Research- Dasan Research Institute
- Ajou Classic
What are Great Ajou Classics?
- Great Ajou Classics is the title of a Classic Program at Ajou University.
- Great Ajou Classics include 111 selected works.
- Great Ajou Classics come in five fields: literature, history, philosophy, science, and social sciences.
- The 111 selected Classics are accessible in the Classics Library, which is located on the first floor of Ajou University’s Central Library.
- Great Ajou Classics include an introduction written by the Ajou University Professors on each work. Every introduction includes information on the author’s life, the world they dreamed of, recommended supplemental reading, and recommended method for reading the literary work.
- The Great Ajou Classics program is based on a modular system, which allows students to design individual Classics portfolios.
- Great Ajou Classics are also accompanied by computer-based quizzes that ask foundational questions on each Classic module.
- Great Ajou Classics is the title of a Classic Program at Ajou University.
Major Programs
The Great Ajou Classics Contest
- The Great Ajou Classics Contest is held in the Fall, the season of beautiful autumn foliage.
- The Contest begins on Classics Marathon Reading Day which is on the last Tuesday of October.
- The Great Ajou Classics Contest is an essay contest where participants choose one work from The Great Ajou Classics and write a 5,000-word essay on a certain theme.
Brown Bag Lectures
- The name “Brown Bag Lecture” is a representative classical learning program at Ajou that trains students on classical reading with Brown Bag Seminars while they eat food out of the brown-bag on lectures.
- Please see below for more information on Brown Bag Lectures.
- The Classics Debate Competition follows regular debate rules and students can form teams to read one volume (several volumes, if appropriate) of the Great Ajou Classics.
- The Classics Debate Competition will be held in May and announced in April. However, to give students sufficient time to read the book, a Competition announcement will be made in advance of 1 year.
- The rules of the Classical Debate Competition apply mutatis mutandis to the basic rules of the academic debate, but considering the size of the participating team, the detailed discussion rules will be finalized at the Constitutional Rule Meeting set by all participating teams after the application is completed.
Dasan Seowon
- Dasan Seowon refers to Ajou University’s Classics Study Community.
- Dasan Seowon has developed its ability to read and discuss classics by participating in Brown Bag Seminars, Balloon Debates, and various classical contests in and outside the university based on the "The Great Ajou Classics" program.
- Dasan Seowon has developed its ability to read and discuss classics by participating in Brown Bag Seminars, Balloon Debates, and various classical contests in and outside the university based on the "The Great Ajou Classics" program.
- Dasan Seowon includes an internship program where students develop the skill to read the Classics and a Fellowship program where students that have passed the cut-off in the Internship focus on reading the Classics.
Classics Marathon Reading Day
- Any member of the Ajou University community, including students, professors, and graduates, can take part by reading an excerpt of a book for about ten minutes in a relay.
- It was named “Classics Marathon Reading Day” because it reads a thick classic as if it were completing a marathon.
- This event seeks fun benefits, and pleasure together, therefore everyone can participate in the event at convenience and read as much as want or listen in a comfortable posture.
- Participants are free to come and go as they please. There is no need to stay for the entire reading marathon.
Brown Bag Lectures (BBL)
Ajou University’s Distinguished Classics Lecture—Ajou Classics Brown Bag Lectures
Ajou Classics Brown Bag Lectures (BBL), first launched in the second semester of 2013 at Dasan University College, is a part of the ACE Project aiming to expand education in Ajou Classics.
This is an extra-curricular lecture held at lunchtime, similar to lectures in prestigious universities abroad, but is closer to a more refined lecture on Classics as strict rules are in place for the consumption of food and beverages, requires a reservation, and maximizes the use of a computing environment.
Ajou Classics BBL, along with the Great Ajou Classics Contest held every November, offers Ajou University students a way to read the Classics—part of humanity’s intellectual legacy, but challenging to understand.
During the 10th Ajou BBL in 2019, ten professors who wrote introductions to the Great Ajou Classics took part as lecturers and guided students through the intensive world of classical literature.
※ Overview of Ajou Classics Brown Bag Lecture
Lecturers: Authors of the introductions to Ajou Classics
After the lecture, participants will receive a Brown Bag of snack food, which can be eaten during participation in the Q&A session with the lecturer.
Students taking part in the lecture will receive extracurricular “mileage” (credit).
(Five credits per session, up to 30 credits per semester)
Walk-ins are welcomed for on-site participation.
Inquiry: Dasan University College Office (ext. 3554, 2867)
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