Department Of Cultural Anthropology

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  1- 1	CONVERGENCE- AND INTEGRATION-BASED THINKING AND WRITING The ability of analyzing and solving problems is emphasized as one of the conditions for survival in the 21st century and one of the core elements of creative capabilities. This course was designed to cultivate convergence- and integration-based creative capabilities, which are integrated problem-solving capabilities to collect, analyze and process knowledge and information by reinforcing the ability of analyzing and solving problems, recreate it in a synthetic fashion, and express it effectively through speech and writing. The course will help the students cultivate their synesthesia thinking and communication skills based on sympathy with other human beings, understanding of the community, and positivity or Gongseong that is sought after by Yeungnam University. Its ultimate goals are to promote the students' creative knowledge development and reinforce their writing capabilities consistently through "convergence- and integration-based thinking and writing as a problem-solving approach."
  1- 1	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.
  1- 1	SEMINAR FOR ACADEMIC LIFE 1. Summary of the course This course is to assist university freshmen in CRM designing to adapt university life well through the instruction and counselling of supervising professor. (This course is composed of self analysis, personality type test, career research, instruction for the success of university life, career plan and direction setting, CRM designing method and CRM designing. The course should be teaching in classes of the students by supervising professor.) 2. Course objectives This course is to motivate the students before the mid term exam and provide students with self analysis, personality type test (MBTI or TCI) and career research (YAT test). Also, this course shall has a plan to instruct the students to enhance the efficiency of university life through career and time management. In addition, this course is to make a chance for the students to have practical assistance to university life by providing study method, report designing strategy and the information on academic system and various kinds of internal programs of the university. After the mid term exam, the students will be instructed to set the direction of career designing through continuous counselling of supervising professor and the students will be able to establish CRM designing and execution plan.
  1- 1	INTRODUCTION TO FOLKLORE The aim of this course is to acquaint students with main bodies of theory and classical sub-fields within the folklore(rites of passage, village and family life, oral tradition, folk costume, folk drama, folk belief, folk medicine). Considering folklore's long-standing engagement with Korean societies, this course will encourage students to rethink and reflect Korean way of life. In this course, the lecturer will focus on how the Korean folk culture has been constituted by Korean history and environment.
  1- 1	INTRODUCTION TO CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY Human nature and social character in cross-cultural perspective. Special attention is covers to relating theories of anthropology and psychology to methods of studying human personality.
  1- 2	GLOBALIZATION AND UNDERSTANDING OF CULTURE The 21st century is known to be an age of culture. Understanding of different cultures is one of the survival strategies. In particular, in these days of the current of internationalization and globalization, under a fixed standpoint and angle of viewing different cultures and races, each race (혹은 people) can preserve and succeed to their inherent traditional culture transcending globalization. The aim of this course of study is to understand the fundamental notions of internationalization, globalization, WTO, FTA, neoliberalism, cultural relativism and to examine in every particular the details of culture -- gender and culture, the differences and the inequalities of the sexes, environment and the quality of life, disease and health, kinship and marriage.
  1- 2	SOCIAL CONTRIBUTION AND SERVICE This course is to cultivate community sense as members of society and the global village for students in order to develop the basic knowledge required as global citizens. Especially, this course is to foster the spirit of cooperation, sharing, service, and creativity and study the social contribution and leadership to solving the challenges the global community faces. As a liberal arts course, it is centered to nurture a leader having the global capability to contribute to community development through learning the knowledge and the case on the value & logic of social responsibility focused on environmental preservation, social contribution, and good governance(ESG). This course aims to foster a generous mind, learn knowledge and technology and build the capacity to contribute to building a society towards a safer and happier world through the study of theory and practice.
  1- 2	SOFTWARE AND AI Software and AI (Artificial Intelligence) course aims to educate the basic concepts of software and computational thinking to use them in various applications. It allows students of various majors to experience the core technologies of the 4th industrial revolution, such as big data, machine learning, and AI. It also introduces various applications of AI so that students can easily apply these technologies to their field of study. This course classifies the lecture types into three categories, and adjust the lecture difficulty according to the student's academic ability.
  1- 2	INTRODUCTION TO ARCHAEOLOGY Archaeology is a study that studies materials left by humans from the past to the present and restores the life and culture of the time, and it is important that historical facts such as literature can be revealed. This course will investigate how archaeology was established, understand basic theories and research methods related to archaeology, and seek a comprehensive understanding of archaeological research and its achievements.
  1- 2	CULTURE CONTENTS This subject covers the understanding of culture contents which imply cultural meaning and value and create economic value in terms of various cultural elements.

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  2- 1	ECONOMY & SOCIETY Economic systems and transactions, social institutions of changing cultures in Asia, Africa and Latin America.
  2- 1	PEOPLES & CULTURES OF KOREA This course attempts to provide the student with the social character, culture, and social organizations of the Korean people in relationship to their socio-cultural heritage, and local conditions of Korea.
  2- 1	PRACTICE IN INVESTIGATION OF CULTURAL HERITAGE One has to become familiar with site investigation in order to carry out work related to cultural heritage. This is a course subject that links the making of cultural heritage contents and increasing social demands. The objective of the lectures are to tie professional investigative centres and possible outstanding talent of cultural heritage site investigation for the inducement of employment.
  2- 1	COMPREHENSION OF MODERN ARCHAEOLOGY This study contains principally archaeological methodology which covers not only prehistoric archaeological field but also historic archaeological one. This methodology is divided into three chapters. Firstly, the field survey method that may let students understand how to find archaeological sites and remains are available. Secondly, students could learn archaeological excavation method through which archaeological structures of underground and relics would be discovered. Thirdly, students could learn also how to reconstruct prehistoric and historic culture with excavated archaeological relics and underground structures.
  2- 2	CULTURE & PERSONALITY Human nature and social character in cross-cultural perspective. Special attention covers to relating theories of anthropology and psychology to methods of studying human personality.
  2- 2	FAMILY AND KINSHIP This course will raise questions of what kinship and family are and why this it has been such a central topic in anthropology.
  2- 2	LOCAL CULTURE PLANNING This subject aims at training experts in the field of planning and producing of local culture contents regarding local festivals, performances, construction of cultural spaces and communities, storytelling etc.
  2- 2	COMMUNITY AND FOLK CULTURE The course content includes the socio-cultural system of various villages in terms of size, settlement, cultural landscape, and social space in relationship to traditional culture.
  2- 2	METHODOLOGY IN ANTHROPOLOGY Course in problems of anthropological investigation, consideration in their relevance to anthropological theory.
  2- 2	MUSEUM SCIENCE The course explains the history and the function of various museums in both the Western and the Eastern World. It also introduces world-famous museums with slides and videos, and periodic tours of nearby museums in Korea.
  2- 2	PREHISTORIC ARCHAEOLOGY This subject is to understand mainly the world prehistoric culture which has been studied throughout the world sites so far and to learn the paleoecological circumstances with prehistoric fauna and flora. Particularly this study is to acquire the quaternary geology closely related with paleoclimatology which shows glacial and interglacial period and to learn world paleolithic cultures which are subdivided into lower, middle and upper paleolithic age.

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  3- 1	CULTURAL CHANGES AND HERITAGE The Course is concerned with the conditions and factors with reference to cultural changes. Through cultural heritage, we would like to explore the process of cultural change. It contributes to cultural regional regeneration by discovering and utilizing cultural heritage contents in the community.
  3- 1	EAST ASIAN ARCHAEOLOGY An lecturer explains the charateristics and interaction of ancient cultures, which flourished among Korea, China, and Japan by archaeological data.
  3- 1	PUBLIC ARCHAEOLOGY Public archaeology is a study that began to make archaeology easier for the public to enjoy and enrich public life through archaeology, and is emerging as a new paradigm of Korean archaeology in the 21st century. It aims to understand the basic concepts of archaeology created by public, public participation, and archaeology for public , and to know what Korean public archaeology is aiming for through the current status of public archaeology in Korea.
  3- 1	TEACHING METHODOLOGY OF HISTORY This course is designed to explore the business history. Topics include: various theories of business history, business history from ancient age up to the present and the comparative study of corporate cultures.
  3- 1	FIELDWORK IN ANTHROPOLOGY Systemic training in various field techniques, methods of data gathering and data handling, and strategies of analysis of various fieldwork problems.
  3- 1	HISTORIC ARCHAEOLOGY A lecturer explains the cultural process and history of ancient Korea from 3rd to 10th Century by archaeological data.
  3- 1	PRACTICE AND APPLICATION OF ARCHAEOLOGICAL HERITAGE Recently, there is an increasing demand to secure regional identity and create new cultural heritage values through archaeological heritage. The importance of understanding archaeological materials well and finding and sharing their utilization value with the public is being emphasized. The purpose of this class is to learn the practice of acquiring and researching archaeological materials based on these social needs and to cultivate the ability to capture the value of use. Therefore, we intend to cultivate customized talents required by society by learning various field practices and methods and applications of archaeological content development necessary for archaeological research.
  3- 1	THE CONTENTS OF FOLK CULTURE The main purpose of this class is to understand the contemporary meaning and transmission of folk culture, and to search possibilities and ways to utilize folk culture as cultural contents.
  3- 2	ARCHEOLOGY OF THE TECHNIQUE The outline of this subject is to review the changing course of archeological materials such as stoneware, bronze ware, iron ware, earthen ware and a tile in the aspect of technical development. Periodization in archeology depends on the change of tool's material quality as a criterion. That is, the stage of technical development would be the important standard. That is why, in this subject, technical quality and chronical changing aspect of main tools representing each era will be inspected. In the process, making natural mastering the method of the archeological analysis of the tool of all sorts used by people in the past is the final goal of this subject.
  3- 2	ASIAN LIFE AND CULTURE The aim of this course is to explore the characteristics of minority groups. It gives students a broad understanding of globalization that emphasize flows of commodities, people and capital with the examinations of ethnic integration and assimilation of ethnic groups in world, We will also talk about diaspora, and hybrid forms of cultures in Korea.
  3- 2	CULTURE AND INDUSTRY This subject aims for training professional human resource in the area of cultural projects. This subject covers cultural policy, cultural marketing and cultural administration especially associated with exhibition of cultural heritage, planning for festivals of traditional culture and performing arts, and storytelling.
  3- 2	HISTORY AND CULTURE FOR CAREER DEVELOPMENT 1. to search for the job spheres which are directly associated with the majors of Korean History, Eastern History, Western History, Clutural Anthropology and Archaeology and to foster the realistic and practical job mind. 2. to obtain the more professional knowledge through the lectures and teachings in the detailed applied and practical spheres, to help the students to find out the their own appropriated talents and to set up the long-term planning for career development. 3. to teach the basic knowledge in the archive studies, museum studies, methodological studies for creating cultural contents from the specialists and to help students to prepare the official examinations for licences in each field effectively. 4. to provide the opportunities to learn practicalities as an apprentice or intern in the work places and business fields and develop the job potentialities of students with self-confidence.
  3- 2	LOCAL CULTURE CAPSTONE DESIGN Ⅰ The purpose of this lecture is to develop students' ability as a local curator to collect and utilize various cultural resources in the region in the context of globalization, in which globalization and localization are simultaneously developed. In this process, this lecture will actively encourage the use of new industries such as 3D printing and drones to cultivate archaeological and anthropological abilities suitable for the 4th Industrial Revolution era. The contents of the class are to be conducted field work of various festivals, ceremonies, cultural spaces, and historic sites in Daegu and North Gyeongsang Province for the third and fourth graders who have completed major classes, and to practice the idea and planning of cultural contents needed for actual communities based on the field work. By combining anthropological knowledge and field experience, this lecture will discover and diagnose problems in the community, and further nurture talented people with cultural planning capabilities that meet the needs of local people.
  3- 2	METHOD & RESEARCH OF HISTORY TEACHING MATERIALS Introduction to methods and techniques employed in investigation and reporting educational problems. Suggested for all candidates in education for undergraduate degrees. In addition, this course deals with methodological issues and problems in education.
  3- 2	KOREAN ARCHAEOLOGY This subject is to understand korean prehistoric archaeology as well as korean historic archaeology, studying korean paleolithic, mesolithic, neolithic, bronze age, early iron age, proto-three kingdoms and ancient tombs age on the basis of recent archaeological achievements.
  3- 2	URBAN ANTHROPOLOGY This course covers comparative studies of contemporary urban society culture and its development.
  3- 1,2	CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY FIELD WORK This field work, which is conducted as part of industry-academy cooperative education, aims to cultivate students' ability to adapt to the field of work and field application ability of major theory. The contents of the field work are as follows. During the vacation, students in the 3rd and 4th grade who have completed their major courses will be trained in various fields such as companies, research institutes, museums, preservation of cultural heritage, etc. The contents of the field work are evaluated under the supervision of the laboratory company, and the professor regularly visits the field and supervises the project so that the field work can be easily achieved. This field work process is expected to provide students with a vivid understanding of the field and opportunities for employment.

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  4- 1	EURASIAN ARCHAEOLOGY It is a lecture on prehistoric culture in Eurasia. It is a lecture focused on the Bronze Age and the Iron Age (Skito-Siberian culture) to Eurasian grasslands and the Far East. By examining relics, relics, and research trends excavated from each region, I would like to develop a perspective to understand the Korean Peninsula in a global trend.
  4- 1	FOLKLORE AND TOURISM This course attempt to provide the student with the process of socio-cultural change of the regional society due to the development of tourism, and the strategy for the practical social time through the tourism. It also deal with the taste of folk culture in the modern tourists, the possibility of cultural resources of the folk materials with the folklore theory and field survey.
  4- 1	LOCAL CULTURE CAPSTONE DESIGN Ⅱ The purpose of this lecture is to develop students' ability as a local curator to collect and utilize various cultural resources in the region in the context of globalization, in which globalization and localization are simultaneously developed. In this process, this lecture will actively encourage the use of new industries such as 3D printing and drones to cultivate archaeological and anthropological abilities suitable for the 4th Industrial Revolution era. The contents of the class are to be conducted field work of various festivals, ceremonies, cultural spaces, and historic sites in Daegu and North Gyeongsang Province for the third and fourth graders who have completed major classes, and to practice the idea and planning of cultural contents needed for actual communities based on the field work. By combining anthropological knowledge and field experience, this lecture will discover and diagnose problems in the community, and further nurture talented people with cultural planning capabilities that meet the needs of local people.
  4- 1	MUSEUM EXHIBITION PLANNING This course explains the ins and outs of practical exhibition planning to nurture competent museum curators. With various cases of exhibition planning, the course provides pragmatic and hands-on resources.
  4- 1	PROBLEMS IN MODERN ANTHROPOLOGY This course explores the examination of selected problems in general anthropological theory.
  4- 1	THE LOGIC AND WRITING OF HISTORY "The logic and writing of history" aims to improve the logical and positive capabilities through presentation, discussion and writing. And this class encourages students to deeply understand history, historical theory and history of historiography not to mention to improve the basic abilities for historical logics and historical writing, analyzing and synthesizing the typical research products of debatable events, people and thinking in the historiography.
  4- 1	VISUAL ANTHROPOLOGY The systematic training of students in the gathering and analysis of various cultural data through visual work.
  4- 2	CULTURE AND ENTERPRISE The subject of this course will be the culture of industries which have diverse subgroups and subcultures, and the target of this course is to research the relationship between culture and industry by exploring the way of settling problems among groups. Specifically, this course will focus on researches on businesses and industries in terms of anthropology, creation and development of industrial anthropology, culture shock for international companies and its solutions, ways of communication in enterprises, overseas expansion of Korean, American and Japanese enterprises and multinational companies' ways of adapting to different cultures.
  4- 2	FOLKLORE AND MUSEUM The purpose of this course is to examine the current conditions and examples of local folk culture and heritage, and to cultivate talents which is appropriate to curating work in museum and local government.
  4- 2	LOCAL REGENERATION AND CULTURAL HERITAGE CONTENT This course introduces oral history research as a method of recording people’s life histories. Reconstructing history by focusing on individuals’ experiences and lives is another way of recording the history of people in the 20th century.