Educational Culture seeks desirable image of humans. In order to nurture such mankind, this field of study research on what and how to teach. Also in order to effectively nurture such mankind, research on what kind of institutional and environmental conditions to be made. Educational Culture major studies desirable mankind and its qualifications, systematically understand teaching-learning activity and educational program and system related to philosophical, historical and scientific knowledge and theory. Also let students to obtain basic qualifications and abilities that are necessary to solve educational problems and study new educational principles.
By completing a curriculum with Educational Culture major, students can obtain undergraduate degree in education. And especially for those students who are in teacher training course, by completing few additional courses, they can obtain a degree in Educational Culture major.
* Homepage : http://educulture.sogang.ac.kr/
The purpose of Integrated Biotechnology major course is to nurture future-oriented talents who can creatively adapt to fast-changing science and technology society through education related to various integrated biotechnology with interdisciplinary characters including bionano (BT/NT), biomedical (BT/MT), bioinformation (BT/IT) and so on.
Integrated technology is the key topic of technology in the 21st century and a pioneer for the new scope of knowledge. Biotechnology, as the technology necessary for derivation of new industry fields, develops new materials through integration of various fields such as bionano, biomedical, bioinformation and so on. It is seen as the field of integrated technology that will contribute greatly towards development of mankind in connection to in-depth understanding of phenomena of life and development of new medical heath technology.
* Homepage : http://biotech.sogang.ac.kr/
Public Leadership major is a course for educating talents to perform in public domain as public officials. This major provides education necessary to become public leaders also promotes understanding in various systems for running public domain. Students may earn Bachelor of Arts (B.A.) degree as they take the courses affiliated with law, humanities and social sciences according to the standard credits. However, those students who are studying law as their first or additional major cannot register.
Students can take required major courses related to software and selectively take integrated courses including smart apps planning and production. Students can gain ability to creatively integrate in software areas so non-majors can also dream to become IT leaders. Students shall be supported for Samsung Electronics open recruitment, regardless of their application categories. Interdisciplinary program of Samsung Convergence Software Course is targeted for non-majors in software and develop their ability to creatively converge in software areas and various areas not related to IT. On the basis of this, aims to educate talents with development capability in convergence of software.
* Homepage : http://csw.sogang.ac.kr/
The purpose of Gender Studies major is to nurture professionals who can lead the changing future of society, satisfy the gender equality perspectives by actively embracing achievements of the study that is newly formed in various areas of human activities such as humanities, social sciences, science and so on. Also contribute towards the formation of open and future-oriented values and perspectives on society.
Gender Studies not just overlooks gender problems in narrow sense, but it is a study that embraces all issues of humanities and social sciences including gender differentiation, society with occurrence of discrimination, economics and psychology. Problems of equality raise basic questions on human and society also require new method of approach challenging the existing framework of the study. Gender Studies started from the awareness that females were excluded from the studies and promoted academic discussions on gender differences. This work has been attempted in all majors so Gender Studies needs to be connected with other fields of the study.
* Homepage : http://gender.sogang.ac.kr/
Interdisciplinary program of Sogang Startup Academy aims to educate leaders who can lead the global innovation through the following: 1) Develop creative thinking and problem-solving ability, 2) Provide integrated research opportunities in educational systems of technology, humanities and management areas, 3) Educate talents who can lead development of new products, business planning, investment attraction and so on, 4) Provide knowledge necessary for business start-up.
* Homepage : http://ssa.sogang.ac.kr
It can be said that knowledge, power, and economy are the elements which can move the modern society. Philosophy studies the essence of objects and structure of a phenomenon, Political Science studies political phenomenon related to acquisition, maintenance and exercise of power and Economics studies the phenomena and policies that encloses the distribution of scarce resources in society. The purpose of this major is to help students to understand the interaction of knowledge, power and economy which can influence the modern society.
This major aims to nurture talents, who can dedicate to the development of cultural anthropology and community. Along with the economic development of Korea, the importance of international cooperation development is expanding on the present day so educate competent talents in international cooperation development field, who can play an active role in the world stage.
Sports Media major raise understanding on media roles in sports field and through this raise in-depth consideration to promote consumption on sports and its derivative products, at the same time, study on the cultural influences of sports in modern society. In order to do this, explore functional role related to sports and mass communications, analyze sponsorship role through sports promotion and study cultural influences of sports and digital media in modern society. Sports Media major understands newly formed social phenomena in combination with sports and media. Through various curriculums, gain core knowledge and experiences to nurture professional broadcasters in sports and professionals related to sports media.
As the importance of East Asia is expanding worldwide and interest towards East Asia is increasing, through in-depth study on East Asian regions and various overseas programs, nurture global talents who specialize in East Asian regions. For education suitable to nurture East Asian experts, provide globalized learning opportunities based on the agreement between universities from 3 countries including Korea, China and Japan (Sogang University, Sophia University and City University of Hong Kong). Based on the theoretical study and field experiences of East Asia, form characteristics of human beings as a whole person to understand East Asia and nurture professional talents with theoretical and practical abilities suitable for the age of globalization.
The objective of the Big Data Science interdisciplinary program is to nurture convergence talents based on Big Data to efficiently map out solutions in decision-making through processing and analysis of Big Data based on IT. Two tracks are provided for this course: the "Data Engineer Track," where the emphasis is on capacity for developing software and systems for handling data, such as creation/storage/operation of data; and the "Data Analysis Track," where programs are provided for growing data analysis and forecasting for different fields.
* Homepage : http://bds.sogang.ac.kr/
The objective of the Artificial Intelligence interdisciplinary program is to foster true AI experts who can take the initiative in the ever-changing era of the Fourth Industrial Revolution, providing education that is focused around artificial intelligence technologies.
* Homepage : http://ai.sogang.ac.kr/
The Korean Society and Culture interdisciplinary program allows students to learn about the various aspects of Korean language, Korean culture, and Korean society, all coming together in the formation of an enhanced understanding of Korea. Through this course, students gain deeper knowledge on the nation of Korea while also fostering college-level academic capabilities. While providing in-depth knowledge on Korea, the objective of the course is to nurture experts with theoretical and practical capabilities in line with the "era of globalization," and, at the same time, to nurture well-rounded individuals, which is a highlighted goal of Sogang University.