Graduate School of Public Administration Graduate School of Public Administration

Department of Public Administration

The Department is focused on teaching the theories of public administration including personnel management system and organization and their practical applications. Also, the Department assists students in cultivating their analytical thinking and ability skills to apply the knowledge gained from their studies to practical works such as policy analyses and evaluations based on an understanding of the policy procedure theories.

Department of Local Autonomy

The Department is focused on local residents realizing the principle of making their own decisions and taking responsibility for their own problems in their daily lives based on the spirit of democracy.

Department of  International Development Cooperation

Growing interest in poverty reduction and humanitarian assistance in catastrophic situations in developing countries continues to increase interest in the field of international development cooperation. The Department of International Development Cooperation aims to cultivate practitioners necessary for the continuously expanding ODA market through close cooperation with the Gyeongnam International Development Cooperation Center and the establishment of a public-private cooperation platform with local governments and related companies.

Department of Judicial Administration

A law as a norm can get its vitality only when it is applied to specific cases, and the Department aims at securing the concept of law by combining legal theory and practice. works.

Department of Applied Psychology

The Department deals with personnel selection, placement, training, and evaluation. It also incorporates organizational psychology, which deals with leadership, work motivation, job satisfaction, communication, labor-management relations, and organizational development, as well as machine and work facilities. Students study the psychology of consumerism and advertising, which considers the human factors in engineering psychology, consumer behaviorism, and the applications of psychological principles to advertising.

Department of Social Welfare Studies

The Department aims at proposing solutions based on the investigation of social problems and social risks. Social welfare studies are classified into policy areas and methodologies according to the target of intervention. The field of policy studies the macro-social environment, its policies, and institutions that surround the people. Social insurance and public assistance systems are representative research areas in the policy field.