A Case Study of Creative and Convergence Approach Arts-oriented Liberal Arts Curriculum Management Based on the Need for University Education Innovation

Abstract

In overcoming the structural limitations of university education in the market economy system, this study was required to improve liberal arts education through the design and operation of an art-oriented liberal arts curriculum with a creative and convergent approach. To this end, first, the basis and examples of the need to improve university liberal arts education were examined through prior research on how the liberal arts curriculum system should be implemented to change the paradigm of university education in the digital era. As a methodical alternative to this, a case of curriculum operation was presented as an integrated or comprehensive learning practice to cultivate students' future design and necessary competencies through the design of an art-oriented liberal arts curriculum with a creative and convergent approach. The case of creative and convergent approach ‘Arts and Culture Planning’ liberal arts curriculum design and curriculum operation provides improvement measures through the application of customized teaching methods to foster students' actual career choices and era-required creative and convergence skills amid the current population decline and changes in the social environment after COVID-19.</br>The results of this study suggest that art-oriented liberal arts courses can play a role in opening possibilities for students when it comes to their career development in a way linked to their major. Such courses can also cultivate their aesthetic sensibility, appreciation for culture, and planning capabilities demanded by the times.