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Confucian Studies, Eastern Philosophy and Korean Philosophy

For more details on the courses, please refer to the Course Catalog

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Code Course Title Credit Learning Time Division Degree Grade Note Language Availability
CEK5119 East-West Literature and Art Seminar 3 6 Major Master/Doctor 1-4 Korean Yes
Class will study the universality and the particularity contained in art and literature of East and West. Throughout this, in the view of mutual philosophy, the course will understand Cross-cultural relativism
CEK5121 A Study on Myth and Cultural Archetype 3 6 Major Master/Doctor 1-4 - No
Through considering myths historically in East and West, class will reinterpret cultural archetype in the context of a modern view.
CEK5122 Reading of Primary Philosophical Texts of the Middle Period Chinese Confucianism 3 6 Major Master/Doctor 1-4 - No
This course aims to not only read through but also philosophically analyze the essential texts of Neo-Confucianism. It starts from Han Yu(韓愈) in the late Tang Dynasty, followed by the philosophic writings and discussions of Zhou Dunyi(周敦頤), Zhang Zai(張載) and the Cheng Brothers (Cheng Hao 程顥 and Cheng Yi 程頤) in the Northern Song Dynasty, and then investigates in detail a diversity of writings of Zhu Xi(朱熹) in the Southern Song Dynasty. Hereafter, it explores the changes about basic propositions underlying Neo-Confucianism in Wang Yaming(王陽明)’s Learning of Heart-and-mind.
CEK5123 Reading of the Essential Writings of Hundred Schools of Thoughts(zhuzi baijia) 3 6 Major Master/Doctor 1-4 - No
This course aims to investigate philosophical differences and similarities between pre-Qin thoughts including Confucianism, Mohism(墨家, Mojia), Daoism(道家, Daojia) and Legalism(法家, Fajia) by reading their original texts widely. Students thus would be able to learn the basic philosophical foundations of East Asian Philosophy. Through this, students are to research in priority the central and philosophical themes, which constituted Hundred Schools of Thought, such as the transition of the relationship between Heaven(天, Tien) and Human(人, Ren), differences in ethical point of views, and its corresponding changes in social ideologies, etc.
CEK5124 Advanced Course on International Studies of Confucianism 1 3 6 Major Master/Doctor 1-4 - No
This course consists of two purposes. First, the course contains critical examination of important studies on Confucianism that have been conducted in East Asian languages. Second, it is to look into current research tendencies on Confucianism in East Asia. Thus, students would be able to make a road map for their dissertations.
CEK5125 Advanced Course on International Studies of Confucianism 2 3 6 Major Master/Doctor 1-4 - No
This course consists of two aims. First, the course contains critical examination of important studies on Confucianism that have been conducted in English. Second, it is to look into the current research tendencies that have been being done in the Anglo-American countries. Based on this, students are to make a foundation for writing academic articles at the international level.
CEK5126 Advanced Course on Daoist Phillosophy 3 6 Major Master/Doctor 1-4 - No
This course is to deeply investigate the Daoist (道家, Daojia) philosophy through reading and analyzing the original texts of the Daodejing(道德經) and Zhuangzi(莊子) Simultaneously, by reviewing important studies on this subject, students can understand the Daoist philosophy and its history in depth and balance.
CEK5127 Western Aesthetics 3 6 Major Master/Doctor 1-4 Korean Yes
The main purpose of this course is to examine the basic concepts in Western aesthetics within the context of the history of Western aesthetics. The rang of the core concepts include mimesis, imagination, genius, sublimity, a theory of aesthetical attitude, a theory of taste. In addition, the range of Western aesthetical history in this study covers inclusively from Plato and Aristotle, passing through Baumgarten, Kant, Hegel, to contemporary Western aesthetical theories.
CEK5128 A Comparative Study of Thoughts on of Arts in Confucianism, Buddhism, and Daoism 3 6 Major Master/Doctor 1-4 - No
The purpose of this course is to comparatively examine the implications and differences inherent in thoughts on arts in Confucianism, Buddhism, and Daoism. Students thus would enhance their understanding of the ideological features that each of them has, and also compare and investigate the process which three thoughts above have permeated and assimilated with each other as well as historical and philosophical contexts that they have exerted over the thoughts on arts.
CEK5129 A Comparative Study of East Asian and Western Aesthetics 3 6 Major Master/Doctor 1-4 Korean Yes
The aim of this study is to comparatively explore the essential concepts of East Asian and Western aesthetics, thus understanding the differences and similarities between them. The main focus of this study will be placed at investigating and comparing on what intellectual foundations they established the values of each genre of arts, such as poetry, prose, paintings, calligraphy, drama and so forth.
CEK5130 Reading of Primary Texts of East Asian Philosophy of Arts 3 6 Major Master/Doctor 1-4 - No
This course aims to read and analyze the original texts in classical Chinese on the theories of arts, particularly focusing on the field of premodern Chinese paintings. Through this, students specializing in East Asian theories on arts would be able to enhance their understanding on the original texts on East Asian arts and practice the skill for philosophical analysis of the given texts.
CEK5131 East Asian Theories on Painting 3 6 Major Master/Doctor 1-4 Korean Yes
The initial theoretical foundation of Chinese landscape painting was created on the basis of the philosophies of Six Dynasties and was followed by its establishment during the Tang Dynasty. In the Song Dynasty, the focus of the theories on landscape painting was removed to the area of literati painting(文人画 Wenrenhua). Hence, this course is designed to examine the formation and reformations of the theories on landscape painting synthetically, which occupies an independent field in the mainstream of East Asian thoughts on painting.
CEK5132 Seminar on Confucianism and Natural Sciences 3 6 Major Master/Doctor 1-4 - No
This is an advanced interdisciplinary seminar course focusing on comparing the basic scientific paradigms in Confucianism and those of the modern natural sciences. The main objective of this course is to guide students to understand the basic similarities and differences between them, particularly at the horizon of paradigms. In the light that the main purpose of natural science is to explain the nature, Confucian view on nature, which is grounded mainly on the Book of Changes, also went through creation, revision, and recreation. On the horizon of paradigm, students will compare the cosmological view based on the Book of Changes including Zhou Dunyi’s Explanation of the Diagram of the Supreme Ultimate and the modern physics such as Big Bang theory. Students will also explore the Confucian theories on human nature in comparison to the theories in the modern Neuroscience and moral psychology including the theory of evolution.
CEK5133 Seminar on Confucianism and Social Sciences 3 6 Major Master/Doctor 1-4 Korean Yes
This is an advanced interdisciplinary seminar course focusing on the convergence of Confucianism and modern social sciences. The main objective of this course is to illuminate the social and political aspect of Confucianism through comparing it with the modern theories in the field of social science and on this basis to examine the meaningful suggestions which we can draw from Confucianism for modern social sciences. During the premodenr period, Confucianism was a multidisciplinary thought, which shares many fundamental ideas with political science, sociology, and management. In this course, students will discover the social and political elements in the Confucian classics and interpret them in comparison with the modern theories in social sciences, and examine the implications and limits of them. Furthermore, students will be encouraged to search for solutions to the problems of modern societies in the Confucian texts.
CEK5134 A Survey of the History of East Asian Philosophies 3 6 Major Master/Doctor 1-4 Korean Yes
This course explores the development of chinese philosophy from ancient age from modern age. We inquire into vicissitude of Chinese philosophy in each period.