Introduction

The Department of Chemistry and Cosmetics curricula enable the majors students to elucidate the structures, properties, composition, and chemical reactivity of all types of materials to understand the natural phenomena in the changing environment around us and explore the nature of matter and life. The fundamental knowledge gained from the chemical studies is essential in the development of functional cosmetics program. Major subjects encompassed in the chemistry curricula include organic chemistry, physical chemistry, inorganic chemistry, analytical chemistry, biochemistry and cosmetics chemistry. Primary majors curricula are？organic chemistry？of organic compounds and their structures, properties and syntheses,？physical chemistry？dealing with materials and their structures, properties, chemical equilibria and their governing principles,？inorganic chemistry？of inorganic compounds and their structures, properties and reactivity,？analytical chemistry？involving the analysis of trace elements and the composition of complexes,？biochemistry？to elucidate the chemical reactions and biological processes in living organisms, and？cosmetic chemistry？to study raw materials and preparative methods of cosmetics, especially functional cosmetics. These curricula are complemented with in-depth studies of various classroom and laboratory subjects.

The Department of Chemistry and Cosmetics participates in the 5-year (2014~2018) regional university specialization project and in the biodiversity-based natural cosmetics training project jointly with the Department of Biology. These programs facilitate the better understanding of cosmetics related technology and cultivate the experts with creative mind and technical knowledge.

Aims

The departmental curricular program aims at fostering the well-informed chemical and cosmetics experts who understand the life and matter relationship and the nature of material changes and contribute to the development of industry sector, especially chemical and cosmetics industries in Korea and abroad.

Careers

Graduates of the Chemistry and Cosmetics Majors program find their careers in chemical and cosmetics industries. Jeju Autonomous Government has set a high priority to build the cosmetics industry as a future strategic industry for Jeju Province with increasing demands for the well-trained chemists and cosmetics scientists. Our graduates also find jobs as an environment specialist, or opt for advanced study at graduate schools. Equipped with master’s and/or doctorate degrees, they may choose research careers with pharmaceutical corporations, cosmetics companies or government-run research agencies.

History

1. 1987. 3. 1: Established the Department of Chemistry, College of Science and Engineering
   1989. 3. 1: Changed affiliation to the College of Natural Science
   1993. 3. 1: Established M.S. degree program, Graduate College
   1995. 3. 1: Established M.S. in Chemical Education Majors, Graduate School of Education
   1997. 3. 1: Instituted Ph.D. degree program, Graduate College
   1999. 3. 1: Changed the admission unit to Biology and Chemistry Departments
   2004. 8. 17: Selected for Subtropical Bioindustry and Environmentally Friendly Agriculture and Bioscience Convergence/Fusion Industry Training Project (NURI Project)
   2009. 3. 1: Changed the admission unit as Department of Chemistry
   2009. 6. 22: Selected to participate in Jeju Water Industry Training Center Water Characteristics Evaluation/Use Track
   2012. 4. 1: Participates in the 2012 LINC Project granted by the Ministry of Education, Science and Technology
   2014. 3. 1: Changed the admission unit to the Faculty of Chemistry and Cosmetics
   2014. 7. 1: Participates in Regional University Specialization Project (CK-1) supported by the Ministry of Education
   2016. 3. 1: Changed the admission unit to the Department of Chemistry and Cosmetics