Bachelor's Programs in Art Studies in South Korea

The 120-credit Computer Game Design program enables students to focus on the artistic components of computer game design while providing them with the technical skills prerequisite to the field. -

The Archaeology and Art History major provides research and education in two areas of archaeology and art history. Archaeology is a study on ancient human culture and its traces. It covers research and investigation into the past traces of human beings through historic remains or relics and is in complementary relationships with history. The major covers research and education in the two areas of archaeology and art history. The common primary research subject of these two areas is the past relics, and they have become sophisticated through interactions in the process of their development into contemporary studies. -

First of its kind in Korea, the department of Kumdo trains students in the four foundations of Kumdo: ‘Kumdo people proficient in both literary and martial arts who possess tenacious will power and manners; ‘cultured Kumdo people’ who possess scientific knowledge and comprehensive understanding of Orientalism; ‘excellent Kumdo people’ possessing a high-level practical skill ability; and ‘global Kumdo people’ possessing foreign language skills and comprehensive understanding of international society. -

The Bachelor of Fine Arts program is a one-year 'specialized art creation curriculum' of intensive major education. Intensify the major through individual meetings with the advisor (apprenticeship-style major study), allowing students to create their own works through team teaching convergence education with other majors beyond the barriers between faculties and departments. We are broadening the horizon of creativity through various methods, such as small-scale intensive, individual-to-individual, and large-scale integrated education where group-to-group meets (lab, studio, production-centered creation-LAB, Studio, Production). This is to broaden the department to new applications of the major and to deepen one's field of study through creation. Furthermore, we are conducting art education that combines science and technology through cooperative work in various majors based on affiliated institutions such as the Arts Engineering Center (Artek) and the Culture and Arts Industry Convergence Center. By introducing cutting-edge technology to art creation and utilizing new media for performances and exhibitions, Seoul Institute of the Arts suggests a direction for art creation in the digital age and constantly challenges new forms of art creation. The curriculum of our university is a process of implementing the 4 major development indicators and 5 educational goals based on the founding philosophy. The Seoul Institute of the Arts undergraduate program is located at the center of the creative work. -

Based on individual training, the sessions are to offer lessons on various techniques in traditional and contemporary art as well as professional theories so as to train students to become artists who will pioneer a new tradition in the traditional culture. - The comparative studies between oriental and western art and the experiment of materials improve the efficiency of education and fortify a sense of identity. - After school, students are highly encouraged to work in the studio, exhibition hall (Chujung Art Hall), or computer center. - Besides classes related to the student's major, the classes in computer drawing, printmaking, photography, and visual art are offered for the purpose of comprehensive art education that can broaden the students' mode of expression. -