Dongseo University to Promote Restructuring of Undergraduate Programs Specialized in Glocal University Cultural Content Fields

The Nation's Largest College of Film, Visual Arts, Media Content, and Design Set to Launch as a Comprehensive Arts College

Dongseo University (President Jang Je-guk) held a final report and public hearing on June 10 in the Global Room of the New Millennium Hall for the "Restructuring of the Bachelor’s Program in Specialized Fields of Glocal University Cultural Contents."

Undergraduate Curriculum Reform Meeting.

This restructuring aims to realize Dongseo University's goal of becoming "Asia’s No. 1" in the field of cultural contents and to lay the foundation for a leap forward through the official designation of the "Glocal University 30" project.

To this end, a practical task force was formed, centered on professors from three colleges in the field of cultural contents (Im Kwon-taek College of Film and Arts, College of Design, College of Media Contents). The restructuring plan was developed through advisory meetings with education and industry experts, seminars, and multiple rounds of discussion.

The report meeting was attended by President Jang Je-guk, key university executives, and 21 working members of the "Glocal University Specialized Field Academic Structure Reform Task Force."

The main direction of the academic structure innovation system is to transition to a "borderless academic structure" by "breaking down barriers," focusing on: ▲ integration of the three specialized colleges (Im Kwon-taek College of Film and Arts, College of Design, College of Media Contents); ▲ recruitment of new students through a non-major (liberal major) system and expanded recruitment units; ▲ organizational restructuring for a flexible academic structure; and ▲ student-centered education that ensures students' diverse choices of majors.

The tentative Arts & Design integrated college system will undergo sufficient internal discussions, simulations, advisory meetings, and preparation over the next two years, with the transition planned for 2027.

With this, Dongseo University’s (tentative) Arts & Design integrated college is expected to become the largest comprehensive arts college in the country, encompassing film, video, media content, and design fields with a variety of majors.

It will also facilitate the creation of new majors, minors, and micro-majors suited to the times, and offer a flexible structure that allows students to freely design and explore their career paths and choose their majors.

Additionally, the report presented an educational innovation model to enhance Dongseo University’s unique competitiveness in the field of cultural contents, a virtuous cycle system for financial independence linked with profit-generating industry-university cooperation foundations, and an industry-academia research innovation model based on the R&BD cluster to strengthen research capacity. A global innovation model was also proposed to attract resident international students and enhance global reputation.

Other topics covered included strategies for advancing student management and support systems, admissions measures, spatial planning, and graduate school innovation plans.

The importance of specialized liberal arts curricula in arts and design, as well as common foundational courses such as AI literacy, was also emphasized.

Through these innovations, the university expects to secure final selection for the Glocal University project and drive the launch of a specialized college in cultural contents that coexists and grows with the local community.

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