Korea, South

This course provides an introduction to scientific research based on statistical methods. It covers basic techniques of probability and statistics for scientific research. The course requires knowledge of calculus (intermediate-level mathematics).

The study of politics includes not only how the political world operates, but also how it ought to operate. This course focuses on some of the most important contemporary political thoughts that have been presented within the last few decades. Topics include democratic ideal, liberalism, conservatism, socialism and communism, fascism, politics of identity, green politics, and populism.

This course deals with the philosophical issues surrounding abortion, euthanasia and organ transplants. Through investigating the moral and ethical grounds on which decisions are made, students objectively and critically examine ethical problems.

This course provides a study of French culture and society. The course starts with the modern French characteristics and its way of thinking, then moves on to French cultural, educational, and political policies. Lastly, the course covers architectural culture and the history of France through art and films.

This is the first semester of advanced Korean, and is designed to advance students to greater strengths in oral communication competences and linguistic knowledge of Korean. Students read selected texts related to daily life, society, culture, nature and other common topics. It aims to help students achieve high levels of proficiency not only in interpersonal but also in presentational communication.

Assessment: Attendance & Participation (20%), Assignments (30%), Speaking Assessment (30%), Take-home Achievement Assessment (20%)

Prerequisite: Intermediate Korean (2) or equivalent

This course provides a broad introduction to the major themes and trends in Korean and English-language historiography of Korean history from antiquity to the modern era. Students examine various issues, events, and individuals in Korea's political, social, economic and diplomatic history. 

The course begins with a study of the rebuilding of Europe and the stark division of the continent following the Second World War. It compares how countries across Western Europe embraced varying combinations of liberalism and socialism while the 'Iron Curtain' sealed Eastern Europe within Communism until that system's stunningly peaceful collapse that climaxed in November 1989 with the dismantling of the Berlin Wall. It also traces the evolution of the European Union, despite references to the 'United States of Europe', dating back to the earliest visions of European integration. The course analyzes how the European Union has been developing on a fundamentally different path from the United States of America and any other political system.