SNUx: Globalizing East Asia
By Seoul National University
Certificate or Program credits
This course explores the changing culture and society of the three East Asian countries, South Korea, China, and Japan. Students are expected to understand local representations of globalization, focusing on how people of the region responded to the impacts of industrialization, socialism, war, political authoritarianism, globalizing capital, and emerging consumerism. This course also provides glimpses of local popular culture, such as Japanese animation and Korean dramas.