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This course offers a brief survey of the neural mechanisms that underlie health behaviors such as eating, drug use, and stress. Besides learning about neural mechanisms important across diverse health domains, students learn to examine a particular health behavior in detail, not only understanding its underlying neural mechanisms, but using this understanding to develop future research. 

This course covers concepts in community health, primary health care, and the health system. It discusses the development of health manpower and identification and visualization of health disparities that exist in the community. Practical sessions in local hospitals and field trips as well as independent research and a group project are included.

Today's climate and ecological issues require a great transformation in the perception of human life and the relationship of humans to nature as a whole. Ecological and environmental history is a perspective and method of history to respond to the great transformation.  

This course covers major research achievements and methods of ecological and environmental history from a global perspective and from a standpoint that history is no longer the history of humans, but the history of interactions between humans and other living things and materials. As a result, we expand our perception of history by considering the achievements and limitations of modern civilization. 

Topics include Environmental history – what is it, Imjin War, Colonial environment, Forestry/Heat, Imperial weather/Imperial Japan/Republican China, Korean War and environmental history, North Korea and environment, South Korea/post Korean War rebuilding, Park Chung-Hee era, Environment and Developmental dictatorship, legacy. 

This graduate course examines how and why global development and international inequality can be shaped by the mega trends of science and technology innovations. Recent examples include the advent of artificial intelligence and smart cities utilizing big data. Understanding science and technology innovations affecting the fundamental modes of human life provides us with a radar for the uncertain direction of the future development of human society. This course examines the nature and causes of co-evolution between the innovations of science and technology and the socio-economic development and their consequences on global as well as national development. 

This class consists of ten sessions of lectures and five sessions of group presentation. After learning core materials of empirics and theories regarding the co-evolution of science, technology, and socio-economic development from the lecture sessions, students present a research project applying the learnings to the contemporary global or national development issues with specific policy suggestions. The scope of research projects is wide open from the traditional development agendas of urbanization or structural transformation to cutting-edge agendas of smart city design or socio-economic impacts from AI. Each presentation group is required to write a policy report which puts their presentation in a dialogue with ideas and topics from the course readings and lectures. 

This course develops students' appreciation of various types of electronic music via an open, creative environment for its composition. It explores the nature of sound and approaches to its organization, listening deeply to music and the world around us, and covers theory and practice in digital audio signal processing. The course works with 'concrete sound' and thus no prior experience in music notation or composition is required. The course culminates in an open concert-presentation of final works that students develop over the semester.

This course covers the politics of immigration in Europe. Students engage with key debates and empirical findings related to public opinion on immigration, including how perceptions of cultural, economic, and security-related threats shape attitudes toward immigrants. The course explores how immigration influences voting behavior and electoral outcomes, particularly in the context of the rise of anti-immigration parties across Europe. Students investigate the causes and consequences of these parties' success, as well as the strategic responses of mainstream political actors. In addition, the course places emphasis on the experiences of immigrants themselves, including political discrimination, integration, and the pathways to political incorporation. The phenomenon of anti-immigrant violence is also addressed. Basic knowledge of quantitative research methods (multivariate regression, causal inference, and experimental design) is desirable but not required.

This introductory survey course covers International Law, its brief history, f the relationship between international law and national law along with various fields of international law, and lastly discusses peaceful resolution related to the conflicts within various fields and wars through international law 

Topics include What is international law, history of international law, roots of international law, International law subject and recognition, Jurisdiction and immunity, State responsibility and liability of international law, International humanitarian law, International criminal law, Law of the sea, Air space law, Future of international law.  

This course introduces various ways in which psychology can contribute to understanding and improving facets of everyday life. The course critically reviews theory and research and their applications to a variety of life domains. Students are encouraged to develop critical thinking skills in considering the relevance of evidence-based psychology for specific areas of everyday life. Lectures are delivered by staff and guest speakers, who present material from their own areas of expertise. The specific topics covered vary by year, but examples of previous topics include: psychological wellbeing; child & adolescent mental health; disability & society; group relations; humanitarian emergencies; media & entertainment; law & crime.

This course introduces and practices user experience design through methods teaching, case studies, project practice, and industry internship. The course covers the following topics: the role of design in the new era; user experience-oriented innovation; the importance of user experience; internet thinking; how to elicit the user needs; interview and concept generation; storyboards and information architecture; interface representation; operational flow; .interaction details and prototypes, and user experience research and testing. 

This course is an advanced-level program, and it is recommended for students with basic concepts of user experience design. If you have no prior experience, more time may be necessary for learning. 

This course provides an introduction to the biological approach to psychology. Comparative studies on non-human animals and the issue of genetic inheritance of behavior will be discussed. Emphasis will be placed on key principles of human nervous system function and how they are reflected in human thoughts and behavior. Key topics covered include the organization of the brain, the visual system, how learning and memory occur in the brain, and the cognitive and behavioral consequences of brain injury and disease.