Korean Course Enrolment Instructions
Fall 2025/ Winter 2026
1. Please enrol or add yourself to the waitlist for EAS110Y1 or EAS211Y1 via ACORN.
2. Please refer to the Arts & Science Timetable for the date the course will become available for enrolment on ACORN.
3. Please choose a tutorial section that is associated to the specific lecture. (For example, if you are enrolled in LEC0101, you must choose either TUT0101 or TUT0201.)
4. You must also submit an online EAS110Y1 Screening Form or EAS211Y1 Screening Form. The form must be submitted within 48 hours after you enrol in the course on ACORN. Failure to submit the mandatory form will result in removal from the course.
5. Students must attend a mandatory interview (on Zoom) on the first day of classes. They must also attend the first lecture and all tutorials in the first week.
6. The department will remove students who do not fill out the screening form or miss the interview, as will students who have a background in the language.
*Please note that repeating Korean language courses is not allowed in cases where students have completed over one-third of the total class hours in a previous year. If this applies to you, you must take the Korean Placement Test to attempt to proceed to the next level.
** CR/NCR option is available for theses course.
Students with any background who might qualify for an upper-year course must attend a placement interview/test and receive a placement prior to enrolment. See placement test/interview details below. Being placed in a course does not guarantee you a spot in the course. Please note that native speakers of Korean and some students with a prior linguistic background in Korean are not permitted to take Korean courses for credit. Please read the program policy to find out if you are qualified for a course.
After you have received a course placement (or if you have the minimum grade in the prerequisite), please check the Arts & Science Timetable to see when you can enroll in the course in which you have been placed. *Please note that repeating Korean language courses is not allowed in cases where students have completed over one-third of the total class hours in a previous year. If this applies to you, you must take the Korean Placement Test to attempt to proceed to the next level.*
Upcoming Placement Interview
EAS Korean Language Courses that require placement interviews
|
Course Code |
Title |
Level |
TOPIK Level |
Placement Interviews* |
|
EAS110Y1 |
Modern Standard Korean I |
Beginner (Low) |
Level 1 |
No |
|
EAS211Y1 |
Accelerated Korean I & II |
Beginner (Low & High) |
Level 1 & 2 |
No |
|
EAS210Y1 |
Modern Standard Korean II |
Beginner (High) |
Level 2 |
Yes |
|
EAS212H1 |
Accelerated Korean II |
Beginner (High) |
Level 2 |
Yes |
|
EAS213H1 |
Korean Language in Media and Pop-Culture |
Beginner (High) to Advanced (Low) |
Above Level 2 |
Yes |
|
EAS215H1 |
Korean Language on Screen |
Beginner (High) to Advanced (Low) |
Above Level 2 |
Yes |
|
EAS310Y1 |
Modern Standard Korean III |
Intermediate (Low) |
Level 3 |
Yes |
|
EAS410Y1 |
Modern Standard Korean IV |
Intermediate (High) |
Level 4 |
Yes |
|
EAS416Y1 |
Academic/Professional Korean |
Advanced (Low) |
Level 4 & 5 |
Yes |
*Students who want enrol in foundation-level courses (EAS110Y1Y or EAS211Y1Y) do not need placement interviews. They will have screening interviews at the first class of the course.
* Students with prerequisites (pass marks with lower levels within two years) do not need placement interviews.
**Please note that some students interviewed will also be required to write a placement test.
Placement Interviews for Incoming and Returning Students with background (informal or formal study of Korean)
- Korean June 2025 Placement Interviews (on Zoom) : Monday June 30 (Upon registration for the placement interview, the EAS Korean Language Coordinator will send you your specific interview time by Thursday June 26.)
- Please submit the Korean June 2025 Placement Interview Registration Form
Graduate Students
Graduate students from within and outside the department who need knowledge of Korean for their research may take a Korean course with the approval of EAS. To request enrollment, please submit the Language Course Enrolment Request Form for graduate students and register for the placement interview. If placed in a course, you will be enrolled in a graduate course code, though the credit does not normally count towards graduate programs. The course is graded as credit/non-credit (CR/NCR); 70% or above is required for a CR. Auditing is not an option.
Korean Language Program Coordinator
Name: Prof. Kyoungrok Ko
Office: RL 14-089
Email Address: kyoungrok.ko@utoronto.ca