Four years of learning Department of Human Living Sciences
Process of four years of learning
Curriculum
The Department of Human Living Sciences consists of three courses, with specialized learning offered at a more enhanced level.
Three courses, "Human Welfare Studies," "Management and Economic Studies" and "Living Environment Studies," have been established to have students embark on a quest for realizing lives rich in humanity that go beyond material wealth. Additionally, efforts will be made to delve into specialized areas predominantly through interactive seminar classes consisting of small groups.
1st Year
Students will learn about the basics of "human living" in a balanced manner.
2nd Year
They will take specialized subjects in each course in preparation for selecting one of the three courses.
3rd/4th Year
Students will deepen their specialization in individual courses while belonging to a seminar and developing their practical capability.
Distinctive classes
Basic research on human living studies
All students in this Department will take this required class right after enrolling. Using "Easy-to-Understand Research Skills for University Students," which was co-authored by faculty who belong to the Department, as their textbook, students will study the basics of research skills from the handling of materials to report preparation and discussion. Based on those studies, students will personally select a theme they have an interest in, with all students to perform materials searches, report preparation, presentations and so forth multiple times. This will serve to cultivate their ability to tackle specialized learning and research and the preparation of their graduate thesis starting from their 2nd Year.
Social Security Theory I
(Human Welfare Studies Course)
Our lives are accompanied with a number of risks that include illness, the need for long-term care, unemployment and a loss of income. Social security systems such as annual pension, health insurance and long-term care are put into place in order to cope with such risks on a social level. In addition to studying an overview of those systems and developing applicable knowledge, students will examine challenges and discuss measures for making those systems superior.
Macroeconomic Studies
(Management and Economic Studies Course)
Forming part of basic economic theory next to microeconomics is macroeconomics. Where the aim with microeconomic studies is to clarify the functions of market mechanisms, subjects of research under macroeconomic studies include the relationship among gross domestic product (=national income), interest rates and prices as well as the structure for determining those. These can also be applied to cases such as the evaluation of the impact of government economic policy or international economic events.
Residential Environment Studies
(Living Environment Studies Course)
In this subject, students learn about residential environments from various perspectives. By broadening their perspectives from smaller ones such as the home unit to peripheral environments like the region they live in and turning their attention towards the ideal nature of urban development and shifts in lifestyles, students will outfit themselves with the basics for exploring the residential environments of the future.
Marketing Research Theory
In order to conduct effective marketing, corporations collect data related to consumer behavior and perform questionnaire surveys. Competition requires fast decision-making, needing people to gather and analyze that data with a limited amount of time.
