day 76campus life

campus life

Talk about university life: terms, credits, degrees, lectures and study groups, and recognise the families of words built on 학 (study) and 강 (lecture).

today’s words

• 학회 hakhoe · academic conference, learned society
• 캠퍼스 kaempeoseu · campus
• 총장 chongjang · university president
• 학번 hakbeon · year of entry; student number
• 학점 hakjeom · (course) credit; grade
• 학업 hageop · studies, schoolwork
• 학위 hagwi · (academic) degree
• 석사 seoksa · master’s (degree)
• 수강 sugang · taking a course (수강 신청)
• 개강 gaegang · start of term (of classes)
• 강좌 gangjwa · course (of lectures)
• 개설 gaeseol · opening, setting up (강좌 개설)
• 강연 gangyeon · lecture, talk
• 특강 teukgang · special lecture
• 강당 gangdang · auditorium, hall
• 발표자 balpyoja · presenter, speaker
• 조 jo · group, team (조를 짜다)
• 스터디 seuteodi · study group
• 열람실 yeollamsil · reading room (in a library)
• 선후배 seonhubae · seniors and juniors (at school or work)
• 동문 dongmun · fellow graduate, alumnus
• 복학 bokhak · returning to school (after a break)
• 장학생 janghaksaeng · scholarship student
• 수석 suseok · top (student) (수석 졸업)
• 기 gi · class, intake (제8기)

sentences

• 개강 첫날이라 캠퍼스가 학생들로 붐볐다. · It was the first day of term, so the campus was packed with students.
• 수강 신청을 빨리 해서 원하는 강좌를 다 들었다. · I signed up for classes early and got every course I wanted.
• 학교에서 직장인을 위한 저녁 강좌를 개설했다. · The university set up evening courses for working people.
• 그는 학점이 좋아서 4년 내내 장학생이었다. · His grades were so good that he had a scholarship all four years.
• 형은 제대한 뒤 복학해서 학업을 이어 갔다. · My brother went back to university after his military service and carried on with his studies.