Yonsei University

This course introduces key topics on i) thermodynamic states and properties, ii) thermodynamic systems and their applications, iii) the 1st and 2nd law of thermodynamics, iv) power systems, and v) refrigeration systems. It covers energy conservation, reversible and irreversible processes, and thermodynamic efficiencies. Students learn how to design, analyze, and improve thermodynamic systems based on key principles which are introduced in this course.

This course introduces students to the fundamentals of yoga. During this course, students gain an understanding of the basic concepts and theory related to yoga, while learning and practicing basic asanas (poses). This course is predominantly participation-based and includes discussions and a final group (or individual) project. After completing this course, students are able to develop their own practices that can be applied in various aspects of daily life.

This course provides a sweeping overview of the American political tradition. It traces the origins of the United States Constitution and the development of the federal government, paying particular attention to the relationships among the executive, legislative and judicial branches of government and the distribution of power among political institutions across the national, state, and local levels. It also studies the nature of campaigns and elections, citizen participation and public opinion, as well the roles of political parties, interest groups and the news media. All of this will be addressed with a sweeping historical perspective as well as in relation to the current public health and leadership crisis in the United States and the upcoming presidential election in November. In this course, students learn the basics of American government as well as how American politics has informed much of our general knowledge in the field of political science, both in terms of how political institutions actually function (or fail to function) and the gaps that have long persisted between philosophical ideals and the realities on the ground.

The Art of the Short Fiction Film begins in a basement in Paris in 1895, with the Lumiere brothers` screening of twelve short films, an evening program that heralded the advent of the modern industry of the moving picture. It concludes with the contemporary dominance of YouTube, Vimeo and Netflix, in an age in which digital filmmaking has catapulted the short film once again to international prominence. Between these two dates, the class will look at the subordinate role of the one- and two-reeler "short subjects" during the Hollywood Studio Era; analyze the role of the European and North American film schools and international film festivals in the elevation of the short film after the mid-1950s; study classical and post-classical cinematic technique; trace the reimagining of the Hollywood film studios in the digital era by examining the role of the short film, both as filmed scenario and as possible harbinger of a change or mutation in the viewing habits of its global audience.

This course examines Korean popular culture and its related issues in historical and sociocultural contexts. For this examination, the course surveys a history of Korean popular culture in the 20th and 21st centuries, focusing on forms of media culture (popular music, cinema, and TV dramas/shows) that has not only led to but developed through Korean Wave both within and outside of Korea. Also, the course delves into a variety of phenomena and issues in Korean popular culture in conjunction with contemporary Korean society. The course then aims to critically and analytically discuss the ramification of Korean popular culture and Korean Wave in the global, local, and glocal perspectives.

Computational Thinking is a process of solving problems typically with four steps—decomposition, pattern recognition, abstraction, and algorithmic thinking. This course concentrates on algorithmic thinking and examines how to reformulate problems with step-by-step procedures to solve the problems. Students then practice the implementation of the procedures with Python programming language in their homework assignments. This course also covers various paradigms in designing the procedures such as divide-and-conquer, greedy methods, dynamic programming, backtracking, branch-and-bound, etc., along with fundamental data structures such as linked-lists, stacks, queues, recursion, graphs, trees, binary heaps, and hashing. 

This course is an introductory study of Korean music and culture that focuses on the significance of music and musical practices in a holistic manner that includes court music, religious music, folk music and contemporary music. It is intended to provide basic knowledge of terminology, history and the characteristics of important genres that might emerge in discussing theoretical aspects of Korean traditional music.

Goals are 1)To introduce Korean musical instruments and their historical relevance in Korean, Chinese, Japanese and Central Asian Music. 2)To appreciate various Korean traditional music genres such as classical (court and ritual music) and folk music (folk songs, pansori, sanjo). 3)To discuss the philosophical backgrounds of Korean religious music: Shamanism, Daoism, Confucianism, Buddhism, Christian 4)To distinguish Korean musical features in pansori and sanjo. 5)To learn how to analyze music within a cultural context. 6)To discuss Hallyu and Korean popular music.

This course shows the economics principles behind the law. Topics include efficiency, Coase theorem, decision under uncertainty, negotiation theory, the origin of property right, deciding the owner, monetary damage vs. injunction, intellectual property, contract theory, backward induction, breach of contract, reliance, gap in the contract, default rule and hypothetical bargaining, formation defense and performance excuse, tort law, strict liability vs. negligence, the Hand rule, error, commercial product cases, and criminal law.