Faculty of

Interdisciplinary Studies

	__Contact Information Tel: +82 62 530 1047, 5065 Fax: +82 62 530 1049 E-mail: sdis@jnu.ac.kr URL: http://sdis.jnu.ac.kr/

	Faculty of Interdisciplinary Studies School	__Contact Information Phone: +82-62-530-1047, 5065 Fax: +82-62-530-1049 E-mail: sdis@jnu.ac.kr URL: http://sdis.jnu.ac.kr

■ What is the Faculty of Interdisciplinary Studies?

FIS(Faculty of Interdisciplinary Studies) was founded to educate talented people to be logical and critical as well as help them to learn creative problem-solving skills in this knowledge based area with the following aims:

- To specialize in interdisciplinary educational programs

- To focus on educating the future’s global leaders

- To create a challenging, creative and cooperative college culture

▶ Educational Goals

· To cultivate students with critical thinking and rational communication skills

· To educate students to use interdisciplinary studying skills

· To train future leaders who can cooperate and create new social values

■ School of Faculty of Interdisciplinary Studies at Chonnam National University

FIS has two course tracks: the Self-designed Studies Track and General Studies Track. Students who choose the Self-designed Studies Track will remain in FIS until they graduate. Those who choose the General Studies Track will have to choose a major after their first year of curriculum.

■ Professors

∙Seong-Won Lee Ph.D.

[Professor History, luxlee68@naver.com]

∙Su-Jin Lee Ph.D.

[Professor business administration,

soojinlee@jnu.ac.kr]

∙In-gaK Hwang Ph.D.

[Professor physical, ikhwang@chonnam.ac.kr]

∙In-Sul Kim Ph.D.

[Professor Arts Administration, Education & Policy, snow@chonnam.ac.kr]

■ Degree Requirements

Students who choose the Self-designed Studies Track in the major of FIS are required to earn 130 credits to graduate.

■ Self-designed Studies Track

Students will double major in various major tracks, along with their self-designed majors. For these majors, they can choose one of several fields of study or create a self-designed major(Science and Life, Public Interest and Society, Culture and Arts, Future Society and Lifelong Learning, Leadership in International Affairs, Health and Welfare, Fusion Engineering, Economy and Society, Social science, Convergence of Humanities).

■ Careers

Graduates generally choose one of two career paths upon graduation. The first is to continue with graduate studies to serve eventually as researchers or professors. The other is to work in the fields of consulting companies, journalism, social welfare services, politics and business, governmental positions.