Korea, South

This course examines the principles of waste treatment and resources recovery and introduces practices are related to social innovation and solving social problems. Topics include integrated solid waste management, municipal solid waste characteristics and quantities, processing of municipal solid waste, materials separation, combustion and energy recovery, life cycle analysis and management, processing and treatment of sludge, biosolids processing, resource recovery and beneficial use, and biogas purification and upgrading. 

The objective of the course is to provide a comprehensive overview of international cooperation and of international organizations. Attention will be devoted to the role of international organizations (IO), particularly UN, EU, WTO, and ASEAN+3 in the contemporary global political system and to those aspects of international relations that are or may be conducted through institutionalized international cooperation.

This course provides an overview of Korean Language expressions, including reading and writing. The course focuses on the methods and knowledge on literature that can be applied in teaching. The course is designed for students interested in Korean Language Education as a Foreign Language. 

This courses explores basic 2D computer graphics software widely used in design processes. Through step-by-step tutorials, in-class exercises, and assignments, students will learn to utilize relevant 2D graphic tools to create imageries and apply them to various designs. 

This course covers theories, research methods, and current issues related to child development. It specifically explores changes in biology; cognition; language; emotion; personality, and morality from birth throughout childhood.

Philosophy is one of the oldest intellectual pursuits in human civilization. Philosophers ask about the nature of things in a very general, abstract way. Philosophers try to discover the answers to their questions through careful understanding of the concepts involved in their questions and discovering arguments that rationally support answers to their questions. Philosophers thereby ask about the nature of things by carefully understanding concepts and constructing arguments. In this class you will learn yourself to ask some of the most fundamental questions about the nature of reality and existence that philosophers have asked. You will learn to think like a philosopher about philosophical questions. Why should you want to learn to think like a philosopher? Some of you will find it intrinsically rewarding. I know I do. But I also know some of you will find it frustrating. Sometimes I feel that way too. Either way, you will want to learn to think like a philosopher for at least two reasons, if not more. First, even though you didn’t know it, you already think a little bit like a philosopher, for you have opinions about many—if not all—of the deepest philosophical questions. The questions, you’ll see, are some of the oldest questions that, in many ways, define human civilization. You’ll then learn to do what you’ve already been doing, just much better. Second, philosophers are especially good at dealing with evidential ambiguity and thinking through many sides of an issue, thinking outside of the box, and putting a number of seemingly unrelated ideas together in creative ways. Thinking like a philosopher should make you smarter. So those are two reasons to think like a philosopher, even if (or especially because) it challenges you along the way. What questions will we address in this class? Here’s a list of some of the core questions: • What is philosophy? • What is an argument? What are the different kinds? How do we evaluate them? • What is the nature of God? Can we prove that God exists? • Why does He allow us to suffer? • What is freedom of the will? Is free choice possible in a deterministic universe? What are we responsible for? What is moral desert? • What is the nature of the mind? How is your mind related to your body? Could your mind be uploaded into the cloud? Can you survive the death of your body? • What is the nature of the person? Why do persons remain the same over time? Can you survive the death of your body? What is the happy life? What is wisdom? Here’s a list of some of the learning outcomes I hope for you to accomplish from taking this class: • An understanding of philosophy as a discipline, especially its core questions. • An understanding of the core concepts in philosophy. • An understanding of the main positions on some of the central questions in philosophy. • An understanding of the main arguments for and against the main positions. • An understanding of the method of philosophical analysis and argument. • An understanding of the structure of arguments and the ability to critique and repair an argument. • The ability to write a paper explaining and defending a philosophical position.

Korean popular culture has recently gained critical attention in the global media marketplace. Particularly, Hallyu (the Korean Wave), a term coined in Asia describing the widespread popularity of Korean cultural products and its regional and trans-regional influences, has been prominently addressed by the scholars, the critics, and the fans altogether in many parts of Asia and beyond. Through readings, discussions, in-class screenings, and presentations, this course provides a comprehensive view of contemporary Korean culture, society, and politics through examining some of the most representative forms of popular culture. Specific topics include the Korean family; marriage, weddings, foreign brides, and multiculturalism; plastic surgery and eating disorders; education; Korean film and TV; and globalization. 

Our intrapsychic lives are dominated by two sorts of phenomena: thoughts (cognition) and feelings (emotion). Cognition and emotion closely interact; the way we think has significant implication in regulation of our emotions. This course 1) reviews theoretical and empirical work on the relationship between cognition and emotion regulation, as well as the mechanisms underlying the problems of emotion regulation that span different mental disorders; 2) introduces evidenced-based intervention techniques with broad clinical utility such as cognitive restructuring and mindfulness-based interventions; and 3) discusses ways to apply these skills to diverse contexts of everyday life.

Prerequisite: Intro to Psychology

Film has the complex characteristics of art, entertainment, industry, and science, and is a total medium of expression that conveys ideas and emotions at the same time. In order to properly understand the artificial product of film beyond the level of simple entertainment, it is necessary to learn the basics of film language, film aesthetics, film history, film production, and the film industry. This course introduces a systematic understanding of film media, focusing on how film can give people the kind of aesthetic experience offered by art such as music, art, theater, etc.