Yonsei University

This course provides a study of Korean famous prose written in Chinese characters. Intellectual and historical Korean writing is based on Chinese Characters. The course focuses on reading and exploring prose in the original language. However, since students may not be familiar with Chinese characters, the lecture focuses on reading the original text, but also exploring the text’s originality.

This course examines the basic concepts of how organisms, organs, cells and biomolecules carry out the chemical or physical functions that they have in a living system. In this semester, the class introduces basic cellular physiology, neural, muscle, cardiovascular respiratory, gastrointestinal, renal and endocrine system in the animals. Topics include Cellular Physiology, The Nervous system, Muscle, The Cardiovascular system, The Respiratory System, Gastrointestinal Physiology, The Renal system, and Endocrine systems.

It aims to teach students who seek interest in a broader understanding of artistic cultural space by using examples of architecture and painting. Composed of a total of 4 well-known countries and their major cities in the world that will be studied, the course will investigate the arts of Egypt, Italy, France, and the United States. Finally, the course will attempt to provide the ability in appreciating and understanding famous art pieces of work.

This course explores poems of 17th-century England, concentrating on the works of John Donne, George Herbert, Andrew Marvell, and John Milton. Based on these poems, the course covers Metaphysical Poets, Cavalier Poets and Religious Poets. 

This course investigates the political, strategic, and institutional dynamics shaping Northeast Asia—a region home to major powers, contested histories, nuclear tensions, and economic interdependence. It examines the evolving regional order through both theoretical lenses and case-based analysis. Topics include great power competition, alliance politics, nationalism and identity, historical memory, economic security, and digital sovereignty. Students analyze how state and non-state actors interact within shifting geopolitical conditions and regional governance structures. The course also explores how transnational challenges—such as the chip war, data governance, and human rights—intersect with traditional security and diplomatic agendas. Through engagement with readings, expert lectures, and structured debates, students develop a critical understanding of the region’s complexities and its global implications.

This course introduces various topics in macroeconomics such as measurements, business cycles, effects of policies, and long-run growth to first year undergraduate students.  In particular, this course develops basic but formal macroeconomic frameworks step by step. The ultimate goal of this course is to help students understand key macroeconomic questions such as “Why does an economy grow over time?” and “What happens and what should we do when the aggregate economy fluctuates?"

This course explores the ways the two Koreas, North and South, have coped with the dictate of international politics since the national division. It examines this question by highlighting and explaining the defining characteristics of the both systems in the context of their respective political change, economic development, national security, human rights and response to globalization as results of their respective choices of national survival, political development and economic prosperity.

Prerequisite: Introductory course on Korean politics

This course introduces students to the basic ideas and applications of game theory. This course begins with expected utility theory, and then introduces the fundamental ideas of game theory: strategic-form games, Nash equilibrium, games with incomplete information, extensive-form games, sequential equilibrium, repeated games, as well as games with communication.

Prerequisite: Microeconomics, Mathematics for Economics, Introduction to Statistics, Calculus