28-Day Stay in South Korea • Total Hours of Language Lessons

Overseas Agenda

Summary of Key Activities:

 28-day stay in South Korea  Total hours of language lessons: 40 hours (Average 10 hours/week)  Number of academic seminars/lectures: 7 (Themes: Korea’s history and society, education, global trade/economy, environmentalism)  Field trips to over 30 sites (i.e., museums, archeological sites, historical villages, festival/performances, government or research agencies, schools)  Weekly reflection will be held throughout the trip.  Cultural immersion experiences are integrated throughout the stay as indicated below.

Proposed Daily Itinerary (2014) Day Date City Activities Theme Leave Mo. New Leave for Seoul, South Korea NJ 7/7 Jersey Day 1 Tu. 7/8 Seoul --Organizational meeting: Overview of Site Orientation the Agenda, Objectives, Safety Rules, Local Information. Overview of the City

--Language lessons Day 2 We. Seoul --Language lessons Korea’s 7/9 --Visit Landmarks in the city (e.g., contemporary Gangnam district, Myeongdong, Yeoui- culture and society do National Assembly)

-- Evening Seminar (Program Directors) Korea Today: An overview of South Korea’s geography, people, and contemporary social system.

Day 3 Th. Seoul --Visit KERIS (Daegu) for a seminar Educational 7/10 (Bus trip and Chamsam School in Sejong city Technology to Daegu (SMART Education model school) and Sejong --Language lessons City) Day 4 Fr. Seoul --Visit KICE for a seminar Korean educational 7/11 --Visit Itaewon school for the SMART system and the Education model school national curriculum ----Lecture: “The Characteristics and standards Challenges of Korean Education” by Dr. Wongu Park

--Language lessons Education in Comparative Perspectives Day 5 Sa. Seoul --Language lessons Korean History 7/12 --Guided Visit of The National Museum of Korea Korean culture (family and kinship --Visit to Korean families norms)

Urban recycling. Day 6 Su. Seoul Free Time (Sunday) Cultural Immersion 7/13 City revitalization (Explore markets, food, parks of the city projects Practice Korean)

Day 7 Mo. Seoul -- Language lessons History (Joseon 7/14 --Visit Gyeonbokgung Palace, Jongmyo, period and and Insadong Confucian culture)

-- Lecture: “History of Joseon Period” by Dr. Jinoh Ju (Professor of History, Sangmyung University) --Reflection session Day 8 Tu. Seoul --Language lessons History (Modern 7/15 (Bus trip --Visit Imjingak and DMZ Korea and the to --Visit Ansan Multiculture/foreigner Korean War) Demilitari District zed Zone) Contemporary Immigration to South Korea Day 9 We. Seoul --Language lessons Security, Peace, 7/16 --The Korean War Museum Korea-US relations, War and Human --Lecture: “Security, Peace, and Rights Reunification in the Korean Peninsula” by Dr. Philo Kim (Professor, Institute for Peace and Reunification Studies at Seoul National University) Day 10 Th. Gyeongju --Transport to Gyeongju (3.5 hours) via Cultural Immersion 7/17 Andong. Guided visit of Confucian schools and landmark houses of History aristocrats of the Joseon period (Dosan (Confucianism, Seowon, Sosu Seowon, Gunja Maeul) caste system of Joseon period) --Cheomsung Observatory 3

History (Buddhism, science in Shilla period)

Day 11 Fri Gyeongju -- Visit The National Museum of History (The culture 7/18 Gyeongju, and royal tombs of the Shilla and society of the period united Shilla period)

Day 12 Sa. Gyeongju ----Visit Seokguram Grotto and Buddhist arts 7/19 Bulguksa Temple

Day 13 Su Busan --Transport to Busan (1 ½ hour) Environmentalism 7/20 (Conservation of -- Nakdong River Estuary Eco wetland animals, Center/Park river revitalization projects)

Day 14 Mo. Busan --Visit traditional market, Gamcheon History 7/21 Culture-Village, Busan Modern History (Colonization, Museum, Haewondae APEC house trade/exchanges with Japan, the Korean War) Day 15 Tu. Seoul --Transport to Seoul (4 ½ hours) Global economy 7/22 and South Korea -- Lecture: “Globalization and Korea” by Dr. Heungchong Kim (Director of Research Planning, Korea Institute for International Economic Policy) --Reflection session Day 16 We. Seoul --Language lessons Cultural Immersion 7/23 -Cultural Immersion (Traditional clothing, games, food) History (Japanese --Transport to Gongju (2.5 hours) via expansion and city of Cheonan colonialism, --Guided tour of Cheonan Independence independence Museum movement, World War II) Day 17 Th. Gongju --Language lessons History (Baekje 7/24 period and Buddhist --Visit Gongju Museum and royal tombs culture)

--Cultural immersion activities (archery, tea ceremony, traditional music)

Day 18 Fr. Gongju --Language lessons Cultural Immersion 7/25 --Visit Gyeoryeong pottery village --Cultural immersion (pottery-making, cooking) --Local festivals or farmers’ markets Day 19 Sa. Gongju --Language lessons History (Baekje 7/26 --Visit Buyeo National Museum period) --Visit farming villages Cultural Immersion

Day 20 Su. Gongju Free Time (Sunday) History 7/27 Cultural Immersion --Conversation with Korean in-service and pre-service teachers: “Teaching Education about Korea to the U.S. audience” (Teaching about --Reflection session Korea) Day 21 Mo. Gongju --Language lessons Cultural Immersion 7/28 (Archeology, --Transport to Gwangju (2.5 hrs) via architecture & food) Jeonju and Koch’ang Dolmen site (UNESCO World Heritage)

Day 22 Tu. Gwangju --Language lsssons History 7/29 --Visit May 18th Memorial and May Democratization 18th Museum at Jeonnam University Student Movement --Group discussion on Korea’s Social Change democratic movements, and student movements (Program directors) --Reflection session Day 23 We. Gwangju --Language lessons Environmentalism. 7/30 --Visit to an organic farming village Sustainable and organic farming --Conversations with NGO members movement and local activists. “Environmentalism in South Korea” Day 24 Th. Haenam -- Transport to Haenam (2.5 hours) via Cultural immersion 7/31 Gangjin Celadon Festival Temple stay --Temple stay program (Tea ceremony, meditation, temple food, Buddhist arts) --Language practice Day 25 Fr. 8/1 Haenam -- Temple stay program (Tea ceremony, Cultural Immersion meditation, temple food, Buddhist arts) --Language practice Day 26 Sa. 8/2 Haenam -- Nagan Traditional Village (living History (Everyday village) life of peasants in Joseon period) 5

--Transport to Seoul (3.5 hrs.) Cultural Immersion Day 27 Su. 8/3 Seoul --Free Time (Sunday) (Visit bookstores and education supply store, shopping for souvenirs) --Home visits --Prepare to leave Day 28 Mo. Seoul --Morning Reflection Session 8/4 --Departure for New Jersey, USA NJ Tu. 8/5 New Finalizing the trip and reviewing the Arrival Jersey post-trip activities