ASN 3200 Contemporary Korean Culture in The Global Era

The course examines the contemporary culture of South Korea. Interdisciplinary in nature, the course examines factors affecting its economic prosperity and analyzes contemporary Korean ways of life, attitudes and behavior in a wide variety of cultural domains such as TV dramas, films, music, arts, sports and food. The course probes how contemporary Korean culture has become popular in many parts of the world (a phenomenon known as the Korean Wave or hallyu), and investigates how it perceived by Koreans and non-Koreans. (No knowledge of Korean language or culture is presumed.) Cross Listed Course(s): KORE 3200
Credits: 3.0