1 CURRICULUM
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- UNIVERSITY LIFE AND SOCIAL SERVICE
- University Life and Social Service
This course is designed to help the freshmen adapt to his or her university life and major. In addition, it will help understand human dignity and values, which is necessary to be a leader, through community services.
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- PRACTICAL ENGLISH
- The aim of the course is to help students develop basic English verbal skills in real life situations. The course will be co-taught by Korean and Native English instructors. Korean instructors will provide students with basic English structure, vocabulary, and expressions, and students will be encouraged to practice speaking English utilizing basic English structures. Students will further practice expressing themselves in English with native English instructors.


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- READING THE GREAT BOOKS AND WRITING FOR SOCIAL SCIENCE
- The aim of this course is to help our students to have a cultivation of the humanities which university men are supposed to develop, and then to improve the ability of expressing their own thinking into both written and spoken language, through the great books selected by the Committee of Great Books Selection of Yeungnam University. This course is composed of three main contents. First, this course has a process of finding out the core value of the great books through the deep reading for the great books. Second, this course has a process of expressing students' own thinking into both written and spoken language effectively. Third, this course has a process of reinterpreting the core value of the great books into present value, and then of expressing the contents interpreted into logical and precise sentences. This course makes it a rule to read one great book per two weeks, and to deepen the process of finding out the core value of the great books through discussions and debates. And also, this course is to cultivate the ability of interpreting the core value into the present value through writing.
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- INTRODUCTION TO SOCIOLOGY
- This course aims to help students understand society’s social phenomena systematically and logically. It deals with the definition of sociology, its disciplinary goal, its object and its point of view. This course also focuses on the basic concepts and knowledge of social institutions and social relationships.
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- ACADEMIC ENGLISH
- The aim of the course is to help students increase their fluency and accuracy in English. The course will be co-taught by Korean and Native English instructors. Korean instructors will provide students with an opportunity to practice English structure, vocabulary, and expressions, and students will be encouraged to enhance their verbal skills by actively participating in classroom activities. Students will further practice expressing themselves in English with native English instructors.


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- READINGS IN SOCIOLOGY
- This course aims to enable students to read sociological documents written in English
by Western sociologists and comprehend them precisely. The course intention is to
familiarize students with sociological perspectives of social phenomena.
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2 CURRICULUM
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- CULTURAL SOCIOLOGY
- This course analyzes major cultural issues in contemporary Korean society from the sociological perspective. Through this analysis, we can understand the structure, process, and phenomenon of the cultural formation comprehensively and also expand the realm of our cultural awareness.
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- SOCIOLOGICAL ISSUES IN CONTEMPORARY SOCIETY
- In this course, students investigate the major sociological problems in consequences of those problems. Furthermore, they will provide some suggestions for resolving those problems with sociological insights.
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- FAMILY & SOCIAL STRUCTURE
- This course covers the nature and functions of the family, varying forms of
familial institutions, the processes and various patterns of courtship and marital interaction, the role system and power structure within the family, and the
interpersonal relations and life-courses of family members. It focuses on the characteristics of the Korean family structure and the ensuing social problems
that arise in the contemporary Korean family which is in transition.
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- HUMAN BAHAVIOR AND SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT
- This course attempts to analyze human experiences and behaviors withiin the context of social group and culture and to examine the basic concepts, perspectives and theories in the sociological social-psychology. It also deals with such sub-disciciplinary issues as the socialization processes of the human individuals, their interpersonal interactions and human relationship, collective behavior and actions, and the problems of mass society.
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- RESEARCH & METHODS
- The objective of this course is to obtain knowledge and skills relative to
conducting research. The class emphasis is towards theoretical framework of research, understanding basic sociological concepts, and survey/research methods. This class will provide the students with ability to carry out research by themselves.
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- CLASSICAL SOCIOLOGICAL THEORY
- This course covers the historical development of sociology from the late 19th century to the 1930s.
It deals with important sociologists and the major sociological theories which were
advanced from the 19th century to the 1930’s. It also emphasizes the significance of classical sociological theories form the perspective of sociology’s historical development.
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- RURAL SOCIOLOGY
- This course covers contemporary and historical issues in rural Korean society in Korea.
Sociological concepts and theories are introduced and discussed in the context of
agricultural institutions and rural social structures.
With special attention to the rapid transformations of the land tenure system and rural
community structure and development in contemporary Korean society will be discussed and
analyzed.
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- SOCIAL PROBLEMS
- This course examines and studies the nature, theories and basic methodological orientation in the study of social problems. Firstly, we will deal with the theoretical contributions of some major schools of thought in this field. Then we will discuss each theoretical perspective in detail in the context of the historical development of sociological thoughts in general.
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- SOCIAL STRATIFICATION
- This course introduces central concepts, methods, and theoretical orientations in
the area of social hierarchy and social stratification. The topics include the nature
and various forms of social inequalities, the origins and transformations of social class differentiation in modern capitalist societies, production and reproduction of social cleavages, and the consequences of class and status as related to political behavior and lifestyles. It emphasizes the understanding of class dynamics in modern capitalistic society.
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- SOCIOLOGY OF OCCUPATION
- This course provides students with a forum for the analysis and discussion of the social aspects of occupations. One of its hidden objectives is to help them prepare for the
planning of their future occupational careers. The course examines the historical processes of occupations, particularly in the context of the changes in the industrial structure,
and social determinants of occupational choices. It also deals with such issues as occupational prestige and social status, social mobility in the occupational hierarchy,
and occupational career. Finally, the relations between occupational and other social activities such as domestic life, political activity, leisure, and local community activities will also be discussed.
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- SOCIAL STATISTICS
- This class will emphasize the use of statistics to better understand social phenomena.
Descriptive statistics and inferential statistics will be employed and explored in
the class. Social statistics will be used to examine the causes of social phenomena using quantitative statistical approach.
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3 CURRICULUM
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- URBAN SOCIOLOGY
- This course surveys the nature of urban sociology, the historical developments of
modern metropolitan areas, the characteristics of contemporary cities, urban ecology
and urbanization processes. Special attention will be given to the ecological
structure, problems and concerns, and urbanization processes of today's fast growing
Korean urban areas.
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- TEACHING IN SOCIAL STUDIES
- This course aims to help develop basic understanding of the overall objectives of social studies education in secondary schools and the nature and composition of its curricula. It also intends to provide students with teaching and evaluation methods, and other educational methodologies for every disciplines or teaching areas in this field.
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- SOCIAL PROBLEMS IN KOREA
- This course introduces students to the understanding of the specific social problems
in contemporary Korea. We will attempt to analyze the causes and trends of a variety
of structural, disintegrational, and deviant social problems of today's Korean society. Students in this course are strongly encouraged to participate in the presentation of
papers and in-class discussions in selected issues.
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- SOCIOLOGY OF POPULATION
- The main purpose of this course is to scientifically understand the three major
components of population growth, i.e. fertility, mortality, and migration.
Both causes and consequences of population growth will be analyzed and discussed.
The basic concepts and theoretical perspectives of population will also be examined.
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- POLITICAL SOCIOLOGY
- This course examines the nature, structure, distribution, and practice of political
power and authority; origins and expansion of modern states; linkages between state
and society; impact of the modern world system on national politics; and the structure
of political group formation and individual participation in modern states.
It emphasizes a new and critical perspective on themes of political sociology.
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- CONTEMPORARY SOCIOLOGICAL THEORY
- This course covers the socio-historical background, historical development,
sociological structure, core issues and limitations of current and major theoretical perspectives of sociology. It also discusses their significance in better understanding contemporary Korean society.
Students in this course will give a special emphasis to today’s new theoretical movements
in sociology.
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- SOCIOLOGY OF MASS MEDIA
- The students in this course will be encouraged to understand the functions and
impacts of mass communication in current society, to look at the past, present, and the future of the major mass media, and to compare and examine the different natures
of various mass media. They will also be introduced to the study of the interconnections between mass society, mass culture, and mass media.
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- SOCIAL STUDIES-TEACHING MATERIALS RESEARCH AND METHOD
- This course aims to help examine the curriculum of social studies that are taught in the secondary schools？for the students in the middle school and the first graders in the high school. Those who take this course are also expected to get accustomed to the composition and contents of the secondary school social studies textbooks and to study diverse teaching and evaluation methods.
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- SOCIOLOGY OF OCCUPATION AND INTERNSHIP
- This course is designed to discuss the substantive field of occupational sociology. Specific topics to be discussed in this course include, such as occupational choice and socialization, job search and recruitment processes, job and ethics; career and career mobility, occupations and stratification; and the future of work and occupation. This course aims to enhance the experiences of the work world through internships.
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- SOCIAL SCIENCES FOR CAREER DEVELOPMENT
- 1. to search for the job spheres which are directly associated with the majors of Sociology, Psychology, and Journalism and Information and to foster the realistic and practical job mind.
2. to obtain professional skills through the lectures and teachings in the detailed and practical spheres such as resume writing, communication skill and ventures and to help the students to find out the their own appropriated talents in the job world and to set up the long-term planning for career development.
3. to introduce the basic knowledge on business world in the spheres of journalism, psychological research, advertizement and marketing in our local area and to help search jobs effectively.
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- COMPUTER AND SOCIAL SURVEY
- The goal of this course is to provide the students abilities to conduct social
survey by themselves using computer technology. In this context, research design,
sampling methods, data collection, and statistical analysis using the computer
technology will be discussed.
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- INDUSTRIAL SOCIOLOGY
- This course reviews the nature and historical development of industrial sociology. It deals with social phenomena on the industrial scene.
It covers the nature of work in the contemporary capitalist society; the characteristics
of labor process; the structure of the labor market; the social relationships in the workplace; the organization of work; industrial relationships; industrial democracy.
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- SOCIAL WELFARE
- This course covers fundamental concepts and theoretical orientations in the study of social welfare, and the social and historical background in which the ideology and theories of social welfare had emerged. It also introduces students to various major social welfare policies in contemporary society.
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- SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT
- The assumption of a unilinear progress in human history, which is one of the basic
elements of the classical perspectives on social development, will be critically
examined in this course. Both the mainstream and Marxist traditions of developmental
theory will be reassessed in this regard. Secondly, newly emerging theories of
development will be introduced to the students. Finally, we will also examine the
issues of Third World development using the conceptual framework of 'world-system'
and make a cross-national comparative analysis with a few cases in Asia and Latin America.
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4 CURRICULUM
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- COLLECTIVE BEHAVIOR AND SOCIAL MOVEMENTS
- This course analyzes different theories and methods that have attempted to account
for the historic rise and fall of social movements and collective actions.
It also discusses contemporary research strategies for collecting and analyzing
data on collective political actions―protests, riots, rebellions, and guerilla
warfare―regional and ethnic conflicts, and social movements.
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- SOCIAL STUDIES-LOGICS AND DISCOURSES
- Students in this course will examine diverse perspectives and theories in the various academic disciplines that are related to the social studies such as political science, economics, sociology, law, anthropolgy, geography and history. They will also study the unique characteristics and logics of the social studies subjects that are taught in the secondary school. This course thus aims to help students develop abilities to hold discourses with others in one's own logic.
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- ENVIRONMENT AND SOCIETY
- The major objective of this course is to examine sociologically the relationship between environment and society. This course deals with social construction of nature and environment, global warming, environmental inequality, environmental movements, envisioning a sustainable society, and ecological paradigm.
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- KOREAN SOCIAL HISTORY
- This course deals with the nature and methodological orientations in the study of
Korean social history. It teaches students the value of historical changes within the
context of Korean social institutions. An emphasis on kinship systems and estate
systems will be explored.
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- COMMUNITY STUDIES
- A preliminary understanding of the local community in which we live is a prerequisite for the students of sociology who make a scientific exploration of all kinds of social phenomena. This course encourages students to understand the power structure, political culture, economic and industrial structure, social stratification patterns, social organizations, local social culture, and demographic phenomena in Daegu-Gyeongbuk area. Students are expected to collect and analyze various data on these issues and they will also be engaged in the historical data analysis and field research.
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- CONTEMPORARY MASS CULTURE
- This course aims to theoretically examine the characteristics and trends of mass
society and the masses, and they will be critically appraised with reference to
contemporary developments in mass culture. It also prompts students to have a
sociological understanding of various aspects of contemporary mass culture, popular
music and literature, the movies, drama, cartoons, and advertising.
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- GERONTOLOGY
- This course deals with the basic concepts and theoretical models in Gerontology and
attempts to discuss the reality and issues related to the elderly. In this context,
causes and consequences of problems related to the elderly will be discussed.
Furthermore, policy implications will be introduced and discussed.
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- SOCIAL SECURITY
- This course aims to introduce students to various issues and aspects of social security systems that have been designed to guarantee the members of the nation minimum standard of living and to provide them with means of social-economic security. This course will examine these issues in basically two different categories : public assistance and social insurance. It will also discuss some problems of social security system that are in practice.
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- INFORMATION SOCIETY
- This course aims to show students how to understand the emergence of an information
society. It discusses the contemporary development of science and technology that
brought about the coming of an information society and theoretically compares and
analyzes the nature of the information society with other historical forms of society including the industrial society. It also deals with the meaning and consequences of
the emergence of an information society in the various sectors of society including political, economic, legal, cultural, educational, and religious sectors.
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- FOREIGN AREA STUDIES
- Students in this course will be engaged in a comparative study of various areas of contemporary world―East and Southeast Asia, Latin America, the Middle East, Africa,
etc. The areas to be covered in the course vary from semester to semester and will be announced in advance. The topics include socio-cultural, economic, and political
developments from the early classical states to the present; contemporary social and political problems; economic problems and reform efforts; developmental strategies and political system; state-civil society relations and democratization processes.
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- CONTEMPORARY KOREAN SOCIETY
- This course intends to lead students to have a better understanding of the politics, society and culture of contemporary Korea. To be taught in English, it will provide foreign students with an opportunity to learn about Korean society. It will also help Korean students acquire an international orientation and foreign language skills which are necessary in this globalizing world.
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