HOMECommunication & Convergence (Learning to Live Together)
| Course Name | Credit | Course Description |
|---|---|---|
| UNDERSTANDING OF MULTICULTURAL-CONTENT IN THE GLOBAL AGE | 3Credit | Todays's society is the global age that human, culture and capital mutually interact. Unlike traditional society, races, ethnic groups, and nations have to orient to coexistence, as interacting. However, exclusivity wihich dosen't admit cultural diversity is still causing conflicts. In order to search these matters and approach solution, This lecture is to ① Grope multicultural value that coincides the global age, ② Analyze actual condition of multicultural phenomena of korean society and multicutural contents which reenact it, ③ Examine cases of other countries, ④ Nurture civilized people Who are suitable for the global age through this. |
| READING THE CULTURE THROUGH SEMIOTICS | 3Credit | This course is designed to study the contemporary culture from the perspective of semiotics. The theory of semiotics was founded by the Swiss linguist Ferdinand de Saussure. Theories from Saussure's successors, such as Roland Barthes and Algirdas Julien Greimas, will be presented and applied to cultural phenomena. Along with the examples of cultural phenomena presented by the professor, students should apply these theories to relevant cultural phenomena. In this course, students are not to approach culture simply as an amorphous entity, but are to cut cultural phenomena into distinctive elements, and finally to understand the elements that constitute cultural contents. |
| INTRODUCTION OF MULTICULTURAL FAMILIES | 2Credit | INTRODUCTION TO MULTICULTURAL FAMILIES aims to introduce students to perspectives, theories and findings on the influences of culture and ethnicity on the development of children, youth, and families as well as societies. Students will examine philosophical and theoretical challenges in studying ethnic minority children, youth and families as well as host societies. They will be enlightened and educated to be mutual citizens in Korean society and leaders in global communities. |
| GERMAN CULTURE AND ARTS | 3Credit | GERMAN CULTURE AND ARTS is 3 credits culture education class that transfer the traditions and folks, which link from past to future of Germany society. It tries to offer deep and diverse information about Germany culture to students. In order to that there will be introduction about famous composers and musicians to students. In addition, this class helps to understand about Germany’s culture and art through program which integrates academic subject and movie. Moreover, its purpose is to improve ability to think logically and critically through thoughtful debate about specific subject of movie. |
| POLITICS AND SOCIETY OF GERMANY | 3Credit | This class is for all-round understanding about modern politics and society of Germany. We will consider the modern political history and system of Germany along with related issues. |
| UNDERSTANDING ORIENTAL HISTORY | 3Credit | In this class, you will study about all about Asia. Asia, which has a very large piece of land and large population, consists of various lifestyles and societies. Nowadays, Western values are collapsing. In this situation Asian values are once again being noticed. In this class, we'll examine a view of the world (myth) of Asia, world history with Asia as the center, religious culture based on the origin and spread of religion, and literature that is an epic and a resistance and exchange of civilization through the Silk Road. Finally you'll learn the outline of Asian culture and the present state of our culture that belongs to Asia. Also we'll search for images of Asia the way the West has looked at it through orientalism and through the viewpoint of globalization. |
| DESIGN CULTURE & LIFE | 2Credit | Searching for the meaning of design in culture can explain the periodical character of culture. In this class, we will look for the original meaning of design from its etymology and review the roles of design. |
| DIGITAL MEDIA AND CULTURE | 2Credit | Advances in digital technology have had a great influence on today's culture. Media and the digitization of information have created new forms of contents and communication triggering socio-cultural changes. Under these circumstances, we need to have a general understanding of ever changing digital media environments and culture. Digital Media and Culture examines evolving aspects of culture as well as culture creation and consumption based on digital technology of the future. |
| RUSSIAN CULTURE TOUR | 3Credit | Russian Culture tour examines the work of art(music, movies, arts, literatures, popular culutre) of 19th and 20th century, which known as masterpieces, and students can understand the life of Russian and their way of thinking with humanistc and artistic meaning. |
| UNDERSTANDING CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY | 2Credit | Cultural anthropological approaches to the specification and generalisation of Asian culture are essentially needed in order to understand various aspects of Asian people and society today. For this purpose, this lecture will demonstrate how a variety of Asian cultures can be projected and analysed, while covering the basic boundaries of anthropology such as family, kinship, politics, economics and religion. Furthermore, recent developments in studies concerning gender and women, migration and immigration, educational anthropology, legal anthropology, medical anthropology and urban anthropology will be included. |
| INTRODUCTION FOR CULTURE CONTENTS | 2Credit | Cultural contents' is an industry, which symbolizes dream-society of 21st century, with demonstrating culture & arts and humanities and sociology into text and technical environment into context. 'Cultural contents' is an industry that symbolizes dream-society of the 21st century by demonstrating culture, the arts, humanities, and sociology in the context of a textual and technical environment. Introduction to Cultural Contents explores the concepts and system of classification of cultural contents, as well as value chain and convergence, megatrends and development of trends in the culture contents' industry, global market prospects, and culture technology, trends, and CT R&D policy. Furthermore, at this level, we will inquire into the process of cultural contents: development-plan-production-distribution-consumption. Finally, we aim to gain a practical and didactic understanding of cultural contents and a cultivation of executive ability for cultural contents. |
| UNDERSTANDING NORTH KOREA | 2Credit | As a preparation for the upcoming reunification of South and North Korea, this class aims to provide students of the new generation with knowledge about North Korean society, and thereby to help students to understand the need for restoration of national homogeneity. Newer generations are less familiar and indifferent to reunification. By emphasizing nationality and the future of our nation as one nation, students will enhance their knowledge about North Korea. Classes will consist of lectures and discussions. |
| UNDERSTANDING WESTERN CLASSICAL CIVILIZATION | 2Credit | UNDERSTANDING WESTERN CLASSICAL CIVILIZATION became the most influential base of modern Western culture and ideology. We cannot deny the influence of Western culture on the world as a whole, including us. The purpose of this class is to help students understand ancient Western culture and to become familiar with modern elements originating from it. Students can enrich their thinking and cultural life through this course. This course consists of lecture, students' presentation and discussion of ancient Western culture and cultural phenomenon associated with it. |
| UNDERSTANDING WESTERN HISTORY | 3Credit | This course will cover the history of Western civilization from the ancient to the present. Modernization in the East began from learning to follow and finally overcome Western civilization. Therefore, learning about the history of the Western civilization will help students understand themselves more clearly. Moreover, as the world becomes a global community, it is as important as ever that we learn the history and culture of Western civilization. This course aims not only to understand the flow of the history of Western civilization, but also to develop the basic needs required in order to make historical decisions. Instead of concentrating on the small details, therefore, this course will instead focus on understanding the big picture in seeking to develop a rational and comprehensive mind. |
| 스페인문화와예술 | 3Credit | This class is designed to help the students acquire a good understanding of the Spanish and Latinamerican local setiments through looking into their culture and arts. According to the weekly subjects will be given lectures, documentary films and videos, and for the students they're expected to share a direct and indirect experiences about those things, preparing and presenting assignments. |
| INTRODUCTION TO PSYCHOLOGY | 3Credit | Students will learn not only to understand basic concepts and principles of psychology, but also to promote their ability of independently evaluating and interpreting psychological research findings. Students will also learn how to apply psychological concepts and findings to everyday life, and will become more knowledgeable about individual and group differences while appreciating the richness of human diversity. Lectures, discussions for further studies, and weekly assignments to strengthen the understanding of basic concepts will be given. |
| ARAB CULTURE OF UNDERSTAND | 2Credit | This class addresses the formation process of Arab culture and its current situation in the historical, religious and social context. This course also intends to enlarge students' range of understanding of the variety and dynamics of Arab culture through investigating the conflict and harmony between tradition and modernity in Arab society. |
| INTRODUCTION TO ASIAN FOLKLORE | 2Credit | In this class, you will study about all about Asia. Asia, which has a very large piece of land and large population, consists of various lifestyles and societies. Nowadays, Western values are collapsing. In this situation Asian values are once again being noticed. In this class, we'll examine a view of the world (myth) of Asia, world history with Asia as the center, religious culture based on the origin and spread of religion, and literature that is an epic and a resistance and exchange of civilization through the Silk Road. Finally you'll learn the outline of Asian culture and the present state of our culture that belongs to Asia. Also we'll search for images of Asia the way the West has looked at it through orientalism and through the viewpoint of globalization. |
| MULTI-CULTURE IN THE HISTORY | 2Credit | This course is designed to help students understand the cultural phenomena deployed in a variety of world history. In particular, the course aims to reveal insights into the origin of how a fused or developed Korean culture was introduced and formed on the Korean peninsula. The course consists of lecture, audio-visual materials, and in-depth discussion on the multi-cultural aspects and cultural contacts that entered into the Korean Peninsula through various routes throughout world history. The work in class will lead to students’ to develop their cultural knowledge, to gain an ability to think with a wide objectivity that is suited for the global era, and to move beyond intellectual error brought on by limited recognition, such as beliefs in pure-bloodedness and nationalism. |
| ENGLISH LITERATURE AND ART | 3Credit | ENGLISH LITERATURE AND ART is a course in which students read English literary works accompanied with background knowledge about contemporary art. Art reflects the society which produces it, and literary works as a kind of art have common aspects with other artistic works. This course will help students become familiar with various artistic works produced at the same periods and to have opportunities for comparing techniques and expressions of works from both genres. For this purpose, students will focus on reading English literary works with a view to relating them to contemporary artistic works. |
| ARTS & CREATIVE THINKING | 3Credit | This class will consist of omnibus lectures by famous professors from the college of art, including the schools of performing arts and media, fine arts, design, music, traditional arts and sports science. The professors will give students the chance to develop an integrated thinking ability, solve problems, and acquire basic thought formation for self-directed learning. |
| EUROPEAN CULTURAL JOURNEY | 2Credit | EUROPEAN CULTURAL JOURNEY is a course to come across and to understand Europe from a cultural perspective. Europe has a long history of civilization, preserving various cultures of the Occident. So learning about yesterday and today, here and there in Europe is essential to appreciate Western culture. In this course, we make a virtual visit to the European continent, look into aspects of European lives and discuss European culture. First, we travel around several cities of the main countries, and than, learn about not only culture and the arts (music, fine art, synthetic art, etc.) but also the day-to-day culture (food, clothes, shelter, leisure, etc.) Thus students will complete trip to Europe as the theme for a semester. |
| FOOD CULTURE AND ANTHROPOLOGY | 2Credit | FOOD CULTURE AND ANTHROPOLOGY provides a fundamental understanding of various types of food and food cultures from a perspective of cultural anthropology. Cultural anthropology is not limited to food culture but also covers food history, lifestyle, and food-related culture. |
| INTRODUCTION TO HUMAN BEHAVIORS | 3Credit | The purpose of this class is to understand people’s social behaviors(for example, person perception, conformity, persuasion, aggression, pro social behavior, prejudice, effects of group, etc) in society. Understanding social behavior is to help the students prepare enable citizens and provide opportunities to make the strengths as community members. |
| POLITICS AND SOCIETY | 3Credit | This class aims to increase students' understanding of politics and social phenomena and to provide foundations for analyzing, explaining, and predicting various issues in our society. First, amidst the rapid changes of the 21st century, students will learn to analyze political issues based on an objective perspective. With this knowledge, students will obtain an ability to think critically. The class begins from individual curiosity about social problems and political issues; therefore, it will provide opportunities for discussion and presentation about students' interests as well as about class materials. |
| CHINESE LITERATURE AND ART | 3Credit | This course is designed to teach the basic structures of Chinese literature and art. Students will comprehend the tendencies and the characteristics of literature and art from traditional times to modern times through practical works and artistic expressions. A variety of topics of personal, social, and academic interest will be presented and discussed to improve students’ knowledge about themselves and their surroundings. This course will enable students to have a chance to reflect on issues about Chinese literature and art and develop logical and critical thinking skills. |
| FRENCH LITERATURE AND ART | 3Credit | This course is designed to provide information about French literature and art. The course consists of lecture and discussion. After studying the overall flow of French literature, students will read and analyze several texts occupying an important place in French literature. Also, students will learn about sub-genres of French art (photography, film, theater, opera, musical, architecture, fine art, etc.) and gain a larger appreciation of some of the major works of art. Simultaneously, students will also have time to discuss texts of literature relevant to works of art, or conversely. Thus, students will examine and understand French literature and art, which are organically interconnected. |
| FREUD PSYCHOLOGY | 3Credit | This course is designed to understand unconscious phenomena in our daily lives and to enhance insight into human nature, based on psychoanalysis and Lacan’s desire theory. For this purpose, the class will analyse clinical cases in detail. Also, the class will investigate the arts using fantasy and psychological imagination in literature, movies, fine art, and our daily experiences in order to understand unconscious phenomena. |
| UNDERSTANDING OF MULTICULTURALISM IN KOREA | 2Credit | Under the influence of globalization, many countries have experienced rapid changes in cultural, economical, and political areas. Korea has also rushed into the age of multiculturalism with millions of foreigners residing in the country. With diverse issues about social complications and integration in mind, this class is designed to improve students' sensitivity to social changes in Korea and to issues of 'differences' as distinguishable from 'discrimination'. In this course, students will participate in a diverse range of discussions on a variety of topics dealing with minorities, such as women of international marriage, migrant workers, multicultural children, national policy, and international law and conventions. |
| MODERN SOCIETY AND WELFARE | 3Credit | This class generally introduces about academic research and practice of social welfare. Based on this, it aims to make student understand about entire aspect of social welfare and raise their insight to understand about modern society through issue of social welfare. |
| MODERN JAPANESE CULTURE CONTENTS | 3Credit | This course is designed to study the correlation between Japanese literature and other arts (such as painting, music, movies, animation, and plays). Also, this course is conducted to teach the connection of knowledge and culture in Japanese literature. Through this course, students can broaden their knowledge about Japanese literature and can also improve their perspective on Japanese culture, objectively and in-depth, in various genres. The course offers a fresh and objective perspective for seeing Japan by providing an in-depth understanding of this country, which frequently cooperates and conflicts with Korea in all fields, historical, cultural, political, and economic alike, from the ancient era to the present day. This course consists of lectures and student presentations. In the beginning, the class will provide in-depth lectures with publications and image materials of Japanese literature. Then, based on knowledge from lectures, students will choose their own topics and have opportunities to present and discuss their research. |
| TOPICAL ENGLISH | 2Credit | TOPICAL ENGLISH is a two-credit course designed to enhance English discussion and debate skills through the analysis of socially and economically important issues. Source material will consist of textbook readings, articles, essays, as well as some multimedia formats. The course consists of 2 hours of classroom study per week, plus several hours of weekly homework assignments in reading, researching, and reflection exercises. This is a discussion based course with some time devoted to short individual and group presentations. All lectures and activities in this course will be conducted in English. |