Course syllabus

20170801

Korean 120

‘Korean Society and Culture’

 

2017 Second Semester

 

Lectures: Tuesdays 10am-12pm

Tutorial (1): Tuesdays 1pm-2pm

Tutorial (2): Tuesdays 3pm-4pm

 

 

Coordinator: Dr. Changzoo Song

Office: Arts 2 Building, Room 426 (Level 4, 18 Symonds St.)

Office Hours: Tuesdays 2-3pm & Wednesdays 2-3pm

E-mail: ch.song@auckland.ac.nz

 

Tutor: Ms. Clara Choi

Office: Arts 2 Building, Room 313C (Level 3, 18 Symonds St.)

Office Hours: Tuesdays 3-4pm fortnightly from Week 2, or by appointment

E-mail: jcho199@aucklanduni.ac.nz

 

 

 

1. Purpose and Goals of the Course

 

Korea is a fascinating country in many respects. Located at the eastern tip of the Eurasian Continent and on the coast of North Pacific Ocean, the Korean peninsula connects the continent and the ocean. Bordering with China and Japan (and Russia), Korea occupies the heart of Northeast Asian civilization. Koreans, while having interacted with their neighbors, developed a unique culture and tradition. Indeed, Korea’s relationship with its traditional neighbors of China, Mongolia, Manchuria and Japan shaped its history and culture. In modern day its relationship with China, Russia, Imperial Japan, and the USA has also influenced on the country’s contemporary politics, economy, society, and culture.   

 

Though once known as the ‘Hermit Kingdom’, today Korea is characterized by its dynamic economy, vibrant society, and interesting popular cultural products. South Korea is the world’s thirteenth largest economy and its experiences of rapid economic development and political democratisation serve as a model for many other developing countries. South Korean society, which used to be one of the most homogeneous societies in the world, has been much more multicultural after the 1990s with increasing number of foreign residents, including migrant workers and international brides. The South Korean population is rapidly aging and the country records one of the lowest birth rates in the world.

 

North Korea, which has been competing with the South for political legitimacy and hegemony, has followed an interesting and unusual development path. The country’s economy seriously declined after the 1980s, but has maintained a strong military with nuclear weapons and long-range missiles. What will happen to these two Koreas as the conventional power balance in Northeast Asia is changing and the powerful neighbors of China, Japan, Russia and the US are involved?           

 

This course is to provide students (who have minimal or no prior knowledge on Korea) with key features of Korean society, culture, and politics. Taking topical and comparative approaches, this course will focus on: (1) how the modern Korean nation has developed; (2) Korea’s relationship with its neighbors, China, Japan, Russia and the US in terms of both culture and politics; (3) religious and philosophical traditions in Korea; (4) the economic development and social changes of South Korea between the 1960s and 2000s; (5) National division and the development of North Korean regime; (6) democratization of South Korea in the last few decades; (7) challenges of globalization and demographic changes in South Korea; (8) the inter-Korean relationship and future of the Korean Peninsula; and (9) Korean diaspora. To help understand Korean culture, society and history in a broader regional and global context, Korea will be compared with China, Japan, and Taiwan where such comparisons are useful.

 

At the end of the semester students are expected to have a solid knowledge of the key features and issues in Korean society, culture, history, and international relations. They should have deeper knowledge on the topics that they focused through their essays. Upon completing this course, students will be ready to take higher level courses on Korea and/or on Asian countries.   

 

 

 

1. Texts and Resources

 

Our main textbook is Charles K. Armstrong’s The Korea. New York & London: Routledge (2^nd edition 2014). Other academic journal articles, book chapters, documentaries and feature films (as listed in the course schedule will be used as texts of this course). Students should read the Essential Readings marked in the Course Schedule before they come to each class.

 

Students are also encouraged to follow current events of Korea by reading major newspapers including the Korea Heraldhttp://www.koreaherald.co.kr/ and the Korea Timeshttp://www.koreatimes.co.kr/.

 

Helpful sites for information on Korea:

 

http://www.korea.net/ Gateway to Korea with news and helpful resources in English

http://koreanstudies.com/(Frank Hoffman’s Korean Studies site)

http://www.nl.go.kr/english/index.jsp (The National Library of Korea)

The National Library of Korea runs the “Korean Wisdom” where  interesting resources on carton, textbooks, and other popular cultural materials are stored. See http://collection.nl.go.kr/english/e_main.html

http://www.hawaii.edu/korea/ (University of Hawaii Korean Studies Center)

http://intl.aks.ac.kr/english/portal.php (Academy of Korean Studies)

http://www.hanbooks.com/enofkocu.html (Encyclopedia of Korean Culture)

http://memory.loc.gov/frd/cs/krtoc.html (Library of Congress)

http://www.libraries.iub.edu/index.php?pageId=1654 (Indiana University Korea

Facts)

http://www.bok.or.kr/index.jsp (The Bank of Korea site)

http://koreanliteraturenow.com/ (information on Korean literature)

http://asianz.org.nz/sites/asianz.org.nz/files/South%20_Korea_Report.pdf(NZ Asia Foundation Report: “NZ Business Opportunities in South Korea” 2009)

The Gateway to Premodern Korean Studies, designed with a fresh new look, updated with the latest Korean History Glossary. The website is dedicated to gathering useful resources for researching and teaching Premodern Korean studies. http://projects.iq.harvard.edu/gpks.

 

The Korean Film Archive has a very good collection of Korean films with subtitles and they update it monthly. See http://www.youtube.com/user/koreanfilm?feature=results_main
Pictori Australian National University’s Korean Studies offers thousands of pictures on Korea of the twentieth century http://www.pictori.net/

http://www.oldKorea.henny-savenije.pe.krOld Korea in pictures

 

For Korean data base (academic papers published in Korea):

 

The University of Auckland subscribes Korea’s RISS (Research Information Search

Service) database which contains millions of texts and bibliographic records in

Korean. Visit Library Homepage http://www.library.auckland.ac.nz/ and look for

RISS International in Database.

 

Other helpful resources are available from the organizations listed below

 

http://www.riss4u.net/index.jsp (Korea Education and Research Information Service)

http://www.e-koreanstudies.com/  (Korean Studies Data Base)

http://www.earticle.net/  (Electronic Education Research Information Service)

http://dbpia.co.kr/ (Korean data base)

http://db.history.go.kr/ and http://wwwe.history.go.kr/ operated by the National Institute of Korean History

 

Academic journals on Korea:

 

Acta Koreanahttp://www.actakoreana.org(Keimyung University)

Asian Journal of Women's Studies (Ewha Women’s University)

Asian Ethnicity http://www.tandfonline.com/loi/caet20

Asian Perspective (The Institute for Far Eastern Studies, Kyungnam University)

Asian Survey (University of California)

Critical Asian Studies (Routledge)

Economic Bulletin (Korea Development Institute)

International Journal of Korean History (Korea University)

International Review of Korean Studies (University of New South Wales)

Journal of Korean Studies (University of Washington) https://muse.jhu.edu/journal/515

Digital copies are available through Project Muse through our university library: http://muse.jhu.edu/journals/journal_of_korean_studies/

KoreaFocushttp://www.koreafocus.or.kr/design2/index.asp

Korean Histories (Centre for Korean Studies, Leiden University)

Korea Journal (UNESCO) http://www.ekoreajournal.net

Korea Policy Review (Harvard University)

Korean Studies (University of Hawaii)

Modern Asian Studies (University of Cambridge)

North Korean Review(The Institute for North Korean Studies and McFarland)

Pacific Affairs (University of British Columbia)

Positions (Duke University)

Review of Korean Studies (Academy of Korean Studies) – available on web:

https://www.dbpia.co.kr/Journal/IssueList/PLCT00001396

The Journal of Asian Studies (Association for Asian Studies)

Seoul Journal of Korean Studies (Seoul National University)

Sungkyun Journal of East Korean Studies (Sungkyunkwan University)

Transactions of the Royal Asiatic Society Korea Branch

 

 

On North Korea or North Korean sites:

 

http://www.nknews.org/NKNews.org. News on North Korea. 

http://www.korea-publ.com/(Korea Publication) North Korean publications

http://www.libraries.iub.edu/index.php?pageId=1653(Indiana University on Korea)

https://kcnawatch.co/ (Korean Central News Agency) North Korean

government-owned news agency

http://1stopkorea.com/index.htm?nk-trip10-mangyongdae.htm~mainframe(Travel

guide to North Korea written by foreigners)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KnBuzVOaMIwA New Zealander (Helen Kibby from Taranaki) taught at the Pyongyang University of Science and Technology (PUST) as a volunteer.

 

Other useful sites:

 

http://www.shanghaibang.com/shanghai/index.php (Internet newspaper by South Koreans in Beijing)

http://www.koreanfilm.org/(Darcy’s Korean film page – useful information on

Korean film)

http://www.moyiza.com/  (various information on Korean Chinese in Korea and China)

 

Korean Films at the Audio-Visual Library of the University:

 

http://librarysearch.auckland.ac.nz/primo_library/libweb/action/search.do?srt=date&srtChange=true&dscnt=0&scp.scps=scope%3A%28Standard_record%29%2Cscope%3A%28Combined_record%29&tab=search_library&dstmp=1394136383527&ct=Next%20Page&mode=Advanced&indx=31&vl%281UIStartWith0%29=exact&vl%28freeText0%29=%20Feature%20films%20--%20Korea%20%28South%29&vl%2814401389UI0%29=sub&vid=UOA2_A&fn=search&vl%2814401387UI2%29=all_items

 

 

 

 

 

III. Course Requirements, Assignments and Grading

 

 

This course, as with any other course at the University of Auckland, requires an average of ten hours’ work per week. Students are required to attend 2 hours of lecturers and 1 hour of tutorial each week and are required to finish assigned readings before each class.  They are also encouraged to participate in the class ‘actively’ by preparing his/her class well and participating in class discussions.

 

The final grade of the course is based on Course Work (50%) and Final Examination (50%). The course work part of the grade is comprised of Review (10%), Presentation (10%) and Research Essay (30%).

 

 

1. Review (10%): 600 words (minimum 550 words, maximum 650 words)

 

Review question(s) and Guidelines will be given to students by the second week of the semester.

 

All essays should use Times Roman 12 font and by double-spaced. Prior to submitting the hard copies of essays, students should submit their essays through Turnitin before they submit hard copies.

 

2. Research Essay (30%):1,500 words (minimum 1,300 words, maximum 1,700 words)

 

Essay question(s) and Guidelines will be given to students by the third week of the semester. All essays should use Times Roman 12 font and by double-spaced. Prior to submitting the hard copies of essays, students should submit their essays through Turnitin before they submit hard copies.

 

For all essays, either MLA (http://www.cite.auckland.ac.nz/index.php?p=quickcite&style=2) or the Chicago Style Author-Date citation system should be used. Refer to the Chicago-Style Author-Date System Citation Quick Guide provided. Refer to the following web page: http://www.chicagomanualofstyle.org/tools_citationguide.html.  Students should be consistent in the style throughout their writing. If you want to use notes, please use Footnotes instead of Endnotes.

4. Presentation (10%)

 

Student will choose any topic of their interest (the same topics they work on for their Essays are possible) and conduct research and present it in class. The presentation must be with PowerPoint document (7-10 slides including pictures) and the Power Point document should be sent to the TUTOR 24 hours before the planned presentation date. Students should sign up for the presentation by the second week of the semester.

 

5. Final Examination (50%)

 

The 2-hour Final Examination covers all the lectures and primary readings covered in this course. 

Refer to the University website where all information about examinations may be found: Current Students>Academic Information> Examination information

https://www.auckland.ac.nz/en/students/academic-information/exams-and-final-results.html

 

 

1. Assignment Cover Sheet and Submission Process

 

 

Canvas-generated electronic covers should be used for all essays. Hard-copies of assignments should be submitted to the Arts Assignment Centre (Level 3, Arts 1 Building) and electronic copies should be submitted to Turnitin before midnight on the due date.

 

To submit essay through turnitin, please directly go to www.turnitin.com or access it from the www.library.auckland.ac.nz.

 

For the Turnitin Class IDs and Enrolment Passwords of the 2017 Korean 120, please refer to the table below.

 

Class ID	15306616
Enrolment Key	Korea

 

If you are not familiar with Turnitin, please watch instructional videos on the University website, which explain the basic processes for using Turnitin. The videos are located at: University home » Teaching and learning » Academic honesty and plagiarism » Turnitin for students 

http://www.auckland.ac.nz/uoa/home/about/teaching-learning/honesty/tl-turnitin-for-students

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

1. Extensions, Deadlines, and Penalties

 

 

TIME MANAGEMENT

 

Time management is essential to academic success, and it is the responsibility of students to manage their time so all assignments can be submitted on or before the due dates.

 

HOW TO SEEK/ REQUEST/APPLY FOR AN EXTENSION

 

In serious circumstances* beyond the student’s control (see below), s/he may request an extension from the course convenor.

The request should…

• be made by email at least 2-3 days BEFORE the due date for the assignment
• provide an explanation of the circumstances

• be supported by a satisfactory medical certificate or other documentation

 

If an extension is granted, you will be given a new due date.

 

Only ONE extension can be granted to a student per assignment.

 

Only in extreme circumstances will late requests for extensions be considered.

 

*Serious circumstances means sudden illness (in the case of in-class tests etc.) or long-term illness (for essays etc. done over a week or more).  It does NOT mean time management difficulties, wanting to go on holiday, relatives visiting from overseas, computer breakdowns, etc.

 

SUBMISSION OF ALL ASSIGNMENTS

 

Unless indicated otherwise by the Course Convenor, hard-copies of assignments should be posted in the appropriate assignment box on 3^rd floor Arts 1 building before 4 pm on the due date.  Assignment boxes are cleared at 4 pm and any assignment handed in after 4 pm will not be date-stamped till the next working-day.  "Where submission is only by electronic copy to Turnitin, the assignment should be uploaded to Turnitin before midnight on the due date.  Penalties for lateness (see below) apply from midnight on the due date for Turnitin assignments, and from 4pm on the due date for assignments that do not use Turnitin.

 

The Reception Area is not open on Saturday or Sunday or during public holidays.

 

DEADLINES & PENALTIES FOR LATENESS

 

Any work submitted after the due date and without an extension form or permission in writing from the Course Convenor will be treated as overdue and penalties will apply (see below). 

 

The mark given to an overdue assignment will be reduced by up to 10 per cent (at the discretion of the Course Convenor) of the total possible marks for that assignment for each day that it is late up to 5 days (e.g. for an assignment marked out of 20, deduct up to 2 marks per day up to a total of 10 marks). Assignments which are due on Friday, or the day before a university holiday, but are not received until the next working day will be counted as TWO days late.

 

Overdue assignments that are submitted more than five days late will not be marked; nor will assignments be marked if submitted after the assignment has been marked and returned.  Unmarked assignments will be held by the marker until the end of the semester, and in cases where the final grade for the student is borderline (D+), the marker may choose to award a minimal completion mark.  For this reason, it is better to hand in an assignment late than not at all.

 

OUT-OF-CLASS ASSESSMENT (i.e. take-home essays/projects/assignments etc.)

 

When a staff member grants an extension they will set a new due date.  The completed assignment must be submitted on or before the new due date together with the medical certificate and other documentation.  If an assignment is submitted after the new due date, penalties for lateness apply as above.

IN CLASS TESTS, ELECTRONIC TESTS AND ORAL PRESENTATIONS ETC.

 

When serious circumstances (e.g. sudden serious illness or a car accident) cause a student to miss an in-class test/assessed presentations or electronic test it is expected that the student will notify the course convenor at the earliest possible opportunity, if possible before the scheduled test or presentation takes place.  If the student or their representative makes no contact within five days of the scheduled test/presentation, they will be awarded a zero grade for that piece of assessment. 

 

Extreme cases will be judged by the course Convenor on their own merits. Documentation may be required.

 

 

1. Grade Descriptions for Essays

 

 

The following grade descriptors/schedules will be used to assess the merits of the essays handed in for this course.

 

A: Excellent (80-100)

 

The essay is based on wide reading (properly acknowledged through footnotes and bibliography) that shows excellent knowledge and understanding of the subject matter. The work offers a well-constructed argument and clear grasp of the major issues. The essay addresses the question directly and ideas put forward are supported by relevant facts. Outstanding pieces of work also exhibit independent and creative thinking and individual flair in expressing complex ideas. They observe the conventions of prose style appropriate to academic writing.

 

B: Good/Competent (65-79)

 

The essay is clearly structured and where the well-supported argument leads to a logical conclusion. The work is based on adequate reading (properly acknowledged through footnotes and bibliography) and a good to strong grasp of the major issues raised in the readings. Its meaning is generally expressed through clear, conventional prose.

 

C: Satisfactory (50-64)

 

The essay which shows a reasonable knowledge of the subject matter and attempts to answer the question but displays one or more of the following faults:

• inadequate reading,
• misunderstanding of the sources,
• confused argument and/or structure,

weakness of expression,

• inadequate attention to footnotes and bibliography.

 

D: Fail (0-49)

 

The essay displays serious failings in the aspects noted under ‘C’.

 

 

 

 

 

VII. Plagiarism and Use of ICT Technology

 

 

Students need to be aware of University regulations with regard to plagiarism and the use of information, communication technology.

 

PLAGIARISM

 

The University of Auckland will not tolerate cheating, or assisting others to cheat, and views cheating in coursework as a serious academic offence.  The work that a student submits for grading must be the student's own work, reflecting his or her learning. Where work from other sources is used, it must be properly acknowledged and referenced.  This requirement also applies to sources on the world-wide web.  A student's assessed work may be reviewed against electronic source material using computerised detection mechanisms.  Upon reasonable request, students may be required to provide an electronic version of their work for computerised review.

 

Students may not translate work from another source without proper acknowledgment and referencing. The use of translation machines to translate and copy texts into the target language of an assignment constitutes academic dishonesty.

 

The penalties for plagiarism are severe and can range from gaining no marks for the assignment to disciplinary action under the terms of the Examination Regulations. 

 

For further information and advice on University regulations and how to reference appropriately, see:

https://www.auckland.ac.nz/en/about/teaching-learning/academic-integrity/tl-about-academic-integrity.html.

This webpage provides links and information about various aspects of academic integrity: sources of information and advice (e.g. Referen©ite) as well as University regulations (the Student Academic Conduct Statute), and Turnitin.

 

All students entering the University are required to complete the Academic Integrity Module.

 

 

USE OF INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATIONS TECHNOLOGY (E.G. CLASS FACEBOOK PAGES)

 

If students in any course wish to set up a Facebook page for the course or to use any other form of ICT, they need to be aware that the  University of Auckland Information and Communications Technology (ICT) Statute sets out rules governing use of any ICT hardware or software at or for University activities. It forbids using ICT “to store, display or communicate… files containing any text, image that is deceptive or misleading, is abusive or defamatory, contravenes anyone’s privacy… or that reproduces all or part of any work in breach of the Copyright Act 1994”.  The Statute refers students to the relevant University Disciplinary Statute and the penalties that may apply.  It can be found at: https://policies.auckland.ac.nz/student-undergraduate.aspx

 

 

 

VIII. Other Information

 

For references and styles regarding writing essays:

http://www.library.auckland.ac.nz/services/referencing   

 

For University’s policy on plagiarism and academic honesty, please refer to: https://www.auckland.ac.nz/en/about/teaching-learning/academic-integrity.html

 

Information for the application for aegrotat or compassionate consideration can be found at:

https://www.auckland.ac.nz/en/for/current-students/cs-academic-information/cs-examination-information/cs-aegrotat-and-compassionate-consideration.html

 

Complaint procedures: follow the University’s procedures. @ https://www.auckland.ac.nz/en/for/current-students/cs-academic-information/cs-regulations-policies-and-guidelines/academic-disputes-and-complaints.html

 

 

In case if students want to romanise Korean (Hangul) words, it is recommended that they would use McCune-Reischauer system even though there are also other systems including the Revised Romanisation System of the South Korean government (“Ministry of Culture and Tourism system” or Mungwangbu System). In the West McCune-Reischauer system is more widely used while in South Korea the Mungwangbu System is used. For example, the Library of Congress references are all in McCune-Reischauer system and so are almost all libraries elsewhere in the West. In this course we should be able to use both systems especially because Korean customers including the government, prefers its own system to McCune-Reischauer system. Either of the system is convertible to another system using online resources such as thehttp://roman.cs.pusan.ac.kr/input_eng.aspx .

 

 

 

 

FINAL GRADE COMPONENT
Weighting	Description	Date Due
10%	Review (600 words)	Week 6 (August 29 Tue)
10%	Presentation (7-10 PowerPoint Slides including pictures)	Each Week from Week 4
30%	Essay (1,500 words)	Week 11 (Oct 17 Tue)
50%	Final Exam (2 hrs)

 

 

 

Mark Schedule for Korean 120

 

A+       90-100 A         85-89 A-        80-84 B+       75-79 B         70-74 B-        65-69

C+       60-64 C         55-59 C-        50-54 D+       45-49 D         40-44 D-        0-39

Korean 120 Course Schedule 

 

Second Semester 2017^*