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GRADUATE EDUCATIONAL POLICY

GRADUATE EDUCATIONAL POLICY

Graduate Schools Educational Policy/ Outline

We are an education and research institution that seeks to pursue and attain higher level expert knowledge. We continue to conduct education and research based on internationalism and pragmatism, which are the basic principles of the school that students also learn through their studies in the Undergraduate Faculties. Another feature of this Graduate School is its globally diverse environment with one of the largest populations of international students among private universities in Japan. These qualities and traits are what build the foundation of Takushoku University.

Graduate School of Economics

International Economics Course (Master’s/Doctoral Programs)

People with the expertise and skills to swiftly pick up and accurately analyze international economic data are in strong demand, and this course aims to equip students to meet this demand through a structured combination of practice-oriented subjects and foreign-language study founded on study and research in three areas: economics, where the focus of research is on basic economic theory; international politics and economics, which are primarily concerned with economic development, international law, and international politics; and regional studies, which looks at the regional economies of countries around the world.

Graduate School of Commerce

Business Administration Course (Master’s/Doctoral Programs)

Students in this school explore the essentials of trade, finance, and physical distribution based on the application of the principles of commercial science through systematic study of the principles of business management, finance, management accounting, financial auditing, commerce, and taxation. Courses are grouped into four tracks, namely accounting and law for students aiming to qualify as certified public accountants or gain other professional qualifications, and two more tracks focusing on commerce and business administration, which are mostly taken by international students interested in Japanese-style management.

Graduate School of Engineering

Mechanical and Electronic Systems Engineering Course (Master’s/Doctoral Programs)

This program is designed to train individuals capable of developing optimal systems to resolve the rapidly evolving scientific and technological challenges in the fields of applied mechanics, robot and control systems engineering, energy systems engineering, design engineering, signal processing and circuit systems engineering, and applied electronic communications engineering.

Information and Design Engineering Course (Master’s/Doctoral Programs)

Mechanical and Electronic Systems Engineering Course (Master’s/Doctoral Programs)

The aim of this program is to equip students with specialist knowledge and skills to find new solutions and tackle the problems faced by a rapidly evolving real world in the fields of information science, information engineering, affective information systems design, and living environment systems design.

Graduate School of Language Education

English Education Course (Master’s Program)

The aim of this program is to produce specialist practitioners in leading edge language education who are capable of adapting flexibly to diverse needs. Providing the necessary platform in English education, linguistics and English language, and English communication studies, the program takes a comprehensive approach to R&D focusing on areas such as the development of learning tools and use of computers to meet contemporary demands.

Japanese Education Course (Master’s Program)

Seeking to produce graduates capable of bridging the social and cultural gap between Japan and other countries around the world, the concerns of this program extend beyond simply research into methods of Japanese education to include interests such as exploratory research on the essence of Japanese culture, cross-cultural comparisons of Japan with the West and other parts of Asia, and research into education on cross-cultural communication.

Language Education Course (Doctoral Program)

The above two master’s programs are combined to produce a more advanced program of scientific research and universal language education in order to produce specialist practitioners capable of playing leading roles in cutting-edge fields of linguistics and education to meet the needs of today’s globalized information society.

Graduate School of International Cooperation Studies

International Development Course (Master’s/Doctoral Programs)

Students study policy theories concerning developing countries’ development processes in a comparative research context. This is combined with fieldwork to provide experience in practical development methods and regional studies of relevant regions around the world. The end aim is to produce individuals with the insight and initiative to formulate, implement, and assess policies for putting into practice basic development strategies.

International Security Studies Course (Master’s/Doctoral Programs)

As well as conventional development economics, students acquire an extensive understanding of political, cultural, religious, ethnic, and historical issues, which provides the basis for their subsequent study of methods of international cooperation. Based on a foundation of empirical research, students learn how to resolve international issues through a combination of study of policies concerning security and crisis management and regional studies focusing on government and diplomacy. This represents a completely new approach to education and research on security and crisis management.

Graduate School of Local Government

Local Government Course (Master’s Course)

There is a powerful need for human resources who are committed and passionate about local government and administration and who have the advanced expertise and practical skills required in these fields to build distinctive and dynamic local communities. This program provides students with the opportunity to pursue the practical research necessary to formulate, coordinate, and implement policy grounded in corresponding theories and to fulfill leading roles on the frontline of local government and administration and to play a pioneering roles in local communities such as NPOs.

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