International Christian University

This course introduces the politics and international relations in Korea, including some of the major developments in Korea’s contemporary history. It covers the complicated ways in which domestic politics, national division, and international relations intersect with each other. The course also provides opportunities to critically discuss contemporary political issues so that students may identify major political forces affecting them and their implications for Korea and their neighbors. The course aims to equip students with political knowledge and intellectual tools with which they can better understand the politics and international relations in Korea and Northeast Asia in the past and the future. 

This course provides an overview of foreign policy cases on China, Japan, Canada, and ASEAN from comparative perspectives. It introduces the internal and external factors that shape foreign policies and discusses the contemporary debates on these foreign policies.  
 

This course introduces students to the foundations of macroeconomics with an emphasis on the tools used in economic analysis. The course instructs on how macroeconomic data is constructed and how to interpret it. Students will also use graphical tools to understand some basic macroeconomic theories and analyze how policy changes impact the macroeconomy. A final group project involves using the skills and tools learned in the class to analyze the macroeconomy of a selected country. 

This course is a "Foundation" course required for all ICU Economics majors and is prerequisite for most 200-level and 300-level courses in Economics.

The growth in computational power and availability of all sorts of data has led society to become bombarded with a variety of statistics. How much of this information is trustworthy, how much is noise - and how might it affect one’s decision-making? 
 
This course looks at the mathematical foundations of probability and randomness, and how they inform our understanding of how real-world data may be generated. Next, the course discusses what statistics are; how they are generated; when they are meaningful and when they are not. In parallel with theoretical study, the class will utilize statistical software to get a practical understanding of data processing and statistical analysis. 
 

Database systems are the most widely used software systems in any area of life related to mainly information technology, management, business as well as web applications and services. This course first introduces the fundamental concepts of databases and their design. Then, it introduces database operations like updating and searching in database systems, as well as the newest database types and systems. 

The course covers the following topics: 

• Introduction to databases and their types 

• Introducing the modeling of data and introducing database management systems 

• Introducing the relational model 

• Understanding the basics in database design 

• Learning the steps of normalization 

• Advanced normalization 

• Understanding relational algebra  

• Introducing the Standard Query Language (SQL) 

• Using SQL 

• Advanced database operations: transactions, triggers etc. 

• Using databases in Web applications or in Web services 

• Object-oriented databases 

• Introducing new database solutions and new systems for handling BigData 

• Understanding the concepts and usage of several NOSQL type database systems 

• NOSQL type Database systems 

• How to use these database systems for storing, searching and analyzing BigData 

• Programming with NOSQL databases to create new applications from web-services to data mining and handling BigData 

The persistence and exacerbation of social and economic inequality in the so-called post-colonial, globalized, or post-racial era has renewed scholarly and popular interest in the relationship between racism and capitalism. This course will examine key works of history, criticism, literature, and pop culture to understand this historical and structural relationship in the context of the United States. 
 
Because this is a graduate course, students enrolled in this course should be prepared to spend several hours outside class time each week reading and watching the course material -- on average per week, 50-75 pages of historical/critical work + 150 pages of fiction. 
 

This course provides a comprehensive understanding of the theories that explain social movements. Despite their seemingly chaotic and elusive nature, scholars have developed various theoretical frameworks that can help understand them. This course focuses on examining classic and contemporary sociological theories in the context of historical social movements. By analyzing a diverse range of social movements and theories, the class is encouraged to develop innovative ideas that can be applied to uncover and address social issues.

This course covers various concepts and theories of communication studies and how they are embedded in our everyday life. It introduces critical and analytical theory in the field of communication and considers the philosophical and theoretical perspectives in Communication Studies. 

The course covers the following topics:
-Metatheory (theories about theories)
-Interpersonal Communication (messages & relationships)
-Group and Public Communication (group & organization communication, rhetoric)
-Mass Communication (media & cultural studies)
-Cultural Context (gender & intercultural communication)

 

This course traces first language development and examines different theoretical models of learning and acquisition throughout one’s lifespan. It discusses social, psychological, and linguistic aspects of languages and focuses not only on pre-natal to pre-school language development, but also development during later years in school. 

 

This course provides a global and international overview of the history of psychology and recent developments in the field, including a focus on open science and the reproducibility crisis. It instructs on major schools of thought and trends in psychology as well as recent developments in psychological science and research methodology, including open science and reproducibility in psychological research.

The course aims to:

1) Provide an understanding of the history of psychology and major schools of thought from a global and international perspective.

2) Identify and analyze key figures and their contributions to the field from diverse cultural and historical perspectives.

3) Understand the scientific method and its role in psychological research, and the importance of recognizing and addressing issues related to post-colonialism and ontological diversity in psychological research.

4) Analyze current trends and developments in psychology, including open science and the reproducibility crisis.