Yonsei University

Through an integrated curriculum of vocabulary, grammar, speaking, listening, writing, and reading, this course enables students to: 

1) Communicate in Korean at an intermediate level; 
2) Converse in Korean on the various range of topics including school life, health, hospital, making a reservation, etc.; and,

3) Have conversations using indirect speech appropriately.

This course explores a range of topics related to technologies of contemporary digital and social media, with particular attention to understanding technical, historical, ethical and legal issues. Students learn to express themselves effectively with digital media, and especially on the web. Topics include: digital media and communication; understanding SNS; the future of smart digital media; digital broadcasting; human computer interaction and trends of digital media.

This is a first course in linear algebra. The main objective of this course is to study the solution of systems of linear equations, vectors in Euclidean space, determinants and eigenvalues.

In this course we are surveying ideas and theories on the human being and on core aspects of human life across diverse religious and philosophical traditions, including more recent scientific accounts. We consider classic discussions involving issues such as the body and the soul, the relationship of humans with the world, notions of time and history, freedom and determinism, gender, the tension between the society and the individual, human religiosity, human knowledge, human morality and the value of humans. For this purpose, we make use of a selection of the greatest classic and modern texts, including literary and artistic works, and samples of popular discourses on the topics considered. The course aims at providing insights on implicit conceptions that underpin many contemporary discussions, discourses and narratives about different aspects of human existence.

The course focuses on the Korean Perspective in regards to globalization and regional dominance of the international market. There is a strong lecture focus on understanding how GDP trends/transnational governance in Korea shift with direct association to Korea's market movements. Topics include economic and political movements in Korea; Korean market and Korean power; international competitiveness; regional economic integration; and global value chain and strategic alliance.  

The first half of the course takes an historical as well as analytical approach to international political economy. The second half of the class deals with current issues of international political economy in the post-cold war era--issues such as globalization, economic development, trade and protectionism, MNCs and global production, and international monetary relations. The course encompasses both political and economic aspects of international political economy. Major themes to be discussed in the class include theories of international political economy, state and market, economic development, economic crisis, globalization and regionalism, international finance and monetary order, and international trade.

This course introduces students to basic concepts, characteristics and purposes of diverse play therapy models and explores recent issues in the field of play therapy. Topics include the fundamentals, characteristics, misconceptions, history and development, treatment rooms, and tools of play therapy; play therapists and related certificates; and psychoanalytic play therapy.

As one of fundamental courses of Interior Architecture Design majors, this course provides the theoretical background of fundamental CAD systems and digital design technologies in order that students can reach the next phase of advanced design computing studies and practices. This includes architectural planning, design, drafting procedures, practices, symbols and preparation of advanced working drawings for architectural and interior design. Moreover, this course tackles how digital design and design computing technologies interact with design per se using quantitative and scientific processes, so that students can comprehend the main features of digital design. 

This course provides in-depth understandings about human development within diverse layers of environment including family, school, work and community. In particular, this course provides comparative perspective by offering information about Korean socio-cultural, and family contexts and their relationship with human development. For this purpose, this course first gives knowledge about developmental and family theories explaining human development within contexts. Second, the course explores human development through prenatal period to adulthood. Lastly, diverse environmental contexts around developing human beings is discussed.