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EnglishSelf StudyVideo and Text Based

Courses and Certificate Fees

Certificate AvailabilityCertificate Providing Authority
yesCoursera

The fees for the course Introduction to Korean Philosophy and Culture is -

HeadAmount in INR
1 monthRs. 4,117
3 monthRs. 8,234
6 monthRs. 12,352

 


The Syllabus

Videos
  • Welcome from SKKU
  • Course overview
  • What makes up a philosophy?
  • Universality and particularity
  • Western philosophy meets East Asian philosophy
  • From Philosophy to cross-cultural philosophies
  • Chinese vs Korean philosophy
  • The introduction of Chinese characters (Hanja) into Korea
  • Revisiting the content for week 1
Readings
  • Course introduction
  • Reading materials for week 1
Practice Exercise
  • What have you learnt this week?

Videos
  • Influence and innovation5m
  • Adaptive and disruptive innovation across cultural boundaries
  • The influence of Confucianism on Korean traditional thought
  • Sungkyun, “Learning to be a better person”
  • The meaning of Sungkyun
  • Hangeul, the Korean alphabet
  • Writing systems before Hangeul
  • Three important ingredients of Hangeul
  • Revisiting the content for week 2
Reading
  • Reading materials for week 2
Practice Exercise
  • What have you learnt this week?

Videos
  • Affectionate Koreans vs argumentative Koreans
  • Reason and emotion in the East and West
  • The Four-Seven debate
  • The history of Neo-Confucianism
  • More details on the Four-Seven debate
  • The Horak debate 
  • More details on the Horak debate
  • Revisiting the content for week 3
Reading
  • Reading materials for week 3
Practice Exercise
  • What have you learnt this week?

Videos
  • Zoom on Maum, mind or heart? 
  • Recap on the topics discussed so far
  • Resistance to dichotomy in the Korean language
  • Different chunking through the Uri-self
  • A closer look at Uri
  • More tips for Korean philosophy
  • Revisiting the content for week 4
  • Continuing your journey in Korean philosophy
Reading
  • Reading materials for week 4
Practice Exercise
  • What have you learnt this week?
  • [Final Test] What have you learnt in this course?

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