Korea University Sejong Campus
Public Sociology Major
Sejong-si, South Korea
Bachelor's degree
DURATION
LANGUAGES
Korean
PACE
APPLICATION DEADLINE
EARLIEST START DATE
Mar 2027
STUDY FORMAT
On-Campus
Key Summary
About: Public Sociology at Korea University Sejong Campus blends core sociology with social policy, sociological economics, and statistics. It covers classical and contemporary sociological theory, social research methods and big data science to analyze government policy and social problems across culture, education, environment, crime, and welfare. The programme develops holistic, critical, objective thinking and active approaches to solving social issues.
Career Outcomes: Graduates can work in public policy, social research, data analysis, social welfare administration, community development, NGOs, and senior welfare services. They may pursue policymaking, programme evaluation, consultancy, or postgraduate study in sociology, social policy, or data-driven social research.
Public Sociology covers not only the foundational major of Sociology, but also extends into new areas such as social policy, sociological economics, and sociological statistics. It strives for providing systematic education with the goal of looking critically, but objectively, at government policy. It aims to cultivate active ways of thinking to understand and solve social problems by focusing on various areas like culture, education, environment, crime, and welfare.
Public Sociology fosters students with holistic viewpoints that are grounded in basic knowledge of sociology and both classical and contemporary sociological theories and covers subjects related to social welfare such as social policy theories, welfare state theories, and senior welfare theories. It also aims to cultivate students who are capable of critically analyzing materials through the use of social research methods and big data science.
