국립 부경대학교

‘한 강의에 교수 25명’ 부경대 이색 강의 ‘눈길’
- 다학제 강의 ‘문화 아카이브’ 개설 … 부산 10개大 교수·기업인 등 25명 강의

△  ‘문화 아카이브’ 강의 주제 이미지

교수, 기업인 등 저마다 다른 전공의 전문가 25명이 뭉쳐 개설한 대학 교양강의가 눈길을 끈다.

국립부경대학교(총장 장영수)가 2학기에 개설해 운영에 나선 다학제 교양강의 ‘문화 아카이브’가 그것이다.

보통 대학 강의에 한 명 혹은 수 명의 교수가 참여하는 데 비해 이 교양강의는 부산지역 10개 대학의 교수 23명과 기업인 2명 등 무려 25명의 전문가들이 참여하는 것이 특징이다.

하나의 강의에 이렇게 많은 전문가들이 참여하는 것은 이 강의가 주제별, 학문영역별로 옴니버스 식으로 짜인 다학제 강의이기 때문.

삶에 가장 영향을 많이 미치는 집, 밥, 옷, 돈, 술 등 5가지 주제에 대해 문화·예술, 과학·기술, 경제·경영, 역사·문학, 정치·사회 등 5가지 학문영역으로 접근하는 방식이라 저마다 다른 전공의 교수 25명이 참여하게 된 것이다.

돈이 주제라면 과학·기술 영역은 부경대 권기룡 교수(IT융합응용공학과), 경제·경영 영역은 부산외대 이영일 교수(경영학과), 문화·예술 영역은 화폐연구소 김기동 소장, 역사·문학 영역은 부산외대 권유리야 교수(만오교양대학), 정치·사회 영역은 부경대 오창호 교수(신문방송학과)가 맡는 식이다.

학생들은 5가지 주제 중 하나를 골라 5가지 영역의 시각으로 주제별 전문적 지식과 역량을 키울 수 있다. 이 강의는 현재 50여 명의 학생들이 온라인 비대면 방식으로 수강하고 있다.

부경대는 이 강의를 이번 학기에 재학생을 대상으로 운영한 뒤, 내년에는 부산 지역 대학들에도 강의를 제공하는 등 공유, 협력에 나설 계획이다.

부경대 채영희 학무부총장(학부대학장)은 “학생들이 한 가지 주제에 대해 학문 분야별 접근 방식의 차이를 이해하며 사고력을 키울 수 있도록 새롭게 시도한 강의방식이다. 이번 강의로 학문 간 융합이라는 새로운 학습경험을 제공해 학생들이 유연한 지식체계를 갖추는 계기가 되길 바란다.”라고 말했다. <부경투데이>

'25 professors for one lecture' Public interest in an offbeat attempting lecture of PKNU

- Opening of 'Culture Archive', an interdisciplinary lecture ... 25 lectures by professors from 10 universities in Busan and entrepreneurs

The liberal arts lecture at the university opened by 25 experts from different majors, such as professors and business people, are attracting public attention.

It is the ‘Culture Archive’, an interdisciplinary liberal arts lecture opened and operated by Pukyong National University (President Jang Young-Soo) in the second semester.

In general, one or several professors participate in university lectures, but this liberal arts lecture is characterized by the participation of as many as 25 experts, including 23 professors from 10 universities in Busan and 2 business people.

The reason why so many experts participate in one lecture is that this lecture is a multidisciplinary lecture organized in an omnibus style by subject and academic categories.

25 professors from different majors participate lecture due to the method of approaching the five topics such as a house, food, clothes, money, and alcohol which have the greatest impact on life, by the subjects such as culture, art, science, technology, economy, management, history, literature, and politics and society.

If money is the topic, then Professor Kwon Ki-Ryong of Pukyong National University (Department of IT Convergence and Application Engineering) in the science and technology area, Professor Lee Young-Yil of Busan University of Foreign Studies (Department of Business Administration) in the area of economy and management, and Kim Ki-Dong, director of the Research Institute of Numismatics in the area of culture and art, will lead related-lectures. In the history and literature area, Professor Kwon Juria of Busan University of Foreign Studies (College of Mano General Education) is in charge, and in the area of politics and society, Professor Oh Chang-Ho (Department of the Mass Communication) at Pukyong National University offers the lecture.

Students can choose one of the five topics and develop their know-how and competency in each subject from the perspective of five areas. Currently, about 50 students are taking this lecture online.

Pukyong National University plans to offer this lecture for current students this semester, and then start sharing and cooperation by providing lectures to universities in the Busan area from next year.

Chae Young-Hee, Vice-President for Academic Affairs (Dean of Liberal Arts College) at Pukyong National University said, "This is a new teaching method that Pukyong National University has attempted to help students develop their thinking skills by understanding the differences in approaches in each academic field on a single topic. We hope that this lecture will serve as an opportunity for students to have a flexible knowledge system that has provided with a new learning experience of interdisciplinary convergence." <Pukyong Today>