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College of Liberal Arts
In the 21st Century where society changes in a rapid and diverse way, the most needed educational paradigm is changing into fostering creative and interdisciplinary future leaders. College of Liberal Arts provides educational programs composed of various majors to nurture creative and interdisciplinary students who can create new knowledge and values by comprehensively utilizing humanistic imaginative capacity, scientific creativity and sound personalities.
Curriculum
- Core Subjects : Challenges and Creation – Entrepreneurship, Study & Thought
- General Education Basics : Writing and Reading Korean Classical literature
- General Education Electives : Global Communication, Cultural Phenomenon & Modern Civilization, History & Social Reality, Human & Intelligence, Nature & Science, Art & Health etc.
- courtesy education: Personality & Value of Life
- General Education Basics for Major : Course Opening by department/division
College of Humanities & Social Sciences
College of Humanities and Social Sciences is where academic knowledge for seeking veritas and solving social problems is learned in a systematic way. Humanities is a creative way of expression that portrays the values of human nature, whereas social sciences seeks to explore and promote public values and orders for the sustainable development of communities. In the ‘global era’, it is greatly needed to enhance the mutual understanding between states and peoples and to promote global knowledge. The College of Humanities and Social Sciences seeks to develop programs that are optimal to teach and educate creative, professional and future oriented students who have insights to the opportunities in the fourth industrial revolution and to the human crises causing therefrom and develop themselves through adapting and challenging to the society and finally changing the society. As of 2017, there are 49 professors in the College of Humanities and Social Sciences who are devoting themselves to foster future leaders not only in academia but also in many fields of society including media, culture and industries and to serve as a driving force developing sound culture and knowledge of the society. Furthermore, the College is trying to have ‘problem solving oriented global academic network’ prepared and aims at world-class academic achievement by actively involving in various exchange programs with top tier universities abroad.
Division of Humanity
Division of Humanities of Suwon University provides an opportunity to study various academic departments, and thereby enables to build capacities and professionalism to produce creative outcomes that meet the need of changing society.
The department of Korean Language and Literature consists of Korean linguistics, classical Korean literature and modern Korean literature. Each curriculum of the specific fields will let students gain essential and advanced knowledge of the field by completing the curriculum step by step, which will enable them to serve as a major in Korean language and literature. Students can also build their humanistic insights that are required in our daily lives and gain interdisciplinary knowledge as well. Furthermore, they can build their own plans suitable to their own aptitudes and visions by participating in group activities.
Department of History aims to build a systematic and proper understanding of history by taking an analytic and critical approach to various fields of history including Korean history, Oriental history and Western history. The department also helps students to build capacities for reasonable thinking and provide visions for a desirable future society. Graduates of the department develop their careers in various fields including education, archival management and curation.
Majors and Degree Program
Major in Korean Language & Literature
In the Department of Korean Language and Literature, the characteristics of Korean language and writings are the major parts of the research. The formalities and beauty of the Korean texts and the significance therein are also studied. In order to conduct these studies successfully, the Department provides curriculum based on Korean linguistics, classical Korean literature and modern Korean literature with additional applied interdisciplinary studies. Each curriculum of the specific fields will let students gain essential and advanced knowledge of the field by completing the curriculum step by step, which will enable them to serve as a major in Korean language and literature. Students can also build their humanistic insights that are required in our daily lives and gain interdisciplinary knowledge as well. Furthermore, they can build their own plans suitable to their own aptitudes and visions by participating in group activities.
Major in History
21st Century is the age of culture, and along with the change of times cultural desire has increased. Against this backdrop, Department of History sets up systematic program of development as follows. First, it lays special importance on Korean modern and contemporary history and the history of North Korea, which is required of us in our time and is also necessary for the Department to be a leading university in the Northeast Asia. Second, the Department is trying to strengthen the relationship with local community by opening a course on the history of Gyeonggi province. Third, it fosters future leaders who can well adapt in the era when local government gains importance by actively engaging with local communities, for example setting up sisterhood agreement with Suwon Cultural Center, Hwaseong Cultural Center, etc.
Division of Foreign Languages
Division of Foreign Languages of Suwon University aims to develop humanistic abilities that enable us to understand our mind and lives and foster professionals with competent language skills in the era of information-oriented society and globalization by studying various languages and cultures around the world.
In the Department of English Language and Literature, English linguistics and literature are to be studied on the basis of the understanding of and practical skills in English as lingua franca. Furthermore, by widening the understanding of Anglo American culture, the Department seeks to develop fluent English and international manner required in international society.
Graduates of the Department of French Language and Literature are playing active roles in many fields of society including academia, media, tourism industry, trade, etc. Especially, graduates are serving important roles as professionals in francophonic regions including western Africa such as Senegal, Cote d’Ivoire, Congo, Togo, Cameroon.
Department of Russian Language and Literature seeks to educate specialists in Russia and CIS regions which serve a pivotal role in the development of global economy, politics, society and civilization and which also have unlimited possibilities to create synergetic effect with South Korea. The Department provides customized curriculum which allows students to develop their language abilities step by step. By doing so it seeks to develop practical qualifications required in a rapidly changing international order and ability to effectively perform their tasks. It runs a comprehensive educational program consisting of language, culture, politics, economics and history, applicable in practice, by combining linguistic knowledge and background knowledge about specific regions.
Department of Japanese Language and Literature aims at improving practical Japanese language skills by teaching conversation, writing and reading. Moreover, Japanese culture, lifestyle and history are also taught so that knowledge regarding Japanese society can be widened. Advanced courses are also included in the curriculum so as to foster specialists with academic knowledge. Double major or minor courses are also recommended to Japanese majors to gain knowledges from various fields. Exchange programs with Japanese universities as well as student activity programs such as Japanese culture clubs will also provide students with an opportunity to improve their understanding of Japan and Japanese culture.
Department of Chinese Language and Literature aims to ensure the development of communication skills in Chinese which serves as a basis in understanding China in general. In the Department, students will study classical Chinese literature, contemporary literature, linguistics as well as subjects regarding Chinese politics, economics, culture and theories to broaden the understanding of China and its culture. On the basis of these professional qualifications, the Department expects to nurture specialists who contribute themselves to exchanges between Korea and China and global leaders with international insights who play active roles in East Asia.
Majors and Degree Program
Major in English Language & Literature)
In the Department of English Language and Literature, English linguistics and literature are to be studied on the basis of the understanding of and practical skills in English as lingua franca. Therefore, it aims to nurture specialists who are necessary and versatile in international society by improving English communicating skills. Furthermore, by studying English linguistics such as phonetics, syntax, semantics and pragmatics, students are expected to improve their abilities to analyze, problem solving skills, creativity that are required of them in the era of fourth industrial revolution and artificial intelligence. The Department also seeks to foster future leaders who have a broad understanding of Anglo American cultures, capacities to develop and understand Korean cultural heritage and contents and imaginative thinking needed in the society of artificial intelligence by studying Anglo American literatures including poems, novels, plays and essays.
Major in French Language & Literature
Department of French Language and Literature seeks to foster specialists who can participate in international exchanges with knowledge of France, French culture and language skills. With double or dual major programs in which other majors can be studied along with French language and literature, students can develop multiple language skills. There are also intensive language programs designed to prepare for DELF and DALF which is necessary to enhance students’ language skills.
Major in Russian Language & Literature(Area Studies)
Department of Russian Language and Literature seeks to educate specialists who can respond to rapidly changing world politics, industries, economy and environment in the 21st century and at the same time have insights to foresee possible changes in society by educating language and comprehensive knowledge regarding Russia which is one of the four major powers around Korean peninsula and serves a pivotal role in world politics and economy and other major CIS countries. The Department intends to organically combine language skills and background knowledge about the region so as to foster specialists equipped with language and professional regional knowledge. In order to develop practical skills efficient in real life, customized language curriculum is prepared in which language applicable in trade, investment, foreign exchange, interpretation and translation is studied and practiced.
Major in Japanese Language & Literature
The Department of Japanese Language and Literature was initiated in March 1992 with a night time program and affiliated with College of Humanities in 1999 changing into a day time. There are 7 full-time professors, including 4 Korean and 3 Japanese professors as of 2018, and various courses are open to students. The Department provides courses such as Japanese conversation, writing to improve practical Japanese language skills as well as special topics on Japanese, Japanese literature, phonetics to nurture specialists in Japanese. In addition, it seeks to enhance students’ knowledge and understanding about Japanese society by studying Japanese culture, lifestyle, history, etc. The Department has its own characteristics; first, it actively involves in foreign exchange programs with Japanese universities by running exchange students programs, short-term training program and exchange music festivals with the universities in sisterhood relationships; second, student activities are facilitated, as plays and songs are performed in Japanese in annual festivals and Japanese culture clubs are open to those who are interested in Japan; third, local residents are also invited to the Festival in May with traditional Japanese entertainments and foods prepared where local people can experience Japanese culture along with students. Being over 50 years after the normalization of diplomatic relations between Japan and Korea (2015), the roles and responsibilities that the Department should assume are increasing.
Major in Chinese Language & Literature
Department of Chinese Language and Literature was established as department of Chinese Language in 1992 and has 764 graduates for 24 years. The Department has endeavored to foster global leaders with international insight and Chinese experts who contribute to cultural exchanges between Korea and China on the basis of ‘frugality, creativity, justice’ which are the founding spirit of the Suwon University. Furthermore, the Department provides various courses and programs that combine Chinese studies and other relative fields to nurture persons that can think in a comprehensive and creative way. Especially, through various exchange programs with universities in China, many students are having opportunities to develop global insights by experiencing China and communicating with Chinese students. Most of the students in this Department can freely choose a university in China including Nankai University or Shanghai Jiao Tong University to visit as an exchange student for 6 months or a year with scholarship, and those who are selected can apply for a dual degree course (2+2) at Nanjing University and Shandong University.
Division of Law & Public Administration
Division of Law and Public Administration under College of Humanities and Social Sciences was initiated in March 2017 by combining Department of Law and Public Administration under College of Law to foster creative students through interdisciplinary studies. Students are to take courses in general studies and basic major courses in the first year and required to decide their major in the second year. Other programs such as multiple majors, dual majors, minor, associated majors, fusion major, student planning majors, etc. are also available.
Majoir in Law provides theoretical background to lawyers who will realize rule of law, public officials who assume pivotal roles in the society and other people in various fields (law school, graduate school, judicial scrivener, certified labor consultant, financial institutions, incorporates, research institutes, etc). Public Administration has its primary goal in fostering leaders in public sector(public officials), and also endeavors to provide labor forces who are needed in private sector or NGOs. Classes to prepare for Civil Service Examination are open to every students in Public Administration major, and curricula for license exams such as administration management or survey analyst are also prepared.
Majors and Degree Program
Major in Law
Law is the study of logics which interprets human behavior on the basis of legal norms and finally seeks to establish fair and just system of law in the society. Modern civilized society requires law without which there cannot be any order in social systems and relations including not only minor relationships but also national systems. Major in Law aims to foster future leaders who will devote themselves to the development of the State and society by teaching students to build an insight, legal mind and sound values. Therefore, it emphasizes the education of practical legal knowledge which properly combines legal theory and practice.
Major in Public Administration
Public Administration has its primary goal in fostering leaders in public sector such as public officials, municipal public officials, etc. It also endeavors to provide students with knowledges in personal and general affairs, management that are needed in private sector or NGOs. Curricula for license exams such as administration management or survey analyst are also prepared.
Department of Public Administration(n)
행정학과에서는 국가공무원, 지방공무원, 공기업/공사 종사자 등 국가 및 지역 공공 인재를 양성하는 데 일차적인 목표를 두고 있다. 뿐만 아니라, 인사, 총무 등 경영지원 및 전략기획 관련 직무 수행에 도움을 주는 교과를 제공하여 민간부문(중소·중견·대기업 등) 및 NGO 부문으로의 학생 진출을 도모하고 있다. 행정학에서는 행정 관리사나 정책분석평가사 등의 자격증을 취득하는데 도움이 되는 커리큘럼을 갖추고 있다.
Department of Media Communication
Department of Media Communication endeavors to foster core human resources in the field of media by balanced education covering theories and practice in both traditional fields such as newspapers, magazine, broadcast and strategic communication fields including advertisement, PR and new media. The Department provides optimal educational and practical programs to nurture creative and professional leaders who understand the characteristics of various types of media and have capacity to plan and produce relevant contents.
College of Economics & Business Administration
College of Economics and Business Administration began as the department of economics and business administration in 1981, and after Suwon University was elevated as a university the Division of Hotel and Tourism was newly established, which is the structure of the College nowadays. Despite its relatively short history, there are various programs including three undergraduate courses (economics, business administration, hotel and tourism), masters and ph.d courses, MBA, Graduate School of Hotel and Tourism, Graduate School of Employment and Service, Golf CEO Course, etc. The College aims to foster a ‘Glocal Leader’ who proactively leads the age of internationalization and adapts to rapidly changing international environment.
Division of Economics
Division of Economics of Suwon University aims to foster future leaders required of in the global economic environment with proactive and creative leadership. In the Division, there are a major in ‘Economics and Finance’ and a major in ‘International Development and Cooperation’, and students can learn not only professional knowledge in economics and finance but also get opportunities to experience on- site education.
‘Economics and Finance’ major provides economic and financial knowledge necessary for the development of local community and national economy as well as necessary for individual lives, and enables students to improve their insights to understand actual economy and financial environment and predict future economy. In the global economic environment based on market economy, economics and finance are indivisible. Therefore the Division is covering both advanced economics such as micro and macro economics, labor, industrial economics and financial education including corporate finance, financial economics, international finance, financial market analysis at the same time so as to react to rapidly changing economic environment. Moreover, the Division seeks to nurture sound economists and specialists who satisfy labor demand in the multiplied economic fields and assume an important role with practical abilities. Graduates of the division can be found in various fields including bank, insurance company, securities company, as well as government offices and public corporations.
‘International Development and Cooperation’ major aims to foster global leaders who will proactively work in the field of international development and cooperation which is recently expanding globally. Republic of Korea, which is the only country that used to be a donee but became one of the doners, is one of the leading countries that assume a great role in international development and cooperation and needs more and more participants. This major, established in 2012 as the first major in Korea, seeks to foster small number of well-educated students who are competent in international context. Graduates from 2016 are working in institutions they like including KOICA, NGOs, government offices, etc. Students of this major continuously and regularly consult with supervisors, and take relevant classes, experience various activities, do volunteer services and learn foreign languages. Professors with various international experience support students to apply their academic knowledge and experience in career development.
Majors and Degree Programs
Major in Economics & Finance
In the global economic circumstances based on the market economy, economics and finance cannot be divided. The department aims not only to teach economic theories but also to foster capabilities to analyze and predict accurately the economic and financial trends of the national and international economy. It prepares students to understand and cope with rapidly changing economic circumstances through economic educations such as Microeconomics, Macroeconomics, Labor Economy, Industrial Economy, Economics of Public Finance, Urban Economy, Environmental Economics, and financial educations such as Financial Institution, Business Finance, Money Economy, International Finance. It also encourages students to become professionals in their fields and play the role of social leaders with moral obligations to society.
Major in International Development Cooperation
As Korea is an exceptional country of an aid recipient turned to a high-income country, it plays an important role in international society. In recent days, the Korean government and private organizations cooperate with developing countries in many different fields. As a result, employment in the field of international development cooperation has grown continuously. The department was established as the first institute in the university of the country in 2012 in order to produce human resources, and it has educated a small number of selected students systematically. There were the first graduate students in 2016 and the graduates achieved 100 percent employment rate in 2016 and 2017.
College of Economics & Business Administration
College of Economics and Business Administration began as the department of economics and business administration in 1981, and after Suwon University was elevated as a university the Division of Hotel and Tourism was newly established, which is the structure of the College nowadays. Despite its relatively short history, there are various programs including three undergraduate courses (economics, business administration, hotel and tourism), masters and ph.d courses, MBA, Graduate School of Hotel and Tourism, Graduate School of Employment and Service, Golf CEO Course, etc. The College aims to foster a ‘Glocal Leader’ who proactively leads the age of internationalization and adapts to rapidly changing international environment.
Division of Economics
Division of Economics of Suwon University aims to foster future leaders required of in the global economic environment with proactive and creative leadership. In the Division, there are a major in ‘Economics and Finance’ and a major in ‘International Development and Cooperation’, and students can learn not only professional knowledge in economics and finance but also get opportunities to experience on- site education.
‘Economics and Finance’ major provides economic and financial knowledge necessary for the development of local community and national economy as well as necessary for individual lives, and enables students to improve their insights to understand actual economy and financial environment and predict future economy. In the global economic environment based on market economy, economics and finance are indivisible. Therefore the Division is covering both advanced economics such as micro and macro economics, labor, industrial economics and financial education including corporate finance, financial economics, international finance, financial market analysis at the same time so as to react to rapidly changing economic environment. Moreover, the Division seeks to nurture sound economists and specialists who satisfy labor demand in the multiplied economic fields and assume an important role with practical abilities. Graduates of the division can be found in various fields including bank, insurance company, securities company, as well as government offices and public corporations.
‘International Development and Cooperation’ major aims to foster global leaders who will proactively work in the field of international development and cooperation which is recently expanding globally. Republic of Korea, which is the only country that used to be a donee but became one of the doners, is one of the leading countries that assume a great role in international development and cooperation and needs more and more participants. This major, established in 2012 as the first major in Korea, seeks to foster small number of well-educated students who are competent in international context. Graduates from 2016 are working in institutions they like including KOICA, NGOs, government offices, etc. Students of this major continuously and regularly consult with supervisors, and take relevant classes, experience various activities, do volunteer services and learn foreign languages. Professors with various international experience support students to apply their academic knowledge and experience in career development.
Majors and Degree Programs
Major in Economics & Finance
In the global economic circumstances based on the market economy, economics and finance cannot be divided. The department aims not only to teach economic theories but also to foster capabilities to analyze and predict accurately the economic and financial trends of the national and international economy. It prepares students to understand and cope with rapidly changing economic circumstances through economic educations such as Microeconomics, Macroeconomics, Labor Economy, Industrial Economy, Economics of Public Finance, Urban Economy, Environmental Economics, and financial educations such as Financial Institution, Business Finance, Money Economy, International Finance. It also encourages students to become professionals in their fields and play the role of social leaders with moral obligations to society.
Major in International Development Cooperation
As Korea is an exceptional country of an aid recipient turned to a high-income country, it plays an important role in international society. In recent days, the Korean government and private organizations cooperate with developing countries in many different fields. As a result, employment in the field of international development cooperation has grown continuously. The department was established as the first institute in the university of the country in 2012 in order to produce human resources, and it has educated a small number of selected students systematically. There were the first graduate students in 2016 and the graduates achieved 100 percent employment rate in 2016 and 2017.
Division of Business Administration
The Business Administration, as one field of social science dealing with social phenomena, aims rational and strategic administration of business. The department of Business Administration teaches administrative ways of thought, basic knowledges, and process of rational decision making. It aims to train students for the real business world and cultivate human resources who will work as promising professional business administrators, deal actively with the rapidly changing business circumstances and information society, and contribute to the development of the country.
Major in Business Administration
The Business Administration, as one field of social science dealing with social phenomena, aims rational and strategic administration of business. The department of Business Administration teaches administrative ways of thought, basic knowledges, and process of rational decision making. It aims to train students for the real business world and cultivate human resources who will work as promising professional business administrators, deal actively with the rapidly changing business circumstances and information society, and contribute to the development of the country.
Accounting is called the language of business. It helps people to understand what is happening inside of business and assesses how a business is doing. Without a proper accounting system, it is impossible to make investment decisions. The department aims to produce accounting specialists. Although it is not easy to take accounting classes compared to other departments, students who complete the courses become more competitive.
The major aims to foster human resources who have the knowledge, sense, ethics and morale of international business in the global age. It encourages students to acquire knowledge of global business and learn foreign languages. Freshmen are required to take a capstone design class and a career exploration class, and learn English and Chinese. Sophomores are required to take courses in their major fields and acquire academic knowledge. The curriculum includes international business, international economy, international marketing, international finance, international trade, e-business, international business ethics, and practical training such as seminars on international business and field work in national and international business companies.
Division of Hotel & Tourism
The division aims to educate and foster professionals and leaders who are creative and confident, and can lead international hotel industry. Hotel Management takes the concept of “service”, which plays the role of basic infrastructure of tourism industry, and whose importance is growing rapidly, as a core element of creating values. The cultivation of professionals in hotel industry is urgently required in national competitiveness. The major has programs to educate and foster professionals and leaders who are creative and confident, and can lead hotel management industry.
Restaurant Management aims to cultivate human resources who will lead the industry of dining out professionally and creatively. Several economic and social indexes such as increase of income, nuclear family, and economically active women anticipate the growth of dining out in recent days. Therefore, it teaches business process of dining out, and specific knowledge of cooking, food, and nutrition, and aims to produce professionals who will contribute to the development of feeding and dining out.
Tourism Management aims to cultivate professional human resources. Tourism management is the most promising industry which is expected to satisfy desires of various kinds of people. In the age of experience tourism, theme park industry, including entertainment, shopping, beverage and food, and transport, is becoming more important as an overall consensus of tourism. Tourism industry in the modern society is recognized as a big industry and the major element of attracting tourists which can stimulate the development of the local community and the related industries. The major focuses on cultivating professionals who contributes to tourism industry, theme park, convention, casino and service industry.
Majors and Degree Programs
Major in Hotel Management
Hotel Management takes the concept of “service”, which plays the role of basic infrastructure of tourism industry, and whose importance is growing rapidly, as a core element of creating values. The cultivation of professionals in hotel industry is urgently required in national competitiveness. The major has programs to educate and foster professionals and leaders who are creative and confident, and can lead hotel management industry.
Major in Restaurant Management
The major aims to cultivate human resources who will lead the industry of dining out professionally and creatively. Several economic and social indexes such as increase of income, nuclear family, and economically active women anticipate the growth of dining out in recent days. Therefore, it teaches business process of dining out, and specific knowledge of cooking, food, and nutrition, and aims to produce professionals who will contribute to the development of feeding and dining out.
Major in Tourism Management
The major aims to cultivate professional human resources. Tourism management is the most promising industry which is expected to satisfy desires of various kinds of people. In the age of experience tourism, theme park industry, including entertainment, shopping, beverage and food, and transport, is becoming more important as an overall consensus of tourism. Tourism industry in the modern society is recognized as a big industry and the major element of attracting tourists which can stimulate the development of the local community and the related industries. The major focuses on cultivate professionals who contributes to tourism industry, theme park, convention, casino and service industry.
College of Engineering
Engineering is the application of knowledge of science including mathematics, chemistry, physics and biology and it helps to improve the quality of life. In recent days, there is more emphasis on creative and integrated engineering education in order to cope with the fourth industrial revolution. The college was established in 1982, the same year in which the University of Suwon was founded and the College of Natural Sciences including the department of Chemistry, Physics, Bioscience and Biotechnology were merged into the college. As a result, it has seven colleges and fifteen majors. About 15,000 square meters of NIX was also erected in 2017. It tries to constantly improve its curriculum, to expand research infrastructures and to produce creative and active engineers who will lead the fourth industrial revolution.
Division of Biochemical Industry
Bioscience is the study of living things. The division aims to acquire knowledge of bioscience through lectures and practice and it encourages students to be a leader of science. In addition, students have a chance to double major in Biomarketing and Chemistry and they are expected to enter Graduate School of Education and Pharmacy after graduation.
Biotechnology is a technology to take advantage of an organism or organic system in order to improve our life and environment. The division helps to develop and sell bioproducts using knowledge of biotechnology. It focuses especially on biomedicine, functional foods, cosmetics and fermented food in order to cope with bioproduct market. It also encourages learning foreign languages and understanding marketing to produce biomarketing professionals.
Chemistry is a primary science that studies substances and changes of substances in the universe. It is necessary to gain knowledge of biology, medicine, pharmacy, food science, environment, architecture and material engineering, and is closely related to changes in nature and society. In practice, it is associated with daily life and plays an important role in science and technology. Graduates are expected to work in pharmaceutical and cosmetic industries and national and public research institutes, and to study at graduate schools.
Majors and Degree Program
Major in Bioscience
Bioscience is the study of living things. The major aims to acquire knowledge of bioscience through lectures and practice and it encourages students to be a leader of science. It also helps students to be creative and active through various education including lectures, discussions, seminars, experiments and internships. In addition, students have a chance to double major in Biomarketing and Chemistry and they are expected to enter Graduate School of Education and Pharmacy after graduation.
Major in Biotechnology & Biomarketing
Biotechnology is a technology to take advantage of an organism or organic system in order to improve our life and environment. The major helps to develop and sell bioproducts using knowledge of biotechnology. It focuses especially on biomedicine, functional foods, cosmetics and fermented food in order to cope with bioproduct market. It also encourages learning foreign languages and understanding marketing to produce biomarketing professionals.
Major in Chemistry
Chemistry is a primary science that studies substances and changes of substances in the universe. It is necessary to gain knowledge of biology, medicine, pharmacy, food science, environment, architecture and material engineering, and is closely related to changes in nature and society. In practice, it is associated with daily life and plays an important role in science and technology. Graduates are expected to work in pharmaceutical and cosmetic industries and national and public research institutes, and to study at graduate schools.
Division of Construction Environment Energy
The division deals with plan, design and construction of infrastructure for sustainable development and aims to foster professional engineers.
Civil and environment engineering refers to engineering that improves the quality of life. It deals with engineering technology that provides convenience to human beings and investigates how to protect environment. For sustainable development, it deals with building eco-friendly infrastructures such as roads, harbors, railways, subways, bridges, dams, tunnels, power plants and airports. Civil engineering is divided into five fields including structural engineering, hydraulic engineering, soil engineering, metrology and construction engineering. It has developed as a high technology field. In recent days, it extends to environment, new renewable energy and aerospace industry and contributes to internal and external construction industry. The major aims to produce professionals who lead civil engineering technology.
Environmental and Energy Engineering focuses on critical environmental problems of the day such as water, air and waste pollutions etc., and provides practical education for tomorrow’s environmental problem solvers. It thus aims to foster competent environmental engineers who may lead the fields of environment and energy. In order to solve environmental pollution problems such as water, air and soil pollution, waste and noise, students learn and research on engineering approaches for the prevention of environmental pollutions. As for energy, students learn and research on such substitute energies for fossil fuels as waste, logs, agricultural by-products and sea weeds.
Majors and Degree Program
Major in Civil & Environmental Engineering
Civil and environment engineering refers to engineering that improves the quality of life. It deals with engineering technology that provides convenience to human beings and investigates how to protect environment. For sustainable development, it deals with building eco-friendly infrastructures such as roads, harbors, railways, subways, bridges, dams, tunnels, power plants and airports. In recent days, it extends to environment, new renewable energy and aerospace industry and contributes to internal and external construction industry. The major aims to produce professionals who lead civil engineering technology.
Major in Environmental & Energy Engineering
Environmental and Energy Engineering focuses on critical environmental problems of the day such as water, air and waste pollutions etc., and provides practical education for tomorrow’s environmental problem solvers. It thus aims to foster competent environmental engineers who may lead the fields of environment and energy. In order to solve environmental pollution problems such as water, air and soil pollution, waste and noise, students learn and research on engineering approaches for the prevention of environmental pollutions. As for energy, students learn and research on such substitute energies for fossil fuels as waste, logs, agricultural by-products and sea weeds.
Division of Architecture for Urban Planning & Real Estate Development
The division focuses on the physical, social and economic aspect of space, and aims to foster professionals who lead construction, urban planning and real estate industry.
The purpose of Architecture is to foster creative and competitive architects. To this end, the major encourages comprehensive and logical thinking. In addition, it helps to develop architecture design ability and improve communication skills for working with other fields.
Urban Planning aims to foster urban planners who design sustainable urban space. In order to achieve this goal, the major helps to develop the ability to create beautiful urban space, to communicate with citizens and to understand national urban policy.
Real Estate aims to foster real estate specialists who lead a high value-added real estate industry. To this end, the major helps to develop the ability to understand economic mechanism, to solve problems of investment and to understand national urban policy.
The curriculum includes Architecture, and Urban Planning and Real Estate Development.
Majors and Degree Program
Major in Architecture
The major aims to foster professional architects. It thus sets up a new curriculum focusing more on architecture. In order to achieve such goals, the major focuses especially on architectural design although students also learn about structural dynamics, construction work and environmental facilities. Freshmen and sophomores study basic theoretical knowledges while juniors and seniors learn more detailed major areas such as architectural design and interior design. Students are educated to be able to make a contribution to Korean architectural culture with their creativity and professionalism.
Major in Urban Planning & Real Estate Development
Urban Planning and Real Estate Development aims to foster urban planners who design sustainable urban space and real estate specialists who lead a high value-added real estate industry. To this end, the department helps to develop the ability to create beautiful urban space and to be qualified urban planners.
Division of Industrial and Mechanical Engineering
The division is divided into two majors including Industrial and Mechanical Engineering that play an vital role in the fourth industrial revolution.
Industrial Engineering deals with an inter-disciplinary profession that is related to the optimization of systems and organizations. Industrial system is a integrated system of people, resources, equipment, money and knowledge and includes manufacturing and service industry. The major aims to create more efficient systems and helps to gain knowledge of system components and application technology. It is closely associated with system analysis, human engineering, manufacturing engineering, production engineering and so on.
Mechanical Engineering plays a vital role in various industrial applications, such as system design, energy-related technology and development of manufacturing techniques in combination with such future technological areas as IT, NT, ET and BT. It extends to the technology on a hardware platform such as autonomous cars of the fourth industrial revolution, drones, robots, 3d printing, AI (Artificial Intelligence), VR (Virtual Reality) and smart factory. To meet the demands of the industry, the major focuses on educating students competent in design, analysis, and the experimentation and manufacturing of a wide variety of mechanical components and systems.
Majors and Degree Program
Major in Industrial Engineering
The major is designed to enable students to cultivate their ability to achieve consumer satisfaction with improvement of productivity and synthetic cyber system. It deals with various methods of increasing productivity, computer application software, web programming, reduction of costs, and improvement of quality by introducing business administration and economic concepts into engineering. Students may have a career at such fields as IT industry, service industry like financial engineering as well as manufacturing industry.
Major in Mechanical Engineering
Mechanical Engineering plays a vital role in various industrial applications, such as system design, energy-related technology and development of manufacturing techniques in combination with such future technological areas as IT, NT, ET and BT. It extends to the technology of the fourth industrial revolution. The major aims to foster engineers who lead engineering industry and contribute to the development of technology. The curriculum includes the theory and practice of thermodynamics, fluid mechanics, heat transfer, solid mechanics, kinetics, instrumentation engineering and manufacturing engineering. It also offers Masters and Ph.D. programs.
Division of Electronic Materials Engineering
The division was established by merging Electronic and Applied Physics with Electronic Materials Engineering. It aims to foster engineers based on specialized programs.
Electronic Materials Engineering aims to foster professionals who understand materials of electronic products and apply theories in electronic engineering to development of new electronic materials. As electronic technology develops, the demand for the electronic industry such as semiconductor, display, battery and information and communications technology increases. As a result, electronic engineering is becoming more important. The purpose of the department is to produce professionals who specialize in electronic materials, components and systems.
Electronic and Applied Physics is the core of basic science and it aims to foster professionals based on the knowledge of physics. It enable students to be capable members in the high-tech industrial society and leaders who cope with the fourth industrial revolution. Graduates are expected to work in institute of electronics engineers or in electronics company, and enter graduate school of education to be a teacher.
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Major in Electronic Materials Engineering
The major was established in 1985 and produced a number of professional engineers. It combined material, electronic and electrical engineering. As electronic technology develops, the demand for the electronic industry grows. The purpose of the department is to foster professionals who understand materials of electronic products and apply theories in electronic engineering to development of new electronic materials.
Major in Electronic & Applied Physics
The major combines physics that is the core of natural science and electronics that is the basis of technology. It helps to cultivates abilities to understand physics and apply theories to the field of science and engineering. It also foster professionals who lead the high-tech industry including electronic, material and semiconductor industry on the basis of theory and practice.
Division of Electrical & Electronic Engineering
The division aims to foster engineers who have professional knowledge concerning new renewable energy, electric vehicles, and information and communication technologies.
Electrical Engineering deals with theories, techniques, systems, and machinery related to the generation, transformation, transmission, and control of electrical energy and its applications. It also covers electric energy engineering and electric power, electric network and control engineering, electric materials and elements engineering, and artificial intelligence and computer engineering. Graduates are expected to work in construction, civil engineering and automobile industry.
Electronic Engineering is a fast-growing industry and deals with telecommunication, signal processing, photoelectron, microwave circuit, semiconductor design and embedded technology. It also improves the students’ comprehensive ability through capstone design courses. Grates are expected to work in various industries including semiconductor, autonomous car, electronic components and telecommunications equipment.
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Major in Electrical Engineering
Electrical Engineering deals with theories, techniques, systems, and machinery related to the generation, transformation, transmission, and control of electrical energy and its applications. The major educates students to make a contribution to the development of industrial fields through experiments and theoretical lessons in four major areas such as electric energy engineering and electric power, electric network and control engineering, electric materials and elements engineering, and artificial intelligence and computer engineering.
Major in Electronic Engineering
Electronic Engineering is gaining more importance in a wide range of information technology, nanotechnology and biotechnology. It covers computer system, digital system, development of semiconductors, communication technology, optic-electronic devices, and automatic control and so on. To meet the demand from industry whose technologies evolve very fast, the department offers a wide range of courses with emphasis on hands-on experience. To supply well trained engineers to the industry, the major offers students various educational opportunities from elementary to state of the art technologies to make them lead the future technological innovations in the related fields.
Division of Chemical Polymer Engineering
The division is designed to enable students not only to learn chemical and material engineering but also to acquire high-technology such as nanotechnology, biotechnology, and environmental technology. It also encourages to foster professional engineers with comprehensive knowledge and practical skills.
Polymer engineering deals with lightweight and highly fine functional organic materials, which can replace metals, and inorganic materials. The department provides education in a variety of areas related to polymeric materials, that encompass such engineering areas as IT, BT and NT. Students are trained to acquire knowledges and analytical powers, which will enable them to get research jobs and research industry products.
Chemical Engineering is the application of chemistry, physics, biology, and mathematics to the process of converting raw materials into more useful or valuable forms. More recently, chemical engineers are employed in the industries of nano-technology, biotechnology, and environmental technology. Graduates are well equipped to embark on careers in refinery, petro-chemical, fertilizer, synthetic fiber, textile, plastic, cosmetic, pharmaceutical, dyes, and paints industries.
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The major provides courses concerning high molecular substance, the synthesis of new materials in order to foster professional engineers. Students use knowledge and develop abilities while they are involved in experiments, conduct research and write a dissertation.
Chemical Engineering is the application of chemistry, physics, biology, and mathematics to the process of converting raw materials into more useful or valuable forms. More recently, chemical engineers are employed in the industries of nano-technology, biotechnology, and environmental technology. The curriculum is designed to provide students with background courses and hands-on experiences necessary to pursue their career opportunities in a variety of industries and government agencies.
College of Information and Communication Technology Convergence
College of Information and Communication Technology Convergence aims to foster professionals who lead information security, big data and smart manufacturing in the era of the fourth industrial revolution.
To this end, it teaches theories and skills concerning HW/SW convergence, STEAM education, coding, 3D modelling, computer processing, big data and machine running. It also provides Fabrication Center (DFC), 3D Printer Center, Smart Factory Center and VR/AR Center. It focuses on improving achievement and practical education to be a capable person.
The division aims to foster competent computer scientists, engineers and managers who can not only design and develop hard wares and soft wares but also apply and manage them based on ICT information processing technology.
Computer SW aims to foster software engineers who specialize in computer system and software technology. It also enables students to gain knowledge of computer system and software based on theory and practice and to work in various field.
Media SW aims to foster software developers of computer graphics, multimedia, virtual reality, augmented reality, game and animation. It helps students to be software developers of high quality multimedia applications and services.
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Nowadays, we live in an information-oriented society that focuses on ability to collect and distribute information by computer and telecommunication technology. Thus, the major aims to foster software engineers who specialize in computer system and software technology. Graduates are expected to be computer scientists, computer engineers and computer managers.
Media SW deals with how to generate, save, search and distribute information. It teaches computer graphics, multimedia, virtual reality, augmented reality, game and animation. It helps students to be creative software developers who have specialized knowledge and skills.
Division of Information Telecommunications
The division aims to foster experts who lead the fourth industrial revolution. To this end, it enables students to learn information and telecommunication, and information security deeply.
Information and Telecommunications aims to produce competent engineers who cope with Information Communication Technology (ICT) and Internet of Things (IoT). In order to achieve the goal, it provides not only theoretical background of information processing, network and telecommunication technology but also practical backgrounds of hardware and software design.
The curriculum includes wire and wireless network system, multimedia processing system, and IoT embedded system. It also encourages students to participate in robot competitions.
Information Security aims to produce security experts in the era of the fourth industrial revolution.
The curriculum includes courses in information security, cryptology, network and system security, and application security.
It also encourages students to participate in the various contests and events through project-based learning.
Graduates are expected to work in various fields such as information security, security consulting and system development.
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Major in Information & Telecommunications
The major aims to produce competent engineers who deal with Information Communication Technology (ICT) and Internet of Things (IoT). In order to achieve the goal, it provides not only theoretical background of information processing, network and telecommunication technology but also practical backgrounds of hardware and software design. The curriculum includes wire and wireless network system, multimedia processing system, and IoT embedded system. It also encourages students to participate in robot competitions.
The purpose of the major is to produce security experts in the era of the fourth industrial revolution. The curriculum includes courses in information security, cryptology, network and system security, and application security. It also provides not only theoretical background but also practical backgrounds. In addition, it enables juniors and seniors to have opportunity to get an internship.
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Data Science deals with IT technology for data processing, data analysis, big data processing, algorithm for machine learning, deep learning structures and algorithm for AI. It enables students to take courses in mathematics, statistics, software and capstone design. It also provides computer centers where students can use various programs including R and Python and machine learning labs. It aims to produce creative and competent data scientist who try to solve new problems.
College of Health Science
Being faced with the acceleration of industrialization and aging population, modern people became deeply interested in health problems.
The college aims at training experts who play a pivotal role in the promotion of health and, by extension, the improvement in the quality of human living.
It tries every effort to provide relevant subjects to meet the demands of the society according to the change of the times. Students are required to acquire practical and professional capabilities through lots of experiments and a variety of curriculums. The college also encourages students to get understanding of healthy life based on their balanced personality.
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The department was newly established in 2011 with 4 year undergraduate courses. It took Evaluation and Accreditation in the Education of Nursing (5 year Accreditation). It endeavors to produce a professional nurse of ability to meet the rapidly changing health and medical circumstances with the educational objectives such as a nurse with consideration and respect for humanbeings, a nurse of scientific and executive ability, and a nurse with global leadership for the health of mankind. It aims at a future-oriented education with advanced educational facilities, providing students with opportunities to learn second foreign language in step with globalization and to take part in various liberal arts and fusion class.
Department of Child & Family Welfare
The department was established based on the educational missions: educational practice focusing on the field training with ‘health’ motif and development of high skilled manpower. It aims to train superior experts contributing to the welfare of children, adolescents, adults, and elderly through researching scientific studies regarding human development, children’s psychology and nurturing, family relations, child and family counseling, social welfare as well as training in practical abilities. After completing the courses assigned, students may work as social workers in social welfare institutes, nursery teachers in the kindergartens, and social welfare specialists after passing the civil service examination.
Department of Clothing & Textiles
The department provides students with intensive education to bring up multi-functional fashion specialists who achieve deep insight into the whole product development processes for creative and functional clothing. Students are taught to respond quickly to changes in fashion and design trends in the contemporary world. In the relevant clothing and fashion industries, graduates take a variety of roles such as fashion merchandisers, fashion designers, stylists, coordinators, textile designers, models, textile researchers and so on.
Department of Food & Nutrition
Food & Nutrition is based on natural sciences such as chemistry, biology, etc. It is a practical study that applies scientific studies on the need for nutriments, food ingredients, and changes in cooking for body growth and maintenance of health in real life. Graduates may work at hospitals, schools, and industries as consultant nutritionists, nutritive teachers, managers of school meals, or managers of fast food chains. Some students may work at research institutions after passing the civil service exam.
The division aims at fostering a creative student with professional knowledge, communication skill, problem-solving ability through physical education, sports, leisure, exercise and health management to meet the need to set a high value on quality of life, healthy life.
Physical Education offers various theories about human movements and physical training to the students. Students are provided with theoretical courses of history, philosophy, administration of physical education, exercise physiology, anatomy, physical dynamics, sports psychology and sociology as well as such physical activities as track and field, swimming, gymnastics, basketball, golf, and skiing.
Sport & Leisure Studies offers various theories about sports and leisure studies and physical training to the students upon the expansion of social demand for sports and leisure studies. Students are provided with theoretical courses of sports and leisure studies such as sports management, and leisure and recreation as well as such physical activities as tennis, golf, skiing, swimming, bowling and so on. The major aims to bring up capable leaders in physical education and recreation of the powerhouse of sports industry in preparation of social changes such as low birth rate, aging, multinational culture, increasing demand for social welfare. Students are to study theories of physical education and application of those theories to sports, leisure and physical fitness.
Exercise & Health Management offers a systematic practical learning based on various theories for the health care and disease prevention. It aims to bring up a professional sports instructor who can understand the mechanism of physical fitness for health and prescribe and execute rehabilitation programs.
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Major in Sport & Leisure Studies
The major offers various theories about sports and leisure studies and physical training to the students upon the expansion of social demand for sports and leisure studies. Students are provided with theoretical courses of sports and leisure studies such as sports management, and leisure and recreation as well as such physical activities as tennis, golf, skiing, swimming, bowling and so on. The major aims to bring up capable leaders in physical education and recreation of the powerhouse of sports industry in preparation of social changes such as low birth rate, aging, multinational culture, increasing demand for social welfare. Students are to study theories of physical education and application of those theories to sports, leisure and physical fitness.
Major in Exercise & Health Management
The major offers a systematic practical learning based on various theories for the health care and disease prevention. It aims to bring up a professional sports instructor who can understand the mechanism of physical fitness for health and prescribe and execute rehabilitation programs.
College of Art & Design
The college consists of two divisions: Division of Formative Arts Design and Division of Design. It aims to foster creative professionals for the industrial and information age.
It has achieved a remarkable development within comparatively short history since 1988. Now 880 students attend the college, dreaming of becoming an artist.
They present their works of art every semester individually or in group, which are evaluated by professors and personages of art. The college also intensively foster Animation, Graphic Design in connection with Engineering and Computer Science. Through a synthesis of Formative Arts and Design, it tries to develop an area of art design which can be industrialized.
Division of Formative Arts Design
Painting aims to bring up leaders in painting with free will, infinite imagination, creative spirit which can combine tradition with modernism in international painting society. It offers programs to help students to strengthen their basic skills and to understand traditional painting as well as modern painting and to develop his/her own creativity and expression. It also makes an attempt to set up a new vision and concept for a global paradigm in the 21 century.
Sculpture aims to produce future sculptors equipped with a creative ability and the understanding of both traditional and modern sculpture and their history. The core courses include wood carving, metal sculpture, modeling, computer drawing, and media studies using 3D printer, mass media.
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The major aims to bring up leaders in painting with free will, infinite imagination, creative spirit which can combine tradition with modernism in international painting society. It offers programs to help students to strengthen their basic skills and to understand traditional painting as well as modern painting and to develop his/her own creativity and expression. It also makes an attempt to set up a new vision and concept for a global paradigm in the 21 century.
The major aims to produce future sculptors equipped with a creative ability and the understanding of both traditional and modern sculpture and their history. The core courses include wood carving, metal sculpture, modeling, computer drawing, and media studies using 3D printer, mass media.
The division offers majors in communication design, fashion design, and craft design. It aims at fostering 3 kinds of competent persons in design: one who respects and succeeds human tradition and culture; one who has critical thoughts and problem-solving skill; one who has an enterprising spirit with creativity.
Communication Design belongs to a design area which communicates the needs between enterprises and consumers through various media. Students are taught to understand not only changing visual environments and delivering media but also systems of meaning for diverse informations. In the first phase, freshmen and sophomores study fundamental principles of visual design, typography, and various media. In the second phase, juniors and seniors study brand design, package design, advertisement design, web/app design, image design, motion graphics, UX, editorial design which are specialized and needed by enterprises.
Fashion Design aims to cultivate professional and creative fashion designers. The curriculum consists of both theoretical and practical studies promoting expression as well as creativeness. Major courses offered include computer fashion and fashion coordination. Trained in technical drills and working with computers, our graduates will contribute to enhancing the significance of fashion design in modern society, thus forging the link between academia and industry. The field work from junior years in cooperation with industry provides students with more on-site know-hows and experiences enhancing their understanding of fashion industry.
Craft Design aims to bring up artists with an enterprising spirit, who will lead the way in setting the trends of the 21 century. The curriculum is divided into two major fields of fiber craft design and ceramic design. Freshmen and sophomores are provided with various courses about basic designs for both ceramic and fiber design so as to choose their major. After the choice of the major, juniors and seniors take more intensive courses of each field. Students have a better chance to get a job with their university-industry cooperation research activities and field work.
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The major belongs to a design area which communicates the needs between enterprises and consumers through various media. Students are taught to understand not only changing visual environments and delivering media but also systems of meaning for diverse information. In the first phase, freshmen and sophomores study fundamental principles of visual design, typography, and various media. In the second phase, juniors and seniors study brand design, package design, advertisement design, web/app design, image design, motion graphics, UX, editorial design which are specialized and needed by enterprises.
The major aims to cultivate professional and creative fashion designers. The curriculum consists of both theoretical and practical studies promoting expression as well as creativeness. Major courses offered include computer fashion and fashion coordination. Trained in technical drills and working with computers, our graduates will contribute to enhancing the significance of fashion design in modern society, thus forging the link between academia and industry. The field work from junior years in cooperation with industry provides students with more on-site know-hows and experiences enhancing their understanding of fashion industry.
The major aims to bring up artists with an enterprising spirit, who will lead the way in setting the trends of the 21 century. The curriculum is divided into two major fields of fiber craft design and ceramic design. Freshmen and sophomores are provided with various courses about basic designs for both ceramic and fiber design so as to choose their major. After the choice of the major, juniors and seniors take more intensive courses of each field. Students have a better chance to get a job with their university-industry cooperation research activities and field work.
College of Music
Since its foundation with 70 students in 1996, the college has developed into a huge size with 680 undergraduates, 100 master degree candidates and 50 doctoral degree candidates. It now has 29 renowned domestic and foreign professors and more than a hundred visiting and adjunct professors. It has the following objectives.
- to foster an integrated artist with expertise
This objective can be achieved with practicality as well as diversity in the curriculum which enables students to pursue their goals with confidence.
- to foster an integrated artist with global sense
This objective can be achieved with global courses and global faculty which may produce creative and global artists.
- to foster an integrated artist with high spirit and active leadership
This objective can be achieved with development of sociability and leadership.
- to foster an integrated artist with creativity who can devote himself to development of culture in his community
This objective can be achieved with development of good communication ability with the local community. Each department of the college fosters professional music teams which can make a big contribution to the development of culture in the local community.
Majors and Degree Program
The department aims to foster a composer with global sense as well as national spirit who can lead the high-tech fusion media era. To accomplish the aim, it requires students to be able to play at least a traditional musical instrument and to understand diverse global arts as well as music. It also requires them to have a lot of stage experiences through concerts and concours. It holds an annual concours under the sponsorship of Hwaseong city. Recently, it adds the competition part for composers in 2017. It also puts an emphasis on such integrated education as computer music education through various programs to foster students with integrated ideas and skills.
The department puts a great emphasis on fostering vocalists and music educators with the ability to express their emotions and thoughts well and to teach musical theories on the basis of full comprehension of coordination of muscles and neurons, physiological rhythm, and psychological response in making sounds. It holds an annual opera to develop students’ diverse musical abilities. An opera requires various musical talents such as dancing not to speak of singing. To cultivate these talents students are provided with diverse classes and lessons for dancing, opera production, and acting. Students are also involved in other performances such as a concert for individual singing and chorus. The department also aims to cultivate good minds of students who can make a contribution to the musical circle with eventual goal of pursuit of truth.
The department aims to foster musicians with remarkable technique, thorough theoretical comprehension, and full dedication to development of music with diverse programs for piano performances. It provides students with complete coverage of piano music from classical days to now for them to master various performance skills and theories through a weekly one to one private lesson. It also helps students to work as a teacher with the certificate for teaching piano and integrated arts.
Department of Orchestral Instruments
The department aims to provide students with systematic education which can develop performance skills of various musical instruments in the orchestra of students and help them to comprehend diverse musical theories. It also helps students to develop their skills with diverse activities such as ensemble performances and orchestral workshops. It also aims to foster leaders in orchestras and musical groups.
Department of Korean Traditional Music
The department aims not only to understand and succeed to musical and cultural aspects of Korean traditional music but also to create more future-oriented traditional music. Thus, it aims to foster musicians who can promote Korean traditional music all over the world with creative views on it. It provides undergraduate students with specified majors: string instruments major of gayageum, geomungo, and ajayng, wind instruments major of daykeum, pili, and haykeum, and Korean traditional vocal music major of pansoli, minyo, jeongga, and gayageum byeongchang. Students have a chance to develop their skills on various periodical stages provided by the department such as the annual concert and spring and autumn concerts. Students have cultivated their abilities greatly with high recognition thanks to their remarkable accomplishments in various renowned contests and concours under full support by the university and the faculty.
College of Convergence Culture Arts
The college puts an emphasis on research on original and competitive global contents through academic fusion to foster creative and cooperative students for future society.
It consists of four majors: Film and Digital Arts, Theater, Dance, and Culture and Contents Technology. It aims to provide students with such education as is able to help them to fuse diverse brand new cultural industries and to lead culture and art industry in the future on the basis of traditional art education.
The major in films and digital arts aims to provide students with such education as supplies students with creative and systematic producing practices in field work of directing, making, film shooting, lighting, writing scenarios, editing, and special effecting with digital technology and with critical thoughts through reasonable analysis of the work.
The graduates are involved in fields of making and teaching films with remarkable accomplishments in various film contests and festivals.
he major in theater aims to provide students with an ability to deliver the spirit of and make a research on works through basic comprehension and drill of acting in plays, films and TV dramas.
The curriculum also covers the courses for history of playing arts, diverse analyses of works, management of voice, sympathy, and communication, and acting. The graduates are actively involved in lots of plays, dramas and films.
The major in dance aims to foster leaders in culture and arts in modern society through balanced education between theories and practices in dance. Thus, it makes an attempt to introduce a new curriculum to balance two parts and enhance chances for original performances. The graduates work in various places: schools, various dance companies such as the national dance company and the national ballet company, and such related fields as dance directing, dance make-up, dance therapy, yoga and pilates.
The major in culture and contents technology aims to foster leaders in culture and contents technology with the best educational facilities in Seoul metropolitan area such as fusion media research center, VR-AR-MR center, and digital production center.
The major provides students with a chance to develop humanistic refinement, an ability to tell stories through screens and to manage 3D graphic techniques for animation, web-contents and ads on airs. It especially puts an emphasis on developing an ability to apply such high-tech technologies as VR, AR and MR to cultural contents with freedom and ease.
It has made an agreement with many institutions to exchange faculty and students and to cooperate on development of an integrated curriculum which may produce experts in the 4th Industry.
They include the Creative Arts and Technology Division of New York Bloomfield University, Drone and Autonomous Systems Lab of UNLV.
Majors and Degree Program
The major in films and digital arts aims to provide students with such education as supplies students with creative and systematic producing practices in field work of directing, making, shooting, lighting, writing scenarios, editing, and special effecting with digital technology and with critical thoughts through reasonable analysis of the work. The graduates are involved in fields of making and teaching films with remarkable accomplishments in various film contests and festivals.
The major in theater aims to provide students with an ability to deliver the spirit of and make a research on works through basic comprehension and drill of acting in plays, films and TV dramas. The curriculum also covers the courses for history of playing arts, diverse analyses of works, management of voice, sympathy, and communication, and acting. The graduates are actively involved in lots of plays, dramas and films.
The major in dance aims to foster leaders in culture and arts in modern society through balanced education between theories and practices in dance. Thus, it makes an attempt to introduce a new curriculum to balance two parts and enhance chances for original performances. The graduates work in various places: schools, various dance companies such as the national dance company and the national ballet company, and such related fields as dance directing, dance make-up, dance therapy, yoga and pilates.
Major in Culture & Contents Technology
The major in culture and contents technology aims to foster leaders in next generation in culture and contents technology with the best educational facilities in Seoul metropolitan area such as fusion media research center, VR-AR-MR center, and digital production center. The major provides students with a chance to develop humanistic refinement, an ability to tell stories through screens and to manage 3D graphic techniques for animation, web-contents and ads on airs. It especially puts an emphasis on developing an ability to apply such high-tech technology as VR, AR and MR to cultural contents with freedom and ease.
International College
The college (only for foreign students) aims to foster global leaders in this global ear. It puts a strong emphasis on the development of multi-cultural communication ability, personality and sense of a global citizen, and integrated ideas. Students are strongly supported by foreign professors with diverse fields in interdisciplinary major system.
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Major in Interdisciplinary Studies
The international college provides foreign students with diverse curricular and consulting activities for them to find a proper major and to build up their future career as a leader in this global world. They are trained in various languages such as Korean, English and Chinese and take diverse classes in various fields to get their bachelor’s degree in interdisciplinary studies. It manages its curriculum in double tracks: formal and informal ones in order to enhance multi-cultural abilities and cultural sense for better communication as a global leader.