Yonsei University

This course examines Japanese political economy. It provides an overall understanding of political economy in Japan. The course covers diverse topics of contemporary Japan through the lens of political economy including the developmental state and Japan Inc., the politics of industrial policy, the bubble economy and lost decade, the Japanese financial Big Bang, the political economy of globalization and Japanese reform, types of economic recovery or recession after the 2008 global crash and 2011 quake, Abenomics and recent symptoms of recession, and Japanese foreign policy and new initiatives, etc. This course is divided into three parts. The first part focuses on the developmental state of Japan; the second part covers the Japanese “lost decade” and the future of its economy; and the third part outlines Japan’s foreign policy. 

This course examines current discussions and evidence about the psychological significance of media. It encompasses analyses of the psychological impacts of media content and presentation; how individuals process media content as well as how the media affects individuals' knowledge, attitudes and behaviors. Topics include: psychological processing of media; media violence; media realism; sexual content; stereotyping; media effects on collective opinion, and the effects of new communication technologies. 

This course provides an overview of the traditional media and the newer technology-oriented media in Korea. The course is divided into three main parts: examining the role of the traditional media in the social and political development and change of the Korean society; examining the influence of the newer media such as the Internet and social media that have brought about further changes in Korean society; and examining the content and Influence of the Korean entertainment media. The first part of the course starts by examining the general media landscape and then looks at the various factors in the development of Korean media. Since the development of Korean media is closely linked with various social and political factors in the development of democracy in Korean society, a critical aspect of is and understanding of Korean political history. We watch the movies “Peppermint Candy”and “Tae Guk Gi: Brotherhood of War” to this effect. Factors that affect the characteristics of Korean newspapers are examined in the first part of the course. In the second part of the course, we examine the extent of the influence of traditional media such as newspapers and broadcasting and compare it with the influence of newer forms of media that are being offered through the Internet such as Blogs, SNS, youtube videos, and podcasts. We try to understand the influence of these newer media in changing the Korean political and social culture. The third and last part, we look at the Korean media audience and try to understand the “Korean Wave”(Hanryu, Hallyu) not just in Asian countries but also around the world.

This course introduces visual and material culture and built environments from the Ancient Near East through 1650. It traces developments in cultural and visual production at the center and periphery of the great empires of the pre-modern world with a focus on Asia, Europe, Africa, the Near East, and the Americas, with a consideration of political and religious institutions that regulated the production and use of images, objects, buildings and space. Focus is also on the impact of technological innovation and cultural exchange on art and architecture, including changes brought about by commercial expansion, cross-cultural contact, religious conversion, and pilgrimage. 

This class, geared towards first year students, deals with general and holistic fundamentals about the variety of interior architecture and built environments for understanding and creating spaces. This course aims to encourage freshmen students growing multidisciplinary perspectives, theories, and practical knowledge necessary to design spaces, and to promote creative and analytic approaches for further works. Course topics include organizing thoughts for space, making a close observation of the spatial environment we live in, understanding what space is and how it is organized, widening our view of the spatial environment we are experiencing, empowering the ability of analyzing the spaces, understanding the creative design process, experiencing the actual construction process, and forming philosophical grounds to create a good space. The is an introductory lecture for learning residential environment and interior architecture and provides the foundation for further university study.

This course explores a cultural history of Korea through tangible and intangible heritages registered with UNESCO. Special emphasis is placed on the interplay between performance and tangible texts, trans-national interactions with neighboring states, and the construction of the cultural identity of Korea.

Students learn to teach basic volleyball skills to middle and high school students. The course covers volleyball rules and basic strategies. Topics include volleyball configuration and basic rules, how to warm up, underhand and overhand, types of serves, defense, attack, and referee hand signals. 

As today's social climate makes many demands on business, business leaders are required to be as skilled in managing their companies' social relations as the more traditional economic ones. The study of the interactions between business and "the world beyond company gate" is the subject of this course. Throughout the course, students are exposed to diverse theories, research findings and relevant business cases that help them to attain the basic framework of the ever-changing relationship between business and society. Major topics of the course are changing social expectations, growing emphasis on ethical reasoning and actions, globalization, evolving government regulations and business response, dynamic natural environment, explosion of new technology and innovation, and creating value in a dynamic environment. 

This course studies geometric properties of curves and surfaces in the 3-dimensional Euclidean space, applying tools of multivariable, and vector calculus.Topics include covariant derivatives, frame fields, connection forms, structural equations, normal curvaure, gaussian curvature, computational techniques, special curves in a surface, form computation, isometries and local isometries, intrinsic geometry, orthogonal coordinates, integration and orientation, total curvature, geodesics, the gauss-bonnet, application of gauss-bonnet theorem.

Viruses are responsible for numerous human illnesses and millions of deaths annually. Some of the most feared, widespread and devastating human diseases such as influenza, measles and AIDS are caused by viruses. Similarly, viruses cause a number of recently emerging diseases, including Ebola hemorrhagic fever, severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS), Zika virus infection and influenza pandemics. This course explores the complex biology of viruses, their multiplication cycle and pathogenesis, how they are structured, what strategies they use to enter their host cells, how they express and replicate their genomes, how they produce new virions, how they have evolved, and how host cells respond to viral infection.