Dept. of Agronomy Dept. of Agronomy

'Department of Agronomy'

The educational goal of the department is to study the subjects required for developing and producing useful plant resources and food resources which are essential for our living. Accordingly, theoretical study and application methods of improving crops, developing producing technology, agriculture climate, soil, weeds, disease and insect control and environment are the main subjects of the department to foster the experts who can lead the agricultural biosciences in the future.

The educational course of the department consists of an intensive course dealing with the hereditary-cultivating environment-cultivating skill of crops based on the academic ground focused on the basic and the applied science courses. The students carry out the courses properly arranged, keeping the theory, experiment and practice balanced. Furthermore, curriculum and non-curriculum is provided organically for them to experience the process of cultivating crops. Finally, debating and presenting classes enable them to share their own knowledge and experience with their mates to grow as creative and pioneering persons that can make contributions to the development of future agricultural industries of Korea and the world.
Those who studied the agricultural sciences may find their jobs in the following areas: researcher at the Rural Development Administration, agricultural service worker, research institute related to agriculture, civil servant of agricultural administrative agency, quality controller at the national agricultural products quality control agency, school teacher, seed-fertilizer-crop protecting companies, golf course, agricultural cooperative association, agricultural products inspection office, plant quarantine office, agricultural material office, international research institute like FAO or IRRI, self-farming, overseas agricultural development project and graduate school at GNU and abroad.