I love this professor! I came into Korean 1 with some background knowledge of Korean, so this class was not very challenging for me, but it was rewarding. Doctor Choi is a wonderful, sweet professor who gives off very friendly, kind vibes. I loved her! She was confident about the material and passionate about our learning and just lovely. Tests in this class were very simple and fair: the final was one page front and back and took about an hour. In addition to lesson tests, there are vocabulary tests which simply test if you can translate words between English and Korean and vice versa, writing tests, and then some oral tests which include a group project. Grading is lenient and the TAs are amazing. If you are considering taking Korean as a foreign language, I definitely recommend it! Korean 1 spends the first two weeks teaching the alphabet and the rest of the weeks teaching vocabulary and grammar. It is definitely the easiest of KOR1-3, but it is a great dive if you're interested in the language.

Loved this class! I took the series 1-3 with Professor Choi. The class was online because of COVID, and it was very lax. Tests and quizzes are open note, homework is graded based on completion, and overall the workload is pretty easy. The TAs (Minseung for 1-2, Chungmin for 3) were very helpful and really sweet!! I highly recommend them. There are usually 3 different tests: the oral exam (with a partner), written exam (usually about 10-13 sentences), and the chapter test. They were all done online, and for the written/oral exam, you're allowed to submit your drafts to your TA for a revision. Would definitely take again!