Korea, South

This course introduces key topics on i) thermodynamic states and properties, ii) thermodynamic systems and their applications, iii) the 1st and 2nd law of thermodynamics, iv) power systems, and v) refrigeration systems. It covers energy conservation, reversible and irreversible processes, and thermodynamic efficiencies. Students learn how to design, analyze, and improve thermodynamic systems based on key principles which are introduced in this course.

This course introduces students to the fundamentals of yoga. During this course, students gain an understanding of the basic concepts and theory related to yoga, while learning and practicing basic asanas (poses). This course is predominantly participation-based and includes discussions and a final group (or individual) project. After completing this course, students are able to develop their own practices that can be applied in various aspects of daily life.

This course provides an introduction to the methods of inquiry that are appropriate to the study of politics. While the material introduces fundamental topics in research design and choice of methods that are relevant to both quantitative and qualitative research, this course emphasizes quantitative methods and provides an introduction to basic data analysis. 

This course provides a general introduction of the modern history of the two Koreas. It examines the evolution of Korean society since liberation from Japan in 1945 up to the present. The class covers topics related to transition in the East Asian international order, division of the Korean Peninsula, the Korean War, economic growth and social transformation in South Korean society, North Korean society, and the South-North relationship. It provides a general overview of Korean history since 1945. Through class discussions on student presentations and documentaries, students are encouraged to familiarize themselves with the key historical, as well as current, issues and to develop and present their own perspectives to look at these issues.

The course looks at domestic dynamics in Korean society from the traditional era and attempts to understand modern Korean history, in particular related to foreign relations. Other course topics include Korea's economic growth and democratization; understanding of North Korea; Korea's position in the world; Choson society and its longevity; the Colonial Period; division of the Korean Peninsula; politics; the Korean War; Armistice agreement system; U.S.-Korea Relationship; U.S. troop presence in South Korea; North Korea's modern history; and, North Korean Society.

This course provides a sweeping overview of the American political tradition. It traces the origins of the United States Constitution and the development of the federal government, paying particular attention to the relationships among the executive, legislative and judicial branches of government and the distribution of power among political institutions across the national, state, and local levels. It also studies the nature of campaigns and elections, citizen participation and public opinion, as well the roles of political parties, interest groups and the news media. All of this will be addressed with a sweeping historical perspective as well as in relation to the current public health and leadership crisis in the United States and the upcoming presidential election in November. In this course, students learn the basics of American government as well as how American politics has informed much of our general knowledge in the field of political science, both in terms of how political institutions actually function (or fail to function) and the gaps that have long persisted between philosophical ideals and the realities on the ground.

The Art of the Short Fiction Film begins in a basement in Paris in 1895, with the Lumiere brothers` screening of twelve short films, an evening program that heralded the advent of the modern industry of the moving picture. It concludes with the contemporary dominance of YouTube, Vimeo and Netflix, in an age in which digital filmmaking has catapulted the short film once again to international prominence. Between these two dates, the class will look at the subordinate role of the one- and two-reeler "short subjects" during the Hollywood Studio Era; analyze the role of the European and North American film schools and international film festivals in the elevation of the short film after the mid-1950s; study classical and post-classical cinematic technique; trace the reimagining of the Hollywood film studios in the digital era by examining the role of the short film, both as filmed scenario and as possible harbinger of a change or mutation in the viewing habits of its global audience.

This course examines some of the influential schools of thought which arose from pre-Han (before 206BC) China. Topics include pre-Confucian legal and political institutions of China; Confucian vision of law, ethics and human conduct; continuations and variations of the Confucian system; legalist ideas of law, human nature and statecraft; Daoist outlook on human-beings, nature, and Universe; ideas of Yin and Yang; creation of state orthodoxy in Han empire; and the limits of law, language and human understanding.

This course examines the most recent archaeological achievements from the evolution of humans and the Paleolithic age to the origins of agriculture, states, and empires throughout Africa, Europe, Asia, Australasia, and the Americas (North and South). This course provides an opportunity for students to extend their areas of interest into global prehistory and look at themes surrounding what makes us human and how have we changed over the course of our shared past.

This course examines Korean popular culture and its related issues in historical and sociocultural contexts. For this examination, the course surveys a history of Korean popular culture in the 20th and 21st centuries, focusing on forms of media culture (popular music, cinema, and TV dramas/shows) that has not only led to but developed through Korean Wave both within and outside of Korea. Also, the course delves into a variety of phenomena and issues in Korean popular culture in conjunction with contemporary Korean society. The course then aims to critically and analytically discuss the ramification of Korean popular culture and Korean Wave in the global, local, and glocal perspectives.