University Students Create Desired Educational Programs Themselves! ... Pukyong National University Hosts 'Extracurricular Idea Contest'

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[Asia Economy Yeongnam Reporting Headquarters Reporter Hwang Duyul] Pukyong National University held the ‘3rd Extracurricular Idea Contest’ to allow university students to directly plan educational programs they want to learn in addition to their major courses.

This contest is held to solicit ideas for extracurricular curriculum programs in non-credit areas such as ▲learning competency ▲career psychology ▲employment and start-up, rather than credit-based curricular education like majors or liberal arts.

The contest, first held in 2020, is characterized by actually opening and operating excellent extracurricular programs based on educational plans designed and submitted directly by students.

Although Pukyong National University operates about 180 various extracurricular programs through multiple departments, this contest was prepared to reflect students’ demands and the latest trends.

All of Pukyong National University’s various extracurricular programs are opened and operated free of charge by utilizing the university’s human and material resources.

At the 1st contest in 2020, the ‘Hey, You Can Be a Writer Too!’ plan, which publishes manuscripts written by students as books, and the ‘Extracurricular Supporters’ promoting extracurricular programs received the grand prize and encouragement award, respectively, and have been actually opened and operated until now.

At last year’s 2nd contest, the ‘Pukyong Data Science Competition’ proposing a data analysis contest and the ‘PKNU Metaverse Course’ teaching how to create and utilize the metaverse received the grand prize and excellence award and were opened.

This year, after recently completing the contest and awards, the ‘Pukyong Asset Management Camp’ teaching young people how to manage assets and the ‘UI/UX Design Class’ learning web and mobile design received the grand prize and grand excellence award, respectively, and are scheduled to be opened as actual programs during the upcoming winter vacation and next year.

Kang Jin-dong, head of the Student Competency Development Department at Pukyong National University, said, “We will strive to reflect student opinions in the extracurricular curriculum to increase interest and understanding of extracurricular programs and to establish a virtuous cycle system where the opening of new extracurricular curricula leads to the activation of participation in extracurricular curricula.”

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