Its main mission is to train the useful experts on information science who can serve in the information industry directly and design and develop the programs of operating system, the programs of artificial intelligence and several other application programs and play the leading role in developing the advanced programs and making several domains of the national economy IT-based.
Established in Juche66 (1977) as the Faculty of Automation, it changed its name as the Faculty of Computer Science in Juche86(1997) and in Juche88(1999), it promoted into college with the name of the College of Computer Science. After that, in Juche105(2016), it was renamed as the College of Information Science. And now it has been renamed as the Faculty of Information Science.
It consists of 11 departments(Department of Computer Network System, Department of Information Security, Department of Operating Systems, Department of Communication, Department of Computer-aided Education, Department of Intelligent Information Processing, Department of Language Information, Department of Visual Information Processing, Department of Software Engineering, Department of Computer Hardware, Department of Speech Information Processing), 2 institutes and 1 laboratory.
And there are 3 sub-disciplines; Information Science, Communication and Program.
The typical subjects are Programming Techniques, Computer Hardware, Data Structure & Algorithm, Computer Graphics, Software Engineering, Network Operating System, Network Security Engineering, Linux System Development, PLD(Programmable Logical Controller), Intelligent System Design, Natural Language Processing, Digital Image Processing, Speech Coding, Network Communication Programming, Meaning Web Techniques and etc.
About 200 lecturers and researchers work in this faculty including 1 candidate academician and around 30 doctors. And there are some 50 lecturers with academic titles like professors and associate professors.
About 1,300 students are enrolled in this faculty.
Introduction to Curriculum For Foreign Students
Course Duration: 4 years
Degree: BSc of Information Science
- 1st year
1st semester
| No. | Course Title | Credits | Hours per week | Exam Type | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | First Foreign language | 3 | 4 | Exam | |
| 2 | Higher maths | 3 | 4 | P/F | |
| 3 | Physics | 5 | 6 | Exam | |
| 4 | Chemistry | 3 | 4 | P/F | |
| 5 | Programming 1 | 3 | 4 | Exam | |
| 6 | Physical education | 1 | 2 | P/F | |
| Total | 18 | 24 |
2nd semester
| No. | Course Title | Credits | Hours per week | Exam Type | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Logic | 2 | 2 | P/F | |
| 2 | First Foreign language | 3 | 4 | Exam | |
| 3 | Higher maths | 4 | 4 | Exam | |
| 4 | Programming 1 | 4 | 4 | Exam | |
| 5 | Electronics | 5 | 6 | Exam | |
| 6 | Data structure and Algorithm | 4 | 4 | Exam | |
| 7 | Physical education | 1 | 2 | P/F | |
| Total | 23 | 26 |
- 2st year
1st semester
| No. | Course Title | Credits | Hours per week | Exam Type | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Socialist constitution and laws | 2 | 2 | P/F | |
| 2 | Korean history | 3 | 4 | P/F | |
| 3 | First Foreign language | 3 | 4 | Exam | |
| 4 | Higher maths | 3 | 4 | P/F | |
| 5 | Programming 2 | 3 | 4 | Exam | |
| 6 | Computer hardware | 5 | 6 | Exam | |
| 7 | Information theory and coding | 4 | 4 | Exam | |
| Total | 23 | 28 |
2nd semester
| No. | Course Title | Credits | Hours per week | Exam Type | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Korean history | 3 | 4 | Exam | |
| 2 | First Foreign language | 3 | 4 | Exam | |
| 3 | Higher maths | 4 | 4 | Exam | |
| 4 | Programming 1 | 4 | 4 | Exam | |
| 5 | Operating system | 4 | 4 | Exam | |
| 6 | Signal and system | 4 | 6 | P/F | |
| Total | 22 | 24 |
- 3st year
1st semester
| No. | Course Title | Credits | Hours per week | Exam Type | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Juche philosophy | 2 | 2 | P/F | |
| 2 | First Foreign language | 3 | 4 | Exam | |
| 3 | Discrete structure | 4 | 4 | Exam | |
| 4 | Computer network | 4 | 4 | Exam | |
| 5 | Computer graphics | 4 | 4 | Exam | |
| Total | 17 | 18 |
2nd semester
| No. | Course Title | Credits | Hours per week | Exam Type | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Juche philosophy | 3 | 4 | Exam | |
| 2 | First Foreign language | 1 | 2 | P/F | |
| 3 | Computer network security | 3 | 4 | Exam | |
| 4 | Pattern recognition | 4 | 4 | Exam | |
| 5 | Information theory and coding | 3 | 4 | Exam | |
| Total | 14 | 18 |
- 4st year
1st semester
| No. | Course Title | Credits | Hours per week | Exam Type | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Computer network security | 4 | 6 | Exam | |
| 2 | Computer graphics | 4 | 4 | Exam | |
| 3 | Software engineering | 4 | 4 | Exam | |
| 4 | Distributed parallel processing | 4 | 6 | Exam | |
| 5 | 2nd Foreign language | 4 | 4 | P/F | |
| Total | 20 | 24 |
2nd semester
| No. | Course Title | Credits | Hours per week | Exam Type | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | AI introduction | 4 | 4 | Exam | |
| 2 | Digital image processing | 3 | 4 | Exam | |
| 3 | Depth learning | 3 | 4 | Exam | |
| 4 | Multimedia system | 3 | 4 | Exam | |
| Total | 13 | 16 |
Course Duration: 2 years
Degree: Master Degree of Information Science
Subjects for the qualification of Masters:
1. Network program
2. Network security engineering
3. Embedded system
4. Software security
5. Distributed system
6. Formatting
7. Computer-based educational information technology
8. Program analysis
9. Corpus engineering
10. Natural language processing
11. Voice recognition
12. Voice coding
13. Virtual reality
14. Computer vision
15. Data mining
16. Intelligent system design
17. Network computing
18. Virtual private network
19. Program logic device
20. Internet of Things (IoT)
21. Linux kernel architecture
22. Server system configuration
23. Multimedia transfer service
24. File system analysis
25. Ontology engineering
26. Machine translation
27. Voice emphasis
28. Statistical signal processing
29. Image parallel processing
30. Computer geometry
31. Modern intelligent information processing
32. Prediction & Decision-making 33. Network database management
34. Big data system
35. Encryption
36. Firewall & Invasion detection system
37. System & Database security
38. Virtual private network
39. Device drive technology
40. Real-time system
41. Formatting
42. Computer logical application
43. Field-controller technology
44. QA & Summary
45. Python & language processing
46. Modern documentary retrieval
47. Business service bus
48. E-learning management
49. Semantic Web technology
50. Virtualization & Cloud computing
51. Computer interface system
52. Visual recognition
53. Virtual reality
54. File system analysis
55. Component-based development
