The goal of this department is to help students understand Korean and global cultures from prehistoric to modern times and to provide them with the knowledge that they need to practice in society.First, in archeology, students learn to investigate, excavate and restore different types of artifacts and also study analyzing methods for excavated artifacts in order to possess the ability to conduct research by interconnecting the history and culture of people in the past. In Folklore, students learn to recognize the features of Korean cultures by studying how Korean cultural traditions are formed and created through daily habits and seasonal habits, folk religion, material culture and technologies, cultural sceneries of village societies, as well as through passing down of traditions.

In social anthropology, comparative research is made on societies around the world for deeper understanding of social organizations such as families and relatives, as well as for European and Asian cultures and society, cities and economy, and culture and human nature, so that students can identify the common traits and differences of cultures.

These three academic fields aim at comprehensiveness relationships among different academic fields, which are not in any other one subject of study.