2024/25 Undergraduate Module Catalogue
EAST2025 Global Korea in Context: Sociocultural and Political Dynamics
20 creditsClass Size: 50
Module manager: Jieun Kim
Email: j.e.kim@leeds.ac.uk
Taught: Semester 1 (Sep to Jan) View Timetable
Year running 2024/25
This module is not approved as a discovery module
Module summary
This module explores the dynamics of socio-cultural and political transformations of Korea in the global context since the twentieth century. It aims to introduce students to major historical events, institutional changes, discourses and practices that shape Korean society, culture and politics today. It also fosters an understanding of Korea’s place in the world by considering cross-cultural and geopolitical influences.Objectives
This module aims to:1. Examine major features in the socio-cultural and political transformations of Korea since the twentieth century through lectures and seminars;
2. Encourage understanding of Korea’s place in the world today by considering cross-cultural and geopolitical influences;
3. Explore some of the major scholarly debates about Korean society, culture and politics through lectures, seminars and the group presentation;
4. Enhance students’ awareness of different disciplinary and interdisciplinary approaches that can be applied to Korean Studies, developing their ability to evaluate secondary scholarship and to craft arguments in response, through lectures, seminars, the group presentation and literature review.
Learning outcomes
By the end of the module, students should be able to:
1. demonstrate breadth of knowledge of the major socio-cultural and political transformations of Korea in global context since the twentieth century.
2. critically evaluate a range of theories and methods used in the study of contemporary Korean society, culture and politics in the context of cross-cultural and geopolitical influences.
3. locate primary and secondary sources relevant to selected topics of socio-cultural and political dynamics related to Korea.
4. apply skills for researching and communicating about sociocultural and political phenomena in Korea and beyond.
Skills outcomes
Students will be expected to have:
1. gained a broad understanding of key factors that shaped Korean society, culture and politics since the twentieth century.
2. developed research skills to critically analyse sociocultural and political phenomena in global context.
3. enhanced their skills of expression and communication in both written and oral form.
4. developed their abilities to independently plan, organize, gather, comprehend and examine materials relevant to Korean Studies.
Syllabus
The module explores the sociocultural and political dynamics of Korea in global context, covering topics which may include, national identity, social inequality, gender relations, the division of the two Koreas and its implications, Korean diaspora, the Korean Wave (hallyu) and popular culture, among others. The syllabus for each year will be further shaped by the research specialisms of the tutors contributing to the module.
Teaching methods
| Delivery type | Number | Length hours | Student hours |
| Lecture | 10 | 1.00 | 10.00 |
| Seminar | 10 | 1.00 | 10.00 |
| Private study hours | 180.00 | ||
| Total Contact hours | 20.00 | ||
| Total hours (100hr per 10 credits) | 200.00 | ||
Opportunities for Formative Feedback
On-going monitoring in lectures and seminars (through, for example, questioning to check student understanding; paying close attention to who is answering questions during classroom discussions and calling on non-volunteers; asking students to elaborate on one another's answers; engaging in 1-1 contacts with students about their work; and conducting periodic reviews to confirm students' grasp of material and identifying gaps in their knowledge etc).Methods of assessment
Coursework
| Assessment type | Notes | % of formal assessment |
| Literature Review | 1,500 words | 30.00 |
| Group Project | Group Project Report and Presentation (1500 words, 10 minutes) | 70.00 |
| Total percentage (Assessment Coursework) | 100.00 | |
Group Project - Individual recorded presentation available as resit
Reading list
The reading list is available from the Library websiteLast updated: 29/04/2024 16:13:10
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