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College of Natural Resources

Department of Food Resource Economics

Introduction

The Department of Food Resource Economics studies the economic issues and management problems related to agriculture and food industry, including the food system encompassing production, distribution and consumption in agricultural and food industries.

As has been shown in the WTO multilateral trade negotiations and FTA deals, the agriculture and food related issues are becoming more and more important both domestically and internationally along with the trends of globalization. Our department offers various economics and management courses as well as application courses in agriculture, food industry, and natural resources. To provide students with better college education facilities, we have computer labs and seminar rooms for students. The goal of our department is to make contributions to the development of agriculture and food industry in Korean society, which is a key industry for human life. We also pursue to foster capable human resources who will be able to play leading roles in the sector in a rapidly changing world environment. (B. A. degree in economics provided)

History

December 1968, Opened as Department of Livestock Management
March 1999, Reorganized to the School of Bio Resource (name changed to Major of Bio Resource Management)
December 2003, Changed to Major of Food Industry Management
December 2004, Changed to the Department of Food Industry Management
March 2009, Changed to the Department of Food Resource Economics

Job Fields

Various career fields such as public employees for the government, national/public research institutes, agriculture and food related companies and associations, bio-engineering and environment related industries, cooperatives, finance, college professors, etc.

Faculty

Curriculum

Contact

  • +82-53-810-2960
  • +82-53-810-4658