Yonsei University

This course offers an introduction to the anthropological study of science and technology. We examine how science and technology come to matter in our daily lives. Rather than considering scientific facts and technical objects as products of human progress, independent of social and cultural contexts, we ask how specific facts and objects are produced (while not others) and how those facts and objects shape the ways we understand ourselves, live our lives, and relate to one another.

This course introduces business communication skills. It looks at the standard practices for communicating within and across business sectors. It covers the fundamentals of business writing, including memoranda, email, business letters, and discuss how to be persuasive and engaging in these writings. Additionally, we explore oral presentation as it exists in different professional contexts and settings.

The field of psychology aims to examine the scientific basis of human behavior, including sensation and perception, learning and thinking, motivation, and emotion. Psychology encompasses a broad range of topics that can be applied to diverse fields, with the ultimate goal of better understanding what determines and drives human behavior such that we may contribute to better the lives of individuals across age, gender, and culture. This course provides a general survey of topics in psychology and discusses fascinating research findings that impact our everyday behavior and functioning. 

This course introduces a basic understanding of what philosophy is and further provokes interest in the deeper and particular subjects of philosophy. The course covers some of the most important questions being debated in the study of philosophy based on essential topics of the study and how argumentative they are. With these questions that will be discussed, the course teaches how to approach them philosophically in addition to letting students brainstorm them independently.

This course covers actuarial mathematics for life insurance. Students learn how to price standard life insurance and annuity products. The course is highly mathematical with quite a few actuarial formulas used in both academia and industry. 

This course provides a mathematical background essential for understanding the theory behind various machine learning techniques. After this course, students are able to design and execute machine learning algorithms such as regression analysis, classification with support vector machine, feedforward neural network, principal component analysis, k-means clustering, etc. without relying on pre-programmed packages. Topics of this course include (1) linear algebra (basic and advanced), (2) probability and information theory, (3) analytical geometry, (4) calculus (basic and advanced), (5) optimization, (6) machine learning applications: distance-based classifiers, Naive Bayes classifier, linear & logistic regression, neural network, SVM, PCA, k-means clustering, etc.

This class reviews various styles of vocal works. Singing is a core component of the course. 

This is an intermediate level Chinese language course, focusing on reading comprehension. This course strengthens modern Chinese reading ability through different texts in a variety of topics that include advanced Chinese vocabulary and expression. It examines newspapers and Chinese literature in order to have a better understanding of sentence structure, different types of expressions, and comprehension ability.