Korea, South

This course provides an introduction to microeconomics and macroeconomics together at the beginner level, which attempt to understand the behavior of individual entities such as markets, firms, households, and the economy as a whole. It focuses on a core set of fundamental concepts that help understand a broad range of macroeconomic and macroeconomic issues: scarcity, trade-offs, opportunity cost, incentive, marginal thinking, exchange, efficiency, information, etc. (microeconomics), the determination of output, employment, unemployment, interest rates, and inflation, monetary and fiscal policies, etc. (macroeconomics).

This class offers lectures and presentations on Korean history and culture for foreign students without a Korean educational background. The first half of the course emphasizes modern Korean culture and how it relates to Korean identity and “Korean-ness.” The second half covers major periods in Korean history in chronological order, giving emphasis to specific events and incidents as necessary.

The course provides an overview of Japanese civilization from ancient to modern times, delving into the eras of the Samurai, Shogun, Tenno, Kamikuni.

This course examines the readings of major American poets from the time of the colonial settlement to the present.

The goal of the course is to teach basic table tennis skills and how to play a table tennis game.

This course provides an in-depth understanding of the financial decision-making practice of corporations and enables students to apply financial theories to understanding issues and solving problems in real-world settings. The course examines the costs and benefits of various financing choices with an emphasis on issues of taxation, financial distress costs, agency conflicts, information problems, and managerial incentive problems. These issues are explored in the context of a firm’s capital structure choice, payout policy, security issues, and mergers and acquisitions.

This course examines the basics of media and their social, economic, and psychological implications. It covers theoretical approaches to the study of media and how media technologies affect economic structures, social processes, and psychological consequences, such as information economy, interpersonal communication, relationship development, community building, and civic/political participation. In addition, the course covers various media including the Internet, mobile phones, social networking sites, and computer games. The class also discusses key concepts such as privacy, addiction, and copyright. Furthermore, students learn theoretical concepts and ideas that enable them to understand Korean media and “read” Korean popular culture, including the Korean Wave (Hallyu) and K-pop, from academic perspectives.