융복합 교양교과목 시행과 학습자의 견해 분석

Abstract

Objectives The purpose of this study is to examine the direction and possibility of the convergent liberal arts curriculum of humanities and arts. For this end, this research attempted to combine liberal English and Western art history and examine the opinions of learners.
 Methods The participants were 40 college students with different majors and grades who took this course. A survey was employed with two types of questions: one for their satisfaction was presented as multiple-choice questions, and the other for their various opinions of the strengths and weaknesses of the subject.was presented as descriptive questions.
 Results According to the results of the survey, the satisfaction of the subject was 4.2 out of 5, which was very similar to the opinion on the balance between English and Western art history. The advantage of the subject was that it was possible to take two courses at the same time, while the disadvantage was that it did not help English learning enough because it focused on Western art history.
 Conclusions The convergent liberal arts curriculum of West art history and liberal arts English has shown a possibility to foster learners' understanding of other cultures through art history and improve their global communication ability through English as a great tool. The future convergent liberal arts curriculum, therefore, needs to provide students the cultural background and balance between integrated subjects.