Curriculum System with departments that address the needs of the times
Department of Business Management
The Department of Business Management offers a curriculum that ensures the development of future professionals in corporate management.
In the first year, students acquire the basic knowledge required for business administration by studying such subjects as business administration, business history, and modern economics. In the second year, they study the overall structure of corporate management through such classes as the theory of enterprise and business administration. In the third and fourth years, students select subjects in accordance with their awareness of issues and academic interest. They enhance their expertise and deepen their understanding of corporate management through subjects related to international management strategy, management of human resources, and information and technology management. In seminars, they further develop their competencies and expertise in their major area.
Department of Accounting
The Department of Accounting offers the necessary courses for specialists in the field of accounting to succeed in society. Accounting is a discipline in which knowledge is accumulated in stages. In the first year, students take accounting-oriented bookkeeping (second level of the official business skill test in bookkeeping known as Nissho Boki Kentei ) and in the second year, courses such as Introduction to Financial Accounting, Introduction to Management Accounting, and Cost Accounting to establish a basic knowledge foundation. In the third and fourth years, students learn advanced accounting by taking specialized classes in the financial accounting field, such as Theory of Financial Statements and Accounting Auditing, and those in the management accounting field, such as Cost Management and Budgetary Control. Moreover, the Meiji University Accounting Laboratory sponsors a series of lectures (fee-payable), which help reinforce students’ knowledge and skills in their weak fields and provide support for governmental qualification tests outside the regular curriculum.
Department of Public Management
The Department of Public Management established in 2002 is the first department in Japan for the study of public management, such as management of NPOs. The curriculum of the department covers key areas from the basics of public management to the management of public organizations in a variety of different fields.
In the first year, students are required to take the fundamental public management class, where they learn the basics of public management. In the second year, they systematically deepen their understanding of public management through the required public management class. In the third and fourth years, a variety of specialized classes are offered, such as public administration, management of local governments, and sports management, where students learn management of public organizations in a more specific manner. There are also practical classes, such as NPO internship practice (on-the-job training at NPOs).
