EALC 398

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Credit: 3 hours.

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May be repeated in the same or separate terms to a maximum of 12 hours if topics vary. Prerequisite: Junior standing.

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EALC 398 class schedule data for spring 2021
	CRN	Type	Section	Time	Day	Location	Instructor	Section Details
	61666	Online Lecture	BTA	ARRANGED	n.a.	n.a.	Ha, J Ritter, K	Part of Term: 1 Date Range: 01/25/21-05/05/21 Section Title: Korea and the US:1882-Present Section Info: Ties between the United States and the Korean Peninsula are contentious, complex, and often confusing. The Korean peninsula is home to one of the United States closest allies, the Republic of Korea (ROK), and one of its more bombastic antagonists, the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK). While the history of US relations with the Korean peninsula are still shaped by the ongoing Korean War, the relationship is much older and the major players in the relationship are more diverse than soldiers and generals. This course will examine US relations with the Korean peninsula from their beginnings in the 19th century through their transformation in the 1950s and up to the present day. It will survey the issues and questions that have shaped and continue to shape Korean views of the United States and vice-versa: Why do many Koreans view the US as complicit in the Japanese colonization of Korea? How did Korea become a place of such fascination for American missionaries in the 1910s? Why was Korea divided in the summer of 1945? Why did communism flourish on one half of the peninsula and capitalism on the other? What accounts for the rapid economic development of the ROK and the continuing authoritarianism of the DPRK? What role, if any, has the United States played in these developments? This course will address these and many other questions and expect students to develop their own answers and construct their own narrative of the relationship between the United States and the Korean Peninsula. The class will be offered online via BTAA CourseShare, and asynchronously with an optional synchronous discussion section. It will stay on a weekly schedule for readings, assignments, quizzes, and lectures, but the lectures will all be released at the beginning of the week (or as available). Instructor: Dr. David Fields at Univ. of Wisconsin