Korean and Korean Studies

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Communicative competence: They should be able to understand speakers of Korean, express themselves, and defend their own ideas in a variety of settings.

Cultural competence:They will understand key cultural differences between their own and Korean-speaking cultures and can use this knowledge to better understand the literature, history, economics, politics and culture of Korea as well as to negotiate successfully in a variety of settings.

A broad sense of the literary and cultural traditions of Korea

The capacity to formulate and defend an argument orally and in writing in Korean

The ability to work with general theoretical trends and critical methods in Korean studies