Renison University College, through the King Sejong Institute (KSI), offers credit-free Korean courses that can help you develop skills to add to your resume and communicate with colleagues and business partners.
Take the first step toward exploring all that Korea has to offer with a Korean language and culture courses at Renison. You'll connect with an international community of Korean speakers, language learners, and perhaps even, K-Pop fans!
REGISTRATION AVAILBLE for Private Tutoring - contact cape@uwaterloo.ca.
Winter 2025
Registration Opens on October 11, 2024
Spring 2025
Registration Opens on February 6, 2025
PLEASE NOTE:
These courses are not available for UW degree credit. Our courses are designed for adults. Students must be a minimum age of 15 to register and participate in a Community and Professional Education Course. If a student is between the ages of 15 and 17, a parent or guardian is required to complete and submit a consent form.
Winter 2025 Course Offerings (KL)
Winter 2025 Course Offerings (KL)
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Integrated Korean 1 - In-person Prerequisite: none Course code: KL 115 This is an introductory course for those who know the Korean alphabet. In this course, students not only learn how to read and write in Korean, but they also learn basic verbal skills, such as how to introduce themselves and ask for directions. |
January 22, 2025 to March 26, 2025 | Wednesdays 6:00pm to 9:45pm ET |
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Integrated Korean 2 - In-person Prerequisite: KL 115 or equivalent knowledge of Korean language Course code: KL 125 Continuing from Integrated Korean 1, this course introduces students to more advanced sentence structures and vocabularies. Emphasis is placed on the use of expressions in and for real-life settings. |
January 22, 2025 to March 26, 2025 | Wednesdays 6:00pm to 9:45pm ET |
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Integrated Korean 3 - In-person Prerequisite: KL 125 or equivalent knowledge of Korean language Course code: KL 135 This course continues from Integrated Korean 2 and introduces students to complex sentence structures, common phrases, and useful expressions. |
January 23, 2025 to March 27, 2025 | Thursdays 6:00pm to 9:45 ET |
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Integrated Korean 4 - In-person Prerequisite: KL 135 or equivalent knowledge of Korean language Course code: KL 145 This course continues from Integrated Korean 3 and focuses on improving spoken Korean by practicing conversation through individual and group activities while developing students' vocabulary and grammar skills. By taking this course, students will learn to speak Korean more clearly and gain confidence conversing in Korean. |
January 23, 2025 to March 27, 2025 | Thursdays 6:00pm to 9:45 ET |
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Integrated Korean 5 - In-person Prerequisite: KL 145 or equivalent knowledge of Korean language Course code: KL 155 This course is for Korean language learners who have completed KL 145 or have equivalent fluency. In this course, students/learners will learn to use connectives to produce simple connected text on topics that are familiar or of personal interest, describe experiences and events, make appointments, provide information, briefly give reasons and explanations for opinions and plan. This course will also help students/learners understand the Korean language and Korean society from an intercultural perspective. |
January 22, 2025 to March 26, 2025 | Wednesdays 6:00pm to 9:45pm ET |
| Korean Culture Club - In-person | TBA | TBA |
For more information, please contact: cape@uwaterloo.ca.
Private Tutoring Options
We may be able to offer you one-on-one tutoring with one of our instructors should we not be offering a course that suits your needs this term. The fee for this service is $500.00 CAD (plus HST) for 10-hours of tutoring. For more information, please contact: cape@uwaterloo.ca.
Winter 2025 Registration
Regular Registration OPENS: October 11, 2024
Regular Registration Deadline: 9am ET Monday, January 6, 2025
LATE Registration continues until 11:59am ET January 31, 2025
Spring 2025 Registration
Regular Registration OPENS: February 3, 2025
Regular Registration Deadline: 9am ET Monday, May 12, 2025
LATE Registration continues until 11:59am ET June 6, 2025
Tuition Fees, Discounts, & Cancellation, Withdrawal & Refund Policy (KL)
Fees
Tuition: $290.00 CAD (language courses)+ HST
NOTE: As of March 2023, Renison continuing education’s administrative fee has been incorporated into the total tuition price as listed above and will be charged to all registrants.
One-on-One Tutoring: $500.00 CAD (10-hours of private tutoring one-on-one) + HST
For more information please contact: cape@uwaterloo.ca.
Tuition Discounts
Tuition discounts are no longer offered for language courses.
Cancellation, Withdrawal, and Refund Policy
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The administrative fee of $15.00 CAD is non-refundable unless the course is cancelled.
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If a course is cancelled, the tuition fee (inclusive of the administrative fee) will be refunded to students in full.
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Students cannot defer their payments.
*The administrative fee applies to all students regardless of whether they have previously taken a Renison continuing education and/or Renison non-credit course previously.
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Students may withdraw from a course up until 9am ET the Monday before the week classes begin for a full tuition refund, not inclusive of the $15.00 CAD non-refundable administrative fee. .
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Students may be refunded 80% of their tuition, not inclusive of the $15.00 CAD non-refundable administrative fee after the originally posted registration deadline (the Monday before the first week of classes), up until 9am ET the day before the second class. After this date, refunds will not be issued.
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NOTE: registration deadlines may be extended at the discretion of CE staff; the refund and cancelation policy applies to the originally posted registration deadline (9am ET the Monday before the week classes begin).
Requests to withdraw should be sent in writing over e-mail to cape@uwaterloo.ca.
Registration deadline: 9am ET the Monday before the week classes begin
– WINTER 2025 TERM – before Monday, January 6, 2025 9am ET
80% refund deadline: 9am ET the day before the second class
– WINTER 2025 TERM –
Tuesday classes =
Class 1 is Tuesday, January 21, 2025
Class 2 is Tuesday, January 28, 2025
80% refund deadline = before Monday, January 27, 2025 9am ET
Wednesday classes =
Class 1 is Wednesday, January 22, 2025
Class 2 is Wednesday, January 29, 2025
80% refund deadline = before Tuesday, January 28, 2025 9am ET
Thursday classes =
Class 1 is Thursday, January 23, 2025
Class 2 is Thursday, January 30, 2025
80% refund deadline = before Wednesday, January 29, 2025 9am ET
HOW TO REGISTER & HOW TO PAY (KL)
How to register
Registrations must be submitted through our student portal. Follow these steps to register for a continuing education course:
- Visit the Continuing Education Courses page in portal.
- Select ‘Details’ next to your course of interest.
- Select ‘Details’ next to the course session you want to register for (if there are no course sessions listed, dates have not yet been confirmed for upcoming classes; please check back later).
- Select ‘Add to Cart’; if you are not signed in to or signed up for an account, you will be prompted to do so now.
- Once in your shopping cart, select ‘Checkout’.
You will receive confirmation of your registration through e-mail to the e-mail address attached to your account. For questions about your course, please contact cape@uwaterloo.ca.
If you run into issues with registration, signing in/up, or have questions about portal, please contact renison.sace@uwaterloo.ca.
How to pay
Upon checkout in our student portal (see How to register for further instructions), you will be prompted to pay via online credit card payment.
NOTE: alternative payment options may be available, please contact cape@uwaterloo.ca for more information.
Course Descriptions (KL)
This is an introductory course for those who know the Korean alphabet. In this course, students not only learn how to read and write in Korean, but they also learn basic verbal skills, such as how to introduce themselves and ask for directions.
Course code: KL 115
Term Offered (subject to change without notice): Fall, Winter, Spring
Continuing from Integrated Korean 1, this course introduces students to more advanced sentence structures and vocabularies. Emphasis is placed on the use of expressions in and for real-life settings.
Course code: KL 125
Term Offered (subject to change without notice): Fall, Winter Spring
Term Offered (subject to change without notice): Fall, Winter Spring
Term Offered (subject to change without notice): Fall, Winter Spring
Integrated Korean 5
Term Offered (subject to change without notice): Fall, Winter Spring