Curriculum

The School of Global Japanese Studies focuses on two programs, the Japanese Culture Program and Japanese Social Systems Program, which not only enable the study of Japanese culture from a variety of perspectives but also provide an international education in the humanities to foster knowledge of different cultures. Based on a foundation of subjects studied in the first and second years, students study in depth their selected program, beginning in the third year. In addition to these programs, the School of Global Japanese Studies offers intensive English language instruction for the first three semesters.

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The following table provides an outline of the courses offered in the School of Global Japanese Studies curriculum according to the different programs.

Japanese Studies

	Japanese Studies: Japanese Culture Program
1st Year	Manga Culture A・B Urbanism and Design A・B Modern Japanese Literary Arts A・B History of the Japanese A・B Cultural Studies in Budo (Japanese Martial Arts) A・B		Cultural Archives Studies
2nd Year		Japanese Representational Arts A・B
3rd Year	Japanese Cinema A・B Gender & Representation A・B Performing Arts A・B History of Japanese Comics A・B Animation Culture A・B Otaku Culture A・B Japanese Cultural Traditions A・B Edo Studies A・B History of East Asian Cultural Exchange A・B Japanese Fine Arts from a Global Perspective A・B Japanese Philosophy A・B Japanese Religion A・B Japanese Linguistics A・B Traditional Performing Arts Aesthetics of Kabuki & Noh History of Martial Arts Philosophy Culture of Swords
4th Year
	Japanese Studies: Japanese Social System Program
1st Year	Art Business A・B Introduction to Mass Communication Japanese Social Systems A・B Advertising Industry A・B Creator Business Studies
2nd Year		Business Culture in Contemporary Japan A・B
3rd Year	Japanese Manufacturing Management A・B Media Industry A・B Contents Industry A・B Japanese Folkcraft Studies Intellectual Property Management from a Cultural Perspective A・B History of Japanese Distribution Policy A・B Japanese Mass Media A・B History of Technology Transfer in Japan A・B Studies of Japanese Business Associations A・B Urban Transport Systems A・B Japanese Behavioral Models A・B Service Marketing A・B
4th Year

International Studies

	International Studies
1st Year	International History A・B Cross-Cultural Education A・B Internationalization & Local Communities AⅠ・BⅡ International Education & Study Abroad Studies of East Asian Communty A・B Introduction to Visual Culture A・B Introduction to the History of Film A・B Religion & Philosophy A・B Comparative Religious Studies French Culture Studies A・B Japanese-German Comparative Culture A・B Language & Culture A・B Introduction to International Economic Issues Peace Studies Global Economic History A・B East Asian Arts A・B Cultural History of Fashion A・B
2nd Year		Comparative Culture A・B Africa & Japan
3rd Year	Multicultural Community Building Immigration Policy Studies History of Islam A・B Latin American Studies A・B Global Japanology Film Studies A・B Applied Linguistics A・B English Linguistics A・B European Urban Customs A・B Social Security Studies A・B Contemporary American Society A・B Modern British Studies A・B Indian Economy A・B History of Modern Africa A・B EU Studies A・B Mythology of Mode A・B
4th Year

General Studies

*○ = Compulsory subjects

	General Studies
1st Year	○Global Japanese Studies Sports & Physical Exercise A・B	○Japanese Expression (Writing・Speaking) Sociology A・B Political Science A・B Economics A・B Business Administration A・B Western History A・B Japanese History A・B Asian History A・B Geography A・B Statistics A・B Information Literacy A・B Cultural Semantics International Exchange Practicum 3	International Exchange Practicum 1・2 Integrated Lecture Japanese Culture & Society Foundations of Information ScienceⅠ・Ⅱ Information Science and Numeric ProcessingⅠ・Ⅱ Information Science and Text ProcessingⅠ・Ⅱ Information Science and Image ProcessingⅠ・Ⅱ
2nd Year	Sports & Physical Exercuse C・D・E・F Japanese Studies Seminar Internship
3rd Year	International Exchange Practicum 4・5
4th Year

Seminar Themes

	Seminar Themes
1st Year
2nd Year	Seminar 2A・2B
3rd Year	Seminar 3A・3B
4th Year	Seminar 4A・4B

Foreign Language Program: English

*○ = Compulsory subjects

	Foreign Language Program: English
1st Year	○English 1A・1B（Speaking） ○English 2A・2B（Listening） ○English 3A・3B（Reading） ○English 4A・4B（Writing） Study-Abroad Program
2nd Year	○Academic Writing A ○Speech & Presentation A ○TOEFL Preparation Academic Writing B Speech & Presentation B		English Lounge A・B Advanced Level TOEFL TOEIC A・B Current English A・B Integrated English １A・1B Integrated English ２A・2B Integrated English ３A・3B Practical Drama A・B Literature Reading A・B
3rd Year
4th Year

Second Foreign Language

	Second Foreign Language
1st Year	German 1A・1B French 1A・1B Chinese 1A・1B Spanish 1A・1B Korean 1A・1B
2nd Year	German 2A・2B French 2A・2B Chinese 2A・2B Spanish 2A・2B Korean 2A・2B
3rd Year
4th Year

Japanese Language Program

*Required subject for international students only.

	Japanese Language Program
1st Year	JapaneseⅠa (Reading) JapaneseⅠb (Writing) JapaneseⅠc (Listening) JapaneseⅠd (Speaking) JapaneseⅡa (Reading & Writing) JapaneseⅡb (Listening & Speaking)
2nd Year	JapaneseⅢa (Reading & Writing) JapaneseⅢb (Listening & Speaking)
3rd Year
4th Year