Korea, South

This course provides an introduction to the various fields within English linguistics, including theoretical, interdisciplinary, and applied branches, and helps students understand what types of linguistic phenomena are of interest and how such phenomena are observed and analyzed in each of the fields. Topics include phonetics/phonology, morphology, syntax/grammar, semantics, pragmatics, discourse analysis, neurolinguistics, first/second language acquisition, dialectology/sociolinguistics, cultural linguistics, corpus linguistics, natural language processing/artificial intelligence, and other related topics. 

This course provides a deeper understanding of International Organizations (IOs) by studying their origins, structures, roles, politics and future. The first part of the course broadly introduces relevant theories of International Relations, and more specifically theories of IOs/international cooperation. The second part of the course covers the most prominent international organization-the United Nations (UN). The course focuses on four broad themes: international security, economic development, human rights, and environmental problems in discussing the UN. 

In this course, welfare economics, public choice theory, social justice, as well as socialism and market economies are examined using recent papers. It discusses political thoughts, social philosophy, and ethics through tools of neo-classical economic theories like public choice theory and game theory. More specifically, this course studies the economics of Network effects. It first examines the literature on direct network effects developed in the late 70s and 80s, followed by a look at the literature on indirect network effects developed in the early 2000 through what is known as platform economics, or two-sided markets. 

This course provides a study of intellectual property rights and issues related to artificial intelligence including data technology and software. It covers legal and ethical issues related to artificial intelligence systems, software and big data utilization, etc.; intellectual property rights in AI related technology; fundamental principles and basic terms of intellectual property rights (e.g., patents, copyrights, trademarks, trade secrets, etc.) applicable to AI industry; the basics of technology transaction agreements including open source software license and other license agreements; and discusses various other social, ethical, legal and/or policy issues related to AI technology.

This course examines the dynamics of critical anthropology under various forms of capitalist systems, while raising questions about neoliberalism and mainstream economics after the financial crisis. It studies literature on capitalist systems, labor, technology, and currency of these times. It also analyzes anthropological research cases that address existential, emotional, and practical issues, as well as literature covering the topics of inequality and climate change that have emerged in such cases.

This course provides the necessary building blocks for conducting research and writing results in the form of a scholarly paper. Students are guided through the process of refining a research idea, writing a literature review, defending the methodology, and interpreting the results. The course pays special attention to necessary conventions of academic writing in English and introduces the basic concepts and methods of digital humanities. The course begins with a focus on the basic theoretical and technological issues involved in digital humanities research and explores the strengths and weaknesses of the new methodologies. 

This course introduces the chemical, physical, and nutritional properties of food science. It explores food components, ingredients and techniques of food preparation, positive nutritional practices, and health promotion goals. 

This is the first part in the introduction to Spanish series. The course helps students acquire a basic level of Spanish language ability while broadening their overall understanding of the Spanish language, culture, and society. The course begins with the Spanish alphabet, basic vocabulary, and grammar review. It also develops a basic level of reading and writing skills in Spanish. 

This course provides a comprehensive introduction to the basic structures and pricing theories for financial derivatives, including an examination of futures, forwards, options, swaps, and credit derivatives. Topics include basic pricing theories for the derivatives, arbitrage vs. hedge transactions, bond pricing, duration, term structure of interest rates, interest rate derivatives, binomial option pricing model vs. Black-Scholes model, implied volatility, numerical analysis, exotic options, market risk vs. credit risk, and several cases of financial risk management.

This course explores selected topics in the art and visual culture of Asia from Neolithic times to the tenth century CE. A wide range of objects from diverse media, including sculpture, painting, and architecture from India, China, Korea, and Japan, are examined within their respective historical, cultural, social, and religious contexts. Attention is also given to the transcultural paradigm of Asian art history. Topics include Indus Valley Civilization, Neolithic China, Shang Dynasty China, Zhou Dynasty China, Qin Dynasty China, Han Dynasty China, Early Culture and Art in Korea/Japan, Introduction to Buddhism, Early Buddhist Art and Architecture in India, Kushan Dynasty, Gupta Dynasty, and Buddhist Art in China/Korea/Japan.