Building a Humanities Education Model to Focus on 'Regional Development'... Daegu University Institute of Humanities and Sciences Selected for 'Phase 2 Support Project'

Excellent Evaluation for New Undergraduate Majors and Highly Satisfactory Student Participation Programs

Daegu University Gyeongsan Campus.

[Asia Economy Yeongnam Reporting Headquarters Reporter Yeo Jong-gu] The Institute of Humanities and Sciences at Daegu University has been selected for the Ministry of Education and the National Research Foundation of Korea's 'Phase 2 Support Project for Humanities and Social Science Research Institutes,' receiving 780 million KRW in national funding.

On the 2nd, the Institute of Humanities and Sciences at Daegu University reported that during the first phase of the project over the past three years (September 2019 to August 2022), it promoted the specialization and differentiation of humanities education research, innovated university education, and carried out various projects to revitalize regional humanities through the dissemination of research outcomes.

As a result, in the recent evaluation of the Ministry of Education's support project for humanities and social science research institutes, the Institute of Humanities and Sciences at Daegu University received excellent evaluations in areas such as the establishment of new departments and majors, and the operation of various student participation programs with high satisfaction.

Accordingly, for the next three years (September 2022 to August 2025), it will receive additional national funding to revitalize the regional humanities education ecosystem and promote the specialization and differentiation of humanities education research.

The research theme of the Institute of Humanities and Sciences is "East Asian Urban Humanities Narrated through Railroads," and in response to the crisis in the humanities, it plans to develop the LMS-ACE curriculum and establish a humanities education system to build a region-based humanities education model.

Kwon Eung-sang, director of the Institute of Humanities and Sciences, said, "The institute has been striving for innovation in humanities education, and I am pleased that good results have been achieved," adding, "We will continue to work harder so that the Institute of Humanities and Sciences can become the center of university innovation and regional development through the revitalization of the local humanities ecosystem."

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