**Course

Keywords History, Korean History, General History, Field Trip, Movie, Perspectives, Historic Figures

This course will provide a broad introduction to the major themes and trends in Korean and
*1. Goals English-language historiography of Korean history from antiquity to the modern era. Students
will examine various issues, events, and individuals in political, social, economic, and
diplomatic history.
Seth, Michael 2020: A Concise History of Korea, Rowman & Littlefield.
**2. Hwang, Kyung Moon 2017: A History of Korea, Palgrave.
Textbooks
Reading Yi, Ki-baek 이기백, Translated by Wagner, Edward, 1984: A New History
Materials of Korea, Ilchokak.
References Shin, Michael 2014: Korean History in Maps, Cambridge University Press

Lecture Method Theory-driven

Week 1
Mar 2: Course Introduction
Mar 7: Aristocratic Tradition / Chuch’e Thought

Week 2
Mar 9: The Chinese Commanderies / The Period of the Three Kingdoms
Mar 14: North and South States – Unified Silla and Parhae

Week 3
Mar 16: Historic Figure – Ch'oe Ch'i-wŏn 최치원
Mar 21: The Early Period of the Koryŏ - Aristocratic Society / Military Rule

Week 4
Mar 23: Koryŏ under the Mongol Empire
Mar 28: Historic Figures – King Wŏnjong 원종 / King Kongmin 공민왕

Week 5
Mar 30: Revolutionists VS Moderates – Founding of the Chosŏn Dynasty /
Han'gŭl, Gangnido, Hwach'a – The notable Inventions in the early Chosŏn period
Apr 4: Historic Figure – Chŏng Do-jŏn 정도전

Week 6 – Field Trip (Tŏksugung Palace) - Apr 8 (Saturday)

Week 7
**3. Course Apr 13: The Japanese and Manchu Invasions
Schedule Apr 18: Economic Reform - Coinage Policies and the Tribute Replacement Tax

Week 8
Apr 20: Self Study
Apr 25: Midterm Exam

Week 9
Apr 27: Historic Figure – Kim Yuk 김육
May 2: Confucian Transformation / Women in Chosŏn - Propagating Female Virtues

Week 10
May 4: Historic Figures - Queen Dowager Insu 인수대비 /
Im Yun-ji-dang 임윤지당 / Kang Jŏng-il-tang 강정일당
May 9: The Crisis of the Nineteenth Century / The Twilight of the Empire

Week 11
May 11: Historic Figure - Song Pyŏng-chun 송병준
May 16: Korea as a Japanese Colony / Independence Activists

Week 12
May 18: Historic Figure - Kim Hwal-ran 김활란
May 23: The Leadeth to destruction

Week 13
May 25: Korean War and the Two Koreas
May 30 Historic Figure - Yi Sŭng-man 이승만
 Week 14 – Movie (Soup and Ideology) - Jun 1 (Thursday)

Week 15
Jun 8: Self Study
Jun 13: Final Exam
Grading Method Relative evaluation (grade-on-a-curve)
Grading Type A~F
Item Attendance Assignment Midterm Final Total
Rate 10% 30% 30% 30% 100%
Questions based Questions based
Two essays on lectures, on lectures,
One hundred
Note Ten points (Fifteen points requiring requiring
points
each) short/paragraph short/paragraph
answers answers
1) One point will be deducted for each late attendance, and two points will
be deducted for each absence.
2) More than seven absences will result in a failing grade regardless of
remaining points or other participation.
3) The absence with a reasonable statement, notice, or document will not
Attendance
cause deduction.
Policy
4) Late attendance means attendance after finishing the roll call.
5) Students have one chance of causeless absence without deduction. The
causeless absence is not applied to the field trip.
6) There would be no absence deduction for the two lectures in the first
week.
*4.
Evaluation Students are expected to complete an assignment on time. Two points will be
deducted for every single day of overdue.

First Report: Field Trip Report (Tŏksugung Palace)

1) Students should participate in the field trip. Students who cannot participate
in the field trip should submit proper excuses or documents. The absentees
Assignment
should make their own field trip and submit a report.
(Reports)
2) Students should submit a four-page report for the field trip by the end of
May.

Second Report: Movie Report (Soup and Ideology)

1) Students would watch the movie Soup and Ideology during the semester.
2) Students should submit a three-page report by the fourteenth of June.
1) In principle, the lectures would be held in the designated classroom.
COVID-19 2) Students under quarantine, getting vaccinated, or absent due to the COVID
Responses test will get the voice-record file of the absent lectures. The students should
submit proper documents for evidence.
1) All lectures and materials will be given in English. And all students will
write an essay, give a presentation, and take tests in English.
Other 2) No prior exposure to the first-hand materials is required. All materials will
be given in English-translated writings.
3) Any form of plagiarism and cheating will result in a failing grade.
5. Quota
Exceeding I can accept twelve students. The number of students is subject to change
Capacity
Course according to the course registration result.
Registration
Prerequisite Courses None
6. Guideline Requirements None
for Students After the lecture (Please send me an e-mail to make an
Office Hours
appointment: beyondyou@snu.ac.kr)
7. Support ○ Visual Impairment: Make textbooks(digital textbook, braille textbook,
Services for enlarged textbook etc.), Allow note takers
Students ○ Physical Disability: Make textbooks(digital textbook), Allow note takers and
with assistants
Disabilities ○ Hearing Impairment: Allow note takers and translators, Allow lecture
For Lectures
recording
※ Contents ○ Health Impairment: Excuse absence due to health problems, Allow note
can be takers
modified as ○ Learning Disability: Allow note takers
needed ○ Intellectual Disability / Autism Spectrum Disorder: Allow note takers and
 mentors
○ Visual Impairment / Physical Disability / Hearing Impairment / Health
For Impairment / Learning Disability: Extend assignment deadlines, Offer alternate
Assignments assignment submission and response method, Extend testing period, Offer
& alternate testing method, Offer different testing room
Evaluations ○ Intellectual Disability / Autism Spectrum Disorder: Offer individualized
assignments and alternative evaluations
Students who take this course can get appropriate level of support service
including the support listed above depending on the students’ individual
characteristics and needs through consultation with professors and the Support
Other
Center for Students with Disabilities. If you have any questions concerning
support service for students with disabilities you can contact Professor ***
(02-880-****) or Support Center for Students with Disabilities (02-880-8787).
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