◆ Educational purpose

 

Beyond the idea that agriculture is a simple industry, it is a living industry in our lives. While fulfilling many public functions, agriculture in this era is undergoing many environmental changes.
Changes that have not been considered until recently, such as climate change, population growth, and the advent of the 4th industrial revolution, are already becoming a reality, and a new concept of agriculture must be created to solve the problems in response to these changes. As climate change causes changes in the agricultural environment and new plant diseases and pests are introduced, agricultural productivity has significantly decreased. This decline in agricultural productivity is predicted to seriously accelerate the food shortage problem caused by population growth in the near future. In addition, as the wave of the 4th industrial revolution affects the agricultural fields, a new concept of agriculture through the convergence of various fields such as plant factories, smart farms, and the use of drones will lead the future of agriculture. Since such a transformation will occur much more rapidly than expected, it is absolutely necessary to nurture new talents who will lead the new concept of agriculture in the near future.
In particular, the pest problem is a problem caused by climate change, an important cause of global food shortages, and a problem that must be effectively controlled through the convergence technology of the 4th industry. The Department of Plant Medicine at CBNU is the department that conducts essential research on plant pests and diseases in the agricultural environment. We conduct education to cultivate talents who can adapt and respond to environmental changes caused by climate change, food problems, and the advent of the 4th industry.

 

◆ Educational goals

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• Cultivating talents who can lead a new future of agriculture

• Cultivating field-type talents who respond to climate change issues and solve the problems

• Cultivating active research talents to lead solutions to food problems

• Cultivating creative talents who apply the 4th industrial technology to the agricultural field

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◆ Connectivity between the indicators of major-related ability with learning performance and the curriculum of the plant medicine major

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• Field applicability: Plant Disease Diagnosis and Management, Abnormal Environment and Plant Disorders - Cultivation of on-site solutions to new pest problems that will occur in agriculture in the future

• Research ability: Insect Biotechnology & Lab., Plant Insect Pests & Lab., Tree Pathology & Lab., Botanical Histology and Microtechniques & Lab. - Cultivation of research capabilities on pests threatening food problems

• Creativity: Resources Entomology and Technology Commercialization: Capstone Design - Cultivation of creative ability to lead future agriculture through the convergence of new technologies and creation of new ideas

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◆ Range of Careers

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• Career through national exams

▸Research Service: Researcher at a national institution

Rural Development Administration (RDA), RDA-affiliated research institutes (National Institute of Agricultural Sciences, National Institute of Horticultural and Herbal Science, National Institute of Crop Science), National Institute of Forest Science under the Korea Forest Service (KFS), Agricultural Research and Extension Services and Forest Environment Research Institute of each province, Korea National Arboretum, National Plant Quarantine Service (now Animal and Plant Quarantine Agency, APQA), National Institute of Ecology, National Institute of Biological Resources, Korea National Park Research Institute, National Forensic Service, Korea Research Institute of Bioscience and Biotechnology, Korea Research Institute of Chemical Technology, etc.

▸Instruction Service: RDA, and Agricultural Technology Center under local governments

▸General (agricultural administrative) Service: General administrative positions at the Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs (MAFRA), RDA, KFS, APQA, and each local government

 

• Career through private companies

▸ Research position: Researcher at company’s research institute

Agrochemical companies, seed/seedling companies (Nongwoo Bio, Seminis, Heungnong Breeding, etc.), tree hospitals (Namu119, etc.), pharmaceutical companies, paper companies, biotechnology companies, microorganism companies, etc.

▸ General positions: Clerical/sales positions in agricultural corporations and general corporations

Agricultural cooperatives, forestry cooperatives, Korea Agro-Fisheries & Food Trade Corporation (aT), Korea Rural Community Corporation (KRC)

 

• Career through agricultural venture companies

▸Pesticide testing companies for registration, biopesticide developing companies, pet insect-related companies and stores, insect breeding companies related to entomophagy, quarantine companies such as Cesco, life science-related venture companies, functional food companies, food waste processing companies using insects, insect garden centers, butterfly parks, etc.

 

• Career in education

▸You can obtain the teacher’s certificate (grade II) in biology after taking the curriculum for the teaching profession and taking the exam for the teacher's license. (New recruitment will be suspended from 2024.)

 

• Career in non-major fields

▸You can develop your own personal competencies in your field of interest.