Korea, South

Through an integrated curriculum of vocabulary, grammar, speaking, listening, writing, and reading, this course enables students to: 

1) Communicate in Korean at an advanced level in formal discourse;  

2) Understand newspaper and newspaper articles on politics, economics, society, and culture and provide one’s opinion on given topics; and,  

3) Understand Korean culture through idioms, proverbs, etc.  

This course is about understanding why some firms outperform others especially in light of the global environment. We examine how to formulate and implement effective organizational strategies that incorporate analytical, behavioral and creative aspects of business simultaneously. Recognizing that most real business problems are inherently multi-functional in nature, we strive to integrate learning from your prior studies of functional areas, while adding new approaches that explicitly deal with business-wide strategic and competitive issues. Our viewpoint will be that of the general manager who has responsibility for the long-term health of the entire organization. Course Objectives are 1) Understand the nature of strategic competitiveness and competitive advantage. Develop the ability to analyze the competitive environment facing a firm, assess the attractiveness of the industry and isolate potential sources of competitive advantage and disadvantage; 2) Integrate knowledge and apply analytical techniques from various disciplines or functional areas. Including accounting, economics, finance, marketing, operations, organization theory, and organizational behavior. Our goal is to identify and analyze strategic issues and develop solutions in the form of action plans designed to build and sustain competitive advantage; 3) Discriminate among the types of data that general managers need to evaluate alternative scenarios. Develop logical, coherent and persuasive analyses for a desired course of action. Develop effective processes to implement plans within the constraints imposed by the complex behavior of individuals within organizations. Effectively communicate ideas in both oral and written form; and 4) Develop the ability to view the corporation as a whole while integrating individual business unit goals and objectives.

This course introduces basic statistical methods of empirical social research. It covers how these approaches assemble, describe, and draw inference from information at hand, namely, data. The topics covered in this course range from basic statistical concepts to numerical and graphical descriptions of samples, to correlation and regression describing relationships between variables, and to statistical inference for populations. In so doing, we discuss the strengths and weaknesses of various statistical approaches. The course also introduces the statistical package called R to analyze a variety of data. 

This course provides an overview of Latin American society and culture. Specifically, it focuses on Hispanic culture and its underlying characteristics, and examines the social and historical contexts in which manifestations of popular culture have developed in various regions of Latin America during the 20th century.

This course seeks to understand different International Relations (IR) theories and perspectives related to environmental protection. This course also intends to provide students with substantive knowledge of a variety of environmental protection norms, regimes and geopolitics, including but not limited to the following matters: sustainable development goals, climate change, energy, marine environment.

Gender issues are salient concerns in modern society. Gender issues are not only related with family relationships but also closely connected with social phenomena and policies. From the sociological perspective, this course provides a basic understanding of gender issues within family relationships. It covers femininity and masculinity as applied to family relationships and social issues and examines how gender issues interact with diverse socio-cultural and historical environments.