This course examines Korean popular culture and its related issues in historical and sociocultural contexts. For this examination, the course surveys a history of Korean popular culture in the 20th and 21st centuries, focusing on forms of media culture (popular music, cinema, and TV dramas/shows) that has not only led to but developed through Korean Wave both within and outside of Korea. Also, the course delves into a variety of phenomena and issues in Korean popular culture in conjunction with contemporary Korean society. The course then aims to critically and analytically discuss the ramification of Korean popular culture and Korean Wave in the global, local, and glocal perspectives.

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This course focuses on Korean traditional music which has been designated as UNESCO Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity. Students will get a chance to get direct experience to this music.

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This course introduces students to key marketing concepts, theory, and practices. Students are expected to master conceptual frameworks and develop their skills in marketing analysis and planning through a combination of readings and case discussion.

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This course will explore how Korean thinkers and reformers/activists have engaged religions and ideologies in the major political, social and cultural developments and movements during premodern Korea and beyond. Through this course, the students are expected to gain a deeper understanding of how ideologies and religious ideas have informed the major debates and collective activities that have made the Korean history progress. One further aim of this class is to enhance the students’ ability to write readable essays and paper based on their knowledge and insight acquired through the lectures, readings, and discussions.

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This course will explore how Korean thinkers and activists have engaged religions and ideologies in the major political, social and cultural movements and activism during colonial and contemporary Korea. Through this course, the students are expected to gain a deeper understanding of how ideologies and religious ideas have informed the major debates and collective activities that have made the Korean history progress further. One further aim of this class is to enhance the students’ ability to write readable essays and paper based on their knowledge and insight acquired through the lectures, readings and discussions.

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The turbulent recent history of South Korea has produced a society that is engaged with a variety of local and global social forces in complex and contradictory ways. The sweeping social changes in South Korean society have engaged it in a struggle to redefine and re-examine itself, and its relation to such basic ideas as gender, class, tradition and nation. Contemporary films provide an especially interesting entry into these issues and how Koreans have been thinking about them. This course is intended to enhance students` understanding of a variety of historical, social, cultural issues of South Korean society by analyzing relevant contemporary South Korean films.

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This course aims to provide an overview of the history of the Korea-US relations and to discuss major issues regarding Korea-US relations. The first half of the course deals with the various encounters between the two countries from the late nineteenth century up to the 1980's. The second half discusses various contemporary issues related to the two countries, including security, trade, Korean nationalism, immigration, North Korea`s nuclear program, and territorial disputes, among many others.

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To learn the basics of business communication, application, and practical and theoretical factors of communication.

Business communication is designed to introduce you to skills and practices that will help you communicate and develop a communication strategy for yourself in business and/or for writeen and oral form. We will look at the standard practices for communicating within and across business sectors. We will practice some of the fundamentals of business writing, including memoranda, email, business letters, and discuss how to be persuasive and engaging in thses writings.

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This course examines a history of and issues in popular music cultures of contemporary Korean society. For this examination, the course surveys the development of various genres of Korean popular music, from sinminyo in the early twentieth century to the recent K-pop.

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Lectures will explore a range of topics related to technologies of contemporary digital and social media, with particular attention to understanding technical, historical, ethical and legal issues. Students will learn to express themselves effectively with digital media, and especially on the web.

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