Outline of Master's Degree qualification requirements The Division of and Politics of the Graduate School of Human and Socio-Environmental Studies consists of four programs: Basic Science of ; Public and Social ; Private ; and Politics. The student must select the program in which his/her major is included. The master's degree is awarded to a student who has satisfied the following requirements: 1. At least two years in residence in the master's course; 2. Acquisition of the credits set out below (Tables 1 and 2); and 3. An acceptable master's thesis written under the guidance of a faculty member. Table 1: Curriculum Program Groups of subjects Subjects Credits Year Semester Faculty Member (Listing as of April 1, 2012) Common Information Science 2 1 S Subjects for Document Retrieval () Information for Document Science 2 1 S Retrieval (Politics) Introduction to 2 1 S Japanese (J) *Introduction to Japanese (E) Basic Lecture I 4 1 S, W Basic Lecture II 4 1 S and W Basic Lecture III 2 1 S, W Directed Group Study 2 1 S, W Internship 2 1 S, W Supervised 2 1 S, W (Supervisor) Independent Study and Research I Supervised 2 1 S, W 1
Independent Study and Research II Supervised, W Independent Study and Research III Supervised, W Independent Study Basic Science of Program Restricted and Research IV *Jurisprudence 2 1 S Adachi, *Jurisprudence Hidehiko *Jurisprudence I *Jurisprudence I Japanese Legal 2 1 S Umeda, Yasuo History Japanese Legal History Japanese Legal History I Japanese Legal History I European Legal 2 1 S Sakurai, Toshio History European Legal History European Legal History I European Legal History I Asian Legal History Asian Legal History 2 1 S Nakamura, Masato Asian Legal History I 2
Asian Legal History I *Foreign 2 1 S Higashikawa, *Foreign (Seminar) I Koji *Foreign I *Foreign (Seminar) II *Legal Thoughts on 2 1 S Ikuta, Shogo Environment *Legal Thoughts on Environment *Legal Thoughts on Environment I *Legal Thoughts on Environment I History of Legal 2 1 S Aono, Toru Thought History of Legal Thought History of Legal Thought I History of Legal Thought I Public and Social Program Restricted Constitutional 2 1 S Yamazaki, Tomoya Constitutional Constitutional I Constitutional I Administrative 2 1 S Osanai, Hiroki 3
Administrative Administrative I Administrative I *Tax 2 1 S Kozuka, *Tax Masahiro *Tax I *Tax I *International *International *International I *International I 2 1 S Inazumi, Mitsue Criminal 2 1 S Nagai, Criminal Yoshiyuki Criminal I Criminal I Criminal Criminal Criminal I Criminal I Procedure Procedure Procedure Procedure 2 1 S Nakayama, Hiroyoshi Labor 2 1 S Nako, Labor Michitaka Labor I 4
Labor I Social Security Social Security 2 1 S Ishida, Michihiko Social Security I Social Security Private Program Restricted I Civil 1 2 1 S Civil 1 Civil 1 I Civil 1 I Civil 2 2 1 S Goda, Atsuko Civil 2 Civil 2 I Civil 2 I Civil Procedure 2 1 S Civil Procedure Civil Procedure I Civil Procedure I Commercial 1 Commercial 1 2 1 S Murakami, Hiroshi Commercial 1 I Commercial 1 5
I *Commercial 2 2 1 S Nagae, Watarau *Commercial 2 Commercial 2 I Commercial 2 I Economic 2 1 S Saito, Takahiro Economic Economic I Economic I Private International 2 1 S (SL) Private International (Seminar) International Business (SL) International Business (Seminar) *Intellectual Property *Intellectual Property 2 1 S Otomo, Nobuhide *Intellectual Property I *Intellectual Property Politics Program Restricted I Public Policy 2 1 S Kimura, Public Policy Takahiro 6
Public Policy I Public Policy I Political Political Political I Political I Theories of Sociology Sociology Sociology Sociology 2 1 S Nishimura, Shigeru 2 1 S Nishioka, Policy-Making Process Susumu Theories of Policy-Making Process Theories of Policy-Making Process I Theories of Policy-Making Process I Polimetrics 2 1 S Okada, Hiroshi Polimetrics (Seminar) I Polimetrics I Polimetrics (Seminar) II *History of Political Thought *History of Political 2 1 S Nakamasa, Masaki Thought *History of Political Thought I *History of Political 7
Thought I *Political Communication *Political 2 1 S Yamamoto, Tatsuhiro Communication *Political Communication I *Political Colloquia Communication I Basic Science of Research I Basic Science of Research II 2 1 S, W, W Public Research I 2 1 S, W Public Research, W II Civil Research I 2 1 S, W Civil Research II, W 2 1 S, W Public System Research I, W Public System Research II Special Study on Social Welfare Policy Lecture on International Relations I Lecture on History of Modern East Asia I Lecture on History of Modern West Asia I Lecture on Comparative Politics I Lecture on Asian Politics I Public (AL) I 2 1 S, W 8
Public (AL) II 2 1 S, W Criminal (AL) I 2 1 S, W Criminal (AL) 2 1 S, W II Civil (AL) I 2 1 S, W Civil (AL) II 2 1 S, W SL: Special Lecture AL: Advanced Lecture S: Summer Semester (April to September) W: Winter Semester (October to March) * Subject will be taught in English. Other subjects are taught in Japanese. 9
Table 2: Required Credits Groups of Subjects Credits Conditions Common Subjects Minimum 8 credits Supervised Independent Study and Research I, II, III, and IV are compulsory. Restricted Minimum 8 credits Four subjects (8 credits) of the program selected by the student are compulsory. Colloquia Minimum 4 credits Basic Science of Program: Basic Science of Research I and II are compulsory. Public and Social Program: Public Research I and II are compulsory. Private Program: Civil Research I and II are compulsory. Politics Program: Public System Research I and II are compulsory. Subjects taught in another division of the Graduate School of Human and Socio-Environmental Studies may be included. Total Minimum 30 credits Degree Options Basic Science of Program Public and Social Program Private Program Politics Program Master of Master of Politics 10