Seoul National University

Seoul National University, Korea’s first national university and the indisputable leader of higher education in Korea, wants to share creative knowledge and experiences. SNU has produced fruitful achievements in various fields, ranging from business, politics, natural science, technology, and the arts. The mission of SNU is to create a vibrant intellectual community where students and scholars join together in building the future.
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International Politics in the Korean Peninsula (edX)

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International Politics in the Korean Peninsula (edX)
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Explore the genesis, expansion, projection and challenges of the Chinese World Order in China and East Asia. This course is divided into three parts. First, you’ll learn how the Chinese World Order emerged in the ancient world, focusing on the concept of the "heavenly mandate" (天命) as the ultimate [...]

Myths, Rituals, and Cosmos (edX)

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Myths, Rituals, and Cosmos (edX)
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In this class, we will first think about myths and rituals from the perspective of the comparative study of religion. We will explore the symbolism of sacred time and space, rubrics by which how various religious communities have conceptualized the cosmos. From there, our focus will shift to notions [...]

Environmental Engineering: Air Pollution and Treatment (edX)

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Environmental Engineering: Air Pollution and Treatment (edX)
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Understand different types of air pollution problems (including climate change), what causes them and how we can prevent or minimize these air problems. This course will cover fundamental science and engineering principles dealing with air environmental systems.

Water Surface Waves: Small-amplitude waves (edX)

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Water Surface Waves: Small-amplitude waves (edX)
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To understand linear water wave theories and to apply it to engineering problems. This course will cover formulation of small amplitude waves and its properties. First, we will solve the potential flow problem with linearized boundary conditions in order to get solution for velocity potential.

Religious Symbols of the World (edX)

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Religious Symbols of the World (edX)
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This course is the third and final course in the series following “Understanding Religious Symbolism” and “Myths, Rituals, and Cosmos.” Through the theories and patterns that you learned in these three courses, I hope that you will be able to interpret the various religious phenomena in different cultures, and [...]

Introduction to Economics: Microeconomics (edX)

Learn the basics of microeconomics, including supply and demand of commodities and how equilibrium in the market affects price. A country’s economy consists of three major economic agents; consumers, firms and government. Analyzing the choices made by these economic agents is one of the main subjects of microeconomics. In [...]

Understanding Religious Symbolism (edX)

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Understanding Religious Symbolism (edX)
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This course aims to provide a broader and deeper understanding of how religious people have thought and practiced by introducing basic theories of religious symbolism and by demonstrating examples of religious symbols from various cultures around the world. Students will gain an acquaintance with religious symbolism and other elements [...]

Introduction to Optimization (edX)

Oct 31st 2023
Introduction to Optimization (edX)
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A self-contained course on the fundamentals of modern optimization with equal emphasis on theory, implementation, and application. We consider linear and nonlinear optimization problems, including network flow problems and game-theoretic models in which selfish agents compete for shared resources. We apply these models to a variety of real-world [...]

Life in the Universe: Syntheses for Life (edX)

Learn about the chemical principles behind key synthetic processes relevant to life such as protein synthesis, photosynthesis, and ammonia synthesis. Nobel Lectures and key scientific papers will be used. “Syntheses for Life” will start with the Bohr model of hydrogen atom and discuss chemical evolution, protein synthesis and structure, [...]

Big Bang and the Origin of Chemical Elements (edX)

Discover the ultimate origin of all chemical elements essential for life. Explore the Big Bang through Nobel Lectures and scientific papers in part 2 of Life in the Universe. This course will start with the nuclear structure of atoms and discuss the creation of hydrogen in the big bang [...]