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Campus: Kensington Campus
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Career: Undergraduate
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Units of Credit: 6
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Contact Hours per Week: 3
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Enrolment Requirements:
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Prerequisite: 36 units of credit
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Description
Examines key incidents which have marked Korea's encounters with the outside world. Considers Korean and foreign points of view and thus addresses the processes by which Korea has defined/re-evaluated itself in relation to the outside world and how the outside world has imagined Korea.
Learning Outcomes
- Understand key incidents which have marked Korea's contact with the outside world commencing in the 17th century, taking into account both Korean and foreign points
- Assess the implications of the hardcore conservatism as represented in the thought of Yi Hangno (1792-1868) for 20th century Korea
- Be able to critically discuss the challenge represented by the West, the effects that this challenge wrought upon Korean thinkers, and the impact of fundamental cultural differences that in the early stages of Korean and Western contacts
- These anticipated outcomes include several of the key Graduate Attributes that have been identified by UNSW, namely, the skills involved in scholarly enquiry, the capacity for analytical and critical thinking, the ability to engage in independent and reflective learning, information literacy (specifically, the evaluation of information), and the skills for effective communication.
Assessment
- Tutorial activities - 15%
- Direction of tutorial - 20%
- Exam 1 - 20%
- Essay - 25%
- Exam 2 - 20%
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