Status
O
Activity
LEC
Section number integer
401
Title (text only)
Intro To Korean Civ
Term
2021A
Syllabus URL
Subject area
HIST
Section number only
401
Section ID
HIST098401
Course number integer
98
Registration notes
Course Online: Synchronous Format
Registration also required for Recitation (see below)
Registration also required for Recitation (see below)
Meeting times
MW 11:00 AM-12:00 PM
Level
undergraduate
Instructors
Dahye Kim
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
EALC003401
Fulfills
History & Tradition Sector
Cross Cultural Analysis
Cross Cultural Analysis
Use local description
No
LPS Course
false
Major Concentrations
Major/Minor Requirements Fulfilled