HIST098 - INTRO TO KOREAN CIV

Status
O
Activity
LEC
Title (text only)
HIST098 - INTRO TO KOREAN CIV
Term
2016A
Syllabus
Subject area
HIST
Section number only
601
Section ID
HIST098601
Registration notes

CROSS CULTURAL ANALYSIS; HISTORY & TRADITION SECTOR

Meeting times
R 0530PM-0830PM
Meeting location
FISHER-BENNETT HALL 201
Instructors
LEE, SEOK
Description
This gateway course surveys the history of Korea from early times to the present. We will study the establishment of various sociopolitical orders and their characteristics alongside major cultural developments. Covered topics include: state formation and dissolution; the role of ideology and how it changes; religious beliefs and values; agriculture, commerce, and industry; changing family relations; responses to Western imperialism; and Korea's increasing presence in the modern world as well as its future prospects. Students will also be introduced to various interpretive approaches in the historiography. No prior knowledge of Korea or Korean language is presumed.
Course number only
098
Cross listings
EALC080601
Use local description
No
Section Type
CROSS-CULTURAL ANALYSIS
LPS Course
true
Major Concentrations
Major/Minor Requirements Fulfilled