English

This course explores the history and culture of different areas of the post-colonial English-speaking world. It offers an in-depth study of different films, books, and documentaries from several areas of the English-speaking world and analyzes their cultural context.

Focusing on recent developments in computational communication science (CCS), this class primarily emphasizes the interplay of “communication science perspectives” and “computational approaches” of statistical/analytic techniques. The course examines the concepts and approaches behind computational social science techniques and their relevance to communication research, it covers various elements of computational communication science (CCS) research methodology, and critically evaluates and synthesizes interdisciplinary CCS research.

Prerequisites: A basic understanding of R statistical language and social science statistics

The course provides a comprehensive introduction to modern labor economics. After providing some basic information about characteristics and trends in actual labor markets, the course analyses in some detail the supply side and the demand side of the labor market. These building blocks enable further analysis of special topics such as human capital, labor market discrimination, and unemployment. Emphasis is also given to the empirical evidence on those topics. 

This course explores a cultural history of Korea through tangible and intangible heritages. Heritage is the material and spiritual culture that we have inherited from our ancestors. As a window to understand the history, culture, and people’s lives of Korea, we will examine national treasures, historical artifacts, particularly preserved at Yonsei, and heritage entries registered with UNESCO. Special emphasis will be placed on the interplay between performance and tangible texts, trans-national interactions with neighboring states, and the construction of the cultural identity of Korea. Lectures will be both topical and chronological and are designed to emphasize and expand upon texts, themes or issues, which are deemed important in the study of Korean culture.

This course provides a broad and sweeping history of British literature, while also giving historical context (such as important wars, elections, etc.) that is necessary for understanding the evolution of British literature. Spanning from its early beginning with BEOWULF, the course touches upon some great British playwrights, such as Shakespeare, as well as its later novelists, such as Dickens and Wilde, from the tenth century to the Modern Era.

The course addresses the following topics: AOI: Automatic Optical Inspection, Computer Vision, Digital Image Processing, and Digital Camera.