Hongik University

This department's purpose of education is in two ways. One is expanding the area of visual-communication design by exchanging with other categories to follow rapid changing of media. And the other is raising specified professions in Korean visual-communication design which will lead 21th centuries worldwide design by creating new theories and teaching methods. In the 1st year, It teaches basic theories and practical techniques of art and design, and it is separated into specific majors in the 2nd year which ends up to 3rd and 4th years' organized course tracking education. And It educates advertisement, package, motion picture, editing, multi-media, illustration, photography, environment designs related to current visual-communication design. 1st year's basic curriculum contains practical techniques(flat modeling, 3D modeling, drawing, typography, basic photography) and theories(design history, design theory). This leads to 2nd to 4th years' detailed skills and expressions. Especially to make world-adjusting designers, it holds international design workshop, sends student to aborad design seminars, and recently runs exchanging program of students and professors with other famous design institutes.