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Commerce Major |
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The Department of Commerce's objective is to study the contemporary
market economy extensively and highly professionally, from both macroscopic and
microscopic viewpoints. Therefore, we have adopted a single major system. A number
of specialized subjects are given in each of the nine courses, comprising economics,
economic history, commerce, business administration, accounting, finance and securities,
insurance, transportation, and international trade.
The teaching staff of these specialized courses consists of forty-plus professors
who have expertise in education and research and belong to our department, which
has been long-established as a pioneer of practical learning in Japan. |
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Masters Program |
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The masters program is designed to deepen students knowledge
in commerce science and to let them acquire a high level of expertise and skill
in order to nurture future researchers and professionals.
In the masters program, a foreign book reading class is offered in each course
so that students may understand specialized subjects better, and special foreign
book reading classes in German, French, Russian, and Chinese are provided to
help students improve their foreign-language skills as well as study results.
Japanese book reading class is also in place using economic literatures, in
view of the ever greater number of international students (from Asia, Africa,
Europe etc.)
The masters program also offers practical subjects required to train professionals
with a high level of expertise and skill. Recently, there is a growing social
demand for professionals with high-level knowledge and capabilities. One of the
characteristics of our department is that it provides a curriculum addressing
the needs of a high-level vocational education.
In order to respond to society's demand for open universities, we lost no time
in 1994 in introducing a special entrance examination system that accepts working
professionals to the masters program. The Saturday Program, a system that allows
the earning of credits in two years by taking courses on Saturdays only, was introduced
in 1998 to facilitate the attendance of working professionals. In 2000, the program
was further expanded to the Evening and Saturday Program, a program that conducts
classes on weeknights as well as on Saturday to facilitate attendance.
The masters program has concluded credit transfer agreements with relevant research
courses of the Graduate Schools of Rikkyo University, Chuo University, Hosei University,
Senshu University, Asia University, and Bunkyo Gakuin University. It is a system
whereby we can mutually improve our education and research through academic alliance
and exchanges with other graduate schools. Graduate students can take courses
necessary for their study or ones not available in our program from other graduate
schools. To enlighten and give incentive to the studies of graduate students,
we hold special lectures by inviting leading researchers and key figures from
outside the university five times a year. |
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Doctorate Program |
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In the doctorate program, we provide research guidance to students
in order to develop a researcher capable of receiving acclaim from abroad. In
order to encourage acquisition of a doctorate (Doctor of Commercial Science) in
the Department of Commerce, in addition to individual research guidance a research
guidance team is formed, which is comprised of several teaching staff members
including the supervisor and gives guidance for the preparation of dissertations.
In the doctorate program, research presentation is given every two years
as a forum for graduate students to make a presentation on their research
results and build up valuable experience. At the same time, alumni special
lectures and student-alumni get-togethers are held to galvanize exchanges
between alumni and students currently enrolled in the masters and doctorate
programs. Also, to encourage student research, some of the results of their
studies are published in the Studies in Commerce issued biannually.
Thus the goal of the Department of Commerce is to have the student study the constantly
and dynamically changing market economy, theoretically and experimentally, and
deepen their learning to become a valuable member of society. |
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