Learning outcomes

To successfully complete this unit you will be able to demonstrate you have achieved the learning outcomes (LO) detailed in the below table.

Each outcome is informed by a number of graduate capabilities (GC) to ensure your work in this, and every unit, is part of a larger goal of graduating from ACU with the attributes of insight, empathy, imagination and impact.

Explore the graduate capabilities.

Content

Topics will include:

• Environment as identity on the Korean peninsula
• The history of East Asian international relations
• The impact of war and colonialism on Korean identity constructions
• Narratives of the past in contemporary Korean culture
• Korean traditions of story-telling
• Confucian traditions and their legacies
• Korean elites and others in Korea’s past and present
•  Korean religions and philosophy
• Korean aesthetics and ideas of beauty
• North Korea and juche
• Gender relations in Korea’s past and present
• The Hallyu wave and K-Pop as art and industry

Learning and teaching strategy and rationale

This 10-credit point, intensive unit in online mode, provides a self-paced learning approach, as well as opportunities for collaborative learning through interaction with other students.

All learning activities are held online. All lectures will be available for self-paced learning; however, workshops will be at scheduled times, which will require some attendance to enable online interaction. Activities requiring attendance will be specified in the unit schedule.

Lectures provide students with basic content knowledge, present methodologies for interpreting source material in different media and highlight key debates in the scholarship. Lectures also establish guidance for the independent learning expected in this unit. Students receive regular and timely feedback on their learning, which includes information on their progress. 

Active student participation is anticipated and encouraged in the online environment and facilitated through a specific assessment task. Students are encouraged to contribute to asynchronous module discussions. Active learning opportunities provide students with opportunities to practice and apply their learning. Activities encourage students to bring their own examples to demonstrate understanding, application and engage constructively with their peers.

Workshops are designed to provide students with a peer-to-peer learning environment in which they can discuss, and debate issues and problems raised in lectures, in set readings and through their own exploration of the topics. Students consolidate their understanding, knowledge, analytical and communication skills through negotiation and interaction with both other students and staff. Workshops may take a variety of forms, all of which provide different learning opportunities, including working in pairs to share ideas; working in small groups for quick analysis, debate and identification of the most relevant and salient information; opportunities to brainstorm; opportunities to participate in whole group discussions; opportunities to work with source materials (primary and secondary); opportunities to learn through informal presentations.

The unit is hosted on a Learning Management System (LMS) site with resources and online links, announcements, and a discussion board to post questions and reflections that promote the connection between content and educational experiences.