Undergraduate Events

The Department of Child Development and Family Studies hosts and supports a variety of events to help undergraduate students develop the competencies they need as future professionals in the field.

Undergraduate Symposium

Each year, a team of undergraduate students—primarily in their second and third years—is formed to conduct in-depth research on topics related to Child Development and Family Studies, culminating in the presentation of their findings at the Undergraduate Symposium. The symposium team develops creative research topics based on issues in Korean society, carries out surveys and in-depth interviews, analyzes the data, and collaborates as a team to draw conclusions. By experiencing the entire research process under the guidance of a faculty advisor, students strengthen their competencies as future scholars in the field of Child Development and Family Studies.

Past Undergraduate Symposium topics can be found [here].

Department of Child Development and Family Studies Undergraduate Symposium

Internship in Child Development and Family Studies

To support undergraduate students explore and prepare for their careers, we offer a course titled [Internship in Child Development and Family Studies], through which students gain hands-on experience at institutions related to the field. Internship sites include:
(1) Seoul National University Childcare Center,
(2) Counseling and intervention agencies (e.g., Mommo’s Lab School, Cham-Mannam Child Development and Family Studies Development Center),
(3) Startups founded by alumni (e.g., OrdinaryMagic),
(4) Research labs within the Department of Child Development and Family Studies,
(5) Institutions selected by the students themselves

For more information, please refer to the internship information on the homepage announcement.

Career Mentoring

The department hosts an annual Career Mentoring event where alumni from various professional fields give talks and engage in Q&A sessions with current students. These events provide valuable opportunities for students to explore and prepare for their own career paths based on the experiences shared by the alumni.

The fields covered in past Career Mentoring events can be found [here].

Department of Child Development and Family Studies Career Mentoring

Graduate School Mentoring

This event offers undergraduate students an opportunity to learn about the graduate programs and research labs within the Department of Child Development and Family Studies in detail. Current graduate students share practical insights about graduate school life through interactive Q&A sessions.

Each research lab in the department is briefly introduced [here].

Practicum in Educare

In this course, students participate as prospective childcare teachers at the Seoul National University Childcare Center, engaging with young children of various age groups to deepen their understanding of childcare. This practicum is a required course for obtaining the Childcare Teacher Certificate (Level 2), a nationally issued credential, and offers a hands-on opportunity to apply theoretical knowledge in a real-world setting.

Students also gain firsthand experience with the center’s unique, child-led educational approach known as “Theme Exploration and Expression Activities,” further developing their professional competencies as childcare teachers.

Seoul National University Neutinamu Daycare Center

Seoul National University Baekhak Daycare Center

International Academic Exchange

The Department of Child Development and Family Studies has engaged in academic exchanges with several universities overseas. Notable visits include those to the Department of Consumer and Family Sciences at IPB University in Indonesia and the University of Asia and the Pacific in the Philippines. Recently, both undergraduate and graduate students from Seoul National University visited National Taiwan Normal University for academic exchange activities.

An exchange agreement with IPB

Visit by the students of University of Asia and the Pacific (Philippines)