Yonsei University

This course introduces a series of contemporary motion pictures dealing with human rights issues, including documentaries about the Holocaust of World War II, short films about military slavery and wartime rape, and feature-length works about political refugees and asylum seekers. It frames human rights cinema as a discursive category of filmmaking, one whose roots stretch back to “social problem films” of the 1920s-1930s and which increasingly relies on organizations such as Amnesty International and Human Rights Watch for financing and distribution. The course examines the historical contexts that not only gave rise to human rights violations but also made possible the production of independent and studio-backed films that seek to remedy social problems of the past and present. In addition to examining the political backdrops against which several historically important films emerged, students gain proficiency in analyzing those films’ aesthetic and formal traits while becoming more sensitively aligned with the struggles and sufferings of people around the world.

Confronting the past and rendering justice are not an easy matter for any society. It is also true in international politics. Historian Charles Maier has lamented that “our current in capacity to entertain trans-formative political projects for the future and hence to invest our collective resources in contesting the past.” The main goal of this course is to think about this problem and propose possible solutions. This course has three components. The first component regards the key conceptual tools and theories needed to examine reconciliation and justice in international politics. The second component regards the situations on the ground. What are the main cases and issues? What are the general trends in international relations with regards to addressing and redressing justice and reconciliation? What kind of national and global efforts have been made in attempts to help solve them? The third component is drawing lessons and insights from specific cases in Asia, Europe and Africa. Why do some states promote particular historical narratives and policies? What are the domestic and international consequences of their particular policy choices? Can a country's success story be emulated by another country? Class is conducted mainly in a seminar format and complemented discussions on current issues. 

This course examines central topics on Korean language through cultural perspectives. First, the course provides an introduction to Korean history and culture for the intensive comprehension of Korean. The course then covers main topics and central issues of Korean, such as Han-geul (Korean alphabet), invention, Korean language movement (Han-geul and language purism in Korea), Romanization of Korean, aspects of Korean honorific system, and linguistic ties between Korea, Japan, and China, and finally advertisements and slang in Korean. The course provides a comprehensive understanding of the Korean culture, especially Confucianism which has been related to Korean linguistic phenomena. Knowledge of Korean language is recommended. Assessment: Class attendance and participation (20%), quizzes (20%), midterm essay (30%), final essay (30%).

This course has three components. The first discusses key conceptual tools and theories needed to examine reconciliation and justice in international politics. The second looks at the situations on the ground and asks What are the main cases and issues? What are the general trends in international relations with regards to addressing and redressing justice and reconciliation? What kind of national and global efforts have been made in attempts to help solve them? The third part of the course includes drawing lessons and insights from specific cases in Asia, Europe and Africa. Why do some states promote particular historical narratives and policies? What are the domestic and international consequences of their particular policy choices? Can a country’s success story be emulated by another country?

Through an integrated curriculum of vocabulary, grammar, speaking, listening, writing, and reading, this course enables students to: 

1) To communicate in Korean at a high-advanced level at formal  discourse circumstance; 

2) To debate on current political, social, economic and cultural issues; and,

3) To understand Korean culture through movies, dramas, literary works. 

You can learn various theories related to golf. Learn the theories of history, competition, rules, manners, etiquette, etc. systematically. Also, you can learn good swing through practical training by following personal quarantine rules in the outdoor playground. Unlike other golf classes, we can actually practice golf swings outdoors. Topics include Basic set of golf address, Grip and back swing, back swing and downswing, Down Swing with weight shifting, Powerful impact with finish, Approach and chip shot(Around the green in the practice), Driver full swing, Long iron practice, and Putting Basic. 

The first part of this course is designed to help students to understand the modern theories of financial markets and banking. The second part of this class investigates how the central bank affect the real economy and how the monetary policy must be conducted. Finally, we study the recent global financial crisis.

This course investigates how and the extent to which economic actions and outcomes are socially shaped, if not determined. It first covers a series of theoretical materials that argue for the so-called structural or relational “embeddedness” perspective and then moves on to discuss a wide variety of empirical examples, especially those related to network analysis. The course pays close attention to some of the key underlying assumptions regarding individual decision-making processes. More specifically, the focus is on the ways in which social networks (broadly defined) surrounding human actors affect the ways in which they think and behave and how this process ultimately creates and reinforces economic inequality.