Konkuk University said Monday it might shut down its European Union Studies and Jewish and Middle East Studies departments from the spring semester after taking into account their poor employment rates and lukewarm response from students.
The university will also downsize its Physical and Music Education departments as demand on teachers majoring in such subjects has been falling, while it will establish an English Education Department to meet the soaring demand for English-specialized teachers.
Seoul National University, the nation's No. 1 school, is considering unifying its three out-of-favor departments ㅡ the Department of Asian History, Western History and Korean History. Sunchon National University in South Jeolla Province has become the first state-backed school to abolish its physics and chemistry departments.
Many other universities nationwide are also seriously considering ending some unpopular subjects such as social welfare studies, sociology, and some European languages.
Some of those seem pretty useful to me. The English-language website for Sunchon National University is no help, as usual, but it does have information on . . . I guess on how some guy from Suncheon invented the door.
Development of the door, rejoicing and shining at master's returning by shining itself after sensing human body.What would be like when you stand in front of the door after work, and the door shines brightly for your returning? So called 'sensitive interior' is rising as the star of high-tech residential culture.
Is that not an embarrassing display of English? Jesus Tapdancing Christ. More on the door, actually a "sensitive door" of some sort, here.
One of the university's claims to fame is being the academic home from 1998 to 2007 of Kong Il-geun, a big name in the field of genetic engineering and one of the men who helped clone glow-in-the-dark cats (because Korea needs more cats). One would think that a university that used to have Kong on its staff would want to preserve its science programs, but given the state of South Korea's genetic engineering programs, perhaps they have a better idea.
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This is absolute bullshit. Stupidity like this is why I quit grad school here after only one year.
Judging from previous conversations I have had with him, and the anger and frustration in that comment, I am gonna guess that the above comment was from Underground Mike, the cheese monger of Gwangju. But I could be wrong.
Ding! Ding! Ding!
Ben, you have outed me.
Underground Mike seems to take what goes on at Sunch(e)on National University quite seriously.
I visited Underground Mike's lair on Friday but he was out of the office. As was most of his food. When / where are you moving? Most importantly, will you have horseradish? That was one of the main goals of my visit.
We will open up at our new location this Saturday. We have moved behind Migliore across from the Mormon Church.
Horseradish sauce and Horseradish mustard will be there for you.
So Mike, are you gonna have the dancers out in front and a bunch of floral arrangements? Maybe Misub can help you out with some dancers. hehehehe
And what a small world Brian. I am actually working with your old neighbor, Jeff.
Jeff? Doesn't ring a bell. I knew a Jeff from Suncheon, but he wasn't a neighbor and I kinda lost touch with him.
hmm, he said he lived in the same apt building as you. Anyways, keep up the good bloggin.
Ah, okay, I know who you mean. I wondered where he disappeared to. I was thinking next door neighbor.
Keep up the good commentin'.
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