Colleges & Departments

Jeju National University established the College of Arts & Design in 2012 to concentrate on educating specialized talents that are not only skilled in the artistic expression, creation, and theories, but also possess a strong personal style and knowledge.

The Faculty of Music educates the functional aspect of music performances and provides stability through music. It also runs courses for full-time teachers, contributes to the artistic activities in the local communities, and further matures and develops the creativity and artistic instincts at international level. The ambition of the Faculty of Music is to serve a pivotal role in the musical revitalization and emotional advancement of the entire nation.

The Faculty of Fine Arts offers majors in Korean Painting, Painting, and Sculpture. It offers educational courses on the overall theories of arts and their applications to foster intellectual and creative artists and art educators. The basic training courses of the Faculty of Fine Arts help improve the individual creativity and expressiveness and learn about the interrelations in the studies of sculpture to improve the artistic skills, and eventually promote the experimental attitudes, unique expressions, and comprehensive artistic understanding. The Faculty of Fine Arts also offers holistic education that incorporates the pursuit of truth and social demand through the formative arts. The Major of Multimedia Design of the Faculty of Industrial Design offers courses on the design analysis, design planning, design concepts, and design realization to activate ‘Capstone’ designs, run regional design projects, participate in the domestic and international contests, and offer on-site training for more job opportunities in the specialized fields, including public, environmental, visual, product, UX, 3D, and CG designs. The wide array of educational methods and the multidisciplinary courses of the Major of Multimedia Design nurture ‘creative designers’ suitable for the contemporary era. The Major of Culture & Formative Design offers educational courses on fiber design, metal design, ceramic design, and product design, as well as the converged courses on the afore-mentioned techniques, for the development of the cultural and tourism industries. Students majoring in Culture & Formative Design can have uniquely tailored experiences using a variety of materials and will better understand the culture and industries.

Introduction

In 2005, the Ministry of Education and Human Resources awarded a 4-year NURI grant of 10 billion won (a national university reform initiative program) to the Jeju National University faculty this enabled the Multimedia Design majors to take cultural contents courses and earn a dual bachelor’s degree. Under the NURI project, the majors benefited fr-om scholarships, overseas internships and other advantages, making them highly employable after graduation. The 21st century is an era of cutting-edge knowledge industry. The Digital Contents Design calls for new and creative approaches to its educational curriculum. The Multimedia Design Majors program encompasses not only the two- and three-dimensional designs in advertizing, products, environment, packaging, editorial and illustration, but also provides training in planning, production and staging of such new multimedia frontiers as web, digital games, event media, etc, and photographic, computer illustration, 2D, 3D, CG, animation, multi-title, digital image editing, etc. Through the training in these areas, the program aims to produce industry experts with planning and executing abilities as well as to train the majors for venture enterprising ranging fr-om multimedia, SOHO (small self-employed businesses) to IP & CP (Information Provider & Contents Provider).

Careers

Complementing the tourism business as the nation’s third generation industry, advancement and career opportunities of Industrial Design Majors is becoming increasingly important for the region. Specific areas of career opportunities include advertizing hotels and service businesses, interior design, environmentally designed offices, C.I.P., industrial product design laboratories and planning offices, design development of tourism options and package design, film image design, computer graphic, displays at department stores and shopping malls, etc. In addition, teaching at secondary schools represents an attractive career, and the graduates of the Multimedia Design Majors can be certified as visual design technicians, product designers, interior designers, package designers, colorist technicians, computer graphics technicians and other certified professionals.

History

1988: JNU Department of Industrial Design (total enrollment of 40)
1993: Enrollment in three separate majors
(Majors in Visual Design ~ 10, Engineering Design ~ 10, and Industrial Arts and Crafts ~ 20)
1997: JNU Graduate School of Industry Department of Industrial Design
(Majors in Visual Design, Engineering Design, and Industrial Arts and Crafts)
1999: Enrollment of 60, 20 for each Major (Visual Design, Engineering Design, and Industrial Arts and Crafts)
2002: Department of Industrial Design reorganized its curriculum and enrolled separately
(Majors in Multimedia Design ~30, Cultural Arts and Crafts Design ~ 30)
2004: Enrollment unit name change and separate majors enrollments
(Department of Industrial Design→Faculty of Industrial Design)
2008: Faculty of Industrial Design with Separate majors enrollments
(Majors in Multimedia Design ~ 27 and Cultural Arts and Crafts ~ 27)