Study in the SGHSS

Course List

School of Global Humanities and Social Sciences
Semester, Quarter	Course Title	Language	Note
SPRING	Gender and Human Rights in International Relations	Japanese
SPRING	Introduction to Literature Research	Mainly Japanese (partly English)
SPRING	Dutch Ⅲ	Mainly Japanese
SPRING	Corpus Linguistics	English
SPRING	Basics of Research (Archive)	Japanese
SPRING	Global Cross-Cultural History	Mainly Japanese (partly English)
SPRING	Reading and Writing Ⅱ	English
SPRING	Reading and Writing Ⅱ	Japanese
SPRING	Reading and Writing Ⅱ	Japanese
SPRING	Reading and Writing Ⅱ	Japanese
SPRING	International Politics	Japanese
SPRING	Media Studies	Mainly Japanese (partly English)
SPRING	Chinese Presentation Skills	Chinese
SPRING	Reading and Discussion Ⅱ	English
SPRING	Reading and Discussion Ⅱ	Japanese
SPRING	Reading and Discussion Ⅱ	Japanese
SPRING	Dutch Ⅰ	Mainly Japanese
SPRING	Chinese Conversation and Writing Ⅰ	Chinese
SPRING	Microeconomics	English
SPRING	Comparative Cultural Studies: Japan and the Netherlands	English
SPRING	English Structure and Meaning Ⅱ	English
SPRING	English Structure and Meaning Ⅱ	Japanese
SPRING	Cross-Cultural Communication	English
SPRING	Studies on Local Archives	Japanese
SPRING	Transnationality	Japanese
SPRING	Dutch Culture	English
SPRING	Intercultural Education	Mainly Japanese (partly English)
SPRING	Introduction to Anglo-American Language and Literature	Japanese
SPRING	Methods of Japanese Language Instruction	Japanese
SPRING	Reading in Foreign Languages	Japanese
SPRING	Reading in Foreign Languages	Japanese
SPRING	Reading in Foreign Languages	Japanese
SPRING	Reading in Foreign Languages	Japanese
SPRING	Reading in Foreign Languages	Japanese
SPRING	Reading in Foreign Languages	Japanese
SPRING	Reading in Foreign Languages	Japanese
SPRING	Reading in Foreign Languages	Japanese
SPRING	Career Development	Japanese
SPRING	Interculturality and Families	Japanese
SPRING	Basic Russian	Japanese
SPRING	Academic Writing Ⅱ	English
SPRING	Academic Writing Ⅱ	Japanese
SPRING	Academic Writing Ⅱ	Japanese
SPRING	International Organization	English
SPRING	Religion and Culture	Japanese
SPRING	Reading and Writing Ⅰ	English
SPRING	Reading and Writing Ⅰ	Japanese
SPRING	Reading and Writing Ⅰ	Japanese
SPRING	Chinese Reading and Discussion Ⅰ	Chinese
SPRING	Japanese Linguistics	Japanese
SPRING	Study Abroad and Presentation	English
SPRING	Chinese Intellectual History	Japanese
SPRING	Study Abroad and Presentation	English
SPRING	Study Abroad and Presentation	English
SPRING	Cultural Representations	Japanese
1Q	Film Studies	Mainly Japanese (partly English)
1Q	Basics of Historical Sociology	Japanese
1Q	Basics of International Relations (Political History)	English
1Q	Basics of Linguistics A	Japanese
1Q	Basics of Cultural Studies (Representation)	Japanese
1Q	Basics of Chinese Linguistics A	Japanese
1Q	Basics of Anthropology (Tourism)	Japanese
1Q	Basics of Anthropology (Migrant People)	Japanese
1Q	Development Economics	English
1Q	Introduction to Global Career Development	Japanese
1Q	Itarian Ⅰ	Japanese
1Q	Journalism Ⅰ	Japanese
1Q	Global Health	English
2Q	Basics of Cultural Studies (Media)	Japanese
2Q	Understanding Japanese Culture and Society	English
2Q	Basics of Chinese Linguistics B	Japanese
2Q	Basics of Anthropology (Ethnography)	Japanese
2Q	Basics of International Sociology	Japanese
2Q	Introduction to Japanese Linguistics	English
2Q	European Union Law	English
2Q	Itarian Ⅱ	Japanese
2Q	Basics of Family Sociology	Japanese
SPRING (INTENSIVE)	Basics of Historical Studies (Europe)	Japanese
SPRING (INTENSIVE)	Basics of Research (Filming)	Japanese
SPRING (INTENSIVE)	Asian Economics	English
SPRING (INTENSIVE)	Multicultural Marketing	English
SPRING (INTENSIVE)	Basics of Linguistics B	Japanese
SPRING (INTENSIVE)	Contemporary Asian Studies	Japanese
SPRING (INTENSIVE)	Environment and Development Economics	Japanese
SPRING (INTENSIVE)	Japanese Language Education Practicum	Japanese
FALL	Disarmament Studies	English
FALL	International Human Rights	English
FALL	Structure and Function of English Phonetics	Japanese
FALL	Debate	Japanese
FALL	Debate	English
FALL	Chinese Conversation and Writing Ⅱ	Chinese
FALL	Dutch Ⅱ	Mainly Japanese
FALL	Basics of Research (Representation)	Japanese
FALL	Reading and Discussion Ⅰ	English
FALL	Reading and Discussion Ⅰ	Japanese
FALL	Reading and Discussion Ⅰ	Japanese
FALL	Intercultural Exchange	Japanese
FALL	Academic Writing Ⅰ	English
FALL	Academic Writing Ⅰ	Japanese
FALL	Academic Writing Ⅰ	Japanese
FALL	Introduction to Fieldwork Research	Mainly Japanese (partly English)
FALL	Japanese-English Contrastive Linguistics	Japanese
FALL	Ceramics and Archaeology	Japanese
FALL	Contemporary Dutch Society	English
FALL	International Sociology	Japanese
FALL	Cognitive Linguistics	English
FALL	Intellectual History	Japanese
FALL	Applied Linguistics	Japanese
FALL	Introduction to Japanese Language Education	Japanese
FALL	Chinese Reading and Discussion Ⅱ	Chinese
FALL	Endowed Chair: Asian Community	Japanese
FALL	Japanese-Chinese Contrastive Linguistics	Japanese
FALL	Second Language Acquisition	Japanese
FALL	Contemporary African Studies	English
FALL	English Structure and Meaning Ⅰ	English
FALL	English Structure and Meaning Ⅰ	Japanese
FALL	Ecological Humanities	English
FALL	Studies on English Literature	Japanese
3Q	Basics of Historical Studies (Cross- Cultural Interchange)	Japanese
3Q	Basics of Intellectual History (Europe)	Japanese
3Q	Basics of International Relations (Political Thought)	Japanese
3Q	Econometrics	Japanese
3Q	Basics of Japanese Linguistics A	Japanese
3Q	Memory and Culture	Japanese
3Q	International Law	English
3Q	Ideas and Expressions in English A	English
3Q	Basics of Intellectual History (China)	Japanese
3Q	Basics of Anthropology (Folkloristics)	Japanese
3Q	Basics of Anthropology (Ecology and Society)	Japanese
3Q	Embassy Lecture Series	Mainly Japanese (partly English)
3Q	Corporate Research	Japanese
3Q	Journalism Ⅱ	Japanese
4Q	Basics of Historical Studies (Archaeology)	Japanese
4Q	Basics of Religious Studies	Japanese
4Q	Basics of Research (Survey)	English
4Q	Peace Studies	English
4Q	Basics of Japanese Linguistics B	Japanese
4Q	Cultural Resources	Japanese
4Q	Ideas and Expressions in English B	English
4Q	Czech and Slovak Basics	Japanese
4Q	Basics of Historical Studies (Japan)	Japanese
4Q	Basics of Educational Sociology	Japanese
4Q	Comparative Politics	English
FALL (INTENSIVE)	International Business Management	English
FALL (INTENSIVE)	History and Society	Japanese
FALL (INTENSIVE)	Basics of Local Sociology	Japanese
1 year from SPRING	Voluntary Internship	Japanese	Required to take both 146 and 147
TBA	Basics of Research (Interview and Participant Observation)	Japanese
TBA	Fieldwork Practicum	Mainly Japanese (partly English)

Requirements

Number of credits to be registered per semester *Not including General Education classes	Language	Language Requirement	Proof of Language Proficiency Required to Submit When Applying	Language to be used for “Study Plan (Application Esssay)	Other Requirements
1. The total hours of classes registered per week should be more than 10 hours (7 courses would amount to 10hours per week). 2. In principle, you need to take courses offered in the School of Global Humanities and Social Sciences (SGHSS). 3. You can also register for courses offered in General Education as well as in Center for Japanese Language and student exchange. Some of these courses do not come with credits, but they count toward the total registration hours (minimum 10 hours per week).	Japanese or English	Japanese: Language requirement for Japanese-taught courses : Japanese Language Proficiency Test (JLPT) N2 English: Language requirement for English-taught courses : TOEFL PBT 550, iBT 79, IELTS 6.0; or the CEFR B2. Applicants enrolled at Universities in English-speaking countries or educated in English are not required to submit language certificates. However, applicants educated in English are required to submit a reference letter to ensure their sufficient English language skills.	Japanese: Official certificates of JLPT English: Official certificates of IELTS, TOEFL, or Camblidge English	Japanese or English	The maximum number of credits you can register per semester is 24, which includes General Education courses. If the course is capped, and seats are full, you will not be able to register for the course.

Number of credits to be registered per semester *Not including General Education classes

Language

Language Requirement

Proof of Language Proficiency Required to Submit When Applying

Language to be used for “Study Plan (Application Esssay)

Other Requirements

1. The total hours of classes registered per week should be more than 10 hours (7 courses would amount to 10hours per week).

2. In principle, you need to take courses offered in the School of Global Humanities and Social Sciences (SGHSS).

3. You can also register for courses offered in General Education as well as in Center for Japanese Language and student exchange. Some of these courses do not come with credits, but they count toward the total registration hours (minimum 10 hours per week).

Japanese or English

Japanese:
Language requirement for Japanese-taught courses : Japanese Language Proficiency Test (JLPT) N2

English:
Language requirement for English-taught courses : TOEFL PBT 550, iBT 79, IELTS 6.0; or the CEFR B2.
Applicants enrolled at Universities in English-speaking countries or educated in English are not required to submit language certificates. However, applicants educated in English are required to submit a reference letter to ensure their sufficient English language skills.

Japanese:
Official certificates of JLPT

English:
Official certificates of IELTS, TOEFL, or Camblidge English

Japanese or English

The maximum number of credits you can register per semester is 24, which includes General Education courses. If the course is capped, and seats are full, you will not be able to register for the course.