Korea, South

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.

The course covers the organization and contents of pedagogical grammar of Korean as a Foreign Language. It also identifies the issues of teaching Korean grammar and helps identify effective teaching methods.

This course provides an overview America’s foreign policy including the history of modern American foreign policy, from World War II through the contemporary era, as well as learning about the various actors involved in decision-making. The course also reviews foreign policy challenges facing the US. and discusses current foreign policy issues and challenges US policymakers must address.

The course covers the fundamentals of mechanical behaviors of engineering materials and structures, and applies engineering principles in solving practical problems. Topics include bending, shear, plane stress/strain, buckling, and failure.

This course introduces the basic concepts and principles of sports marketing. The objective of this course is to recognize the importance of sport marketing and become capable of analyzing sports marketing phenomena.

Psychology is the scientific study of processes underlying human behavior, such as sensation and perception, learning and thinking, motivation, and emotion. It covers a broad range of topics, and the purpose of this course is to provide a general survey of those topics. It is difficult to cover the many topics of psychology in a survey course, and it involves a lot of work and time. For some of you this may be your only exposure to psychology, but for others it will lay the groundwork for more advanced courses. 

This course examines the concept of renewable energy and development of sustainable energy resources. It introduces the principles, features, and applications of various renewable energy resources.
 

International managers face diverse and dynamic business environments in which they must accurately assess the institutional factors that shape the success or failure of their strategies and operations. This course aims to provide students with management knowledge for understanding international business environments in order to design effective managerial practices. It covers a range of issues concerned with managing international operations, such as: the global business environment and national differences, global institutions and driver of globalization, cross-cultural management and business ethics, cross-cultural negotiation or expatriation and assignments abroad amongst others.

This course provides theoretical foundations and conceptual tools for understanding optimal financial decisions of corporations in terms of economics. Topics include stylized facts in corporate financing; capital structure in the theoretical framework of economics; conceptual framework of capital structures; detailed implications of debt and equity instruments; financing decision of corporations; payout policy; how economic concepts of agency-principal issues and mechanism design can be applied in the field of optimal financial decisions of corporations; the economic implications of internal capital markets and the market for corporate control; and the issues associated with corporate ownership and governance.