KOREAN 341
Modern Korean History: Resilience, Innovation and Transformation
Please note: this is archived course information from 2018 for KOREAN 341.
Description
Aims to analyse historically the various ways in which the Koreans have understood, responded to and participated in the far-reaching changes which characterise modern Korean history. The course is divided into three periods, the Late Choson (1800-1910), the Colonial Period (1905-1945) and the Era of Division (1945 to the present) and examines the chief internal and external forces that shaped the Korean nation up to the early 2000s.
Availability 2018
Not offered in 2018; planned for 2019
Lecturer(s)
TBA
Assessment
20% review essay (1250 words)
40% essay (2500 words)
40% final exam (2 hours)
Points
KOREAN 341: 15 points
Prerequisites
KOREAN 120 and 15 points at stage II in Asian Studies or History
Restrictions
KOREAN 241