The College of Humanities and Arts is developing experts equipped with a comprehensive perspective and problem-solving abilities needed for the culture industry, which is becoming more significant in the 21st-century information age. By integrating the humanities with various areas of arts, the College aims to develop holistic/cultural human resources who can contribute to advancement of the culture industry.
Cartoons and animation are important parts of public art and the modern culture industry, offering a new channel of communications. Particularly, in the age of digital contents, cartoons and animation, when combined with new media, result in a new culture industry, and serve a social function of effectively delivering image information and also a cultural function as a visual medium. More recently, the study deals with various digital contents of cartoons, animation, videos, characters, and games. The objective of the Department is to develop experts who have a creative mind and abilities to produce contents that can meet the needs of both the industry and the art world.