Transfers ToUC and CSUCal-GETC Area 3B · IGETC Area 3B · CSU GE Area C2DescriptionThis 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. 