Creativity (Learning to Be)

Course Name	Credit	Course Description
SCIENCE AND UNDERSTANDING OF NATURAL PHILOSOPHY	3Credit	No one can deny we are living in the era of science. Regardless of our consciousness, we can see science everywhere. However, we need to keep in mind that this reality is a self-evident fact. Under the circumstances, it's important to note that today's science emerged from the modern western world. In this lecture, you can discuss how today's science comes into the world, to which point science has and will come, and the position science takes among other studies. Through critical debates on these matters, you can find how to evaluate and accept science.
SCIENCE AND ETHICS	3Credit	Human is main agent of science technology and social being, and there is no choice but science technology is related with society. This class addresses about the relationship between science technology and society, ethical standards of science technology, and social responsibility of science technician focused on examples and logical assessment of those examples.
THE SCIENCE TECHNIQUE CIVILIZATION AND CONTEMPORARY SOCIETY	2Credit	The quick development of science-technique after the 20th century bears on various social problems. What we call environmental matters, militarization, issues of resources and energy, privacy infringements by the information of communication, and even the ethical problem of biological science exceed one nation's problems and become global problems. Consequently, we can say that a proper social-ethical judgement of science-technique is urgently required now more than ever. Therefore, in order to establish a correct plan for future societies, it is urgent that we holistically understand the civilizing history of science-technology. For the continuous development of science-technique, we not only have to put emphasis on the development of science itself, but also we need to create harmony and friendliness between the environment and human society.
BALL SPORTS	1Credit	One needs to understand the outline and nature of typical ball games such as soccer, baseball, T-ball, golf, etc. Also, acquiring the basic skills and rules is recommended so that one can enjoy those games as lifetime sports.
UNDERSTANDING AND APPRECIATION OF KOREAN TRADITIONAL MUSIC	2Credit	In general, we Koreans say ‘gugak’ to describe traditional Korean music. If the meaning of ‘gugak’ indicates that ‘gugak’ is not Western music, the term of ‘gugak’ literally shows that it is traditional Korean music. If that is true, what does ‘gugak’ really mean? This lecture will help you to understand the basic theory of ‘gugak’ and discuss different kinds of traditional Korean music as we listen to and watch videos.
GREEK TRAGEDY	3Credit	This course is designed to explore the unique nature and continuing significance of Greek tragedy and ancient theater in the drama of Aeschylus, Sophocles, and Euripides. This course consists of two parts: 1) theoretical aspects of the structure of Greek tragedy and conventions of the ancient theatre 2) the analysis and discussion of representative tragedies. A wide range of topics from Greek cultural history and ancient tragedies will be discussed to further improve students' understanding of the remarkable achievements of the classical Athenians in the field of tragic drama. This course will enable students to understand the structure of the Greek tragedy and the conventions of the ancient theatre and also to analyze, evaluate, and compare the tragic visions of Aeschylus, Sophocles, and Euripides.
CLIMATE CHANGE AND ANIMAL PLANET	2Credit	This course is designed for students interested inlearning avout environment, ecosystem, animal ecology and climate change. We will explore climate change and wildlife issues and investigate ways for sustainable life and development in the Earth.
ARGUMENT AND INFERENCE	2Credit	This subject primarily aims to examine various kinds of inference, deductive and inductive, and errors that we easily come across in practice to bring light on the role played and influence exerted by logic on our daily lives. In particular, it attempts to explore diverse ways and principles required for logical thinking through an investigation into the ways of inference by which important questions are unfolded in real life, and into the kinds of fallacies easily committed by the people in making inferences. Having been trained in this, students will not only be enabled to cultivate skills to understand and analyze arguments and inferences, but also be encouraged to engage in rational thinking - that is, critically scrutinizing arguments presented by other people.
LEISURE SPORTS	1Credit	Recently, with the trend of well-being, people's interest in the maintenance and improvement of personal health (which has been a national mission), the need for making the best of leisure time is sharply increasing. The keyword that represents such trend is new sport that can be enjoyed safely and easily anytime, anywhere by anybody. This kind of sports has been recently actively developing and spreading. New sport is not a major sport (soccer or baseball) but a participant-oriented experiential-type sport anyone can easily enjoy. In other words, being different from existing sports that have unified international rules, new sport is a participant-oriented sport that has a characteristic of flexibility of rules and simplicity of game so that anyone can enjoy easily. The purpose of this class is to understand new sport correctly through theory and actual practice and experience new sports so that students can enjoy new sports easily anytime and anywhere.
UNDERSTANDING OF PHOTOGRAPHY ART	3Credit	UNDERSTANDING PHOTOGRAPHIC ART is an introductory course that provides a chance to think critically about photographic art with a variety of photo examples and versatile discourses. This three-credit course will run three hours per week. This class will focus on both the influence of photography upon modern society and photographic art itself as a sort of medium of contemporary art. Students will compare conventional and contemporary meanings of photography from aesthetic and historical points of view. Also, students will look into the transition of film and lens image making from still image to motion picture. Furthermore, in this class students will recognize the soaring status of photographic art in the contemporary art world.
LIFE AND ENVIRONMENTAL ETHICS	3Credit	This subject features discourses on life embodied in Western philosophy. In modern times, discourses on life have ushered in special academic areas, such as life science and biotechnology. However, there is still something to be considered in that science deems discourses on life just as a subject. Therefore, this lecture will show you a way to discover environmental ethics by studying relations between life and environment based on scientific and humanistic studies and discussions on life.
ORIGIN AND EVOLUTION OF LIFE	3Credit	생명체가 기원한 과정과 인간을 포함한 지구상에 현존하는 생물들의 진화 역사를 강의합니다.생명의 기원과 진화 과정에 대한 최신의 지식을 동영상 등의 멀티미디어를 활용하여 이해합니다. 생물학을 전공하지 않는 학생들을 대상으로 생명 분자의 기원 및 지구상의 생명체의 기원에 관한 내용, 지구상의 생명의 역사에 대한 내용, 현존하는 지구상 생명체의 다양성과 존중에 관한 내용 등을 다룹니다. 다윈의 진화론이 발표된 지 150여년이 경과하고, 생물학의 연구의 발전을 통하여 생물의 무생물적 기원과 진화에 의한 인간의 기원이 확고한 과학적 사실로 인정되었습니다. 그럼에도 불구하고, 생물학과 이외의 학생들에게는 진화 법칙이 제대로 이해되지 못하고 있는 실정입니다. 따라서, 본 교과목을 통하여, 생물학전공이 아닌 학생들에게 생명 분자의 기원, 생명 활동의 기원, 지구상의 생물체의 기원 및 진화역사, 인간의 기원과 진화 등을 이해시키는 것이 최종 목표입니다.
UNDERSTANDING OF THE LIFE COURSE	3Credit	This class refers about goal setting of entire life, which has to be achieved stage by stage, result from social structural changes. Moreover, it deals with researching of goal, which has to experience in lifetime process, and finding a way to promote preparing of this process.
HISTORY OF INTELLECTUALS IN WESTERN MODERN AND CONTEMPORARY SOCIETY	2Credit	This lecture addresses about history of ideology, which forms the base of western’s society and culture these days. Especially, thinks is the one of the areas that reflects human’s steps along with history of politics and cultures.
SEXUALITY ANS CULTURE	2Credit	This course is intended to help students improve their critical thinking and analytical skills, and to teach them how to apply them to issues relating to sexuality. The emphasis is on how, not what, to think about sexuality in the Korean context, which can lead to an understanding of the ways in which sex, gender, race, ethnicity, class, religion, and age intersect to shape our thinking and practices on sexuality. To achieve the course’s main objectives, students are expected to respect one another’s opinions and points of view during class discussions, yet also to challenge each other in order to examine critically the processes by which we reach and hold our opinions.
STRESS MANAGEMENT AND MIND-BODY TRAINING	2Credit	This two-credit course intends to help students effectively cope with stress by learning Kooksundo Danjun Breathing, a type of Korean traditional mind-body training. Each class consists of a lecture on related topics supported by management and psychology theories, physical training, and breathing meditations. A to-do-list of homework is also assigned every week. Students are evaluated as pass/fail based on class attendance and two term-papers. Students will find this class will increase their body flexibility, attention power, self-confidence, and will promote a positive attitude in life.
SPORTS ACTIVITY AND HUMAN BEHAVOIR	2Credit	Sports is called the new drug of the 21st century because of its excellent effect for preventing disease and promoting health. Despite these effects, the ratio of life exercising is low. This class will provide intensive study of exercising and health, encouraging students to start and maintain working out by themselves. Specifically, students will acquire theoretical knowledge about exercising, learn about its psychological effects, and learn promotion strategies for exercising.
PLANTS AND CULTURE	3Credit	PLANTS AND CULTURE is an integrated, three-credit course designed for the study of plants in human life. Harmony between plants and human life is rightly a utopia. The course introduces the concept and range of plants and related civilization. Moreover, it presents the classes and functions of plants, as well as the theory and practice of using plants. In addition, the course discusses the future of the field of plants and civilization, particularly the potential for utilization and industry.
FOOD AND HEALTH	2Credit	FOOD and HEALTH is a two-credit course consisting of two hours of classroom study per week designed for the general education of college students. In this course, students will acquire extensive basic knowledge about food constituents, nutrients and health functional foods. Also, students will acquire basic knowledge on health and diseases closely related to food lifestyle. Students will have a chance to learn about characteristics of foods in order to maintain a healthy lifestyle and will acquire comprehensive basic knowledge about the relationship of the human body and nutrients.
CHILDREN IN SOCIETY	2Credit	This course will examine philosophy and psychology pertaining to children as well as explore child development in a social context. From these perspectives, students will acquire knowledge on the role of parents, family, and community as assisting children's self actualization. The course will also consider current children’s social issues, and by doing so, will engage in critical thinking on the role of individuals and the community.
PLAIN BRAIN SCIENCE	2Credit	Brain neuroscience is a primary focus and goal in the field of bioscience the 21st century. This lecture provides basic concepts about the brain and neuroscience through an explanation of the structure and functions of the brain. Living in modern communities without knowledge about the brain and neuroscience, we might feel difficulties in comprehening the concepts of network and flow of thought. This course offers a very good opportunity to acquire basic knowledge about the brain and neuroscience because this type of lecture is provided only to selected students as a subject of special study.
UNDERSTANDING THEATRE&MUSICAL	3Credit	he objective of this course is to foster a higher understanding of the performing arts through the study of its history, its definition, and through the experience of creating theatre&musical. This course consists of three hours of class time per week, additional time is required for out of class individual or group assignments. In this process, as well as practical and theoretical considerations, a high-level of learning may be achieved through job training with our access to world-wide theatre&musical. Students will gain an intensive, independent, and professional perspective on theatre&musical through the study of variety of formats concerning the evolution of contemporary art. With this background in the production of performing arts we will be able to try a distinctive and critical approach. In addition, on-site visits with professionals, theatre excursions, and through the production process of contemporary theatrical productions students will be exposed to specific parts of an actual production and by this experience will have the opportunity to think, and judge for themselves about the characteristics of theatre&musical.
UNDERSTANDING OF PHILOSOPHY OF ART	3Credit	This subject explores philosophical aspects of various theories of aesthetics and art, while focusing on the meaning of art. That is, the subject consists of two parts of art. Aesthetics contains mainly theoretical contents whereas art theories contain specific interpretations of art. The subject is followed by modern theories of art after acquiring basic theoretical knowledge on the history of aesthetics and art, so that the problems of art and aesthetics are passed on to general students of art a simple and interesting way, while at the same time providing them with time to meditate on and absorb the study of art and aesthetics
A STORY OF COLOR PLANTS	2Credit	A COLOR STORY OF PLANTS explains the relationship between color food plants and human health. The course consists of information about the kinds of color food plants, the importance of Oriental and Western medical applications, and various diseases resulting from stresses in human life. In this course, students will understand the importance of life and a diverse range of human stories from ancient times. Also, students will participate in new life style for color food plants and human food culture in modern life. All lectures and activities will encourage a change of life for the improvement of human health in the future.
UNDERSTANDING OF HUMAN AND EVERYDAY-LIFE MATERIALS	2Credit	UNDERSTANDING OF HUMAN AND EVERYDAY-LIFE MATERIALS is a course about life materials that contain chemical substances derived from petroleum and are frequently encountered in humans’ everyday lives owing to the development of science. To understand and use these kinds of materials, it is necessary to approach them through their chemical aspects. This course does not require any depth of chemical knowledge, and it progresses so that students are able to understand the course materials with only a low amount of chemical knowledge. This lecture is given 2 hours a week, and the students taking this course will obtain scientific cultural knowledge and an ability to apply the knowledge to real life.
HUMAN BEINGS AND RELIGION	3Credit	In this course, we will take a careful look into human beings and religion. First, we provide that human beings are philosophical and religious beings. Second, we will reflect on parts of ourselves which have been lost in modern times. Third, we will search for ways of finding true values of life through religion. Fourth, we will search for a religious prescription and solution to the ultimate problems of life. Finally, we will try to establish a new value of faith. Hence, this course may help students who have religion to look back to their own faith and religion, and may help others who don't have religion to recognize the true meaning and value of faith and religion.
UNDERSTANDING FOR PLASTIC ART	3Credit	In this course, students will examine the backgrounds of masterpieces from art history. They will develop an ability to evaluate the masterpieces with a view of plastic art, understanding the organic relationship with life and art in the context of the liberal arts.
WORLD OF THE BOOK OF CHANGE	2Credit	Basically, Yi-ching is a fortune telling book, but this book is not for trying to discover things that have already been determined by fate. Rather, we can call Yi-ching a reference book for investigating what we have to achieve and what we want based on an understanding of the universe and human beings. So this lecture’s purpose is to introduce wide contents about Yi-ching.
PHILOSOPHY OF HAPPINESS	2Credit	Irrespective of time and place, ‘happiness' has been universally pursued as the ultimate goal of human life throughout history. Many teachers of humankind have strived for a definition of happiness in their own ways and presented various methods for pursuing and achieving a happy life. But even now, to question "what is happiness?" is still meaningful. In this course, various issues concerning this question will be examined, and the ways to happiness will be explored in ancient and modern thoughts. In the process, the meaning of 'happiness' will be studied in depth from the perspectives of philosophy, religion, literature, psychology, and other fields.
UNDERSTANDING AND APPRECIATION OF MODERN DANCE	2Credit	This course will provide an introduction to aspects of modern dance as cultural, spiritual, and aesthetic expression, exploring not only its origins and but also its related roles of dancer, choreographer, and spectator. Students will learn to connect dance to contexts of time, place, and community, and will develop an understanding of how dance reflects and influences culture and identity. Students will have the opportunity to observe many different dance styles from the 20th century on video. Viewing dance is an essential part of this course. Also, discussion about the definition of artists’ works will demand participation from all of students during the semester. Students will learn a brief history of modern dance and will have a chance to reflect freely on their experience.
MODERN SOCIETY AND SPORTS	2Credit	MODERN SOCIETY AND SPORTS is for students who want to learn sports from a humanistic and sociological standpoint. During this two-hour class per week, we will search for significant meanings of sports in modern society, including their influences on politics, industry, media and culture. Moreover, there will be occasions for discussion regarding mutual relations of international sports affairs with professional sports, lifetime sports, and tourism based on sports business and administration. In conclusion,
MODERN SOCIETY AND RELIGION	2Credit	MODERN SOCIETY AND RELIGION studies the histories and phenomena of different religious traditions such as Shamanism, Buddhism, Confucianism, and Christianity. The course aims to understand the impact of religion upon society rather than the dogmas and traditions of religions. In other words, the course focuses on "religion itself, as in the universal phenomena of religion" rather than 'a religion' or 'religions.' Therefore, the course does not aim to teach a comparative religious studies. Instead, by understanding different religious traditions represented in particular movies, students can grasp the social significance of religion. Students can come to a more a balanced view of human religiosity. Having a religiously mature perspective can help students to respond to "post-modern" people with a sense of tolerance in matters of religious issues and conflicts.