engaging contemporary wealth and poverty issues across Asia, this class explores wealth and poverty as a practical, philosophical, and political matter that fundamentally affects and determines personal lives as well as national and global conditions. What, then, constitutes wealth and poverty? How have wealth and poverty been expressed and experienced? How can we understand the gap between the rich and the poor—between individuals, between families, between regions, or between nations? How can we measure wealth and poverty? What problems have been caused by disparities in wealth and how can we resolve them? This class explores the historical and contemporary social problems of affluence and distribution, colonialism and war, poverty eradication and development, indebtedness and financialization, health and medical disparities, social welfare and social responsibility, labor and exploitation, education and humanitarian aids. Students will be introduced to interdisciplinary debates on wealth and poverty via ethnographies, social science academic writings, policy reports, visual materials, historical archives, and literary sources.
Topics in Korean Studies: Korea's Visual Culture(s)
Professor Yoon Jeong Oh | M: 3:30 PM - 6:10 PM
This course will explore various visual cultures in 20thand 21stcentury Korea, including film/cinema, TV, video, photography, art, and webtoons (a type of digital comic originated in South Korea). While looking at what is visualized or visually represented, this course will also ask whether Korea is obsessed with the visual and investigate the visibility of Korean culture itself. As such, we will discuss the pleasures of the image, the various technologies of vision, the aesthetics and philosophy of the visual, the politics of seeing/being seen, and the visibility and visuality of culture(s). The privileging of the visual in multimedia suggests a defining property of cultural media, that is, of immediacy and transparency. Thus, approaching culture through visual studies will help us rethink how culture is mediated and translated in terms of both identity and its relation to the other cultures. Readings include theoretical texts by Benjamin, Debord, de Certeau, Fanon, Foucault, and Mulvey; films by Kim Jee-woon, Park Chan-wook, and Bong Joon-ho; TV dramas Misaeng and Mr. Sunshine; and webtoons by Yoon Tae-ho, Hun, Kang Full among others.
Topics in Korean Studies: Culture and Politics of North Korea
Professor June Hee Kwon | TR: 4:55 PM - 6:10 PM
North Korea has been frequently represented as the most eccentric and secluded socialist country in the world. The extraordinary nature has been highlighted by the particular style of social hierarchy and leadership/dictatorship, strong focus on militarization in its approach to international politics, long impoverished livelihood, and the underdeveloped economy. Despite the long-standing critiques or ridicule as a “failed” state, however, North Korea has maintained continuity and longevity of a strong regime, carrying out the state’s cherished idea—Juche,“self-sufficiency.” And the inherited leadership for three generations has remained intact. The questions we explore over the course are cultural, historical and political. What is socialism and what is the historical origin of North Korean socialism? In what way has the North Korean regime attempted to establish nationhood and peoplehood? How is North Korean way similar to or different from that of other modern nation states or other socialist countries? In what way can or cannot the stories of North Korea help us challenge and rethink the existing theories of citizenship, state, nationalism, socialism, and global capitalism? What comes next? This class aims to historicize the peculiar type of North Korean socialism and the unique form of the nationhood and peoplehood, and examine what forces have constituted the very peculiarity. And the class is designed to provide a new historical and theoretical understanding of what socialist transition mean in a globalized economy.
Topics in Japanese Studies: Japan's Left, New left, and Other Cultures of Resistance
Professor Annmaria Shimabuku | TR: 3:30 PM - 4:45 PM
Examines the debates on Japanese capitalism from the late 1920s and their lasting impact on Japanese colonialism, modernization, and the post-war/post-bubble contemporary moment. It approaches these Leftist debates in terms of the regional history of Japanese empire's Greater East Asia Co-Prosperity Sphere and its subsequent Cold War re-configuration as the Japanese New Left encountered the arrival of U.S. militarism. Special attention will be paid to the role of literature and film in this culture of resistance: How did it negotiate interiority with collective resistance? How did it account for racial/ethnic and sexual difference? What is the role of language in a culture of resistance?
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Elementary Chinese I
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
Wenteng Shao | MTWR: 9:30 AM - 10:45 AM
Wenteng Shao | MTWR: 11:00 AM - 12:15 PM
Ruobing Wei | MTWR: 2:00 PM - 3:15 PM
Ruobing Wei | MTWR: 3:30 PM - 4:45 PM
Elementary Chinese II
*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
TBA | MTWR: 9:30 AM - 10:45 PM
Catherine Liu | MTWR: 11:00 AM - 12:15 PM
Wenteng Shao | MTWR: 12:30 PM - 1:45 PM
Chen Gao | MTWR: 3:30 PM - 4:45 PM
Chen Gao | MTWR: 2:00 PM - 3:15 PM
Elementary Chinese for Advanced Beginners
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
Ruobing Wei | MTWR: 9:30 AM - 10:45 AM
Intermediate Chinese I
*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: 9:30 AM - 10:45 AM
Cong Zhou | MTWR: 11:00 AM - 12:15 PM
Xiaohong Hou | MTWR: 2:00 PM - 3:15 PM
Intermediate Chinese II
*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
Quixia Shao | MTWR: 9:30 AM - 10:45 AM
Xiaohong Hou | MTWR: 11:00 AM - 12:15 PM
Jiayi Xu | MTWR: 2:00 PM - 3:15 PM
Jiayi Xu | MTWR: 4:55 PM - 6:10 PM
Intermediate Chinese for Advanced Beginners
*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.
Instructor | Schedule
Catherine Liu | MTWR: 9:30 AM - 10:45 PM
Hanyu Xiao | MTWR: 11:00 AM - 12:15 PM
Hanyu Xiao | MTWR: 12:30 PM - 1:45 PM
Catherine Liu | MTWR: 12:30 PM - 1:30 PM
Advanced Chinese I
*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
Chen Gao | MW: 11:00 AM - 12:15 PM
Jiayi Xu | MW: 3:30 PM - 4:45 PM
Advanced Chinese II
*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
Hanyu Xiao | TR: 9:30 AM - 10:45 AM
Xiaohong Hou | MW: 9:30 AM - 10:45 AM
Cong Zhou | MW: 2:00 PM - 3:15 PM
Readings in Chinese Poetry II
*PREREQUISITE: EAST-UA 206, 9206, 213 or equivalent. If you need a permission code to enroll into the course, please contact the course instructor. If an instructor is not listed, please contact the department.
Instructor | Schedule
Shiqi Liao | TR: 4:55 PM - 6:10 PM
Readings in Chinese Culture II
*PREREQUISITE: EAST-UA 206, 9206, 213 or equivalent. If you need a permission code to enroll into the course, please contact the course instructor. If an instructor is not listed, please contact the department.
Instructor | Schedule
Shiqi Liao | TR: 3:30 PM - 4:45 PM
Narrative Texts in Classical Chinese
*PREREQUISITE: 226 or permission.
This course is a continuation of Introduction to Classical Chinese (EAST-UA 226). It is designed as a post-advanced level intensive reading class for undergraduate students who already have attained advanced proficiency in Modern Mandarin and basic knowledge in Classical Chinese, and for whom Classical Chinese is necessary for them to conduct research in their advanced studies. Texts to be covered in the class will include previously taught materials and be mainly selected from primary historical sources such as 左传，史记, 汉书， 后汉书， 三国志 and literary sources like 赋， 神话， 志怪， 传奇， 笔记 and 小说.
Instructor | Schedule
Shiqi Liao | TR: 2:00 PM - 3:15 PM
Country & City: Readings in Modern Chinese Literature & Film
*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 | W: 3:30 PM - 6:10 PM
Elementary Japanese I
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
Mayumi Matsumoto | MTWR: 9:30 AM - 10:45 AM
Yukiko Hanawa | MTWR: 11:00 AM - 12:15 PM
Yukiko Hanawa | MTWR: 12:30 PM - 1:45 PM
Masaki Kinjo | MTWR: 2:00 PM - 3:15 PM
Masaki Kinjo | MTWR: 3:30 PM - 4:45 PM
Toshiko Omori | MTWR: 2:00 PM - 3:15 PM
Toshiko Omori | MTWR: 9:30 AM - 10:45 AM
Elementary Japanese II
*PREREQUISITE: EAST-UA 247 WITH A MINIMUM GRADE OF C- OR EQUIVALENT.
Instructor | Schedule
Masaki Kinjo | MTWR: 11:00 AM - 12:15 PM
Kayo Nonaka | MTWR: 12:30 PM - 1:45 PM
Tsumugi Yamamoto | MTWR: 2:00 PM - 3:15 PM
Tsumugi Yamamoto | MTWR: 3:30 PM - 4:45PM
Intermediate Japanese I
*PREREQUISITE: EAST-UA 248 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: 9:30 AM - 10:45 AM
Mayumi Matsumoto | MTWR: 11:00 AM - 12:15 PM
Intermediate Japanese II
*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.
Instructor | Schedule
Kazue Kurokawa | MTWR: 9:30 AM - 10:45 AM
Kazue Kurokawa | MTWR: 11:00 AM - 12:15 PM
Advanced Japanese I
*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
Kazue Kurokawa | MW: 2:00 PM - 3:15 PM
Mayumi Matsumoto | TR: 2:00 PM - 3:15 PM
Advanced Japanese II
*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.
Instructor | Schedule
Yukiko Hanawa | MW: 9:30 AM - 10:45 AM
Kayo Nonaka | TR: 11:00 AM - 12:15 PM
Conversation & Composition I
*PREREQUISITE: EAST-UA 253 If you need a permission code to enroll into the course, please contact the instructor of the course.
Instructor | Schedule
Kayo Nonaka | MW: 2:00 PM - 3:15 PM
Readings in Japanese for Proficiency (CANCELLED)
*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.
Elementary Korean I
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
Yongjun Choi | MTWR: 9:30 AM - 10:45 AM
Jeesun Park | MTWR: 11:00 AM - 12:15 PM
Jeesun Park | MTWR: 12:30 PM - 1:45
Seunghee Back | MTWR: 2:00 PM - 3:15 PM
Elementary Korean II
*PREREQUISITE: EAST-UA 254 OR placement exam. For students who did not complete EAST-UA 254, Elementary Korean I, yet 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. If you need a permission code to enroll into the course, 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: 11:00 AM - 12:15 PM
Eunju Na | MTWR: 12:30 PM - 1:45 PM
Jeehyun Kim | MTWR: 2:00 PM - 3:15 PM
Elementary Korean for Advanced Speakers
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
Cheun Mi Kim | MTWR: 9:30 AM - 10:45 AM
Intermediate Korean I
*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
Cheun Mi Kim | MTWR: 2:00 PM - 3:15 PM
Intermediate Korean II
*PREREQUISITE: EAST-UA 256 OR PLACEMENT EXAM
Instructor | Schedule
Dongmin Kim | MTWR: 11:00 AM - 12:15 PM
Dongmin Kim | MTWR: 12:30 PM - 1:45 PM
Intermediate Korean for Advanced Speakers
*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: 11:00 AM - 12:15 PM
Advanced Korean I
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
Advanced Korean II
*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
Jeesun Park | MW: 2:00 PM - 3:15 PM
Readings in Modern Korean
*PREQUISITE: EAST-UA 259, EAST-UA 261, or Placement Exam Please contact instructor Dongmin Kim (dongmink@nyu.edu) for a permission code.
This advanced reading course provides students the opportunity to enhance their Korean literacy skills while doing some concentrated reading on issues, areas, and genres of their own interest. A wide range of texts is used in class, including fiction, poetry, social and cultural criticism, and journalism, among others.
Instructor | Schedule
Dongmin Kim | MW: 3:30 PM - 4:45 PM
TBA | TR: 9:30 AM - 10:45 AM
First Year Modern Colloquial Tibetan II (Off Campus)
COURSE OFFERED AT COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY -- INFORMATION AND PERMISSION AVAILABLE IN SILVER, ROOM 908. CONTACT ssw2117@columbia.edu FOR MORE INFO
Instructor | Schedule
CONTACT | MTWR: 12:10 PM - 1:00 PM
Second Year Modern Colloquial Tibetan II (Off Campus)
COURSE OFFERED AT COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY -- INFORMATION AND PERMISSION AVAILABLE IN SILVER, ROOM 908.
Instructor | Schedule
CONTACT | MW: 2:40 PM - 3:55 PM
Intermediate Vietnamese II (Off Campus)
COURSE OFFERED AT COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY -- INFORMATION AND PERMISSION AVAILABLE IN SILVER, ROOM 908.
Instructor | Schedule
CONTACT | TR: 12:00 PM - 1:40 PM