Korea, South

This course is designed to equip prospective EFL teachers to teach writing successfully in their future classrooms. It reviews research on foreign language and EFL writing pedagogy and suggests new teaching methods based on the latest developments in this field.

This course offers an introduction to the study of Latin American poetry and literary analysis in general. It covers the tools and basic strategies for textual criticism and analyzes the historical, political, and cultural contexts from the body of Latin American literature studied in class.

This course examines problem solving in the community and society from social welfare perspective. This course develops capacity of social entrepreneurship in the social welfare context that offer solutions to social problems in an innovative way. It reviews concept of community, theoretical frameworks for understanding community, definitions of community welfare and community practice, and community practice models (locality development, social planning, social action etc.) for promoting community welfare, typical problem solving phases to strengthen community welfare, and new approaches and tasks in promoting community welfare. 

This course provides instruction on various dances with a partner: waltz, jive, cha-cha, foxtrot, polka, rumba, samba and swing. The course also demonstrates dance etiquette with a partner. 

Due to the international diffusion of Korean culture, the interest for Korean language and culture has increased. In order to understand in depth Korean language and culture it is important to acquire knowledge related to the character and status of Korean language, the current situation and development of its teaching and the Korean culture connected to language. Moreover, by means of this deep understanding of Korean language and culture, students research independently about the relation between Korean and other Eastern Asian languages and the connection between Korean culture and Eastern Asian cultures.

This course examines national treasures, historical artifacts, particularly preserved at Yonsei, and heritage entries registered with UNESCO as a window to understand the history, culture, and people’s lives of Korea. Special emphasis is placed on the trans-national interactions with neighboring states, and the construction of the cultural identity of Korea. 

Students will learn the basic concepts and analytical tools of finance in both corporate finance and investments. Topics include time value of money, risk and return, financial institutions, efficient markets, valuation theory, capital budgeting, portfolio theory, and cost of capital. The goal of this course is to equip students with the essential tools to make solid financial decisions in business.

The goals and contents of this course can be summarized as; to identify the academic differences between the study of foreign policy analysis (FPA) and that of international relations (IR); to enhance the academic knowledge of the decision-making process of foreign policy and the roles of main actors who participate in it; to understand the changed or continued environmental situations in Korean foreign policy; to analyze the domestic and international political meanings of Korean foreign policies; and to understand the historical backgrounds of Korean foreign policies. 

Assessment: Midterm (35%), Final (30%), Presentation and Final Report (15%), Assignments (10%), Attendance (10%)

This course provides a general introduction to the field of comparative politics. The purpose of this course is to increase the level of systematic perspective and understanding of dynamic modern politics through a review of various theories and issues of comparative politics. It focuses on academic study as well as practical application to the real political world. 

The course introduces and discusses basic building blocks of International Relations theories and major analytical frameworks. It discusses ways to explain and interpret international political events. The unique aspect of this course is to blend theories with international security issues in depth. This is a graduate reading seminar that requires students’ active participation in verbal and written forms. The objectives of this course are (a) to understand mainstream theories of International Relations; (b) to examine the explanatory power of these theories; (c) discuss how to apply them to the study of international politics; and (c) to demonstrate how these theories can be used to analyze issues in international security.