Yonsei University

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.

This course is intended to introduce the overall aspects of genetics including formal genetics, molecular genetics, population genetics and genomics largely to undergraduate students who is majoring in basic and applied life sciences. Topics include Mendelian inheritance overview, Extensions of Mendelian inheritance, Linkage and genetic mapping in eukaryotes, Genetics of bacteria and bacteriophages, Nonmendelian inheritance, Chromatin structure and function, Recombination and transposition, Gene mutation and DNA repair, Variation in chromosome structure and number, Population genetics, Quantitative genetics, and Evolutionary genetics.

Prerequisites: General Biology I & II

This course consists of a survey and understanding of contemporary theories of justice. It engages with key texts as well as contemporary cases that reveal the key concepts and stakes of theorizing and practicing justice. Perspectives of Utilitarianism, Political Liberalism, Libertarianism, Communitarianism, Liberal Egalitarianism, Multiculturalism, Republicanism, and Feminism are covered. Students learn diverse approaches to justice and their theoretical foundations; learn how to analyze, understand, and critique contemporary political life through the lens of theories of justice and learn how to analytically and critically write argumentative essays on the topic of justice.

This course explores major operations management techniques and how they are used to formulate competitive operations strategies. In addition, students are required to discuss how these operational strategies are applied to real-world problems. Through these discussions, students learn about various decision-making challenges that businesses face and how to address them using data-driven operational strategies. Topics include Review of EOQ Model, Review of Newsvendor Model, Applications of Newsvendor Model, Forecasting, Operations Optimization, Overview of Data Analytics, Descriptive Analytics, Review of Predictive Analytics, and Case Study in Operations and Application of Analytics Techniques.

Prerequisites: Production and Operations Management.

The twenty-first century is an age of unprecedented globalization. To better understand globalization, the course introduces the core models of international trade: Ricardian Model, the specific-factors model, and the Heckscher-Ohlin model. The course also deals with the research frontier by explaining how increasing returns and product differentiation affect trade and welfare. Finally, the course is devoted to understanding trade policy.

Prerequisite: ECO2102 Microeconomics