In 2015 the Department of Education announced that it will make downsizing efforts
by recommending classified downsizing ratio according to the evaluation of universities
for active support toward autonomous efforts of universities with the possibilities of
reform and qualitative structural reform for customized human resource cultivation
according to the social demands. This is the preemtive structural reform preparing
against the rapid decrease of the number of students, and the preparation for changing
into competitive universities so that customized human resource that is needed in the
society can be trained.
Security Science Departments of Korea, first established in 1996, need changes in
curriculum in order to prepare for the fourth revolution of the future, and are stagnant
on the education goal and employment course. Therefore the adoption of related
certificates, curriculum, NCS, and professional curriculum is needed.
For example, Hansei University, Chung-Ang University, and Far East University
have established the Department of Industrial Security, and Kyonggi University and
Sungshin Women’s University have established the Department of Convergence
Security. Also, Konkuk University has established the Graduate School of Security and
Disasters, the Graduate School of Information and Policy, the Graduate School of
Criminal Justice, Gachon University the Graduate School of National Security,
Sungkyunkwan University the Graduate School of Strategic Studies. This shows that
the field of Security Science should not settle for itself.
This article analyzes current curriculum and subjects of security, police, industrial
security, military related academic departments of key universities. It is necessary to
prepare for the future by predicting the change from the merge of academic
departments and the demands of the times. As technical colleges are adopting NCS, this