Seoul National University

This is an introductory course for students who took general biology in first year and deals with major issues in modern cell biology. The main theme of the course is to understand how individual cells can maintain life and reproduce for the next generation. Emphasis is on (1) structural-functional relationships of the cellular organelles as well as molecules; (2) flow of genetic information inside cells and tissues, and (3) cell cycle control, intracellular signal transduction, and carcinogenesis. Toward this end, the course also deals with the subjects of cellular physiology; basic genetic mechanisms; differentiation; development of multicellular organisms, as well as inborn genetic diseases.

The course covers practical methods and techniques for constructing and presenting portfolios.

This course addresses a number of questions on the causes and consequences of terrorism. The course examines terrorism conceptualizations, the role of religion and ideology, participant profiles and recruitment tactics, organization dynamics, government counterterrorism, and other consequences of terrorism. Course topics will address common social science conceptualizations of terrorism; the challenges with conducting research on terrorism; major theoretical explanations for terrorism dynamics; the effectiveness of state counterterrorism activity: and, relevant case studies. The course analyzes such questions as: Are terrorism and terrorist organizations analytically useful categories? Is terrorism an effective tactic? What makes someone travel abroad to join a terrorist organization? What causes organizations to choose different forms of terrorism? When do states support terrorist organizations? When are state counterterrorism activities effective against terrorist organizations? Causality verses correlation, endogeneity, and theoretical logic are also examined. 

This course introduces the field of communication through the study of its basic concepts, theories, history, and specific, relevant issues. Furthermore, it acquaintsstudents to various forms of communication including journalism, visual communication, interpersonal, and telecommunication.

This course focuses on the history of Buddhist philosophy, which spreads out over 2,500 years in India and East Asia. It covers the central themes of Buddhist philosophy, such as the Four Noble Truths and dependent origination. The course also includes aspects of the historical influence of Indian Buddhism on East Asian culture. 

This course examines the process of Korea’s growth and development from the macroeconomic and institutional perspectives. The transformation of the Republic of Korea from one of the most devastated nations to an advanced one is a rare success story in the world development. However, the underlying causes and mechanisms of the success are not well understood, although its surface level performance is well recognized. This course seeks the fundamental understandings about the causes and mechanisms of Korea’s growth and development in order to make Korea’s experience helpful for other developing countries. Furthermore, we draw useful lessons and insights for the future process of Korea’s growth and development from such understandings. This course provides a series of quantitative empirical analyses of Korea’s long-run process of growth and development at both aggregate and sectoral levels, together with theories of growth and development which are be used in interpreting the empirical analysis. We also discuss the issues of policy design and implementation methods that were used to materialize specific development goals. Historical data as well as current issues are explored together, relating the past and the present with each other, so that we pursue an evolutionary understanding.

This course provides an introduction to Buddhism. It explores the commonalities within the Buddhist tradition as well as the wide variety of practices across Buddhist communities. The course also provides a basis for further study of Buddhism and different approaches in the study of religion. 

This course provides critical viewpoints on innovation at three different levels. On the individual level, information technology developments enable super-large firms (e.g., Google, Apple, Microsoft, and Facebook) to provide service to their paying customers. At the societal level, the course shows that information technology platforms (such as Uber, Airbnb, TaskRabbit) allow for evading taxes, laws, and stakeholder protections and could erode the societal achievements of the past 150 years. At the global level, the course demonstrates that technological innovation in industrialized countries impacts the economy in developing countries. 

This course provide students with fundamental concepts in accounting, such as accounting postulates, concepts of assets, liabilities, equities, income, expenses, etc. It discusses, in particular, the whole accounting cycle from recording business transactions to the preparation of financial statements.

Over the past 20 years, digitization and the Internet have transformed business and society. The firms of the digital economy not only affect the daily life of most people in industrialized countries, but they are also highly profitable. In this course, we use the tools of game theory and industrial organization to understand the impact that digitization and the Internet on markets. The topics discussed in this class include internet infrastructure, standards, platforms, price discrimination, bundling, auctions, reputation, advertising, user-generated content, social networks, piracy and privacy.