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The purpose of this paper is to present the direction of convergence and integration liberal arts education through the development process, operation cases, and improvement plans of interdisciplinary convergence liberal arts subjects to foster talents suited to the changing times of the hyperconnected society. In order to foster individuals equipped with the ability to communicate and integrate knowledge across disciplines, universities are continuously deliberating on the issue. At this point, this paper focuses on ‘literacy’, which is gradually expanding its meaning to include the ability to utilize new technologies and tools for connection, linkage, and communication between various entities connected to a network. To develop a course based on literacy, it is necessary to establish a theoretical foundation and logical framework that can integrate the various scattered concepts of literacy. To this end, this paper reconceptualizes humanistic literacy as ‘human literacy’, which is the ability to understand, communicate with, and grow with others; ‘social literacy’, which is the ability required to critically understand and synthesize society and recreate it; and ‘global literacy’, which is the ability to discover problems in the global community and participate in solving them with a sense of global citizenship ethics and responsibility. Based on this redefined humanities literacy, the paper shares the actual development process and content of the course titled <Life and Literacy>. Furthermore, through the operational results of this course, which has been a compulsory liberal arts education subject at H University since the first semester of 2022, the paper outlines the significance and limitations of the course. Ultimately, the findings emphasize the ongoing need for the continuous development and refinement of interdisciplinary convergence liberal arts education subjects, the importance of setting agendas for interdisciplinary integration, and the necessity of activities aimed at cultivating practical capabilities, thereby presenting the direction of interdisciplinary liberal arts education.

A Hyperconnected Society, Literacy, Interdisciplinary and Convergent Liberal Arts Education, Education Subjects Development, The course titled <Life and Literacy>