Undergraduate Programs and Graduate Programs

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1 Undergraduate Programs Faculty of Commerce and Management Faculty Department Course Business Management Business Management and Accounting Faculty of Commerce and Management Commerce Market and Finance The Faculty of Commerce and Management holds a central position in s brilliant history and tradition. The commerce and management fields have been at the center of the University s research and education ever since it was the Tokyo University of Commerce under the pre-war educational system. The research activities by members of the Faculty of Commerce and Management have always been at the highest academic level. Human resources nurtured under this Faculty s high-level research and education system have made great contributions to the development of Japanese industry, and have gained a high reputation from academia, industry, and society in general. Graduates of the Faculty of Commerce and Management have been active in a wide range of fields centered on the practice of business under the University s tradition of cultivating Captains of Industry. The Faculty of Commerce and Management strives to foster human resources who have pragmatic, analytical and problem-solving abilities with a solid academic background and can embark on work in diverse fields worldwide. What is expected to be learned by students at the Faculty of Commerce and Management can be summarized as applied social science related to enterprises and markets. The hallmark of education and research at the Faculty of Commerce and Management is the broad-ranging theoretical study of diverse social science disciplines including management, accounting, commerce, economics, history, sociology, and psychology, in order to theoretically elucidate phenomena related to enterprises and markets from various viewpoints and apply them so as to grasp how things work in the real world. By thoroughly studying these fields, students who graduate from the Faculty of Commerce and Management develop the capacity of deep theoretical thinking which proves extremely useful in their social lives as high-level professionals. The Faculty of Commerce and Management also aims at fostering a lofty spirit with a high sense of ethics through sophisticated intellectual training and highly concentrated small-group seminar education. All students at the Faculty of Commerce and Management participate in seminars, which are a tradition, from their freshman year. After completing the core required introductory courses, students proceed to the Faculty s advanced courses, which are divided into standard and optional courses. This approach has strengthened the program s emphasis on systematic coursework. In recent years the Faculty has also provided courses by visiting professors with extensive practical experience through contributed lectures sponsored by renowned corporations and groups. The Faculty also offers a five-year integrated bachelor s and master s program providing more intensive higher-level education for especially outstanding students. Furthermore, from FY2013, the Faculty of Commerce and Management launched the Shibusawa Scholar Program, which, by offering specialized courses taught in English and opportunities for studying abroad, set out to cultivate global business leaders. The Faculty of Commerce and Management is known for both its strong practical and its international orientation. The first goes beyond merely having students learn things as knowledge it is characterized by having students fully utilize their acquired knowledge in their own lives. The Faculty's international orientation is seen in the numerous exchange students accepted from around the world, and the many graduates engaged in the international community, including postings abroad. The Faculty of Commerce and Management is recommended for individuals who want to hone their intellects in the social sciences and to live and work actively in the world as professionals possessing highlevel expertise

2 Undergraduate Programs Faculty of Economics Faculty Department Course Economic Theory and Economic Statistics Faculty of Economics Economics Applied Economics Since acquired its new start during the post-world War II educational reforms, the Faculty of Economics has taught numerous students as one of the University s core faculties. Its graduates, who play active roles as business leaders and entrepreneurs in Japan and around the world, serve as a main pillar of support for the Japanese economy, making significant contributions to maintaining and improving Japan s international standing. The Faculty has also trained numerous researchers who play active roles in the forefront of the academic world across a wide range of fields, including economics, the social sciences, and history; thus, significantly helping raise the profile of economics in Japan even by global standards. Their research has served as an inspiration for students at universities throughout Japan and around the world, helping them develop into persons of great character. The free and open-minded culture of the Faculty can be truly said to have trained those individuals who promote the activities of as a comprehensive university in the social sciences. In the 21st century, we find ourselves amidst massive social change. As Japan becomes an aging society with a low birth rate, it has concerns about such matters as the sustainability of the social security system and a shrinking workforce. Internationally, economic globalization and the rise of emerging markets have called into question Japan s ability to secure its own economic vitality and competitiveness. There are numerous other issues that need to be addressed on a global scale, including environmental problems as well as poverty and inequality in developing countries. Resolving contemporary issues such as these requires, firstly, a deep understanding of social and economic systems. It is also essential to outline a meaningful vision for the future concerning what social and economic systems should look like 10 or 20 years in the future. Also necessary are efforts such as demonstratively elucidating the effects of various policies and systemic reforms and designing mechanisms suited to incentives that move people. The analytical methods and knowledge of economics are essential for engaging in these undertakings. Economics aims to explain social and economic mechanisms through the scientific examination of statistical data and historical materials, to chart the course to a better society, and to generalize logically (i.e., develop theory) based on such knowledge. The Faculty of Economics provides an introduction to methods of examination in order to systematically develop theories and reinforce and revise existing theoretical structures, through a curriculum organized in stages, starting from the student s first year. Through learning this solid economic methodology, which begins with the fundamentals and advances to addressing state-of-the-art issues in the field, students will grow into human resources who have the ability to solve various Economic History and Regional Economies issues faced by Japan and the world. The Faculty was the first of any university in Japan to adopt a unified curriculum from the undergraduate through the graduate level. This system makes it possible to help students steadily improve their knowledge and analytical abilities, ranging from economic fundamentals through advanced and applied subjects, and students who possess the motivation and ability can begin to study graduate-level content while still in the undergraduate program. This unified five-year system that integrates undergraduate and graduate education has already earned a strong reputation for a decade, and it is hoped that numerous students will continue to use this system to acquire abilities that they can put to use in advanced specialized professions. In the academic year, the Faculty began a fullfledged Global Leaders Program (GLP). This program aims to provide instructions to leaders who possess high levels of communication skills in both Japanese and English so that they can succeed on the front lines of the industry, the government, and the academy. Certainly economists with strong theoretical and scientific abilities require strong communication skills in order to communicate to society the fruits of their research, in the form of policy recommendations. The strongest feature of the Faculty s GLP is that it enables students to acquire both English communication skills and the specialized knowledge and analytical skills of economics. The GLP trains global leaders by offering courses in English and by providing opportunities to undertake short-term research abroad and study abroad over the long term. The Faculty is home to numerous faculty members who conduct advanced research at the global level. In addition, many of its faculty members have earned PhDs at universities overseas and have amassed a wealth of educational experience abroad as well. The University s renowned seminars and courses provide significant opportunities for students to learn how to approach and analyze subjects through contact with the practical approaches that researchers on the front lines employ in researching new subjects. In their third year and beyond, students interact with graduate students as well, and they have the opportunity to participate in international seminars hosted by the Faculty (more than 200 times a year). Through organically fusing education based on innovative content with advanced research and carefully building from the fundamentals to advanced and applied subjects, along with providing education for the all-round development of a person through seminars, the Faculty strives to train innovative and global human resources who can combine a wealth of intelligence and sensitivity with calm analytical abilities and a noble spirit and who will give back to society

3 Undergraduate Programs Faculty of Law Faculty Department Course Law Faculty of Law Law International Relations has contributed to the development of political and economic society in Japan and to nurturing creative leaders in those fields in a liberal academic environment as a university specializing in the social sciences, which is the study of civil society. The Faculty of Law and Social Sciences was established in 1949 when the University was re-launched under the post-war educational system, and became the Faculty of Law when it was separated from the Faculty of Social Sciences two years later. In subsequent years the Faculty of Law has developed qualitatively and quantitatively in a short time period to become one of Japan s top faculties of law, and we take pride in our high-level education and research. Today the Faculty of Law is one of the main pillars of s distinguished reputation. The mission of is to create intellectual and cultural assets that contribute to building a free and peaceful political and economic society in Japan and throughout the world, and to train professionals who can serve as leaders. In this context, the Faculty of Law has striven to produce human resources with both a sound knowledge of jurisprudence and an international orientation. A distinctive characteristic of the Department of Law is that it also conducts education on international relations. Students must choose either the Law Course or the International Relations Course when they enter their junior year, but these courses do not have the separateness of distinct departments, so students can select relatively freely from a wide range of classes and organize their studies in line with their individual goals. With small-group education under s traditional seminar system as its foundation, the educational goal is to nurture cultured persons with rich humanity and international sensibility who have acquired a broad education from a systematic perspective. This is done by ensuring that students learn the basic knowledge and ways of thinking of jurisprudence and international relations. In their final two years students specialize in a particular field of study under the same faculty member, refine their skills in argument through debate with other students, and complete their graduation thesis. The learning activities centered on seminars are highly regarded not only for their academic content but also as opportunities to cultivate character. Graduates of the Faculty of Law occupy leading roles in business circles, and are also active in many other fields including law, government, and the international community. In order to carry forward our traditions and further develop our ideals, the Faculty of Law uses multiple selections systems to seek students with outstanding academic ability and a broadranging education in diverse fields, as well as highly motivated students with superior theoretical thinking and language and communication skills

4 Undergraduate Programs Faculty of Social Sciences Faculty Department Course Studies of Social Structure and Socio-cultural Transformation Humanities and Philosophy Faculty of Social Sciences Social Sciences The Faculty of Social Sciences, which aims at the synthesis of social sciences and the humanities, was founded in was deepening its specialization in commerce and economics, and the Faculty of Social Sciences was established from the burning conviction that commerce without philosophy, and economics with no backing in history is not the type of thinking that could support the leaders of society. The key to reading human society lies not in fractionalized education, but rather in the rich relations between and aggregation of the social sciences and the humanities. The Faculty of Social Sciences has been an expression of this academic creed which has been cultivated by Hitotsubashi University ever since it was founded, and is also one of the best manifestations of the University s academic traditions. Based on this history, the Faculty of Social Sciences has worked to train graduates with excellent critical, analytical, conceptual, and problem-solving abilities. Within the Faculty of Human Practice Reshaping Society, Advancing Human Development Policy Management Studies Studies in Social History Social Sciences curriculum, students acquire appliable expertise along with synthetic thinking skills, character, an international orientation, and other fundamental qualities. Graduates of the Faculty of Social Sciences are active in a wide range of fields including journalism, private companies, central and local government bodies, NGOs and NPOs, and research and education institutions. The Faculty of Social Sciences has many faculty members who are on central and local government committees or who are active in NGOs and NPOs. The Faculty also has the highest percentage of female faculty members at (approximately 25% as of April 2015, excluding assistants). The Faculty of Social Sciences seeks students with superior analytical abilities, language and communication skills, and a deep interest in social issues, who wish to pursue a single specialty while acquiring a diverse range of abilities

5 Graduate School of Commerce and Management Graduate School Major Concentration Commerce and Management Business Management and Marketing Accounting and Finance The Graduate School of Commerce and Management has two tracks: a two-year Master of Business Administration (MBA) Program and a Researcher Training Program which in principle lasts five years. The Researcher Training Program aims at fostering profound scholarship and research abilities in the major field of study. It comprises the master s program (two years) followed by the doctoral program (three years). In the master s program, students complete many courses centered on their major field and consolidate their foundations as researchers while writing their master s theses. Students who receive their master s degrees and pass the required examinations can then advance to the doctoral program (leading to the PhD degree). In the doctoral program students continue taking several courses relevant to their research subjects. From the second year, they focus on dissertation research and writing under the guidance of the Dissertation Committee. The MBA Program aims at fostering the abilities required for highly specialized professions and nurturing business people with solid analytical abilities backed by systematic theoretical knowledge. The curriculum comprises the following four main Business Management Marketing Business Economics Innovation Culture and Industry Studies Accounting Finance Basic Science elements: core subjects, which provide the fundamental knowledge essential for businesspeople with master s degrees, elective subjects aimed at acquiring timely knowledge and sophisticated techniques, classic texts (required during the first year) to deepen their thinking and give them wide-ranging perspectives by reading and interpreting classic texts on management, and workshops (required during the second year) which delve deeply into each student s research theme through repeated discussions between faculty advisors and other students with the same interests. The Graduate School of Commerce and Management also has a five-year integrated bachelor s and master s education program for the MBA Program and for those proceeding to the Researcher Training Program. Institute of Innovation Research The Institute of Innovation Research is a research center attached to the Graduate School of Commerce and Management. The Institute conducts systematic empirical research focusing on innovation, and releases its findings worldwide

6 Graduate School of Economics Graduate School Major Concentration Economic Theory and Economic Statistics Economic Theory Economic Statistics Socioeconomic Systems Information and Mathematical Science Economics Applied Economics Economic History and Regional Economies Economic Policy Public Economics Contemporary Economics Environment and Technology Economic Geography Economic History Regional Economies Economic Cultural Information Comparative and Regional Development Economics The Graduate School of Economics aims to train professionals who possess specialized knowledge and advanced analytical abilities. Researchers and highly specialized professionals require a deep and broad-ranging knowledge of economics in addition to outstanding analytical skills. For this reason, the Master s Degree program offers courses to enable students to learn in stages the methods of economics from the basic to the advanced level, which span the boundaries between theory and application. Graduate students first complete their choices from a range of required core courses and then take advanced and applied courses in each field of specialization. The Master s Degree program is divided into the researcher course and the specialized Master s course. Graduate students in the specialized course can apply for three specialized professional training programs: the Public Policy Program, the Statistics and Finance Program, and the Community Research Program. In each program, the aim is to train highly specialized professionals through practical instruction. In both the researcher course and the specialized Master s course, students write their Master s theses under the close guidance of individual faculty members in the University s renowned seminars. Students who advance to the Doctoral Program must pass exams covering the content of their core courses in order to be admitted to the program. Preparing for these exams also serves as an opportunity to reliably and comprehensively acquire the knowledge and analytical methods essential to earning a doctoral degree. In addition to receiving individual supervision through seminars, students in the Doctoral Program may also participate in workshops in each of their fields of specialization. The (Comparative Economics) (Regional Development Economics) workshops take advantage of each faculty member s personal network of researchers, and often Japanese and international researchers who are active on the front lines of state-of-theart research are invited to participate, and they deliver lively presentations of their research results. Workshops, which are held 200 to 250 times a year, not only give graduate students the chance to hear about the latest research but also provide them with opportunities to present their own research. Moreover, by participating, students are likely to receive beneficial advice from faculty members from related fields in addition to learning from their own faculty advisers. The Graduate School is home to numerous faculty members who conduct advanced research at a global level. In addition, many of its faculty members have earned PhDs at overseas universities and have accumulated a wealth of educational experience abroad as well. The University s renowned seminars and courses provide students with a close-up view of the approaches taken by researchers who devote themselves to investigating new subjects. Experiencing this practical approach should provide students with many opportunities to learn how to examine and think about issues in economics as well as research methods. Through the means described here, the Graduate School effectively combines elements ranging from organically organized coursework, to individual instruction in seminars, to group instruction in workshops as a way of training researchers and highly specialized professionals who will have the capability to give back to the world

7 Graduate School of Law Graduate School Major Concentration Law Law and International Relations Legal Practice (Law School) Law International Relations Legal Practice The Graduate School of Law offers majors in Law and International Relations and in Legal Practice. The Law and International Relations major is a doctoral program (combined master s and doctoral program). The professional degree program in Legal Practice (Law School) was added in The synthesis of legal research and international relations research is a distinguishing characteristic of the Graduate School of Law. The Graduate School s research accomplishments include the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology (MEXT) 21st Century Center of Excellence Program Center for New European Research (FY2004, in cooperation with researchers in the regional studies field in the Graduate School of Social Sciences and the Graduate School of Economics). has accumulated a solid record of achievement in legal research ever since it was the Tokyo University of Commerce. This includes not only business law (commercial law, civil law, etc.), but also other traditional legal fields ranging from legal philosophy and the history of legal systems to constitutional law, criminal law, and international law, and such contemporary research areas as information law and gender law. Our research has been evaluated in external assessments to be at the highest level. The Graduate School of Law is constantly striving to improve the standard of education it provides. Since 2005, four projects have been selected by the MEXT's program to support superior educational initiatives, including the Network Project of Three Universities in the Asia-Pacific Region in 2010 and Development of Methods of Professional Ethics Education with a Focus on Education of Lawyers in Furthermore, the Collaborative Program on EU Studies was established in This program for sub-majors is open to all graduate students enrolled at the University. The Graduate School of Law will continue to nurture graduates who can both lead research in jurisprudence and international relations in Japan and be active globally. School of Law (Legal Practice Major) The School of Law aims to train legal professionals with a good understanding of business law, a wideranging international perspective, and well-developed human rights sensibilities, based on the educational philosophy of acquiring specialist knowledge and developing creative thinking ability, understanding the most recent legal fields, and cultivating humanity and a sense of responsibility. The School of Law shares the ideal of creating a society where each individual is respected, and aims to produce legal professionals who can contribute to the realization of such ideals. The goal of producing leading jurists has been the School s ideal since its establishment. Based on these principles and ideals, the School of Law provides an education that organically combines theory with practice in a curriculum that gradually develops the required skills. In their first year, students gain a solid command of basic law subjects, then focus on application in their second year and acquire the foundations for practice in their third. There is also an externship program for special training during the summer break in the second year, whereby students can gain experience at law firms, enterprises, and government organizations. The third-year development seminars also offer a combination of theoretical and practical courses

8 Graduate School of Social Sciences Graduate School Major Concentration Social Sciences Social Sciences Global Issues In industry, academia, and government in the 21st century, the mobility of core researchers and people with high levels of knowledge is expected to increase. The goal of the Graduate School of Social Sciences is to train researchers and professionals with expert knowledge and with strong capabilities in planning, investigation, and synthesis across issues and disciplines, to enable them to function competently and play leadership roles in different arenas. The Social Sciences major systematically teaches deep advanced knowledge and research methods regarding sociology, philosophy, psychology, anthropology, politics, social policy, history, and other individual disciplines so that students acquire a synthetic viewpoint that can be applied in other disciplines and learn to think multidimensionally. In contrast, the Global Issues major grasps entire issues first, is oriented toward onsite, practical solutions, and emphasizes a breakaway from Eurocentric thinking. The organic synthesis of these two majors is a distinctive characteristic of the School. Studies of Social Structure and Socio-cultural Transformation Humanities and Philosophy Human Practice Reshaping Society, Advancing Human Development Policy Management Studies Studies in Social History Global Issues The Graduate School of Social Sciences has also established several internal centers as organizations where faculty and students can freely advance research and education activities across disciplines and majors. School-wide, national and international joint research is being advanced at the four existing centers: the Research and Education Center for Fair Labor, the Center for Gender Research and Social Sciences, the Center for the Study of Peace and Reconciliation, and the Center for the Study of Civil Society. The number of doctoral degrees issued by the Graduate School of Social Sciences has steadily increased from an average of 15.5 in FY2003 FY2008 to an average of 17.3 in FY2009 FY2014. Our educational efforts have born fruit as the School has grown to be among Japan s top social science graduate schools in terms of the number of doctoral students graduated. The Graduate School of Social Sciences continues advancing, with high educational goals, toward further improving the quality of graduate school education

9 Graduate School of Language and Society Graduate School Major Concentration Language and Society Language and Society The Graduate School of Language and Society was established as the first independent graduate school at in As of 2015, 20 years have passed since its establishment, during which time the department, which is the only institute at devoted to education and research in the humanities, has respected the traditions of the humanities, in which critical faculties based on profound knowledge and empathetic understanding of the research topics have been cultivated. Furthermore, the department has steadily developed in terms of training specialists who are equipped with practical knowledge to make social contributions and produce internationally acclaimed scholarship. The School consists of two divisions in line with the purposes and content of research and education. The first division comprises five areas of specialization: Sociolinguistics; Thought, Philosophy and Intellectual History; Western Cultural Studies; Asian Cultural Studies; and Art and Art History. These subjects aim to provide students with a broadranging perspective across the humanities, deep knowledge of specialized fields, and advanced foreign language skills, while offering a curriculum that enables interdisciplinary research across several subject areas. In each area, basic lectures are offered that provide graduate-level education, and students are required to take Intensive Reading Seminars that aim to strengthen their reading comprehension in the original languages. We have also further enhanced the content of the Asian cultural studies courses, which started in 2007 in cooperation with Tokyo Gakugei University. The second division, which began in 2005, is a joint program in which the Graduate School of Language and Society, the Center for Global Education, and the National Institute for Japanese Language and Linguistics collaborate in conducting state-of-the-art education and research in Japanese language teaching, Japanese linguistics, and other related fields. The program offers three courses in Japanese language pedagogy, Japanese linguistics, and comparative culture. One feature of this division is that it provides opportunities Language Dynamics Language and Society Language and Culture (Literature and Philosophy) (Japanese Language and Culture) (East Asian Culture) for students to practice teaching overseas. This program is highly regarded domestically and internationally as an educational institution that is fostering a new generation of Japanese language educators. A pillar of the practical training program is the curatorship qualification course, which is a key feature of the School. The School has trained many art gallery and museum curators, and it has come to be regarded as the leading graduate course in Japan. The School also offers a program for the acquisition of an English specialization license for holders of Class 1 English teaching licenses. The policy of the School is to emphasize practical training, and, on that basis, credits are awarded for employment experience (internships), which is included as a graduation requirement. A full range of host organizations that are useful in selecting a postgraduation career path has been arranged, including art galleries and publishers. The School freely draws on the personal networks of the teaching staff in order to invite outstanding researchers from abroad to regularly hold conferences, seminars, and workshops, which is another strong point and key feature of the School. Lectures and practical training are complemented by students participation in such events, which enable them to become familiar with research at an international and cutting-edge level. Although this department is small, it is one of the top-ranked departments at the University in terms of enrollment figures for overseas students and for foreign government-sponsored students, in particular. We are proud to be at the forefront of the globalization of research and education. Graduates of the master s program are highly active in their respective fields, with many graduates obtaining employment at schools, businesses, government organizations, the mass media, art galleries, and publishing companies, etc. By academic year 2014, 87 graduates of the doctoral programs had acquired the doctoral degrees, and many of them have gone on to use their specialized knowledge while working in, for example, research and educational organizations

10 Graduate School of International Corporate Strategy Graduate School Major Concentration International Corporate Strategy Business Law Business and Finance Business Law Intellectual Property Strategy International Business Strategy Financial and Strategy The Graduate School of International Corporate Strategy (ICS), which opened in 2000, is the first professional graduate school in Japan. It is located in Hitotsubashi in the Kanda area of Chiyoda Ward, Tokyo, where had its original campus. The School offers three programs: International Business Strategy, Financial Strategy, and Business Law. The objective of ICS is to produce professionals from Asia who can be active in a global context. The International Business Strategy program seeks to make the Best of Two Worlds to educate wise leaders who can create and implement innovation by courses that combine the East of the technologies and frontline knowledge of Japan and Asia with the West of Western theory and analytical tools. In 2011, ICS entered into the BEST Alliance with Peking University and Seoul National University to strengthen the dissemination of knowledge from Japan and the rest of Asia. In 2012, ICS was selected as a representative in Japan for the Global Network for Advanced Management (GNAM). Since then, its activities have expanded globally. To advance the internationalization of students, the school year for the International Business Strategy program begins in October, all classes are taught in English during the day, and graduates are awarded the Master of Business Administration (MBA) degree. The Financial Strategy program aims to train individuals with high-level knowledge and problem-solving abilities in the fields of pricing, investments, risk management, and corporate finance by bridging academics and practice. Graduates are awarded the MBA degree. The Business Law program aims to train individuals who can comprehensively address the various legal issues that arise from domestic and foreign corporate activities both theoretically and practically. The school year for these two programs starts in April, and all the classes are taught in Japanese in the evening. The practical contents of the curriculum are a distinguishing feature of ICS. The International Business Strategy program uses the case method. The Financial Strategy program is divided into quantitative finance and management finance tracks. The Business Law program focuses on case studies and the practice of business law or intellectual property law. Another feature of ICS is that many faculty members are consultants, investment bankers, lawyers and other professionals with many years of experience. The faculty includes Nobuo Sayama (formerly with GCA Savvian), Takashi Nawa (formerly with McKinsey & Co.) and Masakazu Iwakura (Nishimura & Asahi LPC). ICS pursues practice-based education and research to realize its mission of training global professionals from Japan for the rest of Asia and the world

11 Graduate School of International and Public Policy (School of International and Public Policy) Graduate School Major Concentration International and Public Policy International and Public Policy The School of International and Public Policy is a professional graduate school established jointly by the Graduate School of Economics and the Graduate School of Law in State-of-theart research, fostering multiple viewpoints through transdisciplinary analysis, emphasis on practical, multi-faceted policy analysis, and producing leaders who can contribute to Japan as a center of research in the Asia-Pacific region and play an active role in the world make up the four fundamental principles of our professional education. The School offers four programs: Public Law, Global Governance, Public Economics, and Asian Public Policy. In principle, these are two-year professional degree programs, but there is also a one-year program for mid-career students with at least two years of professional experience prior to admission. The Asian Public Policy program is a two-year program conducted entirely in English. The Foreign Service sub-program is also taught in English, and was established in FY2008 as part of the Global Governance program. The expertise and skill required of professionals today is ever increasing as competition grows more intense in every context, from international society to the state, as well as regions, enterprises, and the individual. These growing demands are also emerging in the drafting and implementation of international and public policies through a wide range of political bodies, including international organizations, and national and local governments, as well as International and Public Administration Public Economics NGOs and NPOs. Moreover, the need for private enterprises to adopt a public viewpoint is strengthening along with the expectation for private-sector organizations to fulfill public roles. With this background of social demands, the School of International and Public Policy aims to educate professionals with a solid grasp of the analytical methods of either law, international relations, or economics, and who can present excellent, practical policies to both Japan and the world by incorporating the viewpoints of related expert fields in response to complex real-world problems. The School s graduates are active in a wide range of fields both in public bodies and in the private sector. The School of International and Public Policy has many faculty members who have worked on the frontlines of policy-making in international organizations and government bodies. They provide a unique curriculum with a synergy of theory and practice, including workshops in collaboration with those organizations as well as think tanks and other institutions. The student-faculty ratio is exceptionally low, and the classes make the most of small-group education including discussion-driven courses. Students are also given the opportunity to experience actual policy making through internships and consulting projects. In addition, the School holds industryacademia collaborative lectures and symposiums in partnership with private enterprises

12 Programs Offered in English For Undergraduates Global Education Program (HGP) Global Education Program (HGP) offers interdisciplinary courses in English, designed for both international and Japanese students. Students can choose from a variety of courses in the social sciences. The program provides in-depth learning opportunities in the fi elds of business, economics, law, sociology, and others. The program also includes courses specifically designed for exchange students including Japanese language and Japanese affairs, and seminars all conducted in English. Japanese for Beginners In addition to our advanced-level Japanese language courses, the program provides credited courses in the Japanese language starting at an introductory level. 's Japanese language courses are highly acclaimed, providing an exciting and effective learning experience. Lecturers in Practice To thrive as a program that fosters both theoretical and practical knowledge, HGP has a number of lecturers with professional experience in various businesses and industries, connecting our classrooms to the real world HGP Courses Category Course Name Explore Japan Seminar Special Seminar on Japanese Language and Culture I & II Comparison of U.S. and Japanese Automobile Industries Japanese Corporate Management Intercultural Communication Japanese Education Japanese Art 1-3 Special Topics in Social Sciences 1: Globalization, Bubbles, Demography and Macroeconomy Special Topics in Social Sciences 3: Negotiations - Theories and Skills Japanese Affairs Special Topics in Social Sciences 4: Global Business and Persons Special Topics in Social Sciences 5: E-commerce and Strategic Business Special Topics in Social Sciences 6: The Many Dimensions of Globalization Special Topics in Social Sciences 7: Global Business and Japan Special Topics in Social Sciences 8: International Relations: Current Affairs Special Topics in Social Sciences 9: International Business Special Topics in Social Sciences 10: Asia-Japan Economic Relations Basic Japanese 1 & 2 Basic Japanese Kanji 1 & 2 Basic Japanese Reading 1 & 2 Japanese Language Basic Japanese 4-Skills Practice 1 & 2 Intensive Basic Japanese Intermediate Japanese 1 & 2 Advanced Course in Accounting Advanced Course in Finance Advanced Course in Management Advanced Course in Marketing Intermediate Course in Accounting Intermediate Course in Finance Intermediate Course in Management Intermediate Course in Marketing Interactive Course on Business Basics (Accounting) Interactive Course on Business Basics (Finance) Business Interactive Course on Business Basics (Management) Interactive Course on Business Basics (Marketing) Introduction to Global Leadership Shibusawa Scholar Seminar I & II Special Lecture: Japanese Business Culture Special Lecture: Money, Banking and Financial Markets Special Lecture: International Comparison of Innovation 2: Asia and Innovation Special Topics in Commerce and Management I, III, VI & VII Media and Business Corporate Leadership Category Business Economics Law International Relations Sociology Study Abroad Academic Skills for International Students Academic Skills in English Course Name Project Finance Basic Macroeconomics Basic Microeconomics Basic Seminar A - E Selected Topics in Economics D: Language and Economy Selected Topics in Economics E: Language and Virtual Reality International Economics Advanced Microeconomics Intermediate Macroeconomics Game Theory I Labor Economics I Regional Economies B Special Lecture 2: Experimental and Field Evidence to Challenge the Classic Paradigm Special Lecture Macroeconomics Economic Systems I International Economics I Public Economics Advanced Mathematics I Banking and Finance B Advanced Econometrics 1 Comparative Economic Development Industrial Economics Industrial Economics I Japanese Economy Anglo-American Private Law Introduction to Japanese Law Comparative Law Global Governance Special Lectures: Contemporary Issues of International Politics in the Asia Pacifi c Case Study in International Political Economy 1 Political Diplomacy of South East Asia Case Study in International History 2 Social Sciences in English A, B-1, & B-2 Topics of Modern and Contemporary History American Criminal Justice Institutions Crime and Society: American Criminology Euro-Asia Summer School Social Science Seminar Academic English 1: TOEFL Preparation Academic Writing in English 1 & 2 Presentation Skills in English 1 & 2 Language for Economics B: TOEFL Preparation Academic Skills and Student Development

13 For Graduate Students Graduate School of International Corporate Strategy International Business Strategy The Graduate School of International Corporate Strategy at (Hitotsubashi ICS) was established in 2000 as the fi rst national university-based professional school in Japan. Located in central Tokyo, Hitotsubashi ICS consists of the three faculty units of Business Law, Financial Strategy, and International Business Strategy. The Business Law and Financial Strategy units offer part-time evening programs taught in Japanese at both master's and doctoral levels, while International Business Strategy provides a full-time MBA Program and also a DBA Program, both taught entirely in English. The mission of the International Business Strategy unit is two-fold: to develop new generations of global business leaders for Japan, Asia and the world, and to create knowledge and disseminate research output originating from Japan on a global scale. Both of our MBA and DBA programs strive to provide our students with learning opportunities emphasizing practical business knowledge and professional management skills for making a difference in the real world. Our vision and values are summarized in the phrase Best of Two Worlds. We acknowledge that there is no one best way, and that innovation in business comes from facing paradox, combining opposites, and acknowledging ambiguity. Our vision is to be a bridge between East and West, large and small, global and local, old and new, practice and theory, cooperation and competition, and business and society. To realize our mission, vision and values, we host faculty members who are recognized internationally for their contribution in the fi elds of commerce and management, economics, law, and the social sciences. One of the unique features of our faculty is their realworld work experience in business. 60% of our full-time faculty members have worked for multinational fi rms. All of the fulltime faculty members have received degrees from world-class MBA and/or Doctoral programs, and many of us also have experience in teaching abroad. Faculty members are readily accessible to students both inside the classroom and beyond. Our students are diverse in both nationality and background. We have around 50 to 60 MBA students each year, coming from 15 to 20 countries and regions around the world. All of them have at least three years of working experience, with the average length being six to seven years. This diverse setting, together with the small and tight-knit student-faculty ratio of 3:1, makes it possible for our students to gain stimulating learning experiences through casebased class discussions, small group team assignments, fi eld study and independent research projects, among others. By employing a seminar system, which is one of s long traditions, each student is assigned to a faculty member. Seminaradvising faculty members serve as academic advisors while students are in the program, and, as mentors for life, will stay in touch with students throughout their post-mba careers. Through our MBA and DBA programs, Hitotsubashi ICS aims at building a worldwide network of thousands of professionals equipped with the essential capabilities and capacities to manage diversity, foster innovation, and bridge the differences across multiple cultures and business systems

14 Programs Offered in English Graduate School of International and Public Policy (School of International and Public Policy) Global Governance Program The objective of the Global Governance Program is to educate talented individuals with specialized knowledge in such fields as international relations, the history of international relations, and international law, and to train individuals who will play an active role in government, international organizations and NGOs, based on an educational program that concentrates on international relations. There has been an increase in sectors engaged in Asian Public Policy Program Leading to the degree of Master in Public Policy (Public Economics), the two-year master s course at the Asian Public Policy Program (APPP) targets young professionals in Asian governments, central banks and other policy-related organizations. APPP has been and continues to be an important stepping-stone for such individuals to become fully-fledged fiscal or financial economists, economic planners, policy analysts, and policy makers in their governments as well as in international organizations. The course distinguishes itself from other graduate programs offered in the public policy area with its strong focus on economic policy, with almost all of the required and elective courses structured around economics and its applications to policy. The program aims to equip its graduates with the knowledge and skills necessary to analyze and develop policies in the light of a sound knowledge of economic theory. APPP also has a special arrangement with the Graduate School of Economics of, which allows exceptionally talented students to proceed directly to the PhD program in Economics upon completion of their MPP course. activities beyond national borders, and a dynamism has appeared in international politics to form a new order or create a conflict. On the one hand, a horizontal connection in the form of a global civil society has advanced while, on the other, a dark dynamism that brought about events such as 9/11 has developed. It is necessary, therefore, to train people with new ideas who can respond to such changes and become actively involved in conflict resolution, international security, human security and international regional cooperation. The Global Governance Program aims to foster true globalists who can play an active role in this changing world. The program is also especially attractive for the personalized attention it provides to students. The class sizes are quite small at most around 15, and each full-time faculty member supervises only 4 to 5 students per annual intake and is thus able to give close guidance to the students academic undertakings. The small size of the program also allows students to build strong ties with their fellow students, which can last a lifetime, and which will be a valuable asset in their careers. An important network of the program's graduates is emerging, spread across the Asian region. The core faculty at APPP all have extensive working experience in the Finance Ministry, Central Bank, or international institutions including the IMF and the World Bank. They are also engaged in many advisory activities for Japanese and Asian governments. The teaching staff is supplemented by leading academics and practitioners in the public policy area, including visiting lecturers from prominent overseas institutions. All courses are offered in English, and provision is made for those for whom English is not their first language. The program strives to have the student body and faculty members as internationally-based as possible