Introduction
Dept. of Social Welfare
In the Dept. of Social Welfare, cultural sensitivity is embraced through multicultural education, industry-university cooperation, and field practice. In addition, it enhances the career development and employment capabilities of students and fosters professional social workers through field-based innovative education. The traditional fields of the Dept. of Social Welfare include child welfare, disability welfare, elderly welfare, women's welfare, family welfare, community welfare, medical and mental health welfare, and correctional welfare.
In response to the changing society, the practice area has been expanded to include multicultural family welfare for married immigrant women and social contribution through international organizations.
- Career Information
- After graduating from the Dept. of Social Welfare, students can try to obtain licenses such as social workers, health caretakers, school social workers, and mental health social workers. After receiving these, they can find employment in child welfare, youth and school welfare for the disabled, women and multicultural family welfare, social welfare, within medical and mental health fields for the elderly, volunteers, NGOs, international welfare organizations (e.g., World Vision, Good Neighbors), and corporate social contribution foundations, or they can also take the exam to become social welfare officials.