教學進度與主題（可說明每週進度）

Course Schedule

Week 1: Class and Course Introduction

1. Introduction of the Course
2. Differences between East and West
3. “How to make a good presentation?”

Making teams for “Group Presentation and Project”

Students will be divided into groups and each group should have one or more foreign student.

Each presentation should not have more than 30 slides and class presentation should be no longer than 30 minutes including Q&A. Each team should discuss the topic with instructor prior to start. Each slide should not contain too much text.  Be sure that the group project or presentation will be “evaluated as a team.” Rather than putting separate individual works together, real teamwork and collaborative works are strongly required.

Week 2: “Korea A to Z: Understanding Traditional and Modern Korea”

        Lecture 1: “25 Key Words of Korean Society and Culture”

Week 3: “Korea in Traditional Asian Order”

China and Korea in Tributary System and Suzerainty

Korea between China and Japan

Asian Culture? Asian Values?

In Class Discussion on “Asian Values”: Human Rights or Social Order”

• Read the following articles with a news clip on “Asian Values.” There will be a team discussion on the topic tomorrow. Each team will choose either “He deserves it” or “It is too cruel.”

1. “American Teen-ager lashed in Singapore arrives home”
2. Summary note, “Asian Values”

• Assignment 1: “What are the differences between Han Dynasty and Roman Empire? Compare their political, economic, foreign policies and problems which caused the continuity and collapse. Length: 700 words, Due: Next Week. Proofreading is strongly required.

Week 4: “Brief History of Korea I: Ancient and Premodern Korea”

        Lecture on Brief History and Culture of Korea (PPT)

        History and World View of Korea

                “Shrimp between Whales”

        Power Point: East Asia: Special and Unique?

- Differences in Three Asian Countries: China, Korea, and Japan

Week 5: “Brief History of Korea II: From Kingdom to Modernization under Japanese Colonial Rule”

        Korea from 1392 to 1910: End of Joseon Dynasty and Beginning of Colony

Readings;

Michael Seth. A Very Short Introduction: Korea. “From Kingdom to Colony,” pp. 47-68.

Tudor, “A Brief History of Korea” (pp. 12-21); Chapter. 5. Capitalism with Korean Face (pp. 66-77)

Week 6: “History of Korea III: Division and War”

        Cold War in Asia

        Division of Korea and Foundation of ROK and DPRK

        Korean War Revisited

• Assignment 2: “What are the other ‘TWO’ Misperceptions?”

Read “Ten Misperceptions of Koreans and fill in the 8th and 9th misperception. Korean students should pick up either China or Japan, or any other country if you have not visited Japan or China. Due: Next Week.

1. Entertainment, Korea, “Top 10 Misperceptions of Koreans”
2. 10 Korean Customs to Know before you visit Korea
3. Things you may not know about Korea
4. 10 Korean Customs to know before you visit Korea
5. “10 Things South Korea Does Better than Anywhere Else”

Remember! All students MUST talk!

Week 7: “Korea in the Era of Industrialization and Democratization”

        Four Asian Tigers and Dictatorial Development under Authoritarian Rule

        Comparison of Taiwan and Korea during the Japanese Colonial Rule, and          Different Paths to Economic Growth

        “Backgrounds for Asian and Korean Miracle”

Week 8: Midterm Exam

        2 hours.

• The exams will consist of two parts, short identifications, and essay questions. Review questions will be provided prior to the examinations. No makeup exams will be given.

Week 9: Society of Korea: Confucianism and Neo-Confucianism

        Lecture: “Legacies of Confucianism and Neo-Confucianism

Assignment: Read the CNN’s “10 Things South Korea Does Better than Anywhere Else” and write “Top 5 things you like in (about) Korea and Top 5 things you do not like about Korea.” Length: 700 words. Due: Next week.

Week 10: “Culture of Korea: From Religions to Foods”

        Watch Videos: “South Korea: A Nation to Watch”

Assignment 3 (Team Project): Find, visit, and try one or many of Korean foods and share the tastes and experiences of the Korean foods. In addition, explain or analyze why the Korean foods have been widely welcomed by the world. “No Pics No Points” by next week.

Week 11: “Political Culture of Korea: Politics of Mass and Protests”

Protests, Riots, Demonstrations, Candlelight Vigil in Korea

Michael Breen. “In Korean Democracy, the People are a wrathful God.” Foreign Policy. December 19, 2016.

From Independence Movement to Democratic Activism during the Authoritarian Rule, to Labor Protests, to Mass political campaign such as Mad-Cow Disease, Killings of 2 Female Schools girls, Candlelight Vigils which led to impeachment of former President Park.

Readings,

Michael Breen, “In Korean Democracy, The People are a Wrathful God,” Foreign Policy, December 19, 2016.

https://foreignpolicy.com/2016/12/19/in-korean-democracy-the-people-are-a-wrathful-god/

Jason Strother, “How violent protests in Korea became of thing of the past?” The World, July 2, 2020.

https://theworld.org/stories/2020-07-02/how-violent-protests-south-korea-became-thing-past

Reading [non-academic]: "Choi Soon-sil Gate: The Saddest Political Drama Ever Told" https://www.koreaexpose.com/choi-soon-sil-gate-sad-political-drama/

Week 12: “Changes in Korean Society: Advent of MZ Generation

Changes in Family Structure: Nuclei Family vs. Big Family?

Lowest Birth Rate and Hight Suicidal Rale

Education and Competition

Readings:

Kim Keuntae, "Trends and Determinants of Premarital Conception: Love in Korea"

Bonnie Tilland, "Family is Beautiful: The Affective Weight of Mothers-in-Law in Family Talk in South Korea"

Reading:

Seol Donghoon, "Population Aging and International Migration Policy in South Korea"

Pre-watching: https://www.koreaexpose.com/koryo-saram-4th-generation-redefines-korean-roots/

• Class Discussion: Read the newspaper clip, “Beauty through the scalpel-Plastic Surgery in Korea” and write an article with your own argument. Do you think the plastic surgery is necessary? Is it a “unique social symptom” of Korea? What about the other countries?

Week 13: North Korean Defectors: A New Members of Korean Society

        Lecture: Journey to Freedom: Life and Death of North Korean Defectors

Week 14: “Korean Diaspora: Koreans in China, the Soviet Union, and Japan”

Lecture: “Koreans in Manchuria and Stalin’s Deportation of Koreans to Central Asia”

Korean Chinese (朝鲜族): Immigration of Koreans to Northeast China

Tai-Hwan Kwon, “International Migration of Koreans and the Korean Community in China,” Korea Journal of Population and Development. Vol. 26, No. 1 (July 1997),

https://s-space.snu.ac.kr/bitstream/10371/85280/1/1.INTERNATIONAL_MIGRATION_OF_KOREANS_AND_THE_KOREAN_COMMUNITY_IN_CHINA%5DTAI-HWAN%20KWON.pdf

Goryoin: Deportation of Koreans in the Soviet Union

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deportation_of_Koreans_in_the_Soviet_Union

Memories of Deportation-From the Russian Far East to Central Asia

https://www.peripheralhistories.co.uk/post/memories-of-deportation-from-the-russian-far-east-to-central-asia

Week 14: “Korean Wave”

Lecture: “Hallyu (韩流，Korean Wave)  and Success Story about K-POP”

        Readings:

The New York Times Magazine. When a Country’s Cuisie Becomes a Cultural Export. Ligaya Mishan. October 12, 2022.

https://www.nytimes.com/2022/10/12/t-magazine/korean-food-national-royal-cuisine.html

International New York Times. “Travel-A Look at Korea’s Culture from the Bathhouse. February 7, 2014.

https://www.nytimes.com/2014/02/09/travel/a-look-at-koreas-culture-from-the-bathhouse.html

                New York Times. Letter From Seoul: About Face. March 16, 2015.

                https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2015/03/23/about-face

                The Korea Herald. Beauty through the Scalpel. November 29, 2013.

                https://www.koreaherald.com/view.php?ud=20131129000795

Choe Sang-Hun, “From BTS to ‘Squid Game’: How South Korea Became a Cultural Juggernaut.” The New York Times. November 3, 2021.

https://www.nytimes.com/2021/11/03/world/asia/squid-game-korea-bts.html

Xiaowei Huang, “’Korean Wave’-The Popular Culture, Comes as Both Cultural and Economic Imperialism in the East Asia”

Gunjoo Jang, Won K. Baik, “Korean Wave as Tool for Korea’s New Cultural Diplomacy”

Washington Post, “Chinese Officials Debate Why China Can’t Make a Soap Opera as Good as South Korea’s”

Week 16: Final Exam

        2 hours.

• The exams will consist of two parts, short identifications, and essay questions. Review questions will be provided prior to the examinations. No makeup exams will be given.