Yonsei University

The goals and contents of this course can be summarized as; to identify the academic differences between the study of foreign policy analysis (FPA) and that of international relations (IR); to enhance the academic knowledge of the decision-making process of foreign policy and the roles of main actors who participate in it; to understand the changed or continued environmental situations in Korean foreign policy; to analyze the domestic and international political meanings of Korean foreign policies; and to understand the historical backgrounds of Korean foreign policies. 

Assessment: Midterm (35%), Final (30%), Presentation and Final Report (15%), Assignments (10%), Attendance (10%)

The course introduces and discusses basic building blocks of International Relations theories and major analytical frameworks. It discusses ways to explain and interpret international political events. The unique aspect of this course is to blend theories with international security issues in depth. This is a graduate reading seminar that requires students’ active participation in verbal and written forms. The objectives of this course are (a) to understand mainstream theories of International Relations; (b) to examine the explanatory power of these theories; (c) discuss how to apply them to the study of international politics; and (c) to demonstrate how these theories can be used to analyze issues in international security.

The course covers the organization and contents of pedagogical grammar of Korean as a Foreign Language. It also identifies the issues of teaching Korean grammar and helps identify effective teaching methods.

The course covers the fundamentals of mechanical behaviors of engineering materials and structures, and applies engineering principles in solving practical problems. Topics include bending, shear, plane stress/strain, buckling, and failure.

Psychology is the scientific study of processes underlying human behavior, such as sensation and perception, learning and thinking, motivation, and emotion. It covers a broad range of topics, and the purpose of this course is to provide a general survey of those topics. It is difficult to cover the many topics of psychology in a survey course, and it involves a lot of work and time. For some of you this may be your only exposure to psychology, but for others it will lay the groundwork for more advanced courses. 

International managers face diverse and dynamic business environments in which they must accurately assess the institutional factors that shape the success or failure of their strategies and operations. This course aims to provide students with management knowledge for understanding international business environments in order to design effective managerial practices. It covers a range of issues concerned with managing international operations, such as: the global business environment and national differences, global institutions and driver of globalization, cross-cultural management and business ethics, cross-cultural negotiation or expatriation and assignments abroad amongst others.

This course provides theoretical foundations and conceptual tools for understanding optimal financial decisions of corporations in terms of economics. Topics include stylized facts in corporate financing; capital structure in the theoretical framework of economics; conceptual framework of capital structures; detailed implications of debt and equity instruments; financing decision of corporations; payout policy; how economic concepts of agency-principal issues and mechanism design can be applied in the field of optimal financial decisions of corporations; the economic implications of internal capital markets and the market for corporate control; and the issues associated with corporate ownership and governance.

Focusing on recent developments in computational communication science (CCS), this class primarily emphasizes the interplay of “communication science perspectives” and “computational approaches” of statistical/analytic techniques. The course examines the concepts and approaches behind computational social science techniques and their relevance to communication research, it covers various elements of computational communication science (CCS) research methodology, and critically evaluates and synthesizes interdisciplinary CCS research.

Prerequisites: A basic understanding of R statistical language and social science statistics

This course explores a cultural history of Korea through tangible and intangible heritages. Heritage is the material and spiritual culture that we have inherited from our ancestors. As a window to understand the history, culture, and people’s lives of Korea, we will examine national treasures, historical artifacts, particularly preserved at Yonsei, and heritage entries registered with UNESCO. Special emphasis will be placed on the interplay between performance and tangible texts, trans-national interactions with neighboring states, and the construction of the cultural identity of Korea. Lectures will be both topical and chronological and are designed to emphasize and expand upon texts, themes or issues, which are deemed important in the study of Korean culture.

This course begins with the fundamentals of labor economics, such as the methodology, theory, and objectives. It discusses the economic aspects of the problems, insecurities, and institutional developments associated with labor. Subjects covered include labor sources; trade unions; legal regulations; social conventions; the labor market and its characteristics and functions; labor supply and the production theory; human capital and investments; division of labor in the labor market; labor supply curve and elasticity; business countermeasures; wage rate theory; minimum wage systems; income distribution; types of industries and occupations; and labor relations (U.S. and Korea). The course emphasizes neoclassical, institutional, and radical perspectives. 

Prerequisite: Microeconomics