Survival Korean I
This course is designed for the students who don’t have background knowledge about Korean language. It will give students the basic knowledge of Korean language starting from the Korean alphabet Hangeul to Korean expressions in various situations including greetings, self-introduction, ordering food, shopping, and daily small talks. Students will be able to read and write Hangeul, understand the fundamental system of Korean syllable and rules of sentence structures of Korean. Also, each class will give students useful expressions to survive in Korea!
Survival Korean II
Survival Korean: Intermediate Level (S2111)
This course is designed for the short-term Korean learners who are in the beginners level in Korean language. In this class, the students can learn the basic Korean grammar and vocabulary that can be used in everyday conversation. The students who are to take this class should be acquainted with Hangeul(Korean Alphabet) since all the materials(dialogues, narrations, vocabulary) will be offered in Hangeul without Romanization nor phonetic symbol. The course consist of 13 units, in each of them the students will learn the key expressions and following grammar explanation and example dialogues, conversation drills and tasks.
Survival Korean: Beginner Level (S2110)
This course is designed for the students who don’t have background knowledge about Korean language. It will give students the basic knowledge of Korean language starting from the Korean alphabet Hangeul to Korean expressions in various situations including greetings, self-introduction, ordering food, shopping, and daily small talks. Students will be able to read and write Hangeul, understand the fundamental system of Korean syllable and rules of sentence structures of Korean. Also, each class will give students useful expressions to survive in Korea!
The Korean Wave as a Pedagogical Tool (S2105)
The “Korean Wave” is a collective term used to refer to the phenomenal growth of Korean culture and popular culture encompassing everything from music, movies, drama to online games and Korean cuisine just to name a few. More and more people over the whole world are starting to acknowledge Korean culture thanks to this phenomenon. However, this phenomenon could be further taken advantage of if the proper approach is taken.
This course will explore all the ways in which this cultural phenomenon could be made use of from a pedagogical perspective. Going beyond the purely aesthetic of the phenomenon and seeing real examples of how Korean dramas, K-pop songs, etc. could be integrated into any classroom to further understand some key subjects (not limited to the teaching of Korean as a foreign language).
Korean Culture and Language through Media (S2107)
While the notion of literacy is traditionally considered as the ability to read and write, a growing number of research includes social dimensions to literacy, calling it ‘literacies’ in the plural form to highlight the multiple ways of using language within different types of social and cultural practices (Gee, 2010; The New London Group, 1996). Gee (2010) argues that the notion of literacy should be understood in its full range of contexts, not only cognitive dimensions but also social, cultural, historical, and institutional ones. Readers and writers are not just giving or receiving meanings or decoding words, but engaged in social and cultural practices of meaning making, involving ‘ways of acting, interacting, valuing, believing, and knowing, as well as often using other sorts of tools and technologies’ (Gee, 2010, p. 44). This course will explore Korean culture and language through various media resources, and aims to develop students’ literacies. Students will be able to develop their reading, listening, discussion, writing and also presentation skills through classes which will utilize various forms of media.
Doing Business in Korea (S2104)
Korea has experienced ‘miracle’ economic growth rates in the recent past. This has manifested itself not only in the development of major global Korean companies, such as Samsung and Hyundai, but Korea has also become an increasingly important market for foreign companies and foreign direct investment (FDI). This course will introduce the economic, political, and cultural environment that influence doing business in Korea. Using a combination of lectures, case studies, and class discussions, students will examine how foreign companies and managers can do business successfully in Korea. The structure of the course will include market entry, marketing, human resource management, and advice on how to start-up a business in Korea as a foreigner.
Financial Management (S2101)
What is Financial Management? It refers to the efficient and effective management of money or funds in such a manner as to accomplish the objectives of the organization. This class will explain analysis of financial theories and practices as they relate to financial decision-making within the firm. Students will learn techniques for addressing the following issues (not limited to):
1. Analyzing and forecasting the performance of a company.
2. Determining the working capital needs of a company.
3. Calculating the time value of money.
4. Discounting cash flow and stock and bond valuation.
5. Examining cost of capital for a company.
6. Analyzing the capital structure of a firm.
7. Capital budgeting analysis.