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HIST 1051 - East Asia Since 1600

Credits: 3
Hours/Week: Lecture 3 Lab 0
Internship hours per week 0
Course Description: This course surveys the history of East Asia beginning in 1600 and continuing into the modern day, exploring the major events, figures, ideas, and movements that have shaped this region.  It focuses broadly on the social, political, economic, and intellectual history of China, Korea, and Japan, exploring both commonalities and differences. Recurring themes include colonialism and resistance, modernization and industrialization, economic transformations, cultural change, and international affairs.
MnTC Goals
5 History/Social/Behavioral Science, 8 Global Perspective

Prerequisite(s): Course placement into college-level English and Reading OR completion of ENGL 0950  with a grade of C or higher OR completion of RDNG 0940  with a grade of C or higher and qualifying English Placement Exam OR completion of RDNG 0950  with a grade of C or higher and ENGL 0090  with a grade of C or higher OR completion of ESOL 0051  with a grade of C or higher and ESOL 0052  with a grade of C or higher.
Corequisite(s): None
Recommendation: None

Major Content
  1. Early Modern East Asia: The Joseon, Manchu, and Tokugawa
  2. Western Imperialism and Resistance
  3. The Collapse of the Old Orders
  4. Korea and Manchuria under Japanese Rule
  5. Nationalism and Revolution in China
  6. The Japanese Empire and World War II
  7. Communist China and Taiwan
  8. Occupied Japan and Korea
  9. The Cold War in East Asia
  10. North Korea
  11. The Japanese Economic Miracle
  12. Industrialization and Democratization in South Korea
  13. China and Taiwan since Mao
  14. East Asia and Globalization

Learning Outcomes
At the end of this course, students will be able to:

  1. interpret the history of East Asia by making connections between significant events, people, movements, and ideas in the past.
  2. use historical thinking to make connections between the history of East Asia and the present. 
  3. assess the relevance and limitations of primary and secondary sources.
  4. formulate a historical argument.
  5. explain how politics, culture, and economics have affected relations between different states and societies throughout history.

Minnesota Transfer Curriculum (MnTC): Goals and Competencies
Competency Goals (MnTC Goals 1-6)
05. 01. Employ the methods and data that historians and social and behavioral scientists use to investigate the human condition.
05. 02. Examine social institutions and processes across a range of historical periods and cultures.
05. 03. Use and critique alternative explanatory systems or theories.

Theme Goals (MnTC Goals 7-10)
08. 01. Describe and analyze political, economic, and cultural elements which influence relations of states and societies in their historical and contemporary dimensions.
08. 02. Demonstrate knowledge of cultural, social, religious and linguistic differences.
08. 03. Analyze specific international problems, illustrating the cultural, economic, and political differences that affect their solution.



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