Douglas College

Provided Programs&Courses

Exchange

1. Program (Korea-related degree offered) : Korea Outgoing Exchange Program
   • Program Remarks - Students can take course in partner Korean University tied to specific program at Douglas College
   1. Korea-related Courses : HIST 1155: Asian History: An Introduction
      • Course Remarks - Asian History: An Introduction is a survey of the major civilizations of Monsoon Asia (South, South East, North East, and East Asia) from earliest times to the present day, focusing on key political, social, and cultural developments. Course topics include an overview of the region's physical, environmental and cultural diversity; the religious cultures of Hinduism and Buddhism; the emergence of states and empires, including the Mughal and Khmer empires in India and Cambodia; the evolution of dynastic China, Japan and Korea and their mutual interactions; encounters with the west; twentieth-century struggles for self-determination; the development of the region into a global market centre; and contemporary Pacific Rim issues.
   2. Korea-related Courses : HIST 1101: History Of World Societies
      • Course Remarks - The History of World Societies will cover the following themes and places: Origins; River Civilizations (Afro-Asia, India and China); Classical Civilizations (Han, Mauryan, Persia, Greece and Rome); the rise of Philosophy and World Religions (Buddhism, Christianity and Islam); the post-Imperial era (from Byzantium to Chinese reunification); Frontier civilizations (South East and North East Asia, Africa, Mesoamerica, and Oceania; the era of Eurasian crises (from Mongol invasions, the Black Death and Peasants revolts); European exploration and the beginning of the first era of globalization.
   3. Korea-related Courses : HIST 1104: World History Since 1945
      • Course Remarks - This course examines some of the main currents of world history since 1945. Examples of major topics include the Cold War, decolonization, totalitarianism, north-south conflicts and revolutionary movements. Cold war confrontations in Korea are one of the major topics included in the course