ASAM 41

About this course

This course is an interdisciplinary introduction to contemporary Korean popular culture, which explores modern Korean society across a wide range of themes such as identity, gender/sexuality, love/marriage, family, and social value systems. It examines the multi-levels of the socio-construction of modern Korean society through TV drama (soap opera), film, and pop music. Also, it explores the unique patterns of Korean culture and Korean cultural issues related to contemporary Asian societies and global issues.

No section is scheduled at De Anza College for Winter 2027. The course can still be offered in a later quarter.

Enrollment availability changes frequently. Confirm status in the official FHDA registration system before enrolling.

Prerequisites

The De Anza catalog lists no prerequisite for this course.

Advisory: “ENGL C1000 or ENGL C1000H or ESL D005.”

Transfer pathways that use ASAM 41

ASSIST maps ASAM 41 to a requirement in 16 published pathways from De Anza College.

• East Asian CulturesDe Anza → UC Irvine
• Japanese Language and LiteratureDe Anza → UC Irvine
• Korean Literature and CultureDe Anza → UC Irvine
• Asian StudiesDe Anza → UC Riverside
• Media and Cultural StudiesDe Anza → UC Riverside
• ArchitectureDe Anza → UC Berkeley
• Environmental Economics and PolicyDe Anza → UC Berkeley
• Environmental SciencesDe Anza → UC Berkeley
• Genetics and Plant BiologyDe Anza → UC Berkeley
• Landscape ArchitectureDe Anza → UC Berkeley
• Microbial BiologyDe Anza → UC Berkeley
• Molecular Environmental BiologyDe Anza → UC Berkeley
• Nutrition & Metabolic BiologyDe Anza → UC Berkeley
• Society and EnvironmentDe Anza → UC Berkeley
• Sustainable Environmental DesignDe Anza → UC Berkeley
• Urban StudiesDe Anza → UC Berkeley