Department of Child and Family Studies Department of Child and Family Studies

Academic characteristics

[Child and Family Studies] is based on a broad understanding of child and family studies, predicts child development and family life in response to social changes, and trains professionals for childcare, family education, and counseling who can cope with these changes to ensure healthy children's health. It is a study that substantially contributes to development and improvement of the quality of family life.

Related industries

[Childcare industry] is expected to maintain its current industry size as long as the government's free childcare policy to reduce the burden of childcare on parents is maintained, despite the decline in the infant and toddler population due to ultra-low birth rates. In addition, as various policies to strengthen the public nature of childcare are implemented, training excellent childcare teachers to ensure the quality of childcare has become an urgent task, so financial support to improve the treatment and working conditions of childcare teachers is expected to increase as well.

[Counseling industry] is a field with great demand as the social demand for psychological counseling, such as child and family counseling and youth counseling, is high due to the increase in families in crisis in modern society. In comparison, there is a severe shortage of professional counseling personnel, while the Healthy Family Support Center, Multicultural Family Support Center, Comprehensive Childcare Support Center, Youth Counseling and Welfare Center, Youth Training Facility, Local Children's Center, Out-of-School Youth Support Center, and Career and Job Experience Support Center , WEE centers, family counseling centers, civic groups, and research institutes are expected to further increase in the number of organizations and facilities requiring counseling professionals.

Characterization direction

[Current Department of Child and Family Studies] operates a curriculum to train professionals in child and family-related fields who can understand the diverse needs of family members throughout their life cycle, including infants, children, adolescents, and families, and contribute to improving the quality of life. I'm doing it.

[Gyeongsang National University Department of Child and Family Studies] provides a preliminary childcare teacher training course to support infants and toddlers, who are the driving force of the future society, to develop their creative and convergence capabilities, as well as gradual changes in the family environment such as an increase in various family types and a decline in the family's parenting function. We operate the “Child and Family CARE Professional Training Course,” which includes family education and counseling professional training courses to solve child rearing problems, family psychological and behavioral problems, etc. that arise due to childcare.