International Studies

This course explores the phenomenon of K-Wave and its impact on international consumer insight. It discusses how K-Wave has been initiated, developed, and proliferated and how it has earned business and marketing power on the other industries, cultures, and countries. 

This course provides a foundation for international development and cooperation. It covers the histories and theories of international development and cooperation; the concepts and evolution of development and its variants, including sustainable development, economic development, human development and capabilities, and post-development; the emergence and functioning of international organizations involved in coordinating global cooperation; and a selection of compelling contemporary issues.

This course examines the “Rise of China” by both theoretically and practically examining the increasingly important role of China in the international system. It covers the main features of Chinese foreign policy and reviews various factors that drive China’s foreign policy behavior, including its national and international priorities, foreign policy-making process, national security, and strategic culture. The course then looks at China’s relations with other major actors in the world including both developed and developing states. It also studies China’s “maritime” rise by analyzing its expanding maritime ambitions and capabilities as well as its role in global and regional governance. The course concludes by looking at the future prospects for Chinese foreign policy.

This course provides key challenges in the foreign policy of the Indo-Pacific region. The central theme of the course is whether the Indo-Pacific region is heading towards greater cooperation or conflict. The first part of the course examines theories on foreign policy challenges and problem-solving and the crisis of America-led liberal order. The second part of the course covers key challenges surrounding the Indo-Pacific, including China’s challenge to US power; China’s response to the Indo-Pacific challenge; decoupling from China; Sino-Japanese relations and history problem; the Taiwan issue; the North Korean nuclear crisis, and territorial disputes. 

This course discusses how ethical issues of design have impacted on Korean society, which has been rapidly transformed by adoption of foreign culture, Confucianism, Korean war, economic growth, and latest popularity of K-Pop, in comparison with Western society. 

This course examines the history of the First World War while challenging the traditional West-centered narrative of a War that starts in 1914 and ends in 1918. Alternating micro and macro approaches, it examines the main aspects and events in the military, political, cultural, social, global history of the Great(er) War. The course will also serve as an introduction to an epistemology of history and its relationship with the social sciences. Topics to be addressed include: empires and nations; identity and nationalism; violence and social disciplining; logistics, technoscience and the sinews of warfare; gender and war; trauma and stigma; visual culture and propaganda; collective memory and oblivion.

This course first gives a general overview of the financial system, and makes some comparisons between China and US. The main focus is on the basic economic principles behind the operation of the financial system and financial markets, and how the financial system is related to the real economy. The course is divided into four parts. The first part introduces the structure and function of major financial markets. The second part presents the central bank and its monetary policy. The third part introduces how banks provide liquidity and other financial institutions. Lastly, I will also choose actual events that occurred during the course to conduct analysis and draw conclusions, aiming to help students develop practical, analytical and thinking abilities.

This course analyzes the costs and benefits of division and unification, considering the security and economic perspectives of major players like the United States, Japan, China, Russia, and the Indo-Pacific region as a whole. The course explores the North Korean nuclear issue, examining potential contingencies and exploring economic sanctions and assistance within the global context. Finally, it offers a comprehensive review of international influences on South Korea's foreign policy from historical to contemporary times.

Learn about international negotiations and how countries, companies, and institutions plan and seek to achieve their goals in a multicultural and often multilateral setting. Students learn the negotiation and cultural skills necessary for completing a successful international negotiation: analytical, strategic, social, and bargaining. Students are trained to analyze complex negotiation situations and then apply theories to maximize their outcomes. After every simulation, students discuss their strategies/ negotiation skills and outcomes with their peers and the tutor. In the final EU simulation, students experience participating in an international negotiation.