Korean

In this beginning course on tennis, students study the history, special characteristics, effects, game methods, etiquette, equipment, terms, international games, and background of tennis. They also learn the basic skills through individual lessons and explore scientific principles related to tennis. Topics cover basic skills such as grip, stroke (forehand and backhand), serve, receive, volley, smash, and rove. The rules for single and double matches, different positions, practice methods, and refereeing are also covered.

This is an advanced Korean language course where students learn to communicate effectively, fluently, and accurately on specialized and abstract topics. In this course, students learn vocabulary and expressions at an advanced level as well as how to communicate abstract subjects such as politics, economics, and history.

This course introduces students to basic concepts, characteristics and purposes of diverse play therapy models and explores recent issues in the field of play therapy. Topics include the fundamentals, characteristics, misconceptions, history and development, treatment rooms, and tools of play therapy; play therapists and related certificates; and psychoanalytic play therapy.

This course examines the political, economic, cultural factors that create the context in which mass media operate and affect ideological processes in society. It studies the history and structure of the mass media and take a close look at mass media in our society in many forms. 

This is an advanced Korean language course. Students can communicate fluently using Korean grammar and expressions in various contexts; understand Korean way of thinking through various types of Korean materials containing various sources of Korean society and culture. This course is to achieve academic Korean language ability. Upon completion of the courses, students should be able to take university courses taught in Korean. 

The course instructs students on how to form good sentences using basic vocabulary, expression, and grammar in situations they will encounter in their daily lives.

This course analyzes the political economy of East Asia in the context of economic globalization and international political dynamics. It also focuses on globalization, economic crises, and other topics in political economy that revolves around the issue of power conflict between hegemonic countries like US and China and its effect on East Asian countries. The first part of this course focuses on major theories to study political economy in Asia, and the second part addresses various important issues in contemporary East Asia. 

Through an integrated curriculum of vocabulary, grammar, speaking, listening, writing, and reading, this course enables students to: 

1) Communicate in Korean in formal discourse;

2) Converse in Korean at an intermediate level on a wide range of topics including environment, problems and solutions; asking and rejecting; thanking, apologizing, etc; and,

3) Understand metaphorical expressions, idioms, sayings in Korean.

This course teaches foreign students the following low-mid level skills for Korean: ability to comprehend university-level lectures and class presentations; ability to make a note for lectures; ability to make an answer for essay questions; and, ability to conduct low-mid level everyday conversation. Students learn a variety of colloquial expressions commonly used in university-level lectures, useful expressions for lecture notes, and skills for making an answer for essay questions. By using audiovisual materials, students can improve their ability to conduct everyday conversation in Korean.