Korea University

This is a practical course covering the theory and practice of volunteering. The course focuses on understanding the minimum content for participating in community service and focusing on the practice of social service activities. Students learn how to plan and practice volunteer community service. Volunteer confirmation and volunteer diary must be submitted. 

This course introduces students to the basics of Articulatory and Acoustic Phonetics, with a focus on American English and Korean sounds. The course enhances understanding of the fundamental articulatory principles for consonants and vowels. Additionally, students learn to use the speech analysis software 'Praat' to explore the acoustic properties of sounds. 

Students first examine Articulatory Phonetics - The articulatory mechanisms of human speech; The articulatory principles of consonants and vowels; and Allophones and narrow transcription. The second half of the course covers Acoustic Phonetics - The theoretical background for acoustic measurements of human speech and their physical mechanisms - and includes laboratory (experimental) sessions analyzing the acoustic properties of English and Korean vowels and consonants. 

This course covers materials processing for manufacturing biomaterials, including traditional manufacturing techniques and 3D printing techniques. Students explore how we can produce biomedical materials, implants, and devices using a variety of manufacturing techniques.  

Topics include Introduction to materials processing for biomedical applications, Synthesis of starting materials (ceramics and metals), Polymers as a drug delivery system, CAD/CAM process, Metal casting and surface modifications, Colloidal processes, Processes for porous scaffolds, 3D printing applications.  

Topics in Linguistics 1 is a topical course in which the subject of inquiry may change from term to term. Each offering of this course focuses in-depth on a specific area of linguistics, and students should expect the course to be comprehensive and advanced.  

The course topic for Fall 2025 is Psycholinguistics. This offering of the course focuses on the cognitive processes involved in language acquisition, production, and comprehension. Students explore how language is processed at various levels, including speech perception, word and sentence processing, and discourse understanding. The course also examines the neurological and psychological foundations of language, as well as the development of language in early childhood and the processing of bilingualism and sign language. By engaging with theoretical models and experimental findings, students gain insight into how language behavior illuminates our understanding of the mind and brain. 

Students are encouraged to have a basic understanding of at least three core areas within theoretical linguistics, such as phonetics, phonology, morphology, syntax, semantics, and pragmatics. This course is not recommended for students with little or no background in theoretical linguistics. 

This course explores mental health issues, relational conflicts, and environmental challenges in modern society while emphasizing resilience as one of the key factors in prevention and recovery. Students learn and apply strategies to strengthen resilience and navigate life’s challenges. Through discussions and activities, students develop inner strengths, build healthier relationships, and promote mental health for themselves and others. 

Topics include Depression, Anxiety, Perfectionism, Attention-related issues, Relationships, Society and culture, Digital world, Connections, Perseverance, Self-regulation, Postivity, Self-care, Resilience and community. 

This course prepares students to enter the ever-evolving 'world of work' by exploring the dynamics that influence current and future employment trends and how to respond to these evolutions through self-adaptation. Students explore the socio-economic and business environment that futurists anticipate for the next decade and develop career strategies to address the challenges posed by the rapidly evolving work environment. Students acquire the necessary skills in interpersonal communication, relationships, group discussions, and presentations to effectively respond to the demands of a more fluid and dynamic global work environment. 

The course is more than a language course as it also explores socio-pragmatic competence in professional settings through development of discourse analysis and strategies, identification of both general and specific needs and requirements in given and ever-evolving situations and development of constructive approaches to satisfying those needs based in part on multicultural perspective and sensitivity. 

This course covers the tools and systems used to implement cloud computing systems, and presents key issues to be addressed, such as virtualization. Students learn cloud system platform technologies and detailed component technologies then configure servers and perform programming on public clouds like Amazon Cloud System (AWS) or Google Cloud System. 

Topics include Cloud computing concepts, Cloud computing models, Cloud computing architecture, Cloud computing platforms, Virtualization, Synchronization, Coordination, Distributed deadlock. 

This course develops and interprets the mathematical foundations of statistics including theories of stochastic variables, variable transformations, sample distribution, estimation, and hypothesis testing. 

Students explore calculus and probability theory necessary to analyze data and draw statistical inferences about the population. Thus, there is a major focus on deriving statistical estimators which are functions of data and a focus on studying their statistical properties. The course covers point and interval estimation methods which are widely used in academia and industry. After establishing statistical procedures to obtain inference about the population, we apply them to real problems by using Excel. If time permits, we will talk about linear regression models and Bayesian methods, which are both essential in quantitative finance, actuarial science, medical science, etc. Please note that the lectures are in-depth regarding mathematical proofs of theorems in the textbook; students should expect the class to be theoretical and rigorous. 

Prerequisites: An undergraduate level understanding of calculus and probability. Students should have a solid understanding of integral with one variable (calculus with two variables will be very helpful for advanced topics) and integral by parts.  

This phyiscal activity course covers environmental problems and accidents that may occur during camping and how to prevent them in order to camp safely. Students learn how to deal with emergencies while camping.

This course explores the chemistry and biochemistry of fermentation and microbial metabolism, with a focus on their applications in metabolic engineering and enzymatic conversion. Students examine current trends and industrial examples involving the production of food biomaterials, biofuels, chemicals, and bioplastics through microbial fermentation. Emphasis is placed on both fundamental principles and applied strategies for microbial process development. Students gain a comprehensive understanding of fermentation chemistry and acquire applied knowledge in microbial metabolic engineering for the production of value-added products such as food additives, industrial chemicals, and renewable biofuels. 

Prerequisites: Prior coursework in biochemistry and microbiology is strongly recommended.