Korea, South

This course demonstrates how religious culture is related to contemporary Korean society, focusing on their doctrines, social attitudes, growth, and decline. In addition, the course addresses different sociological perspectives on Korean religious culture and applies them to Korean religious market theoretically and empirically.

In this course we are surveying ideas and theories on the human being and on core aspects of human life across diverse religious and philosophical traditions, including more recent scientific accounts. We consider classic discussions involving issues such as the body and the soul, the relationship of humans with the world, notions of time and history, freedom and determinism, gender, the tension between the society and the individual, human religiosity, human knowledge, human morality and the value of humans. For this purpose, we make use of a selection of the greatest classic and modern texts, including literary and artistic works, and samples of popular discourses on the topics considered. The course aims at providing insights on implicit conceptions that underpin many contemporary discussions, discourses and narratives about different aspects of human existence.

The course focuses on the Korean Perspective in regards to globalization and regional dominance of the international market. There is a strong lecture focus on understanding how GDP trends/transnational governance in Korea shift with direct association to Korea's market movements. Topics include economic and political movements in Korea; Korean market and Korean power; international competitiveness; regional economic integration; and global value chain and strategic alliance.  

In this beginning course on tennis, students study the history, special characteristics, effects, game methods, etiquette, equipment, terms, international games, and background of tennis. They also learn the basic skills through individual lessons and explore scientific principles related to tennis. Topics cover basic skills such as grip, stroke (forehand and backhand), serve, receive, volley, smash, and rove. The rules for single and double matches, different positions, practice methods, and refereeing are also covered.

This is an advanced Korean language course where students learn to communicate effectively, fluently, and accurately on specialized and abstract topics. In this course, students learn vocabulary and expressions at an advanced level as well as how to communicate abstract subjects such as politics, economics, and history.

The first half of the course takes an historical as well as analytical approach to international political economy. The second half of the class deals with current issues of international political economy in the post-cold war era--issues such as globalization, economic development, trade and protectionism, MNCs and global production, and international monetary relations. The course encompasses both political and economic aspects of international political economy. Major themes to be discussed in the class include theories of international political economy, state and market, economic development, economic crisis, globalization and regionalism, international finance and monetary order, and international trade.

This course introduces students to basic concepts, characteristics and purposes of diverse play therapy models and explores recent issues in the field of play therapy. Topics include the fundamentals, characteristics, misconceptions, history and development, treatment rooms, and tools of play therapy; play therapists and related certificates; and psychoanalytic play therapy.

As one of fundamental courses of Interior Architecture Design majors, this course provides the theoretical background of fundamental CAD systems and digital design technologies in order that students can reach the next phase of advanced design computing studies and practices. This includes architectural planning, design, drafting procedures, practices, symbols and preparation of advanced working drawings for architectural and interior design. Moreover, this course tackles how digital design and design computing technologies interact with design per se using quantitative and scientific processes, so that students can comprehend the main features of digital design. 

This course examines the political, economic, cultural factors that create the context in which mass media operate and affect ideological processes in society. It studies the history and structure of the mass media and take a close look at mass media in our society in many forms.