Reflecting on University Life with Sleepy… EBS ‘A Preview of University’ Premieres

The EBS program ‘A Preview of University,’ which introduces university classes and campus life to help teenagers preparing for college entrance explore majors and career paths, will premiere on October 12. This 4-part series will air every Monday at 9:20 AM on EBS 1TV. The first episode features Dongguk University WISE Campus, where rapper and broadcaster Sleepy becomes a freshman for a day to experience various classes and educational settings.

According to EBS, Sleepy will visit the university to meet students and professors, observing university life from major exploration to career design. The Dongguk University WISE Campus episode will cover major exploration in the School of Glocal Talent, modular education for selecting areas of interest, field classes connected to the local community, and career/employment support. Following this, episodes featuring Shin Ansan University, Korea National University of Education, and Hanshin University will be broadcast in order.

Sleepy experiences Dongguk University WISE Campus for a day

The stage for the first episode, broadcasting on October 12, is Dongguk University WISE Campus. Under the theme of "Designing my own future at university," the program introduces student-centered educational sites. Sleepy will become a freshman for a day, participating in university classes and talking with students about choosing their majors. EBS stated that the program will convey the campus curriculum and life so that teenagers contemplating university entrance can specifically visualize their majors and career paths.

Sleepy will meet students and professors to hear about what is learned at the university and the process of selecting a major. Rather than simply touring the campus, he is set to participate in actual classes to observe the learning sites experienced by students. The broadcast will cover the flow of life, from major exploration to career and employment support, along with the university curriculum. EBS explained that Sleepy will experience university life on behalf of viewers and converse with students and professors.

The first episode captures various educational scenes of Dongguk University WISE Campus in one episode. It introduces the process of exploring various fields before choosing a major, classes that add interest areas to a major, and classes where students find problems in local fields and devise solutions. In the broadcast introduction released by EBS, an intellectual property class was also included as one of the various learning sites.

The process of exploring and choosing a major after undecided admission

The broadcast meets students from the School of Glocal Talent at Dongguk University WISE Campus to share their concerns regarding major selection. This school introduces the process where students enter without a declared major, explore various fields during their first year, and select a major starting from their second year. Instead of deciding on one field immediately after admission, students choose their major after being exposed to various fields. The program is expected to capture students finding their areas of interest while experiencing actual classes during this process.

Dream Care System, which helps explore majors, careers, and aptitudes, is also an object of introduction. According to EBS, the broadcast will introduce this system that supports students' career and aptitude exploration and talk with School of Glocal Talent students about choosing a major. By covering both the timing of choosing a major and the exploration process that precedes it, the program shows how students find fields that suit them. Sleepy will also listen to students' stories and experience actual classes to observe the major exploration process.

The content covered in the School of Glocal Talent episode is not limited to the procedures for selecting a major. It also captures scenes where students explore careers and aptitudes while being exposed to various fields and confirm their areas of interest based on their class experiences. EBS stated that they will examine the meaning of choosing a major through the students' stories. The program is structured so that teenagers facing university entrance and their parents can observe the major exploration process and related educational support.

Performance planning class and modular education adding interest areas

The Dongguk University WISE Campus episode also covers modular education, which adds competencies from other fields to one's major. Students experience classes in a way that allows them to select areas of interest beyond the boundaries of their major and construct their own curriculum. The class Sleepy participates in during the broadcast is 'Understanding of K-POP Industry and Performance Planning Work' from the Performance Media Production Module. He is set to participate in the class with students and observe the learning site themed around performance planning and the K-POP industry.

EBS stated that through modular education, they will convey how students add competencies from new fields to their majors. Moving beyond introducing specific majors, the broadcast also shows how students construct their curriculum by selecting areas of interest. Sleepy will join students in class and observe how majors and areas of interest are connected at the university. The program introduction also mentioned an intellectual property class, announcing that the first episode contains educational sites of various themes in addition to major exploration and performance planning classes.

The educational content covered in this episode leads to major exploration in the School of Glocal Talent, modular education, and field classes connected to the local community. EBS also stated that they will introduce the university's career and employment support. Each educational site will be delivered through Sleepy participating in classes and talking with students and professors. The Dongguk University WISE Campus episode is expected to broadcast not only what classes are taken at the university but also the process of students exploring majors and areas of interest.

Examining local issues at Gyeongju Tourism Living Lab

One of the main experiences in the first episode is the 'Gyeongju Tourism Living Lab' of the Department of Hotel and Tourism Management. Using the tourism sites of Gyeongju as a learning space, it is a class where students observe the needs of residents and tourists and directly find problems and propose solutions. Sleepy will participate in the process of observing the site with students and organizing the problems that need to be solved. He will then experience the class process of turning ideas into concrete results and testing them in the field.

The class introduced by EBS follows the design thinking process, which starts from empathy and leads to problem definition, idea generation, prototype production, and field testing. The broadcast covers scenes where students observe the site, organize problems, and then concretize solutions. Gyeongju Tourism Living Lab was introduced as a class that examines the needs of residents and tourists together at local tourism sites. EBS explained that it shows how university classes are connected to the daily life of the region.

A living lab case conducted in Hwangnidan-gil is also included in the broadcast. In this case, the process of considering both the convenience of tourists and the lives of residents is introduced. Students understand the region, deal with problems encountered in the field through class activities, and contemplate their own careers. Sleepy is set to be with students from field observation to organizing problems and testing solution ideas. EBS will sequentially introduce major exploration, classes, and local field education in the Dongguk University WISE Campus episode.

'A Preview of University' is scheduled to broadcast episodes for Shin Ansan University, Korea National University of Education, and Hanshin University following the Dongguk University WISE Campus episode. The first broadcast will take place on Monday, October 12, at 9:20 AM on EBS 1TV, and the program will continue at the same time every Monday thereafter. In the Dongguk University WISE Campus episode, the university's classroom scenes, such as major exploration, modular education, and Gyeongju Tourism Living Lab, will be conveyed through Sleepy's freshman experience.

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