Analysis of Student Perception for Improving Major Curriculum: Focusing on K University in 2023

Objectives This study aimed to obtain implications for university operation by analyzing the satisfaction level of the major curriculum, improvement direction, and common major competencies through the perception analysis of current students for the improvement of the major curriculum at K University in 2023. Methods The survey of this study was conducted online for two days from April 11, 2023 to April 12, 2023, and analyzed using SPSS. Satisfaction was measured using descriptive statistics to calculate the mean and standard deviation, and for other items, frequency analysis was performed by deriving the frequency and response rate. Results The implications of the research results are as follows. First, students selected self-development competencies as major competencies that must be included. Second, the response rates for ‘practical competencies’, ‘foreign language competencies’, and ‘personality competencies’ were high as major competencies that they would like to add. Third, 64% of students responded that they ‘generally know’ about major competencies. Fourth, the education they would like to receive after completing the major curriculum is ‘employment-specific courses.’ Fifth, students responded that it is appropriate to complete major subjects starting from the second year. Sixth, the satisfaction with the major curriculum was 44% positive and 7% negative. Seventh, the areas that they wished to improve in the major curriculum were ‘development of various major subjects,’ ‘changing the timing of major subject completion,’ and ‘expanding the number of students enrolled in each subject.’ Conclusions This study is significant in that it confirmed the perceptions of K University students regarding the major curriculum and suggested directions for improving the major curriculum based on this.