The Department of Child Psychology and Education was established in 1983 to cope with the need to properly understand and teach children and adolescents who may play leading parts in future national development, and was renamed the Department of Child and Youth in 2012.
Since 1985, the graduate course was established to create the conditions to learn about children and youths in more depth. Subject areas of the department include; Theory and Practice on Bringing up a Baby and Children, Development Psychology, Psychology of Children and Youths, Based on the Psychology, Education, Sociology and Biological Foundation, Children's Literature, Children Media Education, Consulting and Clinics, Creativity Study, Juvenile Welfare, and Child and Youth Study Methodology.
The future study of this subject is very bright as it aspires to solve the problems of treatment and education of various developmental disorders, the problems of children's rights, and the problem of infant education in regards to the differences in multi-culturalism, education and estimation of development trends, understanding of different development courses for youths, and creative areas for youths within this global, 21st century.
Vision & Core Mission
Our core missions are as follows:
- Acquiring comprehensive knowledge to understand the developmental stages of childhood and adolescence scientifically
- Cultivating expertise in our five specialized subfields
- Providing opportunities to utilize the knowledge learned through various practicum and field programs
Career Path
The future study of our department is very bright as it provides opportunities to become leaders in the following areas:
- Children’s book publication
- International child rights center
- Gifted & creativity education
- Development support center
- Head of child care institutions
- Child-related companies and foundations