Abstract

Objectives The purpose of this study was to establish a direction for the university's extracurricular education and to support program improvement by examining students' perceptions and needs for the extracurricular curriculum. Methods For this purpose, an online survey was conducted by developing a questionnaire on the perception and needs of the extracurricular program for S University students. As for the analysis method, ANOVA, t-test, and cross-analysis were performed to check the differences between groups with descriptive statistical analysis and frequency analysis for each question using the data of current students who responded to the questionnaire. Results To summarize the results of the analysis, First, as for the participation status of the extracurricular program, the student participation in the first and second graders, the College of Science and Technology Convergence and the College of Design and Arts was low, and the participation of female students was higher than that of male students. In addition, students had high demands for publicity using website announcements and awarding mileage scholarships and prize money. Second, the ‘extracurricular mileage’ was highly recognized in the operation method of the extracurricular program, and the online extracurricular program took advantage of the ‘online environment regardless of location’ and ‘internet use of PC/smart devices’ as the strengths, ‘decreased concentration’ and ‘Difficulty in interaction between instructors and students’ was recognized as a disadvantage. Third, satisfaction with ‘instructor's professionalism’ and ‘program theme’ was high in the learning outcomes of the extracurricular program, and ‘various experiences outside of the subject’ and ‘help in understanding and adapting to university life’ were highly recognized as the program participation outcomes. Fourth, students' demands for extracurricular programs were highly supported by school policy that reinforced core competency certification system, mileage and scholarships. In addition, there was a high demand for application for the subject-related extracurricular program, and the employment support program was the most important, and it was hoped that the certificate application and computer application program would be opened first. Conclusions This study is meaningful in that it provided implications by statistically analyzing the perceptions and needs of current students based on the process and output aspects of the extracurricular program, and identifying differences by gender, grade, and college. Through this, it is expected that it will be used to improve the perception of university members on extracurricular education and to establish a direction for establishing an operating system.

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