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Background/Objectives: This study has purpose to investigate the relation between university life adaptation and future aspiration of art major university students. Methods/Statistical Analysis: Art major university students were selected as a population in which a total of 367 subjects were gathered with 122 dance majors, 87 music majors, and 158 design majors. Questionnaires were used as the investigation tool in this research as a purposive sampling method. Collected data were analyzed by exploratory factor analysis and reliability analysis, correlation analysis, one-way ANOVA, t-test, and multiple regression analysis. Findings: First, music majors showed higher difference between university life adaptation and future aspiration, university satisfaction, academic adaptation, and major job satisfaction aspiration than dance or design majors in which dance majors showed higher socioeconomic status aspiration than music majors or design majors. Also, higher family average income showed higher university satisfaction, academic adaptation, and socioeconomic status aspiration. Academic ability of fathers showed difference in academic adaptation. Students with fathers of academic ability of high school graduation or higher are showed higher academic adaptation than middle school graduation. Second, as a result of looking into the difference between university life adaptation and future aspiration according to participation in majors of art major university students. Generally, higher practice frequency showed higher academic adaptation, university satisfaction, and major job satisfaction aspiration. Third, academic adaptation showed to have positive influence on socioeconomic status aspiration. Academic adaptation and university satisfaction showed to have positive influence on job satisfaction aspiration of art majoring university students. Application/Improvements: The job of art majoring students already demand keen competition. Therefore this research is provided students majoring in art with new art field jobs and employments information.

This study selected the undergraduate students in art major as the population, and collected a total of 367 students, including 122 major in dance, 87 major in music major and 158 major in design major. In order to solve the research problems, exploratory factor analysis and correlation analysis were performed using the SPSS Ver20.0 statistical program, followed by one-way ANOVA, t-test, and multiple regression analysis. As a result, first, the difference of parents and teachers’ support of autonomy and career preparation behavior according to the personal characteristics of undergraduate students in art major showed that musical department was higher than dance and design department in major satisfaction and teacher autonomy. In career counseling and information gathering, dance and music were higher than design. In the gender, female counseling was higher than male counseling. There was no difference between family average income and mother's education level. Second, as a result of difference in career preparation behavior according to the recognition of major in undergraduate students in art major, it was found that career counseling and information gathering were higher than those who were very satisfied or satisfied with major. Third, parents and teachers’ support of autonomy had a positive effect on parental autonomy support in career counseling, career counseling, and autonomy support in information gathering. Therefore, the degree of awareness of the major and parents ‘and teachers’ support of autonomy seems to be related to career preparation behavior.