Korea University

Through an exploration of the wonders of the earth, living creatures, and the human body, the course aims to answers the question, "What is a human being?". The course discusses wisdom about human life and society that we may learn from the human body as well as the dignity of all living creatures. 

This is an introductory course on the national politics of the United States. This course examines the origin and the development of the structure of the American government and its strength and weakness as a representative democracy.

This course surveys the first thousand years of English literature from the Middle age to its coming of age in the English Renaissance period (1485-c.1640). The assigned reading will be situated in their literary and historical context, and we will consider when and how knowledge of historical context enhances our understanding of a text’s meaning and the extent to which we can treat literature as a mirror of history. The course also explores the development of the English literary tradition and its salient characteristics and concerns. 

This course explores development and various aspects of development within the themes of migration and gender. The course also features two practitioners working in the field to advise on current field conditions and ongoing problems in the development world.

This course exposes students to representative opera works by era and genre. It instructs on the elements of opera and the correct sentiment map to answer the questions: What is Opera? How do you fully enjoy Opera? 

Economics is divided into two major subfields, microeconomics and macroeconomics. This course provides an introduction to microeconomics, which attempts to understand the behavior of individual entities such as markets, firms, and households. Consistent with the idea of a “principles” class, the course focuses on a core set of fundamental concepts to understand various microeconomic issues such as scarcity; tradeoffs; opportunity cost; incentive; marginal thinking; exchange; efficiency; information, and so on.

This course is designed to help students understand the psychology of persuasion and consumer behavior as they relate to marketing communications. It provides an overview of the key psychological concepts and theories and how those apply to consumer behavior and advertising persuasion. 

This course is designed for students with no or very limited knowledge of Korean. It helps students acquire a basic level of communicative competence in Korean. By the end of this course, students will be able to write and read the Korean alphabet; understand basic grammatical elements, such as particles, endings, and present/past/future tense; greet each other and introduce themselves; carry out conversations about topics relating to everyday life; and understand simple texts and write about familiar things and experiences.

This course studies English morphology, focusing on basic concepts, internal structure of English words, and the nature of word-formation processes. It also examines strategies for and issues surrounding teaching vocabulary. Topics include vocabulary and speaking, vocabulary frequency and size, incidental vocabulary learning, and various learner strategies. The course also helps students develop some creative ideas on how to teach vocabulary based on cooperative learning-based teaching methods. 

This course provides an overview of selected topics within general areas of human resource (HR) management, thereby helping students to be successful leaders in organizations. The course revolves around how to apply theories, policies, and practices to the real-world challenges of managing people in different work settings and occupations. At the end of the semester, students are expected to recall key HR concepts; apply HR-related knowledge to resolve management-related problems, and know precisely where the responsibilities of the HR department and line managers overlap and where they diverge.