Korea, South

This course discusses theories and empirical analyses of various labor market issues. 

This course traces the historical development of Buddhism on the Korean peninsula, and explores how it changed over time. Topics include popular beliefs and practices, Buddhism’s place in society, and its organization and functioning.

The overall objectives of this class are 1) to provide training for improving muscle control, strength and flexibility; 2) to help correct formation of body posture.

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 explores the history and styles of interior architecture and design, covering the period from Antiquity through contemporary design. The primary goal of the course is to explore the historical flow of architecture and interior design, and understand design philosophies as well as relationship of interior design to architecture and the broader social context, including economic and social influences, throughout history. Major historical periods and interior architectural contents are taught.

This course introduces the fundamental statistical concepts and techniques to make informed decision for a variety of real-world business and economic problems. The course objective includes collection, visualization, summarization, and analysis of statistical data to draw statistical inferences. It discusses numerical summaries of qualitative and quantitative variables, random sampling theory, central limit theorem, the normal distribution, one/two sample hypothesis testing, confidence intervals and goodness-of-fit method. Applications of Software such as MINITAB and R are also demonstrated.

This course is to learn Korean language through various projects and games. Data compiled from the weekly quests will be analyzed to create algorithms using generative AI to train our NPCs for our Survival Korean MMORPG game. This is also part of the "Generative AI in Education APRU Project" supported by Microsoft. It focuses on “real life challenges” and acculturation while empowering language learners at the most elementary level using gaming and digital technologies/platforms like CHATGPT and COPILOT to generate interest.