HOMECreativity (Learning to Be)
| Course Name | Credit | Course Description |
|---|---|---|
| Understanding Life Science | 3Credit | Life science is a comprehensive study about symptoms of life, functions of creatures, environmental preservation and human welfare. Namely, Life Science can explain the essence of life including human beings and the relationship between life and nature. This class is for the lay person of Life Science, who will understand essential elements of life science and how they correlate with human beings. |
| UNDERSTANDING OF THE UNIVERSE | 3Credit | This course will cover fundamental knowledge about astronomy and the universe. It supplies current scientific information and answers for humans’ ultimate questions regarding the mysteries of the universe. Starting from the formation of stars, the origin and the evolution of the universe and extraterrestrial life will be explored. The various constituents and the giant structure of the universe, the history of cosmology, and the on-going projects of exploration towards our universe will be discussed in terms of physics and astronomy. |
| UNDERSTANDING AND LISTENING OF MUSIC | 3Credit | In this course, we will study important and popular pieces of classic repertory, through lecture and listening. Their historical background, musical style, and compositional technique will be taught. The course will be completed by lectures on some major composers and historical points. |
| LEADING A HEALTHY LIFE | 3Credit | In order to lead a healthy life, it is necessary to acquire proper knowledge and information on health. In addition, it is important to possess an ability to extract only useful knowledge from among the flood of information available and to utilize it to improve one’s health and well being. This course is designed to provide students with an opportunity to examine and increase their basic knowledge of human physiology, the etiology, prevention, and treatment of common diseases, drugs, aging, and some other health-related issues. |
| UNDERSTANDING OF LITERATURE | 3Credit | This course is designed to understand Korean modern novels, which have important implications in Korean contemporary art. The course consists of reading and discussing two novels per week. By researching and presenting periodical backgrounds and themes of the works, students will acquire background knowledge about history and culture. Moreover, through the process of writing, discussing, criticizing of various works by period and subject, students can also develop the ability to express their own ideas. |
| RESEARCH OF SOCIAL ETHICS | 3Credit | Human beings couldn't help but adopt survival and prosperity as their primary problems since creating communities. The problem consists of two factors. One is building up(or storing up) physical foundations for their existence. Human races could've made this possible by using nature beyond the limit of natural species. The second is constructing a non-physical basis for maintaining the community itself. The former, connected directly with survival itself, is led mainly by science-technology, while the latter, linked directly with prosperity over biological increases, can be established by philosophy or ethics. Both factors of this problem, which have partly succeeded and have partly been as an imperfect house on sand, still now confront human beings. This course aims at helping students in their understanding of why ethics or morality is needed for human prosperity and their ability to put that knowledge to practical use |
| UNDERSTANDING OF EASTERN PHILOSOPHY | 3Credit | This lecture is focused on understanding characteristics of Eastern (East Asian) and Western cultures. We will look at problems on which mainly Eastern philosophers have concentrated, problems they have wanted to solve them in their own ways, which are distinct from those of Western philosophy. Generally there are main streams called Confucianism, Buddhism and Taoism. So, we will discuss the critical perspectives and solutions that these schools have had. |
| WHAT IS A HISTORY | 3Credit | Individuals and human beings have left various material and immaterial traces of life. We normally call these traces of the past “facts” or, more accurately, historical documents. Human beings have produced history by using language or letters to reinterpret historical documents into more meaningful information or knowledge. Without understanding history, not only can we not understand ourselves and human beings as a group, but we also cannot expect to gain wisdom of life, nor insight into the future. This class introduces the basic concepts of history, the reasons why we need to study history, its application, and its study methods, in order to understand what history is. The course will also examine historical events that took place in the West, South Korea, China and Japan. Students will learn how history is linked with their daily life and will understand that history does not simply end in the past as facts but extends into the present. |
| UNDERSTANDING THE HUMAN BODY AND ITS FUNCTIONS | 3Credit | Human physiology is the basis for understanding the human body and how it functions. Physiology, the dynamic study of life, describes the “vital” functions of living organisms and their organs, cells, and molecules. Although physiology is not primarily concerned with structure, structure and function are inextricably linked because living structures perform functions. Physiology may be viewed as the mother of several biological sciences, having given birth to the disciplines of biochemistry, biophysics, and neuroscience, as well as their corresponding scientific societies and journals |