• Course Code: 01:508:242
  • Semester(s) Offered: Fall, Summer
  • SAS Core Certified: HST
  • Academic Credits: 3
  • Mode of Instruction: Lecture
  • Syllabus:   Fall 2024

    Syllabus Disclaimer:  The information on this syllabus is subject to change. For up-to-date course information, please refer to the syllabus on your course site (Canvas, etc.) on the first day of class.

This course aims to introduce students to the historical backgrounds of modern trajectories of the three East Asian countries. In doing so, we begin by examining the “early modern” period of each country. Besides basic political histories of each country, issues of their social structures, traditional thoughts and beliefs, and indigenous efforts to modernize themselves will be examined as well.