Yonsei University

This course covers some fundamental theories in economics and deals with current social, economic issues. This class is for students who are interested in economics, but find it difficult to study on their own. Through this course, students learn the basics of economics and use them to develop the power to analyze current issues in daily life. Furthermore, the knowledge learned in this class serves as a good foothold in future social advances and social life. The goals and outlines of this class are as follows. First, it analyzes economic issues based on a solid theory and provides an objective perspective on modern society. Second, students build their own economic logic based on economic theory and cultivate their ability to interpret social issues. Third, we provide the latest information on important and emerging topics such as energy and finance. As such, this class develops depth that cannot be felt in general liberal arts lectures and application skills that cannot be felt in existing economics major classes. At the end of the semester, this class helps students fully understand the economic newspaper and cultivate their skills to the extent that they can express their pros and cons on the arguments presented. This class focuses on positive economics rather than normative economics. While normative economics is a value judgment question about “What should be?”, empirical economics is a realistic analysis of “What it is?”. If you only judge value without knowledge of the real world and its principles, you will be evaluated for lack of logic and narrowness. This class provides basic empirical economic knowledge and cultivate the power to make value judgments on various social phenomena based on the students. 

Assessment: Participation(14%), Self-Introduction(1%), Assignments(35%), Final(50%)

This course is designed for high-intermediate students who wish to strengthen their writing skills in Korean. It aims to help students achieve advance levels of writing skills. At the end of the course, students will be able to create their own templates, distinguish between spoken and written Korean, and distinguish between informal and formal style.

Prerequisite: Intermediate Korean (2) or the equivalent.

In this course students will study the aesthetic and political aims of South Korean cinema since 1960. By analyzing individual films, considering historical contexts, and reading texts in film theory, we will attempt to understand how cinema proposes new ways of being and relating to others within the context of a rapidly globalizing Korea. Filmmakers to be discussed may include Kim Ki-young, Im Kwon-taek, Park Kwang-su, Hong Sang-soo, Bong Joon-ho, Jeong Jae-eun, Park Chan-wook, and others. Issues to be covered include: the ethics of neoliberal capitalism, the spectacle of cinematic violence, morality and film genre, and the critique of melodrama. Assessment: Quiz(20%), Midterm (30%), Final(50%)

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

1) To make complex sentences using basic connective endings;

2) To have basic conversations in Korean including transportation, shopping, food, weather, weekly activities etc.; and,

3) To use honorific and formal style endings according to the appropriate social situation. 

This course explores the psychological aspects of fashion. Topics include the history of fashion cycles spread of fashion; rapidly changing fashion media environment; fashion market; fashion system and the alternatives; and fashion ideas and inspirations being constructed, elaborated, and conveyed in detailed elements of fashion images and narratives. Psychological theories and approaches are introduced and applied to various aspects and dimensions of fashion systems.

This course introduces construction methods for civil engineering and the impact of emerging technologies on the traditional construction process. Such subjects as bridge construction, tunnel construction, earth moving, construction equipment, automation and sensing technologies are covered. This course provides the convergence ability to devise tools, equipment, system and process to improve productivity, safety and efficiency in the construction field; an ability to apply knowledge of mathematics, science, and engineering; and an ability to communicate effectively in teamwork.