Korea University

This course covers a basic introduction to education. Students explore what education is and how it differs from lifelong education and learning at home, school, company, and society.  Students learn what kind of discipline pedagogy is and explore it in practical theory. By understanding the essential aspects and functional roles of education, a basic view of education is established.

This course examines the economic geography of developing countries through a Marxist theoretical lens, exploring how capitalism creates and maintains global and local inequalities through spatial processes. Students engage with foundational concepts including primitive accumulation, uneven development, world-systems theory, and the new international division of labor to understand how wealth extraction, labor exploitation, and environmental degradation operate across geographic scales. The course traces the historical development of coreperiphery relations from colonialism through contemporary neoliberal globalization, analyzing specific processes such as export processing zones, land grabbing, structural adjustment programs, and resource extraction in the Global South. Through critical examination of topics including urbanization and slums, gendered labor relations, social reproduction, and environmental crisis, students will develop analytical tools, including mapping, to understand how capitalism necessarily produces geographic inequality while also exploring forms of resistance, social movements, and alternative development strategies emerging from the Global South. Using learning circles and collaborative pedagogical approaches that embody democratic and egalitarian principles, the course connects theoretical analysis with contemporary struggles for social and environmental justice, preparing students to critically analyze and engage with questions of global development, spatial inequality, and transformative social change. 

Students will complete syllabus quizzes, mapping exercises using GIS, a midterm exam, and a final research paper. 

This course introduces students to learning about, practicing, and discussing the most effective science-backed methods for improving psychological well-being and building resilience. The course also places these often Millenia-old practices into their historical and cultural contexts. Students participate in and critically reflect on personal experiences with wellness practices and apply Thematic Analysis to qualitative data derived from journaling.  Topics include What is learned optimism, Resilience and positivity ratio, Mindfulness and science. e.g. Evolutionary psychology, plasticity, cognitive science, Thematic Analysis and its applications.

This is a special topics course in Global Korean Studies. Topics are subject to change. The course examines political, social and economic inequality in South Korea. Through rigorous analysis of scholarly literature and critical engagement with the readings, students develop a comprehensive understanding of various dimensions of inequalities, one of the fundamental challenges facing contemporary Korea.  In the second part of the course, students develop an academic research idea and design a research project exploring a specific aspect of Korean society, regarding inequalities. Expect to formulate a well-defined research question, construct a coherent research proposal, and present it in a scholarly setting. While the primary focus of this course is Korea, we adopt a comparative perspective to explore the academic advantages and broader contributions of studying Korean politics and inequality within the wider field of the social sciences.  

Topics include Facts and trends of inequalities in Korea, Unequal representation by age, Unequal representation by gender, Educational inequality, Trends in economic inequality in Korea, Facts and trends of inequalities in Korea, Social consequences of economic inequality, Medical consequences of economic inequality, Gender inequality, Ethnic minorities, Fighting against inequality. 

This course introduces and discusses recent theories and studies on the linguistic information processing process from the perspectives of cognitive psychology, linguistics, and artificial intelligence. Students examine the characteristics of language information processing, acquiring effective neuroscience-based learning principles to overcome difficulties in foreign language acquisition, and the specific features of Korean language processing. 

Topics include Introduction to language, Speech production and comprehension, Word processing, Semantic processing, Sentence processing, Discourse/dialogue, Language development in infancy and early childhood, Bilingual language processing, Aphasia, Korean language processing: lexical processing, sentence processing, discourse. 

This survey course covers an extensive review of the human body's structural framework and describes how it functions. The course introduces terms in anatomy and physiology; students get to know the body's anatomical structures and gain insight into how the structures and systems function in sickness and health.  

Topics include The human body: reading the map, Cells, Tissues and systems, Skeletal system, Muscular system, Integumentary system, Nervous system, Endocrine system, Cardiovascular system, Respiratory system, Lymphatic system, Immune system, Urinary system, Reproductive system.  

This physical activity course covers weight training. Based on sports science, students learn the principles and effects of weight training. Students design a training program that suits their individual goals and level and perform exercises with the correct posture and method. 

This course covers the concept of regression analysis. Students learn to perform statistical inferences in linear regressions and carry out regression analysis using data examples. The course examines the setting and suitability of regression models and model diagnosis. Simple linear regression, multilinear regression, variable selection, and nonlinear regression are included, and statistical package programs such as SAS are used. 

Topics include Simple Linear Regression, Simple Linear Regression, Multiple Linear Regression, Multiple LInear Regression, Regression Diagnostics, Regression Diagnostics, Qualitative Variables as Predictors, Transformation of Variables, Weighted Least Squares, The Problem of Correlated Errors, Analysis of Collinear Data, Variable Selection Procedures. 

This course covers the structure and function of the ecosystem and the cycle of energy and matter through a combination of lectures and indoor and outdoor experiments. 

Topics include Development of concepts in ecosystem science,  Structure of terrestrial ecosystems, Carbon balance, Nutrient and water balance, Additional approaches, Energy, water, and carbon balance, Water use, Canopy system, Soil environment, Biological process in soils, NPP, Decomposition. 

This course explores the transformative power of media. Through critical analysis and hands-on media design, students examine how media artifacts construct national identities, deploy soft power, challenge gender norms, and transform digital spaces into sites of justice. Bridging theory and practice, students develop ethically grounded media interventions, such as storyboards, TikTok campaigns, and justice-oriented projects, etc. that engage with the tensions between cultural specificity, global algorithms, and neoliberal platforms.