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Underwood International College Selected for Design-driven Multidisciplinary Curriculum Support Program
by Professor Soojin Jun, Director of HASSD
Yonsei University has been selected for the “2020 Design-driven Multidisciplinary Curriculum Support Program” run by the Korea Institute of Design Promotion (KIDP). This program aims to put Korea at the forefront of the Fourth Industrial Revolution (4IR), an era that requires the capacity for a creativity-based “soft power.” From 2020 to 2022, this support program will help to cultivate design convergence professionals who have an understanding of the entire process necessary for the development of products and services. This type of knowledge is crucial in the advent of the 4IR, where designers are expected to be familiar with every step of manufacturing from planning to marketing, as well the ability to collaborate with experts of other fields.
Underwood International College launched the Techno-Art Division in 2012, which comprises the following three majors: Information and Interaction Design, Creative Technology Management, and Culture and Design Management. It is the premier interdisciplinary program in Korea to combine design, technology, and management, and has trained numerous global leaders to have the capacity for creative convergence since its inception. For this particular support program, UIC proposed to execute the Underwood Intelligent Social Design program (hereinafter referred to as “Underwood Inside”). The goal of this program is to educate our students to find solutions through design thinking and cutting-edge technology, as well as a system-wide understanding and analysis of complex and diversified social issues. Underwood Inside will upgrade the existing curricula of the Techno-Art Division in order to foster an integrated problem-solving ability driven by a “SDC Thinking” (systems + design + computational thinking) approach required by the 4IR. To be specific, through this program, students will implement systems thinking to understand a problem, design thinking to materialize the plan, and computational thinking to develop the solution.
The KIDP meeting was attended by Professor Soojin Jun, Professor Younah Kang, Professor Hyun-Kyung Lee, and Professor Jae-Yun Ho of the HASS Division.
In addition, UIC will establish new problem-based learning courses, centering on the use of advanced technology. Underwood Inside distinguishes itself from the proposals of the five other selected universities because of the international competitiveness offered by its all-English curricula. Also, the fact that UIC has managed an interdisciplinary program that fuses design, technology, and management since 2012 is a testament to its educational capacity. In addition, Underwood Inside will offer extracurricular programs that implement the following resources from Design Factory Korea: networks for international cooperation, international education workshops, and know-how from global industry-academia projects. These extracurriculars will enhance our students’ practical skills as well as their competitiveness in an international market.
Above all, the “2020 Design-driven Multidisciplinary Curriculum Support Program” is expected to be the next step necessary for Yonsei to advance its interdisciplinary curriculum. We hope that the participating students will grow into leaders of the new 4IR industries and contribute meaningfully to the development of the nation and society.
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