지식탐구역량 (40%), 창의융합역량 (30%), 디지털리터러시역량 (30%)
The course aims to survey the history of science and technology in East Asian countries—China, Japan and Korea—since the late 19th century, in order "to understand the present and prepare for the future." Since Japan was the only nation in East Asia that succeeded in modernizing itself by adopting Western science, technology and politics, it will be studied first. The Chinese and Korean cases then will be examined with different angles. The course will emphasize the mutual influence between science & technology and society to answer how these countries became major industrial powers in the 21st century.

No specific knowledge is required but reasonable English proficiency is needed.

Week 1: Introduction
Week 2: Samurai Became Scientists (Formation of Science in Meiji Japan)
Week 3: Japanese Nobel Prize Candidates (Science in Early 20th Century Japan)
Week 4: Imitate and Innovate (Technology in Late 19th and Early 20th Century Japan)
Week 5: Challenge to the West (Science and Technology during the WWII)
Week 6: Science and Technology for the Economic Development (Postwar Japan)
Week 7: Science, Technology and Culture in Japan
Week 8: Midterm Period
Week 9: Too Slow and Too Unsystematic (Science and Technology in China before 1949)
Week 10: Red Scientists and Engineers (China between 1949 and 1979)
Week 11: Fresh New Start (China since 1979)
Week 12: Unfriendly Soil for Science and Technology (Korea before 1945)
Week 13: Science and Technology for Economic Development (South Korea since 1945)
Week 14: East Asian Nobel Prize Winners in Science
Week 15: What's Next? (including Final Project presentation)
Week 16: Final Exam Period

Lectures + Readings + discussions

This course expects students to use and develop their analytical skills and to express their "own" ideas/opinions.
Students must read the assigned readings (or movies, youtube clips, etc.), submit their weekly essays (just one paragraph in either English or Korean but no longer than 12 lines) before the next class, and participate in the discussion enthusiastically.
They will also present their final project (3-5 minutes video clip) in the last class, and be criticized/praised by the fellow students.