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Let's Learn Useful Korean Expressions
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This course is (designed) for learners who want to improve practical Korean communication skills in a short period of time. This course presents mainly colloquial expressions that you can learn and use immediately, and it contains expressions that are appropriate for the topic and situation, and sentence patterns that are highly useful. It also provides a wealth of visual materials such as various photos and illustrations to enable interesting learning. This course is divided into four modules: Leisure, Food, Clothing, and Transportation, and each module consists of five units. In each unit, you will learn situational expressions and grammar related to the topic, and then you can practice and apply what you have learned through conversations. In addition, vocabulary and sentence patterns are learned naturally by listening to and following the presented topic vocabulary and examples. Finally, we will provide you with additional explanation for common grammar mistakes, so that you will be able to use them appropriately. Korean language learning materials such as lecture notes, workbooks, and vocabulary lists provided in this course will help you with your self-directed learning. By the time you complete this course, I am sure you will have basic communication skills in Korean.
EKP1: Modernity and the Emergence of Korean Philosophy
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In the “Exploration to Korean Philosophy” series, we will delve deeper into the subject matter than what was previously addressed in the courses “Introduction to Korean Philosophy and Culture (IKPC)” and “In Search for the Origins of Korean Philosophy (SOKP)." In EKP1, titled "Modernity and the Emergence of 'Korean' Philosophy," we explore how the Korean intellectual tradition encountered a pivotal moment of reinterpretation as it embraced the discipline of "philosophy," often seen as the apex of modern European intellectual history. Looking at examples of Concept Clusters, we can see that Korean philosophy is deeply rooted in the Korean language and has formed a philosophical perspective that is different not only from the West but also from neighboring countries such as China and Japan. In this course, we also dealt with the early Korean Neo-Confucianism's gaze on “cheon”, referring to “heaven” as an example that clearly demonstrates the characteristics of Korean philosophy before it was given the name “philosophy.” Even before and after the advent of Neo-Confucianism, the search for ultimate existence – expressed in various terms – was constantly pursued. The gaze on “heaven” is an important feature of Korean philosophy.
Machine Learning Algorithms
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In this course you will: a) understand the naïve Bayesian algorithm. b) understand the Support Vector Machine algorithm. c) understand the Decision Tree algorithm. d) understand the Clustering. Please make sure that you’re comfortable programming in Python and have a basic knowledge of mathematics including matrix multiplications, and conditional probability.
In Search for the Origins of Korean Philosophy
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This course will give you an insight into the formative years of “Korean” culture and thought and uncover together who were the earliest people we could describe as being “Korean.” Korea is unique, but not of a single origin. Through this course, you will rediscover “Korea” today as a unique linguistic-cultural continuum. And from this, you may gain a deeper understanding of yourself by acknowledging the various factors that have influenced you to form your mature identity.
A Bridge to the World: Korean Language for Beginners Ⅰ
Sungkyunkwan University (via Coursera)
This course is an introductory course to Korean language that aims to cultivate basic communication skill for those that are interested in learning Korean language. The course is composed of essential expressions that are often used in everyday life, and designed to teach grammars using basic dialogues which reflect colloquial characteristics of Korean language so by end of this course, a student will be able to express him/herself on ordinary topics. Also, the course provides dialogues used in both formal and informal situations to help students to express in Korean language appropriately in particular situations, and provides various material to help students to understand unique culture of Korean language. Chief Contents Developer: Won-Sook Hyun Contents Developers: Eun-Sil Hong, Ha-ra Yu Production Assistant: Sa-ra Yoo Part of this course was developed with K-MOOC(Korean MOOC) funds.
Korean 101: Essential Expressions
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Hello and welcome to "Korean 101: Essential Expressions" at Sungkyunkwan University! With over 600 years of history, Sungkyunkwan University (SKKU) is a leading institution of innovation, fostering change through resilience and inquiry. Whether you're completely new to Korean or just getting started, “Korean 101: Essential Expressions” will guide you step by step to master essential Korean expressions. Course Overview Who is this course for? Anyone interested in learning Korean! What will you learn? In just five weeks, you’ll be able to read, write, and speak basic Korean. Do you need prior knowledge? Not at all! All you need is a willingness to learn Korean. This course is designed to help absolute beginners gain confidence in reading, writing, and speaking Korean within just five weeks. You don’t need any prior knowledge—just an interest in learning! Even if you've never seen Hangul before, we’ll guide you through it step by step, making it easy and fun.
Introduction to Korean Philosophy and Culture
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This course will give you the cultural and historical background to begin your journey into Korean philosophy, and there is no prerequisite knowledge on philosophy required. Anybody who either has an interest in Korean culture, maybe through K-Dramas or K-pop, or an interest in philosophy from a cross-cultural perspective, are all welcome. Despite the growing interest in Korean culture, there are few courses which explore the fascinating topic of Korean philosophy. On this course, you’ll be introduced to concepts in Korean philosophy through an exploration of the Korean language, culture and perspective. The Korean cultural, social, and political environment has informed and transformed the intellectual assets of China and the West. You’ll explore the creative tensions that Koreans have experienced, and broaden your worldview as you discover a new philosophical approach.
Korean Political Thought in the Past and Present
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When we think about Korean Thought or Korean Philosophy, much of the focus tends to be on the distinguished figures, their writings, and their intellectual debates. Korean Political Thought, however, while not entirely overlooked, remains relatively underexplored, and perhaps, underappreciated. But, we should remember that most Korean Confucians were not merely intellectuals. They aspired to put their ideas into action, trying to realize an ideal Confucian society. In that sense, they were also politicians, either with or without government participation. As such, they are often referred to as scholar-officials. It is, therefore, crucial to understand what their political visions were, how their ideas influenced Korean society, and what we can learn from them to make our world a better place. This lecture series, featuring eight thought-provoking sessions, offers a valuable introduction to Korean Political Thought. It is designed to engage everyone, both those already familiar with Korean philosophy and those encountering it for the first time.
Korean Music, A Philosophical Exploration
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This course introduces Korean philosophy projected into the subject of Korean music, especially K-POP, which is drawing global attention today. We confirm that Korea's unique philosophy was the basis for maintaining originality while being universally accepted by many people, and seek the role of philosophy for the continuous development and spread of Korean music.
A Bridge to the World: Korean Language for Intermediate1
Sungkyunkwan University (via Coursera)
This course is designed for anyone who wants to learn Korean. This course is useful for learners who want to improve their communication skills on personal topics frequently encountered in their daily life after learning basic Korean. Through this class, you can use expressions such as introducing, talking about experiences, and comforting, and you will be able to increase your understanding of basic Korean culture. This course is organized in the order of core expression, conversation, grammar, and self-assessment. The entire course is six weeks long, and consists of two sub-themes within one major topic, so there are a total of 12 lessons. Improve your Korean language skills with this course! Chief Contents Developer: Su Mi Lee Contents Developers: Pil Yeo Shin, Hye Kyung Park Production Assistant: Mi Seon Lee Part of this course was developed with K-MOOC(Korean MOOC) funds.
Zhu Xi and Jeong Yak-yong in Comparative Perspective
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Is Confucianism a static relic of the past, or a living, breathing diversity of thought? While we often speak of Confucianism in the singular, this course invites you to explore "Confucianisms"—a dynamic and evolving tradition that has taken different shapes across time and geography. This course offers a comparative philosophical exploration of Zhu Xi, the 12th-century Southern Song Neo-Confucian master, and Jeong Yak-yong (Dasan), the prominent 18th-19th century Joseon scholar. The lectures contrast Zhu Xi’s orthodox Neo-Confucian framework, which focuses on universal principle (Li), with Dasan’s innovative reinterpretation, which emphasizes human inclination and empirical performance (Giho/Taste). Though separated by 500 years, both thinkers stood at critical intellectual crossroads. Zhu Xi synthesized a metaphysical defense of Confucianism against Buddhism and Daoism; centuries later, Dasan challenged that very orthodoxy to address the arrival of Western Learning and the practical needs of Joseon society. Across eight lessons, the course explores: • Ethical Frameworks: Contrasting the goal of recovering an innate virtuous nature (Zhu Xi) with the goal of achieving virtue through concrete actions (Dasan). • Nature and Cultivation: How different views on human nature shape the practice of "Sympathetic Concern" (Shu) and moral development. • Sagehood and the Good Life: Divergent visions of what it means to be a "Sage" and how individuals can find joy and fulfillment. • Extended Topics: Comparative perspectives on whether animals possess morality and how music reflects cosmic and moral order. By placing their views on human nature, morality, and self-cultivation side-by-side, we uncover the hidden diversity of the Confucian soul.
Energy Harvesting
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Joining this course presents opportunity to learn about energy harvesting that refers to a technology that converts the energy discarded in our daily lives into useful electrical energy that we can use. As we all know, most of low-power electronics, such as remote sensors, are driven by batteries. However, even when it comes to long-lasting batteries, they face an issue that is a regular replacement. It can turn out to be costly as there are hundreds of sensors in remote locations. Whereas, energy harvesting technologies supply unlimited operating life of low-power equipment and even remove the need to replace batteries where it is costly, unfeasible, or unsafe. The whole sessions cover the concept of energy harvesting technologies, which has gained popularity over the last few years, and thus will be beneficial for those who seeks for understanding principles and their applications.
EKP2: Formation of Korean Neo-Confucianism
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In the “Exploration to Korean Philosophy” series, we will delve deeper into the subject matter than what was previously addressed in the courses “Introduction to Korean Philosophy and Culture (IKPC)” and “In Search for the Origins of Korean Philosophy (SOKP).” In EKP2, “Formation of “Korean” Neo-Confucianism,” is a course that zooms in on the era when Korean philosophy blossomed and looks into detailed topics. Here we will look at the debate between Buddhism and Confucianism, the diagrams that Koreans drew to capture the world and explore the inner self of humans, and the philosophy of salvation through the heart, which is the goal of these attempts.
How to Tune Our Emotions: Seongho's New Proposal 2
Sungkyunkwan University (via Coursera)
This lecture series explores our emotional landscape through the thought of Seongho Yi Ik (1683- 1761), one of the most original Confucian thinkers of late Joseon Korea. Rooted in the Confucian project of “Learning to be Human,” the course examines how emotional cultivation is essential not only to moral development but also to understanding others and living well in community. Centered on Seongho’s New Compilation of the Four-Seven Debate (Sachil sinpyeon), the lectures trace his major philosophical innovations: his vivid social metaphors of emotion, his naturalistic and embodied account of emotional life, his creative engagement with Western learning, and his expanded view of the emotional spectrum through both philosophical and digital approaches. The course also considers his reflections on the emotions of sages, the emergence of public emotions from private life, the role of ritual in cultivating shared moral feeling, and the continuing relevance of his thought to the Korean concept of Jeong today. Through these lectures, Seongho’s insights offer both a deeper understanding of Confucian moral psychology and practical wisdom for tuning our own emotions.
Recommender Systems
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In this course you will: a) understand the basic concept of recommender systems. b) understand the Collaborative Filtering. c) understand the Recommender System with Deep Learning. d) understand the Further Issues of Recommender Systems. Please make sure that you’re comfortable programming in Python and have a basic knowledge of mathematics including matrix multiplications, conditional probability, and basic machine learning algorithms.
Using R for Regression and Machine Learning in Investment
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In this course, the instructor will discuss various uses of regression in investment problems, and she will extend the discussion to logistic, Lasso, and Ridge regressions. At the same time, the instructor will introduce various concepts of machine learning. You can consider this course as the first step toward using machine learning methodologies in solving investment problems. The course will cover investment analysis topics, but at the same time, make you practice it using R programming. This course's focus is to train you to use various regression methodologies for investment management that you might need to do in your job every day and make you ready for more advanced topics in machine learning. The course is designed with the assumption that most students already have a little bit of knowledge in financial economics and R programming. Students are expected to have heard about stocks and bonds and balance sheets, earnings, etc., and know the introductory statistics level, such as mean, median, distribution, regression, etc. Students are also expected to know of the instructors' 1st course, 'Fundamental of data-driven investment.' The instructor will explain the detail of R programming. It will be an excellent course for you to improve your programming skills but you must have basic knowledge in R. If you are very good at R programming, it will provide you with an excellent opportunity to practice again with finance and investment examples.
Machine Learning Basics
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In this course, you will: a) understand the basic concepts of machine learning. b) understand a typical memory-based method, the K nearest neighbor method. c) understand linear regression. d) understand model analysis. Please make sure that you’re comfortable programming in Python and have a basic knowledge of mathematics including matrix multiplications, and conditional probability.
A Bridge to the World: Korean Language for Advanced Ⅰ
Sungkyunkwan University (via Coursera)
Through this course, you can understand Korean more deeply and get advanced Korean language skills. This course is for advanced Korean learners who are interested in Korean language and culture. The course consists of 5 lessons, each lesson has the main topic of language, job, science, pop culture, and international issues. You can listen to and understand news and dialogues, and learn the expressions used in them in each lesson. Also, on the last day of each week, you can share your opinions with other learners through discussion activities. Take your Korean up a notch with this course!
Fundamentals of CNNs and RNNs
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This course covers fundamental concepts of convolutional neural networks (CNNs) and recurrent neural networks (RNNs), which are widely used in computer vision and natural language processing areas. In the CNN part, you will learn the concepts of CNNs, the two major operators (convolution and pooling), and the structure of CNNs. In the RNN part, you will learn the concept and the structure of RNNs, and the two variants of RNNs, LSTMs and GRUs. The goal of this course is to give learners basic understanding of CNNs and RNNs. Throughout this course, you will be equipped with skills required for computer vision and natural language processing.
How to Understand Our Emotions: Seongho's New Proposal 1
Sungkyunkwan University (via Coursera)
This lecture series aims to explore our emotional landscape through the lens of the renowned Korean Confucian scholar, Seongho Yi Ik(星湖 李瀷, 1683- 1761) who lived through Joseon Dynasty, Korea. The Confucian project can be summarized as “Learning to be Human,” which involves not just biological development but also cultural and moral cultivation. Seongho emphasized the importance of emotional education as a crucial aspect of the Confucian cultivation program. Emotions play a significant role in understanding others and being understood, making them essential for navigating complex relationships and engaging with the world meaningfully. This series will delve into Seongho’s short yet profoundly insightful work on emotions, the New Compilation of the Four-Seven Debate (Sachil sinpyeon). His approach challenges us to think critically about our own emotional lives, how our emotions guide our moral choices, shape our relationships, and ultimately define who we become. By engaging with these lectures with curiosity and reflection, Seongho’s insights will not only enrich your understanding of Confucian moral psychology but also offer practical wisdom for leading a better life.
The Korean Alphabet: An Introduction to Hangeul
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This course introduces Korean characters,'Hangeul', and provides high-level knowledge related to Hangeul. In this course, the background of 'Hangul' is created, who made the Hangeul, and according to what principle it is systematically explained. It also introduces anecdotes related to Korean tourist destinations related to Hangeul and teaches how to write Hangeul. Learners can increase their understanding of Korea, learn Hangeul accurately, and cultivate high-level knowledge of Hangeul.
The Fundamental of Data-Driven Investment
Sungkyunkwan University (via Coursera)
In this course, the instructor will discuss the fundamental analysis of investment using R programming. The course will cover investment analysis topics, but at the same time, make you practice it using R programming. This course's focus is to train you to do the elemental analysis for investment management that you might need to do in your job every day. Additionally, the study note to do using Python programming will be provided. The course is designed with the assumption that most students already have a little bit of knowledge in financial economics. Students are expected to have heard about stocks and bonds and balance sheets, earnings, etc., and know the introductory statistics level, such as mean, median, distribution, regression, etc. The instructor will explain the detail of R programming for beginners. It will be an excellent course for you to improve your programming skills. If you are very good at R programming, it will provide you an excellent opportunity to practice again with finance and investment examples. Professor Youngju Nielsen creates the course with the assistants of Keonwoo Lim and Jeeun Yuen. =========================================================================================== Coursera Course recommendations before this course for those who are not familiar with basic R programming: <Getting Started with R> https://www.coursera.org/projects/getting-started-with-r <Introduction to Business Analytics with R> https://www.coursera.org/learn/business-analytics-r <Statistics with Python > https://www.coursera.org/specializations/statistics-with-python
Machine Learning for Smart Beta
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In this 4 week course, you will learn about Smart Beta products. Smart betas products have the characteristics of both passive investment(having predetermined rules) and active investments(allows for factor investment). We will walk through the creation mechanisms behind different smart beta products and recreate some of them using R programming. Then we will apply machine learning methods. Data processing, overfitting prevention techniques will be covered. Finally we will try to create an improved multi-factor model using CART, bagging, boosting and ensemble methods. Students are expected to have listened to my first and second course 'The Fundamental of Data-Driven Investment' and 'Using R for Regression and Machine Learning in Investment', or having equivalent knowledge in investment concepts and a firm grasp on R programming.