Korea University

This course introduces contemporary film and television criticism through lectures, film screenings, and discussion.

This course is a multidisciplinary framework in considering the social and cultural importance of the body and dress. It covers the social and psychological aspects of appearance and dress as it relates to the individual, society, and culture. Topics include the relationship between self and appearance, the role of appearance in human interaction as a form of nonverbal communication, the factors that influence our choices of appearance, and the impact of social change on culture and appearance.

This course introduces modern standard Korean language at the beginning level. Through the practice of listening and speaking basic Korean, students learn conversational skills and useful phrases on various topics in everyday life. 

This course is primarily for students planning to become secondary school English teachers in Korea as well as students who are interested in teaching English as a foreign language. The course aims to provide a foundation for designing and developing learner-centered curricula and materials for learners in English as a foreign language (EFL) context. 

The course instructs students on basic Korean language speaking skills such as greetings and introductions; everyday conversation; simple autobiographical speech, and other expressions. 

This course provides a broad introduction of the salient issues, measures, perspectives, and targets of global health. Students apply their knowledge from the course to critically assess the global progress on achieving the United Nations (UN) Sustainable Development Goals (SDG) by year 2030.

This course provides an introduction to the field of game theory and how it is used to study strategic interaction in politics. Game theory uses mathematical models to describe and understand political and social phenomena. The emphasis is on the basics of modeling, model building skills, and problem solving

This course introduces the newly emerging field within neuroscience named social neuroscience. The lectures includes key topics such as self, face processing, facial impression, stereotypes, empathy, social emotion, morality, fairness, and altruism. This course also includes discussions on how advances in neuroscience will change various aspects of our future society.

This course provides a comprehensive introduction to the principles and practices of Advertising and Integrated Brand Promotion (IBP), emphasizing their role as persuasive communication tools within marketing. The course examines Advertising and IBP as: (1) an element in our social system; (2) a business system; (3) an art and communication form, and (4) a science.  

The course examines design of interior architecture. The course culminates in a final project where a ‘client – designer relationship’ is simulated.