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	__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

∙Sung-Keen Kim Ph.D.

[Faculty of Interdisciplinary Studies (History of science), skk313@jnu.ac.kr]

∙Seong-Won Lee Ph.D.

[History(Ancient History of China),

luxlee68@naver.com]

∙Su-Jin Lee Ph.D.

[business administration (Organizational

Behavior and Leadership), soojinlee@jnu.ac.kr]

∙In-GaK Hwang Ph.D.

[physics (Nano Optics), ikhwang@chonnam.ac.kr]

∙Tae-Soo Lee Ph.D.

[geography(Environmental Geography), taesoo@jnu.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. A self-design major (major required 13, major selection 24) and at least one multiple major must be completed.

■ 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).

■ What Do You Study? (Self-designed Studies Track)

▮liberal arts Required

Career Plan and Self Understanding (2)

Writing for Self-reflection and communication (3)

English for Global communication 2 (3)

▮ major Required

Selected Topics Seminar 1 (3)

Selected Topics Seminar 2 (3)

Individual Course Design (1)

Selected Topics Seminar 3 (3)

Capstone Design (1)

▮ Electives

Independent Research (3)

Creative Convergence Project (3)

■ Careers

Graduates of the Department take a variety of career paths. Our graduates are proud of their education in the department and have gone on to a variety of successful careers, including research, education, public service, and many other areas in society.