KOREA 165Introduction to Korean Buddhist Texts
Korean · 4 units · Undergraduate upper division (100-199)
Introduction to reading premodern Korean Buddhist texts written in Sino-Korean and taken from indigenous doxographic materials and philosophical writings, Korean Buddhist apocryphal scriptures, native exegetical commentaries, and Son (Zen) texts. Coverage varies. Texts may be read in either Sino-Korean or literary Chinese. May be repeated with consent of instructor.
Letter grading.
When it runs
Not on the schedule for any of Fall 2025 through Spring 2027. UCLA publishes only that window, so this does not mean the course is gone — check the official listing.
Requisites
Official UCLA wording
Recommended requisite: course 100A or Chinese 110C or Korean placement test.
BruinTree reads · Recommended
needs reviewconfidence 0.50 · from text- KOREA 100A
- CHIN 110C
- Korean placement test
- · could not read "Korean placement test" (no course number found)
Requires
Everything that has to come before this course, not just the courses named in the requisite above.
KOREA 165
- KOREA 100AAdvanced Modern Korean
- CHIN 110CIntroduction to Classical Chinese
- CHIN 110BIntroduction to Classical Chinese
2 direct requisites. Showing 12 courses over 3 levels; the branches marked with a count carry on past it. Every course here opens its own tree.
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What this course is a requisite for, and what those courses lead to in turn.
No course in the catalog lists this as a requisite.