Yonsei University

This course introduces the basic structure of the American legal system and various topics of substantive law. 

At the end of the nineteenth century, the declining years of the Victorian era saw the outpouring of a creative freedom that rebelled against the morality of the preceding generation. Writers, artists, and critics challenged the boundaries of given understandings of sexuality, technology, and art. Known as “decadents” or “aesthetes,” many of these creative thinkers of the last two decades of the Victorian era explored homosexuality, scientific understandings of the human body, Empire and the detective form, and Gothic doublings of the self and Other. This course investigates the literary, artistic, and cultural climate that constitute “turn-of-the century” England, and examines the worlds of art, publishing, law, and literature that defined this time period.

This course covers the application of deep learning and how to implement it in practice. It explores the background of machine learning, neural network for deep learning, and includes explanations of the basic structure of deep learning and advanced deep learning structure. Students learn real-world problems ranging from computer vision to natural-language processing.

Prerequisite: Basic Python Programming

As data are accumulating at an incredible rate due to a host of technological advances, electronic data capture has become inexpensive and ubiquitous. Data mining is a rapidly growing field that is concerned with developing techniques to assist managers to make intelligent use of these data. A number of successful applications have been reported in many areas. The field of data mining has evolved from the disciplines of statistics and artificial intelligence. This course examines several methods that have emerged from both fields and proven to be of value in recognizing patterns and making predictions from an application's perspective. We survey applications and provide an opportunity for hands-on experimentation with algorithms for data mining using easy-to- use software and cases.

This course is designed to provide an introduction to political science for students who have an interest in political science. It is desirable for students to have civic culture in democratic society. The purpose of the course is to introduce the basic contents and logic of political science (and social science). Students learn theories and practices related to various political phenomena and discuss salient issues on state and democracy. Topics include definition of political science, methodology and logics of social science (correlation and causalit, problems of subjective and objective measurement), state and society, institution and culture, fairness and efficiency, idealism and realism, parliamentarism, presidentialism, semi-presidentialism, elections and political parties, political communications, theories of democracy, public choices, international relations, and perspectives on social changes.

Assessment: Midterm Essay (30%), Final Essay (60%), Attendance and class participation (10%)

This course covers the basic and important concepts in microconomics. Topics include consumer, producer, and market equilibrium, various market structures, decision making under uncertainty, and how to apply microeconomics frameworks to trade, law, politics, and blockchain.

This course starts with basic concepts in investments including time value of money, bonds, duration, and equities. Then we study the risks and the returns that are applied to Markowitz’ modern portfolio theory and the capital asset pricing model. The derivative securities such as forwards and options are introduced. Topics include Bond Price and Yields, Yield to Maturity, Duration, Equity Valuation, Markowitz’ Portfolio Theory, and Forwards and Options.

This course examines contemporary South Korea through cultural production and political change, from a historical perspective. The first half of the course explores the vicissitudes of Korean history and social change with a focus on the critical junctures that laid the groundwork for Korea’s national identity. The second half of the course considers the relationships of power at work between communities around the world that create the new cultural forms and affective identities that constitute global Korean culture and examine the mechanisms that drive popular culture in the 21st century through literature, film, and television. Through this dual approach, students will gain a deeper understanding of contemporary Korean culture and society through global cultural exchange and local political transformations.