Department of Public Administration

Department of Public Administration

Today, the world has been confronted by the age of globalization, the increased importance of information of localization. In light of these trends, the Department of Public Administration concentrates its efforts on educating future administrative professionals with comprehensive problem-solving capability and task performance ability through theoretical and practical studies on administrative phenomena. The efforts would equip them with various knowledge and skills, including those in planning, policy making, research analysis, organization management, and office management necessary for administrating governments and solving social problems.

There are many career paths for graduates from the Department of Public Administration such as becoming administrative bureaucrats. Graduates are also able to land positions in state-owned enterprises or public corporations. Furthermore, graduates can pave their way in private businesses, especially in the financial industry such as banks and security corporations. Meanwhile, there are MPA and Ph.D. courses for students to pursue. Accordingly, the Department has a large number of graduate students enrolled, many of whom have continued their studies at many prominent foreign universities, becoming academic experts.

Course list

• General Theory of Civil Law
• Administration Data Interpretation
• The Structure of Government
• Administrative Organization
• Introduction to Public Policy
• Microeconomic Theory
• Public Personnel Administration
• Administrative Management
• Social Research Method in Public Administration
• Local Autonomy
• Macroeconomic Theory
• Quantitative Analysis of Public Affairs
• Electronic Government
• Local Administration
• General Theory of Administrative Law
• Public Policy Analysis
• Administrative Reform
• Local Public Finance
• Study of Leadership
• Urban Administration
• Public Economics
• Detailed Theory of Administrative Law
• Administration of Korean Government
• Governmental Budgeting
• Policy Evaluation
• Welfare Administration
• Comparative Administration
• Public Enterprises
• Administration and Non-governmental Organization
• Seminar on Public Administration and Policy Science
• Philosophy of Public Administration
• Case Studies on Public Administration
• Government Regulation
• Environmental Administration
• Public Financial Management
• Culture Administration
• Educational Theories of Social Studies
• Research of Educational Text and Teaching
• Method of Social Studies