Course Description
This course is designed to enhance students' understanding of East Asian cultural and ideological traditions as well as their modern transformation problems to strengthen students' ability to cope with the globalization trends in the 21st century. This course will examine the development of major social and cultural institutions in East Asia from the ancient era to the modern era and engages the students to contemplate contemporary East Asian issues. Topics to be discussed in class include language, politics, religion, and social issues. These topics will be approached from the lenses of global studies, communication, anthropology, comparative literature, international relations, history, political science, business, and other humanities fields. This course is one of the required courses for the Minor in East Asian Studies, which needs 19 semester credit hours in total. Its prerequisite is CHN/JPN/KOR 1024 or the consent of its instructor.
This course fulfills dual objectives of providing disciplinary training for students minoring in East Asian Studies, as well as offering broad knowledge toward the Core Curriculum requirement in Language, Philosophy, and Culture.
After completing this course, students will be able to:
1. Identify and describe current issues in each East Asian country.
2. Explain major social and cultural institutions in each East Asian country and discuss how related practices in East Asia have changed from the ancient era to the modern era.
3. Apply their knowledge of the East Asian culture to communicate successfully with people from East Asian countries in the U.S. or their countries.
4. Analyze issues from an interdisciplinary approach concerning East Asia and relate them to other fields in the humanities and social sciences.
5. Synthesize current issues in each East Asian country to expand their worldview.
6. Negotiate successfully with people from East Asian countries to create better diplomatic relations with them in a globalized society.
