For more details on the courses, please refer to the Course Catalog
| Code | Course Title | Credit | Learning Time | Division | Degree | Grade | Note | Language | Availability |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PSD5105 | Seminar on Political Institutions | 3 | 6 | Major | Master/Doctor | Political Science | - | No | |
| In this course, we will explore the literature on comparative institutions, one of the most important subjects of study in comparative politics. We first look at different approaches to studying institutions. We then take up the question of institutional design and choice, using case studies of electoral systems and government types. Following this, we will spend the majority of the semester on various institutions: presidential and parliamentary systems, coalition government, federalism, bicameralism, veto players, legislatures, and administrative politics. The readings and discussions will focus on where institutions come from, how and why they matter, and the effect they have on policy formation and outcomes for policy, voters, parties, legislators, and other actors. | |||||||||
| PSD5112 | Seminar on Global Politics of Climate Change | 3 | 6 | Major | Master/Doctor | Political Science | - | No | |
| This advanced graduate level seminar course reviews various theoretical and practical analysis of political and economic consequences caused by global warming and climate change. Causal linkage between carbon emissions and climate change, recent development in international discussions and conflict of interest will be followed by risks and opportunities the Republic of Korea faces. | |||||||||
| PSD5113 | Future Social Risks and Political Theory | 3 | 6 | Major | Master/Doctor | Political Science | - | No | |
| This course diescusses the new developments in future, the risks they bring about and proper strategies for coping with them. The topics include the climate changes, natural disastors, demographic changes, new discoveries and developments in sciences and technologies and their impacts on our society. The goal of this course is to deliberate on how to react to those changes and challenges properly, which may determine the tufure of individual societies as well humankind. | |||||||||
| PSD5125 | Energy and International Security | 3 | 6 | Major | Master/Doctor | 1-4 | Political Science | - | No |
| This course is a graduate colloquium on energy security. It focuses on the key issues in energy security and the political economy of energy and the environment such as global energy trends and projections, an energy trilemma (i.e. the need to navigate difficult trade-offs between energy security, energy equity, and environmental sustainability), the key domestic/international institutions and regimes affecting energy policy, and competition and cooperation between states. The purpose of the course is to prepare graduate students for original, rigorous, and scientific research in the field. The course emphasizes recent empirical and theoretical research across issue areas. The class is conducted predominantly in a discussion format, although lectures are given on various topics as needed to introduce additional context beyond the immediate readings assigned. | |||||||||
| PSY5190 | The Individual and the Social Processes of Human Mind and Behavior | 3 | 6 | Major | Master/Doctor | 1-4 | Psychology | Korean | Yes |
| This course reviews major theories of social psychology. Students will also engage in critical analyses of the recent empirical works in each of the three units of analysis: Intraindividual processes, interpersonal processes, intragroup and intergroup processes. | |||||||||
| PSY5195 | Practicum on Natural Groups | 3 | 6 | Major | Master/Doctor | 1-4 | Psychology | Korean | Yes |
| This practicum course reviews theoretical frameworks and empirical research on natural groups. Students will learn related concepts and theories to analyze human dynamics in various real-world social groups along with qualitative research methods. They will also have opportunities to apply the knowledge in the form of a semester-long team project. | |||||||||
| SIC5034 | Hierarchical Linear Modeling | 3 | 6 | Major | Master/Doctor | 2-8 | Convergence for Social Innovation | Korean | Yes |
| The purpose of this course is to develop the skills necessary to identify an appropriate technique, estimate models, and interpret results for independent research and to critically evaluate contemporary social research using hierarchical linear modeling. Social research focuses on issues that examine the relationship between individuals and the social contexts in which they work, live, or learn. This involves multilevel research, which investigates individuals within groups. In multilevel research, the nature of the data structure is hierarchical. For example, in educational research, the data typically consists of schools and pupils within these schools. In this example, pupils are nested within schools. When analyzing multilevel data, we need special statistical skills and techniques, because single-level analysis of multilevel data brings about misleading standard errors and significance tests. The hiearchical linear modeling addresses this issue, accurately dealing with a hierarchical data set, often individuals within groups. This course will be applied in the sense that we will focus on estimating models and interpreting the results, rather than understanding in detail the mathematics behind the techniques. | |||||||||
| SOC4011 | Practice in Social Research | 3 | 6 | Major | Bachelor/Master | Sociology | Korean | Yes | |
| Participation in research activities supervised by the instructor. This course is designed to give students practical experience of applying research procedures and techniques to the actual research situation. | |||||||||
| SOC5064 | Urban Health and Social Inequality | 3 | 6 | Major | Master/Doctor | 1-8 | Sociology | - | No |
| This course will examine heath status, healthcare access, and healthcare service delivery in the urban environment. It will draw on historic and contemporary research in urban sociology to frame these discussions. Specific attention will be given to age, gender, race and ethnic, and regional differences in disease trajectories and neighborhood-level social and institutional resources. The course also will explore both local and national policy implications. We will begin with micro-level considerations such as individual health and functional status. We then shift the unit of analysis to social interaction and social networks. Finally, we close with neighborhood effects research, policy implications, and cross-national applications. | |||||||||
| SOC5065 | How to write a research paper on social inequality and health | 3 | 6 | Major | Master/Doctor | 2-4 | Sociology | - | No |
| This course is designed for sociology master's and doctoral students, providing them with experience in writing research papers in health inequality using quantitative methods. The aim of the course is to provide a 16-week intensive paper writing course to submit their papers in English. Students will develop practical and systematic research skills and learn how to conduct an in-depth analysis on the social determinants of health. This course will be particularly beneficial for those who are currently involved in a research project or wish to develop their final papers written during the course into a full-fledged research paper. Students will draft their research papers on topics such as aging and the life course, family, urban health, health disparities by gender, race/ethnicity, and urban/rural areas, and receive feedback from peers and the professor. Through this process, they will practice setting research questions, analyzing data, and honing their paper writing skills. | |||||||||