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The Dongguk University Graduate School of Public Administration introduced the Public Security Administration major in Korea on February 9, 1970. It was then promoted and reorganized to the Department of Public Security Administration in 1983. The Department of Police Administration has fulfilled its mission as the organization that started police administration in Korea. Inheriting this ongoing history and tradition, the Department of Public Security Administration of the Graduate School of Public Administration was expanded and reorganized into the Graduate School of Police and Criminal Justice, a special graduate school with a Master's program, creating a system for fostering more specialized people in March 2011. This is a remarkable accomplishment for Dongguk University, which established the Department of Police Administration in Korea for the first time in 1963 in acknowledgment of its expertise and history of turning out top-notch criminal justice professionals.

The Graduate School of Police and Criminal Justice was founded with a 30-student admission quota to retrain those in the criminal justice profession, while also training experts in theory and practice. Later, through expansion and adjustment, the admission quota rose to 50 students in 2016 and continued to grow to 70 students by 2021. The major courses were divided into police administration, industrial security, scientific public security, criminal psychology, forensic science, and emergency safety due to the growing enrollment numbers. We launched a contract course with the National Police Agency and the Ministry of National Defense in 2023, paving the path forward for individualized instruction.

Social safety is becoming increasingly significant. To conduct in-depth research on the prevention and control of crime and the post-management of criminals, graduate schools focused on criminology, graduate schools titled "criminal justice," and graduate schools focused on corrections have been established in the United States and many European nations. It is fair to claim that we are Korea's leaders in criminal justice in this regard.

The faculty of the Dongguk University Graduate School of Police and Criminal Justice was assembled by inviting prominent adjunct professors and visiting professors in the fields of police and criminal justice, in addition to full-time faculty members. We are developing into the best educational facility that offers hope to graduate students who dream of becoming competent experts in the police and criminal justice fields by structuring an interactive curriculum that combines theoretical education provided by full-time professors with lectures on practices provided by adjunct and visiting professors.

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• Webpage : https://gspcj.dongguk.edu
• Tel : +82-2-2260-3369~3370

The police administration major's educational objective is to study the function of the police and the structure of the organization to uphold social order and public peace, as well as to research efficient security policies across all spheres of society, including private security, to develop multi-talented individuals capable of adapting to a changing society by offering educational courses on security-related theory, practice, and methodologies.

The content of education comprises in-depth courses on police administration, such as Police Law Research, Police Administration Research, Police Personnel Management Seminar, Police Policy Seminar, Police Organization Management Seminar, Police-Community Relations Theory, Police Administrative Law Research, Science and Technology, and Police Activities, Private Security Seminar, Comparative Police System Research, Comparative Security System Theory, Local Autonomous Police Theory, Korean Police System History Research, and Criminal Procedure Code Research.

The goal of the industrial security major is to prepare security professionals who can reduce practical security risks by studying the concept, production, processing, and analysis of information, as well as national intelligence agencies and intelligence agencies of each country.

Through connections with various academic fields, students will also study industrial security management methods, such as system construction for industrial technology protection, and security management methods.

The content of education comprises in-depth courses on industrial security, such as Industrial Security Law Research, General Principles of Industrial Security, National Intelligence Research, Corporate Security Management Theory, Counter-Terrorism Research, Introduction to Digital Forensics, Digital Forensics Practice, Physical Security Research, Industrial Security-Related Laws, Industrial Security Seminars, Operating System Research and Crisis Management Research, Human Security Research, Information Security Technology, Information Protection Policy, Latest IT Security, and S/W Security Evaluation.

The scientific public security major's objective is to prepare leading experts in integrated science and public security based on fourth industrial technology in response to the need to improve public security capabilities, such as research and development of technologies related to the security industry, advancement of security equipment, and training of security-related professionals, following changes in the security environment, such as the rise in vulnerabilities.

The content of education comprises in-depth courses on scientific public safety, such as Police Science Research, Smart Policing Theory, Science Technology and Police Activities, Science and Technology Law and Smart Policing, Science Policing Seminar 1, Science Policing Seminar 2, Introduction to Digital Forensics, Digital Forensics Practice, Introduction to Criminology, Introduction to Forensic Science, Cybercrime Theory, Science and Technology Policy Theory, Security Big Data Analysis, Security Industry Theory, Security Field Problem-Solving Theory, and AI and Police Activities.

The purpose of the criminal psychology major is to cultivate the scientific investigation skills of investigators by scientifically analyzing various recent crime trends, such as youth crime, child abuse, and elderly crime. The major's educational objective is to analyze the criminal's motive and method of crime psychologically.

The content of education comprises various courses that provide insights into the psychology of criminals, such as Quantitative Criminology, Criminal Psychology, Introduction to Criminology, Lie Detection, Correctional Psychology, Criminal Psychology Seminar, Criminal Psychological Statistics, Criminal Psychological Evaluation Practice, Criminal Psychological Research Methodology, Criminal Risk Assessment, Basics of Criminal Profiling, Advanced Criminal Profiling, Forensic Psychology, Social Psychology, Personality Psychology, Investigative Psychology, Introduction to Psychology, Abnormal Psychology, Juvenile Delinquency Research, and Victim Psychology.

The forensic science major's educational objective is to protect and enhance the expertise of investigative personnel through the preservation of tangible evidence at various crime scenes, on-site safety training, the defense of human rights, the development of investigative skills, and instruction in the analysis field.

The content of education comprises various courses suitable for training forensic experts, such as Quantitative Criminology, Introduction to Criminology, Introduction to Forensic Science, Scientific Evidence Analysis Theory I, Scientific Evidence Analysis Theory II, Forensic Science Practice I, Forensic Science Practice II, Forensic Biology, Forensic Science, Forensic Engineering, Forensic Anthropology, Forensic Chemistry, Case Analysis I, Case Analysis II, Underwater Forensic Theory, Forensic Research Methodology, Field Forensics I, Field Forensics II, and Fire Forensics.

The emergency safety major's educational objective is to develop crisis management professionals by offering instruction and training in many emergency disaster and safety management disciplines, which are crucial in situations requiring comprehensive security.

The content of education comprises various courses suitable for training disaster safety experts, such as National Emergency Preparedness Theory, National Security Theory, Crisis Management, National Mobilization Theory, Defense Security Management Theory, Corporate Security Management Theory, Corporate Disaster Consulting, Introduction to Civil Defense, Emergency Planning Consulting, Understanding of Emergency Preparedness Laws and Regulations (1) and Understanding of Emergency Preparedness Laws and Regulations (2), Industrial Safety Management Theory, Fire Safety Management Theory, Disaster Management Theory, Disaster Reduction Activity Plan and Procedure, Introduction to Information Security, Introduction to Constitutional Law, and Fourth Industrial Revolution and Emergency Safety.

The educational goal of the Defense Security Studies major is to cultivate top-notch next-generation security and intelligence professionals equipped with specialized knowledge and skills in digital forensics, as well as comprehensive understanding of advanced information security and intelligence, enhanced investigative abilities, and proficiency in law and procedures for optimal security and intelligence mission execution.

The curriculum consists of courses tailored to foster professionals with optimized expertise, including Introduction to Digital Forensics, Introduction to North Korean Unification Studies, Principles of Information Security, Data Analysis Programming, Cryptography, Criminal Procedure Law, Advanced Forensics, National Intelligence Studies I, National Security Studies, Industrial Security Studies, Security Intelligence Studies, Understanding Terrorism, Forensic Science, National Intelligence Studies II, Counterterrorism Policy, Defense Industry Policy, Cyber Warfare and Software Security, and Anti-Forensics Response.