Humanities and Sciences (Doctor‘s s Program)

Comparative Studies of Societies and Cultures

Comparative Studies of Societies and Cultures adopts a uniform educational system throughout its master‘s and doctoral programs to develop women with the ability and motivation to explore new horizons of knowledge in the humanities and social sciences, and contribute to the resolution of global issues in the 21st century. The programs aim to foster young researchers who will assume leading roles in academic research, and fully utilize their advanced knowledge and expertise in society.
The programs also focus on overseas internships so as to cultivate in students an international perspective and the ability to communicate on a global level.

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Japanese Studies in a Global Perspective
Language, Literature, and Culture
Comparative Social Studies
Arts and Representational Studies

Human Developmental Sciences

Human Developmental Sciences offers diverse courses in its master‘s and doctoral programs that take an academic, interdisciplinary, and applicative approach to the study of humans and their development as social and individual beings. The programs aim to foster leading women researchers and professionals.

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Educational Science

Students will research pedagogy through various approaches, learning about a wide range of phenomena in education from early childhood to adulthood, in Japan and abroad, both past and present.

Psychology

With guidance from faculty members specializing in cognition, development, education, society, personality, and clinical issues, students will conduct in-depth research in each field and acquire a wide range of advanced research methodologies and knowledge. Students will also study cutting-edge psychological research (neurophysiology, cross-national research, media psychology, health psychology, and developmental psychopathology).

Developmental and Clinical Psychology

Students will receive training from both clinical and research standpoints from faculty members with clinical experience in hospitals, schools, and legal and industrial institutions.

Applied Sociology/Sociology and Social Policies

Students will use methodologies of the social sciences, centering on sociology, to analyze various issues of contemporary society (communication, media, gender, power, discrimination, community, family, welfare, medical care, etc.), and will explore their solutions.

Child Studies

With guidance from faculty members who research child studies in such borderline fields as developmental psychology, sociology of education, early childhood care and education, praxeology, and clinical medicine, students will pursue research oriented studies that emphasize thematic focus and the review process of research methodology.

Gender and Social Sciences / Interdisciplinary Gender Studies

The program will expose students to the gender analysis of various issues across traditional disciplines. One of　the aims of the program is to build the ability to analyze various phenomena concerning humans, nature, society and culture from an interdisciplinary, multifaceted, and global gender perspective. Another aim of the program is to produce individuals who will play active roles in building gender-equal societies, and contribute to both international activities in the globalizing world and grass-roots activities in local communities. Crossing over the academic fields of social sciences, humanities, and natural sciences and pioneering new structures of knowledge, the program provides a place of learning as well as a hub for the establishment and development of gender research.

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Interdisciplinary Gender Studies

Students are expected to develop an original research study from the gender perspective, regarding the history and theories of gender, domestic and international issues, and empirical or normative policy issues related to gender.

Life Sciences

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Human Environmental Sciences

The Department of Human Environmental Sciences focuses on human lifestyles in approaching various issues related to the environment from the standpoint of science. Areas of research include the proposal and planning of urban and housing design; engineering analysis of human neurological and physiological functions; design of ergonomic devices; development of deodorant and super-absorbent materials; disinfectants and other technologies to remove harmful substances for a safe and pleasant water environment; and analysis of human evolution, mutation, and adaptation with a focus on the physical body..

Food and Nutritional Sciences

The Department of Food and Nutritional Sciences analyzes issues related to food and health and conducts research to resolve those issues, including problems of flavor and safety, using scientific evidence. Research ranges from basic to developmental at a variety of levels molecular, genetic, cellular, animal, and human. The department aims to develop university faculty members, research and development leaders for food companies, registered dietitians, and other food and nutrition specialists.

Biological Sciences

The Department of Biological Sciences conducts research on organisms from the standpoint of both universality and diversity and offers students an understanding of the various structures and functions of organisms living in a dynamic environment. The research covers a wide range of targets including genes, genomes, biomolecules, cells and individual organisms.

Childhood Studies

With guidance from faculty members who research childhood studies in such borderline fields as developmental psychology, sociology of education, early childhood care and education, praxeology, and clinical medicine, students will pursue research-oriented studies that emphasize thematic focus and the review process of research methodology.

Genetic Counseling

Genetic counseling is a practical medical service that supports clients to gain a deeper understanding of their disease or condition in which genes and the mechanisms of heredity play a part, so that they can make decisions or accept their circumstances. Genetic counselors provide up-to-date, accurate information and psychosocial support applying counseling techniques. The course specializes in developing board-certified genetic counselors who will pursue careers in healthcare, corporate, and policy-making organizations. It has also begun research toward gathering evidence related to genetic counseling studies.

Advanced Sciences

Science today shows significant progress in borderline and interdisciplinary fields. And doctors of advanced sciences are playing an increasingly important role in the development of technologies. Recognizing the need for highly skilled professionals, the doctoral program combines specialized knowledge from a wide range of fields to foster application skills, and develops researchers who can use their extensive knowledge to break free of the confines of the specialized fields they have studied up to then and explore new ground. By encouraging research with individuals from a variety of different fields, the program cultivates the ability to identify targets so that researchers can contribute to borderline and interdisciplinary fields.

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Mathematics
Physics
Chemistry and Biochemistry
Computer Science

Humanities and Sciences (Doctor‘s Program)

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