HIST098 - INTRO TO KOREAN CIV

Status
O
Activity
LEC
Title (text only)
HIST098 - INTRO TO KOREAN CIV
Term
2018C
Subject area
HIST
Section number only
401
Section ID
HIST098401
Registration notes

SECTION ACTIVITY CO-REQUISITE REQUIRED; CROSS CULTURAL ANALYSIS; HISTORY & TRADITION SECTOR

Meeting times
MW 1100AM-1200PM
Meeting location
EDUCATION BUILDING 200
Instructors
PARK, EUGENE
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
Use local description
No
Section Type
CROSS-CULTURAL ANALYSIS
LPS Course
false
Major Concentrations
Major/Minor Requirements Fulfilled