KOREA U

Korea University
Seoul, South Korea

Founded in 1905, the Korea University (KU) campus covers over 182 acres and is home to more than 35,000 students from all over the nation and the world.

The university’s academic breadth is extensive with its 81 departments in 19 colleges and divisions, and 18 graduate schools and it has over 1,400 full-time faculty members with over 95% of them holding a Ph.D. or equivalent qualification in their field. KU has particularly strong Humanities and Asian Studies Departments along with the recently established Graduate School of International Studies (GSIS). KU is also renowned for its professional schools of Law, Medicine and Business Administration. In research, KU is an internationally recognized leader with over 100 research centers, including the East Asiatic Research Centre and the Korean Cultural Research Centre. Furthermore, Korea University Business School (KUBS) is the only and the first business school in the country to have acquired both European Quality Improvement System (EQUIS) accreditation, in combination with the accreditation granted by the Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business (AACSB).

Website: www.korea.edu

VSE Season 1, 2022-23: Courses offered by Korea University


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E-transcripts will be issued to students.



Application Deadline

Students must submit an application to the VSE Central Office before:
Aug 17, 2022 12:00 noon Hong Kong Time (UTC+8)




Academic Requirements

Before applying, please make sure you have fulfilled the course offering university's academic requirements listed below:

- Applicants must complete at least two semesters.
- GPA 2.5 out of 4.0 above

For more details, please contact the VSE coordinator at Korea University.



Course Information

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Number of Credits3
Offering DepartmentDivision of International Studies
Course TeacherJinWon Lee
Language of InstructionEnglish
First Day of Class2022-09-01
Last Day of Class2022-12-21
Course ComponentLecture
Mode of TeachingSynchronous
Meeting TimeTue, Thu 1030-1145
Time ZoneUTC+09
Course Description

Globalization is commonly understood as shrinking of space between countries and the intensification of the exchange of economic, political, cultural, and social relations between people on the globe. What do the Nike, the World Bank, Legos, the financial and debt crisis, income inequality, climate change, renewable energy, development, gender equality, and the war on terror have in common? All are manifestations of the contemporary process (or processes) known as globalization. Globalization is a contested keyword that falls outside established disciplinary frameworks, it is a topic that merits serious attention in the field of international studies.  


In this introductory course, students will be introduced to the key concepts and theoretical perspectives on globalization, which will then be used as analytical tools to understand different historical stages and substantive aspects of globalization. It is the aim of this course to discuss the major scholarly concepts and debates around globalization and encourage students to critically think about them and apply those frameworks to analyze specific cases of globalization.

Course Outline

DISS140

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Number of Credits3
Offering DepartmentDivision of International Studies
Course TeacherJinWon Lee
Language of InstructionEnglish
First Day of Class2022-09-01
Last Day of Class2022-12-21
Course ComponentLecture
Mode of TeachingSynchronous
Meeting TimeTue, Thu 0900-10:15
Time ZoneUTC+09
Course Description

This course is designed to introduce students to the study of human rights in political science. It will take students through an understanding of how the ideas of human rights and discourses about human rights have been structured and discussed in the context of domestic and international politics. Students will also explore how actual human rights norms are acknowledged or rejected, observed or ignored, and promoted or withdrawn at the domestic as well as international level.


This course is organized into two parts. The first half of the course begins with an overview of the concepts and theoretical issues in human rights studies, and the second half focuses on the explanations of different human rights practices across countries looking at various topics related to human rights and considers the conditions favorable for better human rights practices and processes that bring actual changes in human rights practices.


By the end of the course, I aim that all the students will become an expert on at least one human rights issue. Therefore, case study research and presentations are expected throughout this course from everyone as a small group.

Course Outline

DISS338

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