# Korean (KORE) courses

Mt. San Antonio College · 2026-2027 Catalog · 5 courses

Source: https://catalog.mtsac.edu/programs/coursesaz/kore/

"Offered" lists sections in this catalog year's class schedules: Fall 2026, Winter 2027.

### KORE 1 — Elementary Korean

- **Units:** 4
- **Hours:** Lecture: 72
- **Transfers to:** CSU, UC
- **Offered:** Fall 2026, 3 sections (/c/mt-san-antonio-college/schedule/fall-2026/kore.md); Winter 2027, 1 section (/c/mt-san-antonio-college/schedule/winter-2027/kore.md)
- Degree Applicable
- May be taken for option of letter grade or Pass/No Pass

Elementary course for students without prior exposure to Korean. Includes essential study of grammatical structures, pronunciation, vocabulary, idioms, and an introduction to Korean culture.

### KORE 2 — Continuing Elementary Korean

- **Units:** 4
- **Hours:** Lecture: 72
- **Prerequisite:** KORE 1 or Two years of High School Korean
- **Transfers to:** CSU, UC
- **Offered:** Fall 2026, 1 section (/c/mt-san-antonio-college/schedule/fall-2026/kore.md)
- Degree Applicable
- May be taken for option of letter grade or Pass/No Pass

Further development of elementary skills in Korean including conversational, reading, and writing skills. Emphasis is placed on grammatical structures, the extension of vocabulary and idioms, and a more in-depth discussion of Korean culture.

### KORE 3 — Intermediate Korean

- **Units:** 4
- **Hours:** Lecture: 72
- **Prerequisite:** KORE 2
- **Transfers to:** CSU, UC
- **Offered:** Fall 2026, 1 section (/c/mt-san-antonio-college/schedule/fall-2026/kore.md)
- Degree Applicable

Continued development of conversation, reading, and writing skills, with emphasis on intermediate level grammatical structures, vocabulary, and idioms, and in-depth discussions of Korean culture.

### KORE 4 — Continuing Intermediate Korean

- **Units:** 4
- **Hours:** Lecture: 72
- **Prerequisite:** KORE 3
- **Transfers to:** CSU, UC
- **Offered:** not on the Fall 2026, Winter 2027 schedules
- Degree Applicable

Continued intermediate study of grammar and vocabulary. Readings and discussion of Korean cultural topics and an introduction to Korean literature.

### KORE 60 — Korean Culture Through Cinema

- **Units:** 3
- **Hours:** Lecture: 54
- **Transfers to:** CSU, UC
- **Offered:** not on the Fall 2026, Winter 2027 schedules
- Degree Applicable
- May be taken for option of letter grade or Pass/No Pass

Korean culture through cinema starting from the 1960s, with an emphasis on "New Korean Cinema" of the 2000s, to the present. Analysis of aesthetic, socio-historical, and cultural movements in post-war South Korea. Lecture and class discussion to be conducted in English. Film presentation with English subtitles.