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Professor Kwon has developed an innovative educational program in undergraduate and graduate courses at SNU, which pertains to urban planning and design.
The outstanding educational program is the graduate course on the Smart City Engineering major. He contributed substantially to the development of this unique program of Smart City, which is the dominant trend in the world cities. The curriculum and training process combines knowledge from diverse faculties such as Computer Science, Urban Planning, Architecture, Civil Engineering, Self-driving Cars, Big Data, Environmental, Industrial Engineering, and Electrical Engineering. Professor Kwon has been instrumental in creating this department and is utilizing education research funds ($ 1.5 million/5 years) provided by the Korean government.
Professor Kwon offers both theoretical and practical lecture courses. Theory subjects include Urban Planning, Urban Design, Regional Planning, Smart City Theory, while practical courses include Urban Design Studio and Seminar courses. Professor Kwon has been responsible for about 9 to 14 credit hours every semester. Particularly, his studio classes have run through cooperative and international partnership, working with local government, civilian organizations, and international developers. Several of his students have been selected for design competitions through these studio classes.
Professor Kwon has mentored 70 lab students (33 pursuing their PhD and 37 pursuing a master’s degree). Among them, 12 PhD and 23 master’s students have graduated under his supervision. Five doctoral graduates have been employed as university professors and eight have been employed to national institutes.
Teaching Areas
Urban Planning (Core module, Undergraduate)
Urban Design (Elective, Undergraduate)
Community Planning (Elective, Undergraduate)
Advanced Urban Design – Case Study, Urban Regeneration (Graduate)
Advanced Urban and Regional Planning – Urban History (Graduate)
Planning and Design of Future City (Graduate)
Urban Design Studio (Graduate)
Smart City Design Studio (Graduate)
Urban Design Seminar (Graduate)
Infra Sphere Seminar (Graduate)
Introduction of Smart City Engineering (Graduate)