Fostering Convergence Talent Leading the Era of the Fourth Industrial Revolution
In response to the 4th industrial revolution, two or more departments (majors) organically integrate academic fields and provide education to nurture talent with convergence capabilities required by society. Regardless of department, anyone can take a single major or a double major.
- Content Management Convergence Major
- Convergence of Natural Products and Pharmaceutical Industry Major
- Future Environmental Convergence Major (Department of Environmental Education / Department of Visual Design / Department of Information and Communication Engineering)
- Intelligent Medical Technology Convergence Major
- Smart Agriculture Convergence Major (ICT Convergence Engineering/Electrical Engineering/Agricultural and Life Science/Department of Animal Resources Science)
- Digital Wellcare
Website
https://www.scnu.ac.kr/dwellcare/main.doDepartment introduction
Digital Wellcare Convergence Major
"Welcome to the Digital Wellcare Convergence Major."
Digital Wellcare is an interdisciplinary major grounded in personalized health services that support the management of physical, mental, emotional, and aesthetic wellness while promoting disease prevention. The program aims to cultivate wellcare professionals with strong digital communication and data analysis capabilities through specialized education in these related fields.
Educational Goals
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Our goal is to cultivate interdisciplinary wellcare professionals equipped with digital communication, data analysis, and network coordination skills. These specialists integrate knowledge and technologies from social welfare, food and nutrition, sports science, pharmacy, and IT to promote healthy lifestyles and enhance quality of life in their communities. This is achieved through digital health and welfare management, healthcare coordination, and the development, implementation, and management of social network services. The program provides education in four core areas:
- 1. Foundational knowledge of healthy living
- 2. Wellcare data literacy and application
- 3. Wellcare service technology and program development
- 4. Practical wellcare service practice capabilities
Core Competencies
Wellcare Service Technology and Program Development Competency: Ability to develop user-centered service technologies and programs across social welfare, food and nutrition, sports science, and pharmacy through the integration of human-centered design with data-driven scientific and technological approaches.
Wellcare Service Practice Competency: Ability to assess service users' functional needs and communication requirements, deliver personalized ICT-based wellcare services, and effectively manage, operate, and improve service delivery systems.
Major Job Functions and Career Fields Aligned with Core Competencies
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Qualifications and Career Paths
The program provides comprehensive education on theories and technologies related to digital health management across academic disciplines. In conjunction with students' primary majors, they can obtain qualifications such as social worker certification, nutritionist certification, (associate) data analysis specialist, and ITQ certification.
Recent Employment Sites and Fields by Department
Department of Social Welfare
Jeonnam Northern Child Protection Agency, SOS Children's Village, Chungnam National University Medical Social Worker, Family Home Care Center for the Elderly, Jinju Food Market Bank, Milal Social Welfare Foundation, local government social welfare civil servants, Suncheon Disabled Welfare Center, Suncheon Eun Hospital Mental Health Social Worker
Department of Food and Nutrition
Food research institutes, food service/catering industry, and food companies including Hyundai Green Food, Samsung Welstory, Pulmuone Food & Culture, Goheung Geriatric Hospital, Gwangyang City Children's Social Welfare Food Service Center, Gwangyang Steel High School, Fores, Daesung Kongmul, Hwasun County Office Foodist, Wando Geumil High School, etc.
Department of Sports Science
Administrative positions at city/county sports associations, administrative positions in sports-related fields, sports welfare organizations, professional sports team offices, sports marketers and planners, sports agents, athletic trainers, physical education civil servants, exercise prescription specialists
Division of Artificial Intelligence Engineering
Samsung Electronics, LG Electronics, Naver, Kakao, GS, MS, Oracle, SAP, AhnLab, Nexon, NCSoft, Coupang, Com2uS, Netmarble, TMON, LG CNS, SK Planet, SK Telecom, KT, Naver Labs, Kakao, Electronics and Telecommunications Research Institute (ETRI), Korea Information Society Development Institute, National IT Industry Promotion Agency, Korea Internet & Security Agency, National Information Society Agency, Korea Data Agency, Korea Association for ICT Promotion
Teaching staff introduction
Social Welfare Kim, Hea-Seon professor
- Major: DegreeConsumer Studies / DSc (Econ)
- Tel+82 61-750-3672
- E-mail kim3672@scnu.ac.kr
Kim, So-Ra professor
- Major: DegreeConsumer Studies / PhD in Consumer Studies
- Tel+82 61-750-3677
- E-mail srkim@scnu.ac.kr
Park, Ae-ri associate professor
- Major: DegreeSocial Welfare / PhD in Social Welfare
- Tel+82 61-750-3679
- E-mail apark@scnu.ac.kr
Kim, Sun assistant professor
- Major: DegreeSocial Welfare / PhD in Social Welfare
- Tel+82 61-750-3675
- E-mail seonkim@scnu.ac.kr
Food and Nutrition Lee, Mi-Kyung professor
- Major: DegreeNutritional Biochemistry
- Tel+82 61-750-3656
- E-mail leemk@scnu.ac.kr
Yoon, Bo-ram assistant professor
- Tel+82 61-750-3658
- E-mail byoon@scnu.ac.kr
Lee, Hae-in assistant professor
- Major: DegreeApplied Nutrition
- Tel+82 61-750-3657
- E-mai leehi3657@scnu.ac.kr
Social Physical Education Rim, Sung-Ho professor
- Major: DegreePhysical Philosophy / ScD
- Tel+82 61-750-5214, +82 61-750-5210
- E-mail shrim@sunchon.ac.kr
Oh, Bong-Seok professor
- Major: DegreeExercise Physiology / ScD
- Tel+82 61-750-5215, +82 61-750-5210
- E-maill oveobs@sunchon.ac.kr
Kim, Jae-Pil professor
- Majo: DegreeSports Biomechanics / ScD
- Tel+82 61-750-5216, +82 61-750-5210
- E-mail jpkim@sunchon.ac.kr
Moon, Han-Shik professor
- Major: DegreeSports Psychology / ScD
- Tel061-750-5217, 061-750-5210
- E-mail hsmoon@sunchon.ac.kr
Artficial Intelligence Engineering Park, SangHyun professor
- Major: DegreeMultimedia System
- Tel+82 61-750-3833
- E-mail shark@scnu.ac.kr
Shin, Chang Sun professor(director of Information and Computing Institute)
- Tel061-750-3598
- E-mail csshin@scnu.ac.kr
- Major field of study: Distributed System
Shim, Chun-Bo professor
- Major: DegreeMultimedia Information Search
- Tel+82 61-750-3834
- E-mail cbsim@scnu.ac.kr
Cho, Young Yoon professor
- Tel061-750-3599
- E-mail yycho@scnu.ac.kr
- Major field of study: System Software
Pharmacy Son, Young-Jin
- Major: Biochemical Engineering
- Subject lectures: Physical Pharmacy, Pharmaceutical Manufacturing and Quality Control
- Tel+82 61-750-3755
- E-mail sony@scnu.ac.kr
Paik, Soo-Heui
- Major: Clinical Pharmacology
- Subject lectures: Pharmacotherapy, Pharmacokinetics, Pharmaceutical Administration
- Tel+82 61-750-3766
- E-mail shwhite@scnu.ac.kr
Lee, Sunmin
- Major: Clinicla Pharmacology
- Subject lectures: PharmacotherapyⅠ, PharmacotherapyⅢ, Pharmaceutical care and medication counseling,
- Introductory Pharmacy Practice Experience, Pharmacy Practice 1, Pharmacovigilance
- Tel+82 61 750-3767
- E-mail smlee@scnu.ac.kr
Park, Ha-Hyun
- Major: Diesease Genomics
- Subject lectures: Immunopharmacology, Histology, Bio & Research Ethics, Medicinal plants
- Tel061) 750-3768
- E-mail hhpark@scnu.ac.kr