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The International Program
on Japan in East Asia Bachelor
The aim of the International Program on Japan in East Asia is to
nurture students who possess international, interdisciplinary, and
synthetic perspectives to Japan and other parts of Asia. The fouryear
undergraduate program, offered by the College of Arts and
Sciences, is based on self-assessment and self-analysis of Japan
from the perspective of the humanities and social sciences. In
order to foster an understanding of Japan’s locus and the meaning
of East Asia, the program offers wide-ranging subjects such as:
modern history of Japan, modern history of East Asian international
relations, Japanese culture and East Asian civilization, the transformation
of Japanese society, Japanese politics and economy,
etc. While Japanese history, culture and society will be taught, the
program emphasizes regional, international and global contexts of
Japan’s past, present, and future. Students are expected not only
to study Japan in depth but also to understand East Asia, so that
they can pursue post-graduate studies as well as playing an active
part in the international community including their home countries
in Japan.
The Program is organized so that the students will be able to
receive the bachelor’s degree by taking classes instructed in the
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English language alone. The curriculum reflects the sixty years of
experience and continuous improvement and innovation in liberal
arts education in the College of Arts and Sciences. Prospective
students need not have prior knowledge of the Japanese language.
Students will be provided with the opportunity to improve Japanese
language skills depending on each student’s competence
and proficiency. However, prospective students who have learned
Japanese are especially welcome. Students are strongly encouraged
to strengthen their Japanese language ability so as to be able
to take classes conducted in Japanese. Such language proficiency
may help students work in Japan or Japanese companies abroad
after their graduation.
Degree Programs Offered in English
The International Program
on Environmental Sciences Bachelor
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The International Program on Environmental Sciences is aimed at
fostering an in-depth understanding of the global environmental
problems and at producing graduates who will contribute to the
promotion of the sustainable society. The program makes use
of the lessons from Japan’s past experience of environmental
problems and the recent advances in analytical methods and
technologies for environmental and social sustainability. Students
taking the program will be taught a wide spectrum of subjects
in the natural and social sciences such as: climatic change and
global geochemical material cycles; biodiversity in ecosystems;
data analysis methods including statistics and computer simulation;
environmental economics, international politics and other
social sciences relating to human security and sustainable society.
Graduates of this program may continue onto the Graduate Program
on Environmental Sciences of the Graduate School of Arts
and Sciences or pursue various other careers. They are expected
to contribute to the promotion of environmental policies relating to
sustainable society in their home countries and in the international
community.
The curriculum reflects the sixty years of experience and continuous
improvement and innovation in liberal arts education in the
College of Arts and Sciences.
The Program is organized so that the students will be able
to receive a bachelor’s degree taking classes instructed in the
English language alone. Prospective students need not have prior
knowledge of the Japanese language. Students will be provided
with the opportunity to improve Japanese language skills depending
on each student’s competence and proficiency.
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