Yonsei University

This course traces the history and evolution of rock and roll music and culture, from its inception in the 1950s to 1990s. It examines its artistic content and cultural, social and global roles, serving to develop general intellectual capacities of popular culture. The course studies the origin, development, and growth of rock and roll music from a variety of perspectives (e.g. social, cultural, global, technological and commercial standpoints) and discuss specific trends, styles, and issues related to the music industry. By evaluating rock history during its most fruitful years, the course seeks an understanding of what rock music is and its relationship to global popular culture, historical representation, and other media industries. The course covers American rock and roll and British, Scandinavian, and world music to a certain extent.  

This course covers the history of Korean and Hollywood cinema of the last 100 years by highlighting key trends, actors, directors and movies. It also outlines the history of world cinema to illustrate their impact and influence on Korean cinema and vice versa. By evaluating selected works that comprise each genre and a certain era, not only do we trace the history of Korean cinema but also Hollywood and its relationship to global popular culture and historical representation. 

This general science education course is designed to provide students not majoring in a life science with knowledge about how biological principles are being applied to solve modern day problems. After an introduction to the properties of life, it covers current topics that often appear in the media, such as gene editing, genetically modified foods, metabolic engineering, stem cell technologies, synthetic biology, and precision medicine. The overall goal is for students to understand some of the basic science behind these biotechnological applications and to become aware of the strengths and limitations of current technologies. In addition, the course discusses the associated benefits and possible ethical concerns so that students can make informed opinions about the development of such technologies.  

This course incorporates the key concepts of global citizenship, conflict resolution, diversity, human rights, interdependence, social justice, sustainable development, politics, diversity, values and perceptions and fake news. It builds knowledge and understanding, as well as develop critical opinions and analysis in English. The course is designed for group and pair work, with the teacher serving as the facilitator guiding students through news media.

This course delves into the unique economic dynamics of urban spaces, examining the interaction between land use, transportation, housing markets, public policy, and urban development. Through theoretical frameworks and empirical analysis, students gain a comprehensive understanding of how economic principles apply to the complexities of urban environments. Topics include: Does it matter where you live? Why do cities exist? The Four quadrant model, Roback Model, Land Use Patterns and Rents, Monocentric City Model and its applications, The Role of Cities and City Size, Neighborhood Quality and Sorting, Regional Economies, Regional Growth and Development Model,  Suburbanization, Subcenters, and Urban Sprawl, Zoning, Highway Congestion, Local Government and Property Tax, Trade Liberalization and Local Labor Market, and Housing Policy.

This course provides a Law and Politics study on current issues of "Democracy in Crisis" from the perspective of comparative law. The course also covers what the rule of law might mean to democracy and how these two fundamental political ideas play a mutually complementary role for each other in practice and in theory. Students explore the foundations of democracy vis a vis reasons why this political regime is still important to - and conceived as pivotal in - civil society today.  

Topics include Weakening of Referee Institutions in India, Democracy in Crisis in Southeast Asia, State Capacity and Accountability in Low-Income States, Democratic Backsliding and the Politicization of Public Employment; Nationalist Passion, Economic Interest, and the Moral Economy of the Hungarian Civic Right: 2002-2010, Election Administration and Democratic Fragility in the USA, Post-Communist Democracy, Civil Society, and the Problem of Accountability, Civil Society Resistance to Democratic Backsliding, Social Media, Disinformation, and Resilience of Democracy, and Security Imperative and Right Nationalist Politics in Contemporary Europe and USA.   

As the demand for digital visualization is rapidly growing, there is a need to learn about computer graphics. Today, industries such as animations, games, movies, advertising, architecture, and many other fields are no longer sustainable without computer graphic technologies. With the development and broader utilization of digital visualization, there is a growing need to develop basic knowledge of computer graphic technology. This course aims to review basic computer graphic tools and then introduce various techniques for creative visual expression for a wide range of applications. This course is to understand the usages and the characteristics of essential 2D graphic tools; to engage in the creative process by producing artwork and compositions; and to experiment with expressivity to elevate both the aesthetic and emotional qualities within the artistic endeavors, mainly learning how to use photoshop/illustrator/InDesign. 

The purpose of this course is to understand how race and gender issues have been represented in different dramatic texts since the late 19th to the early 21st century modern drama. Each week the course discusses one (or sometimes two dramatic) text(s) to examine how each playwright use different dramatic strategy, symbols, mise-en-scene, and characterization to convey his or her social and political messages. By the end of the course, students understand several playwrights' dominant aesthetics and historical contexts and the critical turning points in the history of modern and contemporary drama from 1870s to the present.

This course studies the cellular initiation and construction of mammalian organisms. The major models of amniote and mammalian developmental biology are used to facilitate the study of early development (cleavage, gastrulation, and axis formation), building with ectoderm (the vertebrate nervous system and epidermis), and building with mesoderm and endoderm (organogenesis). Students are able to comprehend and explain the cellular initiation and construction of mammalian organisms using mechanisms of cell differentiation, morphogenesis, and stem cell potential. Students are able to comprehend and explain the major models of amniote and mammalian developmental biology. Students are able to comprehend and explain how the major models of amniote and mammalian developmental biology are used to facilitate the study of early development (cleavage, gastrulation, and axis formation), building with ectoderm (the vertebrate nervous system and epidermis), and building with mesoderm and endoderm (organogenesis).

Prerequisites: Organic Chemistry 1, Biochemistry 1

This course is to understand cultural content, find classic works that serve as the basis and source material for modern content, and analyze key elements. Based on this, we attempt to apply content suitable for modern society. To achieve this, we combine exploration of human nature, understanding of society, and knowledge of works of art and popularity. Goal is to understand cultural content and produce corresponding content; to attempt storytelling through characters and situations; and to understand and attempt mise-en-scène and storytelling methods.