KOREA at Cornell University

A suggested order for the 14 courses on the map, built from prerequisite chains and how often each course has run in fall and spring across the last 12 regular terms. It is not the department’s plan, and it is not a promise a course will run. Confirm against the department’s own advising material.

Gateway courses

Each of these unlocks the largest share of downstream work on this map. Courses from other departments can appear here when they genuinely gate KOREA coursework.

• KOREA 1102Elementary Korean IIopens 8 courses (2 directly)
• KOREA 2201Intermediate Korean Iopens 6 courses (2 directly)
• KOREA 1110Elementary Korean Reading and Writing IIopens 4 courses (1 directly)
• KOREA 2202Intermediate Korean IIopens 4 courses (1 directly)
• KOREA 2209Intermediate Korean Reading and Writing Iopens 3 courses (1 directly)
• KOREA 3301High Intermediate Korean Iopens 3 courses (1 directly)

The map

Intro tiers at the top, advanced work below; arrows point from a prerequisite to the course it unlocks. Courses from other departments appear where they gate KOREA work. Click any course to see what it requires and unlocks without leaving this page; hovering lights up its neighbors. The lists on this page carry the same courses in text form.

Showing the 14 KOREA and feeder courses that have prerequisite links. 1 more KOREA course have no recorded prerequisites. They are listed under Tracks below, not drawn as loose dots here.

Tracks

Upper-level clusters, grouped by the gateway that opens them.

The longest ladders

The deepest prerequisite chains in KOREA. These are the routes that take the most semesters to climb.

• 8 courses deep, ending at KOREA 4402

  1. KOREA 1101Elementary Korean I
  2. KOREA 1102Elementary Korean II
  3. KOREA 2201Intermediate Korean I
  4. KOREA 2202Intermediate Korean II
  5. KOREA 3301High Intermediate Korean I
  6. KOREA 3302High Intermediate Korean II
  7. KOREA 4401Advanced Korean I
  8. KOREA 4402Advanced Korean II

• 4 courses deep, ending at KOREA 2210

  1. KOREA 1109Elementary Korean Reading and Writing I
  2. KOREA 1110Elementary Korean Reading and Writing II
  3. KOREA 2209Intermediate Korean Reading and Writing I

Grade medians

Teaching in Fall 2026

Instructors on KOREA sections in Fall 2026, from the registrar's schedule.

• Hankyul Kim
• Meejeong Song

Clubs & organizations

No clubs or organizations on record under KOREA yet.

Clubs students here join

Department events

KOREA does not run a page here yet. When it does, its events show up here and on the Cornell campus feed.