Sociology of Contemporary Korea

3 credits · Undergraduate credit

This course explores contemporary South Korean society through the lens of international migration from and to the Korean peninsular. While South Korea has long been the major source of emigrants fleeing poverty and political turmoil in their homeland, it has emerged since the early 1990s as one of the most popular migrant destinations in East Asia. The course situates South Korea in the broader sociological discussions on these topics and examines it from a comparative perspective.