The year 2018 will have two courses – one in spring and another in autumn. Each course takes place on every Friday. The Spring Course will start at 1900 on Friday, March 16 and will be conducted in a following manner :
| 1900 – 2000 | First part of lecture |
| 2000 – 2015 | Break (Small snacks and drinks will be served) |
| 2015 – 2115 | Second part of lecture and interaction with the students |
The tentative weekly schedule for Spring Course is as follows :
| March 16 | Opening Ceremony, Introduction, A road to economic development and democracy |
| March 23 | From aid dependence to sustainable development |
| March 30 | Saemaul Undong (New Village Movement) |
| April 6 | Development and democracy |
| April 7 | Field trip (Place to visit to be decided) |
| April 13 | Special Lecture 1 (Topic and guest speaker to be decided) |
| April 20 | Mindset change |
| April 27 | Aid trap and poverty trap |
| May 4 | Corruption |
| May 11 | Empowerment of women |
| May 18 | Special Lecture 2 (Topic and guest speaker to be decided) |
| May 25 | Inequality |
| June 1 | Leadership, Ceremony of Completion |
The Autumn Course will open in early September with the exact date to be decided.