KWANGJU WOMEN'S UNIVERSITY

Department of Aviation Security and Protection

Department of Aviation Security and Protection

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Introduction to the Department

  • The Department of Aviation Security and Protection at Kwangju Women’s University is the first department of its kind established at a four-year women’s university in Korea, with the goal of “cultivating aviation security and protection personnel who advance from being the first to becoming the best.”

  • Our department uses the Kwangju Women’s University Universiade Gymnasium, an international-level on-campus facility that successfully hosted the 2015 Gwangju Summer Universiade, as a practical training site. The department operates a practice-oriented curriculum focused on developing practical competencies required in related industries, including basic physical fitness development, martial arts ability, protection knowledge, security screening practice, and AI screening practice.

  • In addition, through the university’s MAUM Education, our department aims to cultivate female security professionals who will be responsible for safety in the 21st century. Based on the spirit of sacrifice and service, which modern people can easily lack, and women-centered education rooted in Hyo, filial piety, Ji, wisdom, and Ae, love, the department helps students develop harmonious human relationships and a positive view of society.

  • A Guaranteed Future for Our Department

  • Increasing Demand for Security Professionals: As international terrorism has recently continued to increase, security screening is being strengthened not only at international and domestic airports but also by individual airlines, leading to growing demand for security professionals.

  • Increasing Demand for Special Security Screening Personnel: In addition to general security screening, special security screening and secondary security screening are increasing, including random screening of aircraft passengers, passengers’ belongings, and checked baggage. Accordingly, demand is increasing for personnel with these security screening capabilities.

  • Expansion and Preferential Recruitment of Women in Security Public Service Positions: Security screening requires greater delicacy, which is often considered more advantageous for women than men. As a result, this is a job field favorable to women, and the recruitment of female personnel is being preferentially expanded both domestically and internationally. Demand for female personnel is therefore increasing. In particular, female personnel are being preferentially recruited for positions such as protection officers at the Prosecutors’ Office, security management units at courts, protection officers at correctional institutions, and custody officers at juvenile detention centers.

Educational Goals / Vision

Our department aims to cultivate “female security experts” and public officials in security positions who are preferred in related fields by developing human security capabilities, such as personal protection martial arts skills, and physical security capabilities, such as general and special security screening skills, in order to prevent various dangerous situations that may occur in aviation, ports, and related fields in advance.

Course Descriptions

  1. 01

    Introduction to Law

    This course aims to help students understand the overall field of law as an academic discipline for establishing theoretical legal systems, practical application, and ideological evaluation. Students learn basic legal theories, including the concept and ideals of law, forms of legal existence, application and interpretation of law and its effects, legal systems and legal families, rights, duties and legal relations, changes in law, and the rule of law. Furthermore, as a required first-stage course for the nationally certified Security Instructor qualification, this course also prepares students to obtain the qualification.

  2. 02

    Physical Training

    This course aims to help students majoring in aviation security and protection develop the basic physical strength required in the field and learn scientific exercise methods for this purpose. Physical fitness development necessarily requires the acquisition of basic theories, physical strength, and mental strength. Therefore, through systematic training, students improve their physical fitness and athletic ability and learn how to strengthen their current physical condition through appropriate training methods.

  3. 03

    Introduction to Security Science

    This course aims to help students understand various social phenomena related to protection and security. Students acquire knowledge of the legal basis of protection systems, protection organizations, methods of performing protection duties, protection attire and equipment, protocol for protection, and the protection environment. In addition, the course helps students develop the qualities required to respond effectively to the diversification of society and the increase in crime, and to become protection and security experts capable of ensuring the absolute personal safety of protected persons. Furthermore, as a second-stage course for the nationally certified Security Instructor qualification, this course also prepares students to obtain the qualification.

  4. 04

    Guard Business Law

    This course aims to help students understand the Guard Business Act, the Special Judicial Police Act, and other security-related laws that form the basis for security guards and persons involved in security duties to perform security work in the private security industry. Students systematically understand the overall field of protection and security law, explore theoretical grounds, and study problems in current laws and their future directions. Furthermore, as a required second-stage course for the nationally certified Security Instructor qualification, this course also prepares students to obtain the qualification.

  5. 05

    Responses for In-Flight Disturbance

    This course aims to help students learn how to respond effectively to illegal acts by people that may occur inside aircraft. Various illegal acts by passengers on aircraft, which have recently occurred frequently, not only threaten the safety of other passengers but may also lead to major accidents. Therefore, the ability to maintain in-flight safety and order in such situations is an essential competency for students majoring in aviation security and protection. In this course, students learn response methods for sudden human-related incidents that may occur inside aircraft, focusing on each airline’s in-flight disturbance response manual, so that they can apply them in practice.

  6. 06

    Aviation Security Theory

    This course aims to provide a theoretical understanding of security issues related to aviation. Students acquire knowledge of the concept, responsibilities, and roles of aviation security; security measures for passengers and baggage; aircraft security measures; operation of in-flight security officers; air cargo security measures; security measures for in-flight meals and aircraft maintenance facilities; education and training; and quality management. In addition, as the aviation environment is rapidly changing due to recent rapid advances in science and technology, including the practical use of space launch vehicles and drones, unmanned aerial vehicles, students also learn related aerospace security theories.

  7. 07

    Civil Law

    This course is a foundational subject not only for civil law but also for general legal studies. It aims to help students understand laws governing property relations and family relations, which form the basis of civil life, and expand their applicability in practice. Students understand the overall concept of civil law, examine how basic principles of civil law are applied through cases occurring in daily life and during security duties, and enhance their general understanding of private legal relations.

  8. 08

    Responses for Disturbance in Aviation Buildings

    This course aims to help students learn how to respond effectively to illegal acts that may occur inside and outside airports, ports, and cruise facilities. Currently, various forms of terrorism, including unauthorized intrusion, disturbances, and installation of explosives, are occurring in airports, ports, and cruise facilities, causing both physical and human damage. Therefore, this course helps students learn prevention, suppression, order maintenance, and follow-up measures for physical and human illegal acts that may occur in airports, ports, and cruise facilities, and become familiar with response methods for sudden situations that may occur inside terminal buildings so they can apply them in practice.

  9. 09

    Private Security Theory

    This course aims to provide students with a basic and comprehensive understanding of the private security industry system. To enhance the professionalism of the private security industry and the quality of security services, this course covers the current status of private security in countries around the world, the private security environment, private security organizations and duties, and basic principles of security and facility protection, thereby cultivating professionals in the private security industry. Furthermore, as a required first-stage course for the nationally certified Security Instructor qualification, this course also prepares students to obtain the qualification.

  10. 10

    Aviation Security Law

    This course aims to help students understand various laws and regulations that serve as the standards for aviation security and expand their applicability in practice. Students study aviation security-related laws, regulations, public notices, and established rules, focusing on domestic laws such as the Aviation Act and Aviation Security Act, and international laws such as the Convention on International Civil Aviation and its annexes. The course also provides a broad understanding of related laws necessary for aviation security duties, including the Guard Business Act, the Act on the Safety Management of Guns, Swords, Explosives, Etc., the Customs Act, and aerospace-related laws.

  11. 11

    Security Etiquette

    This course aims to help students learn theories of interpersonal etiquette and job etiquette, which form the basis of successful social life, based on a cultural understanding of etiquette that respects others. In modern society, etiquette and manners are important means for maintaining smooth interpersonal relationships. Furthermore, this course cultivates qualities required of modern people in the era of globalization and develops students’ abilities so that they can grow into key talents in the security industry.

  12. 12

    Crime Scene Responses

    This course aims to help students learn how to respond effectively to criminal acts that may occur not only in airports, ports, and cruise facilities but also in daily life. As the social environment changes rapidly and individual lifestyles become more diverse and complex, various criminal factors that threaten our safe lives are emerging. Therefore, students learn about situations that may occur at crime scenes due to such criminal factors, become familiar with response techniques according to the situation, and apply them in practice.

  13. 13

    Aviation Terrorism Theory

    This course aims to help students understand terrorism that threatens aviation safety and methods for responding to it. In modern society, where rapid internationalization has occurred through the remarkable development of the aviation industry, aviation terrorism targeting aircraft, airports, and passengers poses enormous risks and causes severe human and material damage, requiring a more systematic understanding. Students first learn basic theories of terrorism, including its history, concepts, types, response methods, and new forms, and then study detailed theories related to aviation terrorism.

  14. 14

    Security Methodology

    This course aims to help students learn the procedures and methods required to perform protection duties. Students understand essential contents of protection operations, including threat analysis and response measures through intelligence and information collection, methods for preparing protection plans, site inspections and safety measures, procedures for responding to unexpected situations, evaluation of results after protection operations, and report writing. Furthermore, the course develops professional protection and security competencies by combining theory and practice in the protection field.

  15. 15

    Industrial Security

    This course helps students learn methods for efficiently preventing losses from physical, managerial, and technological perspectives by analyzing the status and vulnerabilities of technology management in industries in order to protect tangible and intangible assets from various security threats and crimes.

  16. 16

    Aviation Guard Martial Art

    This course aims to help students learn how to respond effectively to physical illegal acts in airports, ports, and cruise facilities. Based on basic theories related to martial arts, students learn martial arts abilities needed in actual field settings related to the department, focusing on defensive security methods. Through repetition of the theories and techniques acquired in the department’s major courses, this course seeks to maximize students’ ability to perform techniques in actual field settings so that they can apply them in practice.

  17. 17

    Detective Theory

    This course teaches students about detectives who, upon request from individuals or companies, perform private investigation work within the scope permitted by law in matters where public authority does not reach, such as private incidents or accidents, by collecting information and materials about individuals or companies and verifying facts. Students learn the concept, role, duties, and detective systems of major countries, and, in practical areas, study contents related to criminal investigation.

  18. 18

    Mechanical Guard Theory

    This course aims to help students understand the components of mechanical security systems and learn how to operate them. In addition, students study the overall structure of mechanical security systems in which each component is organically integrated, as well as practical areas of mechanical security, including planning, design, installation, operation, and customer management. The course enhances practical competencies for employment in fields related to mechanical security and also prepares students for the national qualification examination for Mechanical Security Instructor.

  19. 19

    Security Guard Shooting

    This course aims to cultivate basic knowledge of shooting and improve practical shooting skills suited to unexpected situations. Students improve their abilities as prospective protection personnel by practicing shooting improvement methods and training according to individual bad habits. In addition, through the course, students strengthen mental power accompanied by a high level of concentration and undergo various related physical training to improve advanced protection shooting skills, thereby acquiring the ability to perform protection duties without error.

  20. 20

    English Practice for Security Check

    This course aims to cultivate English communication skills needed to respond actively and creatively in practical field settings and security screening duties. Students learn professional terminology, expressions used by security screening personnel, basic knowledge related to security positions, and related culture. By conducting role-learning in similar situations, the course focuses on enhancing students’ ability to respond to overseas customers and communicate in job settings.

  21. 21

    Security Management for Cruise and Airport Operation

    This course helps students learn how the contents studied in Aviation Security Theory, Aviation Security Law, Aviation Terrorism Theory, and related subjects are actually operated in airports, cruise facilities, ports, landing and takeoff facilities, facilities for passenger and cargo transportation, auxiliary facilities, and support facilities. In particular, students learn actual practices carried out in industrial field settings in the security field, including designation of protected areas, issuance and management of access passes, security guarding and access control, practical operation of security screening, operation of security guarding systems and security screening systems, aviation quality management measures, security contingency plans, and response measures.

  22. 22

    AI Security Check Equipment Operation Theory

    This course aims to help students learn not only the use of equipment for defending against direct and indirect threats to life or property but also the use of security equipment that can protect the secrets of individuals or organizations. Furthermore, in order to efficiently operate security equipment using sensors with various functions and artificial intelligence in line with the development of communication and electronic technologies, students understand the activity concepts of relevant duties, identify the characteristics of each piece of equipment, and cultivate the ability to fully master its functions.

  23. 23

    Drone Security

    This course teaches students about the drone security industry, which combines the drone industry, a future transportation equipment industry and a core technology of the Fourth Industrial Revolution, with the security industry, which controls risks and maintains a safe state.

  24. 24

    Crisis Management

    This course aims to help students majoring in aviation security and protection learn how to respond to crisis situations that may occur when they advance into related industries in the future. In particular, students set crisis situations themselves and, based on the theories and techniques acquired in the department’s major courses, independently create manuals for response plans and response methods. After peer evaluation and supplementation among students, the instructor conducts a final review. Through this step-by-step learning process, students cultivate self-directed crisis response abilities that can be applied in practice.

  25. 25

    Safety Education Theory

    This course aims to cultivate the ability to protect oneself from rapidly increasing accidents and disasters in daily life and to maintain physical, mental, and social health. To this end, students understand the basic principles and knowledge necessary for maintaining a safe life, including causes of various safety hazards that threaten life and safety in modern living environments and methods for solving them. The course also aims to establish safety awareness that respects not only one’s own life but also the lives and safety of others, thereby forming a desirable safety culture.

  26. 26

    X-ray CBT Reading

    This course aims to help students understand the types and categories of items permitted and prohibited in places requiring entry control, such as airports and ports, and learn appropriate procedures. In addition, students cultivate practical competencies to detect prohibited items by interpreting images displayed through X-ray screening equipment. The course focuses on improving students’ ability to skillfully perform CBT education and training techniques through curriculum model contents entered into computers and simulators produced using computer software.

  27. 27

    Job Preparation and Social Advancement

    This course aims to cultivate the abilities required to design and implement a career roadmap for career development and employment after graduating from university and entering society. The course focuses on helping students meet the requirements for social advancement by learning career development, processes and methods for acquiring job information, self-evaluation and adjustment of expectations, preparation of employment documents, interview response methods, character development, and workplace etiquette. It also aims to enhance students’ confidence through self-directed employment competency development.

  28. 28

    Arrest and Self-Defense

    Based on the basic physical strength developed through Physical Training, this course aims to help students learn how to subdue and arrest suspects or offenders in moments requiring responses to in-flight disturbances, terminal disturbances, and crime scenes. Students learn arrest techniques that use the body or equipment safely and effectively. In addition, they learn self-defense techniques from the perspective of the right to self-defense, including striking, kicking, locking, and throwing, to ensure their own safety when attacked by others.

  29. 29

    Aviation Security Crisis Management

    This course aims to cultivate security crisis management abilities in aviation-related industries. Since the rise and fall of aviation-related industries and the progress or decline of airlines depend on continuous crisis management capabilities, students first learn basic theories of crisis and safety management, and then study AI-based aviation safety management. In addition, students analyze recent aviation terrorism cases by period, type, and means, identify related problems, and establish risk management manuals and security measures for response plans.

  30. 30

    Rescue and First Aid

    This course aims to help students acquire the knowledge and skills necessary to protect lives and perform rescue and first aid in preparation for accidents that may occur anywhere. Furthermore, by understanding the overall emergency medical system and acquiring accurate knowledge of emergency patient treatment and transport systems as well as various emergency situations, students learn and understand the basic principles required for first aid, including techniques needed in emergency situations, and cultivate the ability to respond to emergencies.

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