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