Korea, South

This course explores and enjoys how film makers across the globe have adapted short stories into remarkable and compelling films that stand apart from the sources as works of art themselves. We will start with the stories but look at how the films go beyond fidelity to the original to create works with their own aesthetics and integrity. Films will include Akira Kurosawa's Rashomon, Stanley Kubrick's classic 2001: A Space Odyssey, Gabriel Axel's Babette's Feast, the Iranian film-maker Abbas Kiarostami's heart-warming Where is the Friend's House?, the sci-fi thriller Total Recall, and the Korean hit film Burning. All films will be viewed during class, so attendance is mandatory. 

This course explores the spatial manifestation of urban dynamics. Over half of the entire world population now live in cities and this proportion is estimated to rise further. This means urban space, as an intensified, technologically augmented, and rapidly changing space, is the basic setting of living for most human beings. Also, this “built-environment” not only has become our direct, first-hand environment in our everyday experiences but also has significant natural-environmental implications.

This course examines the nature of “urbanity” as it is spatially played out, and its economic, political, environmental, and human rights implications, specifically keeping in mind the possibility of more democratic control of urban space.

The subject of this class is the modern period of urban space, especially in relation to the changes in the human-material relationship since the 19th century. It is mainly related to technological changes in the 20th century, but it also deals with the spatial implications of recent innovations such as artificial intelligence and smart devices.

Operations management can be defined as the design, operation, and improvement of the systems that create and deliver the firm's primary products and services. This class provides an understanding of the operations management function and its relationship to other functional areas within the firm (both services and manufacturing). It develops frameworks to analyze the strengths and weaknesses of a firm's operations and to develop viable alternatives in pursuing its goals and objectives. 

The course also examines the tradeoffs that managers face in emphasizing one goal (such as high-capacity utilization) as compared to another goal (such as customer service); it compares the strengths and weaknesses of different strategies and techniques, as determined by industry and global operating environments.  

Operations management provides the tools, techniques, and strategies for making organizations work more effectively and efficiently; hence, making one a better manager, within any field of business. 

What is the sound of Korea? This course explores Korean diasporic music and sound from Korean traditional folk songs (minyo) to BTS (K-Pop). This interdisciplinary course looks at Korean music, sound, and culture through historical, political, and cultural lenses, exploring them as visual and sonic narratives without boundaries. The course provides fresh perspectives by utilizing performances, music videos, archives, urtext music scores and bilingual text (Korean and English). Furthermore, students engage broadly not only with music and sound but also with Korean visual arts, philosophies, film, and literature.  

Artificial intelligence is a branch of computer science that studies computational models for various mental facilities of human intelligence and cognition. Recent AI deals with an extremely wide range of topics including machine learning, computer vision, natural language processing, to name a few. This course focuses on fundamental and traditional topics, including problem definition and solving, various search strategies, logic representation and inference, probabilistic models, reinforcement learning, game theory and mechanism design. 

This course introduces the representative studies and core theories in the fields of behavioral economics and decision psychology. The lectures include topics such as prospect theory, heuristics and biases, self-control, and social decision making. This course teaches one how to analyze and solve various problems of choice in daily life, based on the psychological and economic theories of decision making.

Designed for advanced level undergraduate Psychology students, participants must have taken the introductory psychology courses (both I and II) or similar courses; students who do not meet this prerequisite must seek permission from the instructor on the first day of the course. To succeed in this course, it is highly recommended that participants are familiar with basic terms in elementary statistics.

This course covers fundamental principles of biological systems at the molecular level, exploring key biomolecules and their functions. It also delves into the history of molecular biology, highlighting pioneers and landmark discoveries. This course also aims to offer insights into molecular systems, including DNA, RNA, and proteins, and to explore recent trends and experimental techniques in the field.

This course provides a comprehensive exploitation of analyzing and utilizing accounting information. It equips students with literacy in accounting information, fostering the development of strategic business decision-making skills and practices.  

The course delves into the role of accounting information in business for students to gain a fundamental understanding of decision models and tools and engage in the study of various strategic decision-making cases. Classes will be conducted through a combination of lectures, discussions, and practical case analyses, facilitating students’ in-depth understanding. By the end of this course, students are expected to have established a robust foundation in accounting principles and their practical applications in decision-making and control.  

Prerequisite: Principles of Accounting (any basic accounting course)  

This course introduces the study of human development through the life-course. It considers biological, psychological, and social domains of concern, viewing development as a product of genetic maturational, self-directed, and social factors. A psychosocial perspective provides the orienting framework for the course, emphasizing the continuous interaction of person and social environment. The framework helps students identify essential tasks, concerns, and sources of vulnerability and resilience in development and functioning through the life course.  

The course encompasses a range of perspectives, drawing on recent lines of inquiry in neuroscience and neuropsychology; psychodynamic, behavioral, cognitive, and social learning theories; ecological models; stress and coping studies; and concepts of culture, race, and ethnicity related to growth and behavior. Lecture and discussion seek to bridge theoretical perspectives, social policy considerations, and direct practice issues with particular attention to diverse and vulnerable populations. 

This class teaches basic principles, guidelines, tools, and practices of human computer interaction. It covers a broad range of issues starting with human cognitive and perceptual capabilities, 2D interfaces, 3D and multimodal interfaces, interfaces for web and mobile devices, and usability and evaluation methods. The course will emphasize practical applications and thus require students to carry out many UI design and evaluation projects. The lectures will aim to use as many case studies as possible.

Recommended prerequisite: C/C++ Programming