Yonsei University

This course introduces key concepts used by anthropologists in understanding human variation, and makes these concepts our own by applying them to the societies and cultures in which we ourselves live. It specifically looks at how education plays a role in constructing and perpetuating culture. Through relevant readings and visual material, it explores how social and cultural interactions are enabled by a broad range of culture- specific reasoning, social rituals, and the role of education. The course also discusses social practices within various cultural contexts in order to acquire an understanding of culture that can accommodate inquiry at local and global levels.

This course is intended to introduce fundamental concepts and frameworks for understanding how recent changes in state governance affect democracy, and vice versa. It examines the theoretical and empirical implications of various types of ‘old’ and ‘new’ governance with special attention to Korean cases. A series of lectures offers a survey of major institutions, actors, and decision-making processes of multiple governance systems. 

A compiler is a computer program that translates text written in a given language (called the source language) into another language (the target language). With most compilers the source language is a high-level programming language (e.g., C, C++, Java), and the target language is a lower-level representation such as assembly language or byte code. This course focus is on compiler techniques needed to implement programming languages on a virtual machine. The aims are to improve programming skills by learning how a compiler works; to apply the theoretical foundations of compilation techniques; to design and implement a compiler for a small programming language; to learn about virtual machines (the JVM in particular); and to practice software engineering design principles on a medium-sized project. This course covers both practical and theoretical aspects of a compiler. Our main emphasis is on the compiler frontend (i.e., scanning, parsing, semantic analysis) and on code-generation for the JVM. 

This course is teaches Korean vocabulary and grammar. Students engage in speaking, listening, writing, and reading activities to improve their communication skills in Korean. By the end of the course students should be able to read and write Hangul; understand the fundamental system of pronunciation and pronounce initial consonants, medial vowels, and final consonants correctly; understand the fundamental rules of sentence structure and syntax in Korean; and have basic conversations in Korean including greetings, self-introduction, ordering food, making friends, etc.

Introduction to the classification, structure, reactions, and reaction mechanisms of carbon compounds. The general outcome goals are that students will understand the classification, structure, nomenclature, reactions, reaction mechanisms, and synthesis of carbon compounds including halocarbons, alkenes, and alcohols. Thereby, this course can provide a solid foundation in the fundamentals of organic chemistry essential for the rational study of biochemistry, molecular biology, and materials applications of polymers.

Prerequisite: General Chemistry course