Department of Pet Management
Sehan University’s Department of Pet Management is established to cultivate global pet professionals who respect the lives around us, protect the environment, and promote the consciousness of life ethics in order to prevent the devaluation of life amidst the rapidly changing social and cultural landscape of the 21st century and respond to climate change. The department seeks ways for animals, the environment, and humans to coexist peacefully while instilling in young people the importance of Earth, animal protection and welfare, and environmental conservation as the foundation of our lives. It provides education for sustainable life protection activities by promoting the value of respecting life and disseminating the significance of life in the context of global pet professionals.
• Educational Objectives and Goals:
- Cultivating creative individuals who respect life and contribute to the happiness of both humans and animals.
- Nurturing pet professionals who respect animal rights and enhance animal welfare (animal welfare and regulations, animal rehabilitation and care, pet funeral guidance, pet aromatherapy, animal nursing).
- Fostering pet professionals with excellent specialized knowledge and practical skills (animal behavior, animal training, pet behavior correction, pet grooming, animal-assisted therapy, pet fashion design, animal nutrition, animal food science).
- Developing pet professionals with a concept of lifelong sustainable education (animal ecology, pet science, general biology, farm animal science, ornithology, ichthyology, experimental animal science, special animal science).
- Cultivating pet professionals who take the lead in discovering new industries through creative capabilities (animal behavior, animal industry management, pet grooming, ornithology, ichthyology, special animal science, farm animal science, animal-assisted therapy).
• Department Specialization:
- Pet professionals
- respect for life
- expertise
- animal welfare
- fourth industrial revolution
- pet industry
- pet culture
- capstone design
- entrepreneurship education
- major competency
- lifelong education
- industry-academia collaboration
- creative convergence
• Career Opportunities after Graduation: Employment-related institutions and departments:
- Large corporations: Pet food and feed companies (product development, manufacturing, marketing, management, etc.), pet product companies (design, marketing, management, sales, etc.), animal pharmaceutical companies (research, development, manufacturing, management, etc.), corporate or university animal research facilities.
- Animal hospitals: Animal hospital technicians, animal hospital management departments, etc.
- Public institutions: Zoos, Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs, Ministry of Environment, local government animal welfare teams, animal protection teams, etc.
- Entrepreneurship: Personal entrepreneurship in pet food, training, grooming, pet healing, pet leisure, etc.
- Graduate school: Related fields of pet management, biology, medicine, environmental studies, etc.
• Career paths and qualifications in the Department of Pet Management:
1) qualifications:
- Pet Care Specialist
- Pet Care Manager
- Pet Food Designer
- Trainer
- Animal Behaviorist
- Pet Funeral Director
- Pet Groomer
- Animal Rehabilitation Specialist
- Pet Aromatherapist
- Animal-Assisted Therapist
2) career paths:
- Industry related to the major
- Zoo
- Aquarium
- Entrepreneurship
- animal pharmaceutical companies
- veterinary hospital technician
- laboratory animal caretaker
- Ministry of Environment
- Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry
- graduate school
• Department Office and Contact Information:
- Department Office: Tel 041-359-6095
- Department Website: https://pet.sehan.ac.kr/