Seoul National University

This course looks at human nature and society and examines the lives and philosophies of Eastern thinkers. It discusses topics that are central to the design of a well-ordered society. Particular attention is given to the ways in which they contribute to a broader conversation about freedom, justice, virtue, democracy, citizenship, and so on. 

This course reviews algorithms and machine learning techniques such string pattern matching algorithms, PCA, decision tree, artificial neural networks, support vector machines, and frequent pattern mining techniques. It also reviews computational tools for algorithms and machine learning (mostly with Tensorflow, PyTorch), and surveys how these techniques are used for practical applications.

This course explores the application of economics principles to firms and firms' strategies. In the first part of the course, firms, their internal organization, and their horizontal and vertical boundaries are examined. In the second part, the course looks at firms' interactions competing against or cooperating with each other. This part includes such topics as strategic pricing, entry and exit, collusion, etc. Finally, it studies how to compare industries in terms of their competitiveness, how firms can position themselves within industry, and also take on questions of competitive advantage and its sustainability. 

This course introduces a variety of texts across disciplines-history, philosophy, cultural studies, literature etc.-in order to understand how American culture interacts with and shapes the world we live in. Many of the important social and cultural movements and trends since World War II, which have contributed to the reshaping of the contours of American culture-- American exceptionalism, consumerism, globalization and mass culture, muticulturalism, ecoculturalism--are examined from various perspectives, both synchronically and diachronically. 

This course looks at how social factors contribute to individual physical and mental health outcomes using multiple theoretical frameworks developed in the U.S. and Europe. It examines how micro-, meso-, and macro-level factors influence an individual's health. Particularly, the course evaluates the health disparities research from Western Societies and discusses how these findings apply to Korea. It also discusses the implications of these findings on social welfare policies and social work practice in Korea.

This course examines Korean politics and political system from diverse perspectives. It studies theories of international politics and political institutions, and the Korean culture and economy and their related processes..

This course develops basic Korean language skills and is intended for students without any prior knowledge of the Korean language. This course covers the Korean alphabet, first level vocabulary, grammar, pronunciation, and sentence structure. 
 

This graduate course offers a series of introductory lectures, taught by professors in the convergence major group, on research topics relevant to the core technologies of smart cities. Topics include smart city engineering, technology management, economics, policy analysis on the industrial economy, smart city environment and landscape architecture, city planning and design studies, data science and computer-based information systems, robotics and autonomous vehicle engineering technologies, and administrative governance and global issues.

This course provides an examination of the structure and dynamics of culture, focusing on how they have created, maintained, and changed religions.

This course provides a study of the basic concepts in occupational biomechanics and design methods for enhancing workers’ occupational health and work productivity. Topics include the human musculoskeletal system, anthropometry, bioinstrumentation, occupational biomechanical models, postural stress, and manual materials handling.