Korea University

This course provides a study of culture and cultural evolution. Topics include humans as cultural animals, cultural evolution, physical and mental health, and multiculturalism.

This course provides a study of finite mathematical structures that are widely used in computer science. Topics include logic, number theory, methods of proof, sequences, mathematical induction, recursion, functions, probability, etc.

This course engages students in discussions on multiculturalism as portrayed in the media and how this has been vital to shaping and reshaping the discourse on identity within Korean society. The following are addressed in the course: race; racism; representation; stereotype; identity; assimilation; nationalism; tolerance; citizenship, and right.

Food fermentation is one of the earliest technologies developed by humans. This course covers the origin, history, types, manufacturing methods, and efficacy of various fermented foods. It provides understanding of the technological, microbiological, and biochemical processes that occur during food fermentation.

This course covers changes to work and careers in the contemporary society and explores psychosocial factors required for adaptation to these changes. It examines new career models that describe the non-traditional career patterns as well as resources and skills for the career adaptation emphasized in each model.

This is an introductory course on international law. Various issues on international law are discussed from an interdisciplinary perspective.

Film has the complex characteristics of art, entertainment, industry, and science, and is a total medium of expression that conveys ideas and emotions at the same time. In order to properly understand the artificial product of film beyond the level of simple entertainment, it is necessary to learn the basics of film language, film aesthetics, film history, film production, and the film industry. This course introduces a systematic understanding of film media, focusing on how film can give people the kind of aesthetic experience offered by art such as music, art, theater, etc.

This course provides an introduction to microeconomics and macroeconomics together at the beginner level, which attempt to understand the behavior of individual entities such as markets, firms, households, and the economy as a whole. It focuses on a core set of fundamental concepts that help understand a broad range of macroeconomic and macroeconomic issues: scarcity, trade-offs, opportunity cost, incentive, marginal thinking, exchange, efficiency, information, etc. (microeconomics), the determination of output, employment, unemployment, interest rates, and inflation, monetary and fiscal policies, etc. (macroeconomics).

This class offers lectures and presentations on Korean history and culture for foreign students without a Korean educational background. The first half of the course emphasizes modern Korean culture and how it relates to Korean identity and “Korean-ness.” The second half covers major periods in Korean history in chronological order, giving emphasis to specific events and incidents as necessary.

This course provides an in-depth understanding of the financial decision-making practice of corporations and enables students to apply financial theories to understanding issues and solving problems in real-world settings. The course examines the costs and benefits of various financing choices with an emphasis on issues of taxation, financial distress costs, agency conflicts, information problems, and managerial incentive problems. These issues are explored in the context of a firm’s capital structure choice, payout policy, security issues, and mergers and acquisitions.