This study aims to empirically examine the actual state of the current curriculums among the newly established police science related departments at universities in Korea, while taking into account the academic identity of police science.
For this stu...
This study aims to empirically examine the actual state of the current curriculums among the newly established police science related departments at universities in Korea, while taking into account the academic identity of police science.
For this study, twenty seven departments out of total fifty three police science-related departments were selected considering the region, department organization and data availability. The curriculums of the selected departments were comparatively analyzed according to the number of major courses, areas of subject, department organization, the year of department establishment, and the relative importance of the subjects which are focusing on police entrance examination.
It is expected that the findings of this study can be a guide for the prospective universities with the intent to establish new police science-related departments. They may develop an improved curriculum based upon this study.
In addition, while universities play the normative role of scholastic pursuit, they should also consider the functional role as cultivators of professional human resources. Therefore, the curriculum need to be improved in order to make students competent, who can handle modern technology and current social issues efficiently. In other words, it is necessary to make an effort to reinforce the connection between the curriculums and the fields in order to cultivate competent human resources required by the society.
In conclusion, there should be an agreement on the standard of academic system and identity of police science related departments. Then, various kinds of efforts should be made in order to improve the current curriculums of police science