Seoul National University

Unlike other major courses for Economics, this course equips students who are not majoring in economics with a deep, systematic understanding of current economic issues. Hence we deal with the current economic issues in the class. Throughout the course, students engage in a series of discussions on economic issues from economic articles in newspapers, periodicals or economic stories in novels.

This course reviews the development of selected research topics from the fields of economic theory such as general equilibrium theory, game theory, mechanism design, decision theory, social choice theory, information economics, and behavioral economics. 

This course teaches foreign students the following low-mid level skills for Korean: ability to comprehend university-level lectures and class presentations; ability to make a note for lectures; ability to make an answer for essay questions; and, ability to conduct low-mid level everyday conversation. Students learn a variety of colloquial expressions commonly used in university-level lectures, useful expressions for lecture notes, and skills for making an answer for essay questions. By using audiovisual materials, students can improve their ability to conduct everyday conversation in Korean.

This course examines in detail the basic principles of international taxation. It tries to identify the core issues in developing international tax rules, and study the different approaches countries have taken in dealing with these issues. Topics covered include basic theory of international taxation, jurisdiction for taxation, methods of international double tax relief, basic operation of double tax treaties, and international issues in tax administration. 

This course provides instruction on various dances with a partner: waltz, jive, cha-cha, foxtrot, polka, rumba, samba and swing. The course also demonstrates dance etiquette with a partner. 

Due to the international diffusion of Korean culture, the interest for Korean language and culture has increased. In order to understand in depth Korean language and culture it is important to acquire knowledge related to the character and status of Korean language, the current situation and development of its teaching and the Korean culture connected to language. Moreover, by means of this deep understanding of Korean language and culture, students research independently about the relation between Korean and other Eastern Asian languages and the connection between Korean culture and Eastern Asian cultures.

This course introduces the basic concepts and principles of sports marketing. The objective of this course is to recognize the importance of sport marketing and become capable of analyzing sports marketing phenomena.

The course covers the basic principles of drug mechanism at the molecular level and overall understanding of drug discovery and development. This course topics include: structure analysis of drug targets, physicochemical properties of drug, drug-receptor interaction, quantitative structure activity relationship, drug design, molecular modeling, pharmacokinetics, drug metabolism, prodrug, and, new drug development process.

This course provides a study of corporate strategies in global industries. In the first part, it provides basic concepts and knowledge about the internationalization of corporations and the international business environment. Next, it gives students opportunities to analyze the mode of entry into foreign markets and the stages of globalization. It examines the relationship between industry environment and globalization. In the last part, it deals with issues about functional decision-making in global industries.

The course offers a global perspective on US foreign policy from the early period to the present. The class focuses on major episodes of US foreign policy-making rather than individual US administrations. Topics include general knowledge about the history of US foreign policy; detailed knowledge of at least one major episode (case study) or historical period of US foreign policy-making; the ability to apply theoretical perspectives in the analysis of US foreign policy.