Department of Family Environment and Welfare

Department of Family Environment and Welfare

The goal of the Department of Family Environment and Welfare is to contribute to the development of family welfare and quality of life through systematic studies of interaction between human and family environment. To achieve this goal, the Department educates students on basic theories and practical courses, and trains professionals who manage special tasks and social problems.

This Department was established in 1981 and changed its name from “Home Management” to “Family Environment and Welfare” in 2002. Major fields consist of family and consumer economics, housing and interior design, child care and counseling, family studies, social welfare, and family resource management.

Students may pursue careers in consumer-related institutes, the Department of Planning, advertisement, marketing, Consumer Counseling in Cooperation, mass media fields such as newspaper, broadcasting, and research centers. They may also find positions in housing-related industries, architectural design, housing counseling, interior and housing magazines, broadcasting stations, interior design, publishing companies, and construction companies. Among positions, graduates may find positions as child care teachers, child counselors, play therapists, child welfare professionals, family counselors, family life educators, social workers, healthy family coordinators, educators, and researchers.

Course list

• Family Relationships
• Home Economics
• Childhood Development
• Residential Interior Design Studio
• Practice in Family Resource Management

• Introduction to Social Welfare
• Graphic and Rendering Techniques
• Housing
• Decision-making Family Resources
• Mental Hygiene
• The Family
• Korean Family Living Culture
• Health Education for Young Children
• Social Welfare and Law
• Theories and Studies on Child Care
• Household Work and Time Management
• Consumer Financial Management
• Social Welfare Policy
• Introduction to Healthy Families
• History of Housing and Interiors
• Consumer Science
• Introduction to Interior Design
• Social Work with Family
• Child Care Curriculum
• Child Welfare
• Human Behavior and Social Environment
• Social Work Practice Theories
• Institutional Household Management
• Consumer Education and Information
• Consumer Law and Policy
• Housing Environment and Practice
• Skills and Techniques for Social Work Practice
• Social Welfare Administration
• Teaching Methods for Infants and Young Children
• Play and Play Therapy
• Consumer Counseling and Practice
• Consumer Decision-making
• Family Life Education
• Interior Design Studio
• Family Therapy and Practice
• Personal Investment and Insurances
• Community Welfare
• Research Methods for Social Welfare
• Social Work Practicum
• Practice in Child Care Institute
• Housing and Welfare
• Development and Assessment on Child Care Program
• Social Service for the Elderly
• Theory of Home Economics Education
• Research and Teaching of Home Economical Materials