KOREA, SOUTH

This course provides an overview of the history and major issues in Korea-US relations. The first half of the course deals with the late nineteenth century up to the 1980`s. The second half discusses various contemporary issues related to the two countries, including security, trade, Korean nationalism, immigration, North Korea`s nuclear program, and territorial disputes, among many others. Topics include security, trade, Korean nationalism, immigration, North Korea`s nuclear program, and territorial disputes, among others.

The course provides a study of health science, beginning with the historical implication and philosophy, as well as a look at the major emerging health issues.
 

This course introduces students to the contemporary global business environment from different theoretical perspectives while drawing on relevant empirical evidence. It highlights the role of multinational firms, institutions and political economic systems, technological changes, and geography in shaping the global business environment. The focus is on the actors and the complex set of interactions, embedded in different institutional frameworks, and grounded in different geographies, that shape the global business environments. This course examines the major global trends and issues facing business in the 21st century.

This course examines the formulation and development of United States foreign policy from the American founding to the present day. It explores case studies and crises that have tested and reshaped American leadership in the world including the territorial expansion of the United States, the two world wars, the Cold War rivalry with the Soviet Union and its satellites; the Korean War; the Cuban Missile Crisis; the Vietnam War; the collapse of Soviet Communism; tensions in the Middle East; the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001; the subsequent wars in Afghanistan and Iraq; and the ongoing rise of China and Russia’s war in Ukraine. It also traces the roots of America’s ascent to superpower status during the 20th century and assesses the many dilemmas it faces in the present day as US foreign policy has veered from the Trump administration’s authoritarian populism to the Biden presidency and its return to liberal internationalism. The course also studies how American responses to world affairs–and American interactions with other governments, regions and international institutions–have evolved across generations. 

This course provides a study of basic soil mechanics and investigates geotechnical engineering principles. It examines how to make simplifications to complex soil conditions, how to establish strength/deformation characteristics of the soil, and how to apply fundamental geo-mechanics knowledge to solve problems involving the stability of an earth mass.

This course provides general instruction on several different forms of dancing with partners. These dances include but are not limited to the Cha Cha, Waltz, and Rumba. Students learn the proper dance techniques of steps, physical form, presentation and dance etiquette. Students also learn ballroom techniques.

The course covers the basic concepts, theories, and contemporary debates and issues surrounding Northeast Asia's international security. Topics include realism and military security, liberalism and cooperative security and arms control, constructivism and human security, domestic politics and international security, hegemony and military security, coercive diplomacy, alliances in northeast Asia, US-China competition, Japan`s security policy, north Korea’s nuclear challenge, and ROK and peace in the Korean peninsula.

This course takes on artistic imagination and activism to better understand contemporary social issues. It examines traditional western art history with a critical lens and introduces local issues, cultural sentiments, and historical contexts around Socially Engaged Art. Students learn from artists, the social implications of art, and explore creative solutions for social issues. 

This course develops Japanese reading skills to intermediate level to be able to understand the Japanese text in relation to interested field and a special field of study. Through this course, students are able to explain their opinions in detail and write about travel or a story of their experiences in Japanese. 

This course examines the development of human cognitive function in terms of elements like perception, representation, reasoning, social cognition, memory, and language, and to comprehend the process of human cognitive ability based on existing cognitive theories and a number of recent research findings.