Korea, South

This course considers the interactive relationship between English literature and popular culture that has developed in a wide range of forms and media such as films, TV shows, performances, graphic novels, music, video games, and the Internet. By reading selected texts from English literature and examining relevant popular culture examples, it investigates the process by which literature and popular culture mutually influence each other.

This course studies important theoretical progresses made in game theory and the asymmetric information theory, and then applies these theories to policy issues including privatization, deregulation, and quasi-market. It includes an introduction of basic concepts and models of game theory and their policy applications. Topics include Nash equilibrium, mixed strategy, subgame perfect Nash equilibrium, perfect Bayesian equilibrium, and principal-agent model.

This course covers the entire Anglophone world from Canada to Trinidad and from Ireland to Australia. It focuses on three key ideas: nation, migration and globalization in post-colonial works of literature from countries that were former colonies of the British Empire. Although there are differing postcolonial literatures and histories in various parts of the world, these three categories embrace some common themes and questions that have developed in many countries following the formal end of colonial rule. These postcolonial issues include questions of race, gender, historical memory, globalization and resistance, to name a few. The selected texts - from Africa, Ireland, Asia and the Pakistani diaspora in the UK - give specific social, cultural, and historical contexts for examining these issues. In addition, these dramas and stories allow for a better understanding of some of the artistic innovations of postcolonial literary forms.

This is an introductory course in linguistic typology. It analyzes syntactic constructions and langauge.

This course offers a comprehensive survey of psychological research and methodologies, helping students to possess a profound and objective understanding of human behavior.

This course analyzes contemporary Korean politics from the four perspectives: international politics, political economy, political culture and political processes. From the perspective of international politics, it analyzes how Korean politics has been influenced by international politics surrounding the Korean peninsula. From the political economy perspective, the course introduces how Korean politics has influenced our economic development and vice versa. From the perspective of political culture, students learn to compare contemporary Korean culture with traditional political culture to find out what continuities and discontinuities there are between them. From the political process perspective. the course examines characteristics of Korean political process in comparison with other democratic countries.

This course examines the relationship between art and philosophy. Art is the fruit of practical life and the object of philosophical reflection. We gain insight into ourselves and our world through philosophical thought. The course discovers the historical origin and context of the major concepts regarding art, the background and meaning of philosophical discourses around art, and the process of formation and transfiguration of the definition of art and its critical categories.

Rooted in applied psychology, this multidisciplinary course will guide students through a process thinking regarding how to detect, prevent and face real-life moral issues and ethical dilemmas that arise in business situations. The course consists of two different sections. Section A deals with Ethical Decision Making and Fraud. Finally, Section B discusses the role played by Ethics As Organizational Culture and Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR).