For more details on the courses, please refer to the Course Catalog
| Code | Course Title | Credit | Learning Time | Division | Degree | Grade | Note | Language | Availability |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PSD3056 | North Korean Politics and Economy | 3 | 6 | Major | Bachelor | Korean | Yes | ||
| This course studies working mechanism of North Korean politics and economy. Through readings and discussions, student will analyze how international and domestic factors influence the political economy of North Korea and eventually the future of North Korean regime. | |||||||||
| PSD3058 | Politics of Climate Change | 3 | 6 | Major | Bachelor | 3-4 | - | No | |
| For several decades, climate change issues have emerged as most critical and challenging ones for global society. This class examines 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. | |||||||||
| PSD3059 | Energy Security | 3 | 6 | Major | Bachelor | 3-4 | - | No | |
| Sustainable energy access is necessary for social and economic development and for the improvement in quality of human well-being, and is associated with a variety of security and environmental externalities. This course introduces students to the major questions, theories, and issues in energy security. Throughout the course, we will relate our theories and historical knowledge to current issues of policy relevance. Students will leave the class with theoretical frameworks that can be used to understand various geopolitical issues such as oil price volatility, civilian nuclear technologies, natural resource ownership, energy demand and supply management, and concerns about climate change. | |||||||||
| PSD3063 | National Security and Statecraft | 3 | 6 | Major | Bachelor | English | Yes | ||
| The course [National Security and Statecraft] is an area where security theory and security policy are combined, and particularly, the processes in which security policies are formulated and implemented is intensively explored. In other words, all factors affecting the judgment of the president and his/her staff at the apex of the national security policies are reviewed and analyzed. Various relevant variables across the first, second, and third images are analyzed, including international environment, domestic politics, leader's perception and philosophy of state affairs. The class utilizes analytic frames in various fields of social science, including sociology, psychology, economics, and statistics as well as political science. Students learn merging the theory and practice of national security through case studies, presentations, and discussions. | |||||||||
| PSD3065 | Modern European Political Culture | 3 | 6 | Major | Bachelor | Korean | Yes | ||
| This course examines the political culture of Western Europe, from which the leading paradigms of modern and contemporary political ideologies and institutions have emerged, by focusing on the major ideological works and debates since the 20th century. This course aims to help participants understand the basic ideological framework of major political issues in Europe and explore current political issues in depth. In each semester, several major issues (eg, multiculturalism, populism, regional integration, the role of the state, etc.) are selected, and major literatures are read and discussed which inform them. | |||||||||
| PSD3066 | Technology and Democracy | 3 | 6 | Major | Bachelor | Korean | Yes | ||
| This course deals with how the technological innovation represented by the digital revolution has an impact on democratic renovation and how it will affect the future of democracy. To this end, students can evaluate what problems are facing the current representative democracy, and whether these problems are not properly reflecting the development of technology and changes in society. Students can present their opinions on how the development of digital technology can renew the democratic institutions, and what models of democracy our society should pursue in the future. | |||||||||
| PSD3067 | The Politics of Inequality | 3 | 6 | Major | Bachelor | - | No | ||
| This course will survey the causes and consequences of inequality from a political perspective. The readings, lectures, and assignments will not only focus on economic disparity, but also on the integrated matrix of socio-economic inequalities, such as labor market unevenness, the fissures between natives and immigrants, and gender-based divides. We will study how various forms of social inequality are shaped by existing political and economic institutions and contexts, and further influence voters and political elites’ behavior and political decisions. Lastly, students will learn how ongoing socio-economic transformations that many advanced industrial countries currently confront, such as globalization, de-industrialization, and demographic changes, re-shape existing forms of inequality. Cases addressed in this course will heavily rely on empirical research, mostly focusing on advanced industrial democracies in Europe and North America. However, students will have an opportunity to apply the theories and concepts learned in this class to enhance their understanding of the domestic context. | |||||||||
| PSD3068 | Cyber Security 101 | 3 | 6 | Major | Bachelor | - | No | ||
| Cyber security occupies a new and important realm of modern security studies. This class examines how the issues of cyber security are related to information war, weapon systems, economic relations, public opinion, and diplomacy among states. | |||||||||
| PSD3069 | Civil Society and Poltics | 3 | 6 | Major | Bachelor | Korean | Yes | ||
| Civil society constitutes an essential building block of political development and stability, particularly the establishment and development of democratic institutions. At the same time, political institutions and system affect the expansion of civil society. The main object of this course is to cover and discuss such interactions between | |||||||||
| PSD3070 | International Security | 3 | 6 | Major | Bachelor | 2-4 | English | Yes | |
| This course introduces main theoretical debates and contemporary issues in international security. It begins by examining why wars occur, participants’ military strategy and performance, and why wars end the way they do. The following sections cover selected traditional topics in security studies, ranging from alliances, sanctions, nuclear proliferation, technology to energy security. Students will be introduced key texts of each topic and encouraged to critically engage on how, why, when, and to whom these issue-areas affect international security. | |||||||||
| PSD3071 | Global Political Cultures | 3 | 6 | Major | Bachelor | 2-4 | English | Yes | |
| The key terms for comprehending contemporary politics are the universalization of democracy, economic and social globalization, and the digital revolution. As these three elements intertwine, modern politics is evolving in directions that were previously unforeseen. To understand this shift and explore the overarching direction of future politics, various political theories and philosophical endeavors are being made. This course examines a range of global political phenomena, with a focal point on the three aforementioned issues, interpreting them through the lens of political theory and philosophy. | |||||||||
| PSD4002 | China and the Korean Issues | 3 | 6 | Major | Bachelor/Master | Korean | Yes | ||
| China's rise is a key variable in international politics. The China variables are changing the status quo in East Asia, which is not only the strategic competition between the U.S. and China, but also the global value chain. In particular, the Korean Peninsula is also a main fault line in U.S.-China relations. In particular, China has very close ties with Korea in geopolitics, geoeconomy and geo-culture, and has a weaponized interdependence relationship. The relationship between Korea and China is closely linked to politics and economy, and is easily influenced by U.S-China relation and North Korean issues. This subject is intended to focus on exploring the China and the Korean Peninsula issues. It mainly explores the basic framework of China's foreign policy, its strategic understanding of the Korean Peninsula, the variables of China's policy on the Korean Peninsula, the actual project projection of China's foreign policy on the Korean Peninsula, Korea-China relations, North Korea-China relations and inter-Korea and China triangle relations. In particular, the U.S. will conduct detailed case analysis such as North Korean denuclearization, the Korea-U.S. military alliance, East Asian multi-lateralism, and regional value chain system through methodological training to distinguish issues on the Korean Peninsula amid the U.S.-China strategic competition. This subject teaches methods of academic training and policy analysis together. This will stimulate students' broad underst | |||||||||
| PSD4002 | China and the Korean Issues | 3 | 6 | Major | Bachelor/Master | Political Science | Korean | Yes | |
| China's rise is a key variable in international politics. The China variables are changing the status quo in East Asia, which is not only the strategic competition between the U.S. and China, but also the global value chain. In particular, the Korean Peninsula is also a main fault line in U.S.-China relations. In particular, China has very close ties with Korea in geopolitics, geoeconomy and geo-culture, and has a weaponized interdependence relationship. The relationship between Korea and China is closely linked to politics and economy, and is easily influenced by U.S-China relation and North Korean issues. This subject is intended to focus on exploring the China and the Korean Peninsula issues. It mainly explores the basic framework of China's foreign policy, its strategic understanding of the Korean Peninsula, the variables of China's policy on the Korean Peninsula, the actual project projection of China's foreign policy on the Korean Peninsula, Korea-China relations, North Korea-China relations and inter-Korea and China triangle relations. In particular, the U.S. will conduct detailed case analysis such as North Korean denuclearization, the Korea-U.S. military alliance, East Asian multi-lateralism, and regional value chain system through methodological training to distinguish issues on the Korean Peninsula amid the U.S.-China strategic competition. This subject teaches methods of academic training and policy analysis together. This will stimulate students' broad underst | |||||||||
| PSD4004 | Political Ideologies in Modern Politics | 3 | 6 | Major | Bachelor/Master | - | No | ||
| This course will discuss the core concepts and main aspirations regarding human life and society underlying various political actions and institutions of our time. It focuses on conceptual frameworks informing individuals and groups like political parties in our time. It will especially explore and compare the development and function of core political ideologies such as liberalism, socialism and conservatism. | |||||||||
| PSD4004 | Political Ideologies in Modern Politics | 3 | 6 | Major | Bachelor/Master | Political Science | - | No | |
| This course will discuss the core concepts and main aspirations regarding human life and society underlying various political actions and institutions of our time. It focuses on conceptual frameworks informing individuals and groups like political parties in our time. It will especially explore and compare the development and function of core political ideologies such as liberalism, socialism and conservatism. | |||||||||