The best humanities lectures of YU (President CHOI Oe-chool) can now be taken at high schools. By applying to the ‘YU Celebrity Speaker’ that YU is offering for the first time this year, YU professors will visit the high schools and take the podium.
This program, which aims at helping to enhance the character and general education of middle and high school students and to provide the opportunity to explore career options, is very popular among middle and high school students. It made news by having well-known professors for outstanding lectures at YU will take the podium at middle and high school students.
The ‘YU Star Lectures’ that was first held on June 9 has received over 60 applications from 10 high schools in the Daegu and Gyeongbuk regions such as Siji High School, Songhyeon Girls’ High School, Kyungpook National University High School, and Guam High School, and lectures are scheduled until August.
Daegu Guam High School Principal Cho I-young said, “Currently, the classes available for high school students at school have limited diversity. But through the ‘YU Star Lectures’, students can gain knowledge in various areas and take liberal arts lectures as they desire. Furthermore, it will be a precious opportunity to get an indirect experience for liberal arts lectures at universities that they will later attend.”
YU is offering the ‘YU Star Lectures’ using creative experience activities and after-school hours at middle and high schools. There are a total of 48 lectures from 45 professors in various fields including humanities, social science, engineering, medicine, biotechnology, and arts such as ‘American Heroism Read in Marvel Movies (Professor of English and English Literature Nam Jung-seop)’, ‘Do Geniuses Exist? (Professor of Media and Communication Joo Hyung-il)’, ‘Future Automobile Career Exploration (Professor of Future Automobile Engineering Sa Jong-yeop)’, ‘Latest AI Technologies and Semiconductors (Professor Electronic Engineering Choi Hyun-cheol)’, ‘COVID-19 Pandemic: Hidden Stories (Professor of Medicine Lee Tae-yoon)’, ‘Song Master Class (Professor of Voice Lee Hyun)’, etc.
Meanwhile, plans are to expand participating faculty for the ‘YU Star Lectures’ and also organize online lectures for contact-free special lectures to provide an assortment of lectures available. Middle and high schools that want to receive the outstanding lectures of YU can fill out an application and send it via e-mail(yustar@ynu.ac.kr). Details are available at the YU admissions homepage (www.enter.yu.ac.kr) or you may contact the YU Admissions Office (053-810-1088).
