Korea, South

This course explores the intricate dynamics of branding in our modern society, focusing on Korea as a country brand that encapsulates a multifaceted identity through elements that shape its distinctive global presence. The course aims to dissect the evolution and development of Korea as a country brand, specifically exploring how its individual facets have contributed to the formation of the overarching country brand identity. Through an exploration of strategic brand communication principles, the course explores the essence of brands; their significance, components, and mechanisms of manifestation. Emphasis is placed on case studies and practical exercises, focusing on sub branding elements including K-pop, K culture, and K-products.

This course traces the history and evolution of rock and roll music and culture, from its inception in the 1950s to 1990s. It examines its artistic content and cultural, social and global roles, serving to develop general intellectual capacities of popular culture. The course studies the origin, development, and growth of rock and roll music from a variety of perspectives (e.g. social, cultural, global, technological and commercial standpoints) and discuss specific trends, styles, and issues related to the music industry. By evaluating rock history during its most fruitful years, the course seeks an understanding of what rock music is and its relationship to global popular culture, historical representation, and other media industries. The course covers American rock and roll and British, Scandinavian, and world music to a certain extent.  

This course covers the history of Korean and Hollywood cinema of the last 100 years by highlighting key trends, actors, directors and movies. It also outlines the history of world cinema to illustrate their impact and influence on Korean cinema and vice versa. By evaluating selected works that comprise each genre and a certain era, not only do we trace the history of Korean cinema but also Hollywood and its relationship to global popular culture and historical representation. 

This course provides an introductory, holistic overview and understanding of North Korean political, ideological, cultural, and economic structures. The course will analyze principles governing these structures and their relationship to the everyday lives of its citizens and to the country's foreign relations with neighboring countries.

This general science education course is designed to provide students not majoring in a life science with knowledge about how biological principles are being applied to solve modern day problems. After an introduction to the properties of life, it covers current topics that often appear in the media, such as gene editing, genetically modified foods, metabolic engineering, stem cell technologies, synthetic biology, and precision medicine. The overall goal is for students to understand some of the basic science behind these biotechnological applications and to become aware of the strengths and limitations of current technologies. In addition, the course discusses the associated benefits and possible ethical concerns so that students can make informed opinions about the development of such technologies.  

This course incorporates the key concepts of global citizenship, conflict resolution, diversity, human rights, interdependence, social justice, sustainable development, politics, diversity, values and perceptions and fake news. It builds knowledge and understanding, as well as develop critical opinions and analysis in English. The course is designed for group and pair work, with the teacher serving as the facilitator guiding students through news media.

This course delves into the unique economic dynamics of urban spaces, examining the interaction between land use, transportation, housing markets, public policy, and urban development. Through theoretical frameworks and empirical analysis, students gain a comprehensive understanding of how economic principles apply to the complexities of urban environments. Topics include: Does it matter where you live? Why do cities exist? The Four quadrant model, Roback Model, Land Use Patterns and Rents, Monocentric City Model and its applications, The Role of Cities and City Size, Neighborhood Quality and Sorting, Regional Economies, Regional Growth and Development Model,  Suburbanization, Subcenters, and Urban Sprawl, Zoning, Highway Congestion, Local Government and Property Tax, Trade Liberalization and Local Labor Market, and Housing Policy.

This course aims to do a 'Law and Religion' studies from the perspectives of comparative law and legal history in the background of international law developments. It helps us better understand the relations between law and religion, or politics and religion. Students have an overview of law and religion in domestic and international background, make sense of the freedom of religion and separation between politics and church, and are deeply and sincerely motivated to undertake their academic training. The first half of the course is concentrated on historical investigation into the different doctrines regarding the relations between politics and religion, or government and church in any sense of any confession, and the second half is on many current issues in international law related to the course subject. Topics include Law and Religion in Christian Doctrines: Augustine, Aquinas, and the Salamanca School, Natural Law and God in the Arminian Doctrine, Hebraic Law and Religion in the 17th-Century Political Thought, Law and Religion in Baruch Spinoza, Islamic Jurisprudence, Economic Activities in Religions, and French/German/American/Islamic Experience in Law and Religion.