Innovation Of Naval Architecture And Ocean Engineering Curriculum At Seoul National University

In this paper, it is described how the curriculum for naval architecture and ocean engineering (NAOE) of Seoul National University (SNU) will be changed in the era of modern IT technology. Since its foundation in 1946, the Department of NAOE at SNU has played the leading role in naval architectural education and research in Korea, which is currently ranked the top position of the world in the area of production and order book of new ships. However, the Department of NAOE at SNU is now suffering from the lack of new students, as studying NAOE has become unattractive to young students. In order to overcome such problem, we are now trying to innovate our curriculum in two ways, which are discussed in this paper. Through such innovation, we hope the number of new students to the Department of NAOE at SNU will increase significantly.