Thinking about problems in the public sector and about clues for solving them
Public Policy
There are many problems in society that single individuals cannot hope to solve by themselves. In this class, students will foster the ability to think about things themselves by deepening their learning in this field and considering the problems of contemporary society and direction for solutions, while learning the basics of public policies.
Supporting regional reconstruction through social research
Field Study in Social Research
For the revitalization of Yuriage-Natori, which suffered immense damage from the earthquake, students will discover its culture through research and plan and implement the travel tours to Yuriage-Natori to increase the number of tourists and visitors.
Study the law for the prevention and solution of consumer issues
Consumer Law
Students will learn various special legislation, such as the Consumer Contract Act and the Specified Commercial Transactions Act, as well as the Civil Code, which is the general legislation for private law, to understand how they relate to our daily lives. Then students will study the legal frameworks for preventing and solving consumer issues.
Understanding that economic behavior is related to laws and customs
Human Behavior and Institutional Economics
Institutional economics starts from the perspective that our activities such as purchasing and producing things (economic behavior) are constrained by the institutions of the society in which we live. Students will learn how laws, customs, and institutions relate to the economy.
Study the social issues caused by the declining birthrate and aging population
Theory of Aging Society
Modern Japanese society has problems with the declining birth rate and aging population. Students will gain an understanding of the background and current characteristics of the aging society and the problems that society faces as a result and obtain clues for solving those problems.
Measure the mutual relationship among local industries in concrete ways
Regional Industries
What kinds of connections between industries make up our region? What changes will the introduction of new industrial policies bring about to income and employment in the region? In this class, students will use inter-industry analyses to study the concepts of measurement of economic structures and their ripple effects.
Consider, together with local professionals, how to develop the town through tourism
Community Planning and Tourism
In the first half of the class, students will examine the current status and problems regarding tourism resources and the tourism industry in the Tohoku region through literature research. In the second half, they will consider specific measures for town development and regional revitalization through tourism, through field research together with visiting lecturers who are professionals in the sector.
Explore the consumer mind and learn about value creation capacity of companies
Marketing Studies
Companies’ marketing activities involve rolling out strategies in response to changes in the target market and consumers. Learn about business models that identify change in consumer needs, establish the optimal strategies, and create value.
Consider the strategies of companies that live in this turbulent modern age
Strategic Management
Companies must change their behavior and act quickly in response to changes in the business environment. They need strategies that can accommodate the business conditions of the time. Students will consider the selection and concentration of businesses and the establishment of competitive advantage.
Acquire ICT skills required for social surveys
Collecting and Analyzing Information
By actually using computers, students will be able to obtain, through experience, a basic knowledge of statistics and how to handle data, which are required for social surveys.
Consider the future of energy needed for life
Universal Regional Energy and Resource Economics
Since the accident at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power station caused by the Great East Japan Earthquake, various problems have emerged in Japan’s energy policy. Students will consider how the energy in our daily lives is generated and how it will change in the future.
Foster an open mind and deep empathy
Universal Human Rights and Peace
In 1922, the first principal of the Shokei Women’s Junior College advocated “peace studies as a science.” This subject provides the kind of class that only SHOKEI GAKUIN UNIVERSITY can offer, in which students can study deeply and independently about peace in interactive lessons, based on the history, institutions, and ideologies of international human rights.
Consider co-existence based on the lives of ethnic minority groups living in foreign countries
Diasporology
The form of residence in which ethnic minority groups live in foreign countries is known as diaspora. Diaspora have the wisdom to maintain their own culture as well as to get along with their host countries. Students will consider peace and co-existence based on the lifestyles of diaspora living in Japan and other countries.
Deepen your understanding of the current state of culture regarding books and magazines
Publishing Culture
Today, the publishing business stands at a major crossroads. Students will study the current state of culture regarding books and magazines from various perspectives, such as the mechanisms of the publishing industry, the presence of bookshops and libraries, the significance of reading, and the impact of e-books and internet bookshops.
Acquire powers of expression through video to respond to the video age
Workshop for Visual Image Production
Students will learn the basic workflow of video production by producing their own 30-second commercial. They will learn how to discover the selling points of the product they are advertising, and study in a practical way how to convey those points with video, using basic filming and editing methods.
Learn expression from manga!
Manga and Comics Studies
What do manga express and what do they not express? How do the things expressed in manga differ according to age, social background, genre, and other factors? Encountering a number of actual published works, students will consider manga from the perspective of "expression."
Understand and discuss the lyrics of J-Pop songs
Presentation Exercises
J-Pop is something that we hear without conscious effort in our daily lives. Let’s listen carefully to the lyrics of J-Pop and present the appeal of these songs. Japanese language ability, presentation skills, and information communication abilities. In this practical class, students will have fun while they acquire skills that will be useful in their job search activities.
Academia today can be described in short as the age of transcending boundaries
Introduction to Humanities and Social Sciences
The academic discipline of the humanities includes philosophy, ethics, theology, religious studies, cultural anthropology, literary studies, linguistics, English language studies, pedagogy, and so on. The social sciences, meanwhile, includes sociology, economics, law, political science, and so forth. In this subject, students will learn what lies at the roots of all of these studies.
The importance of Anthropological perspectives in each discipline
Introduction to Anthropology
The name Anthropology as an academic discipline first emerged in early modern times, but the exploration of human beings has been conducted since ancient times. Students will gain an understanding of the importance of an Anthropological perspective in the various modern sciences and will learn to identify the characteristics of human studies that will help them to pursue elucidate humankind in more comprehensive, all-encompassing ways.
Does the world around you look like something new?
Introduction to Sociology
Students will learn how to generate sociological ideas that students in the College of Humanities and Social Studies will acquire as foundations. Students will be able to acquire the ability to take a fresh look at their own daily life and the local community and world they live in from new perspectives, and will be able to see “something new”.
Question the “obvious.” Study different cultures to learn about humanity
Cultural Anthropology
Students will learn the doctrinal history and basic ways of thinking of cultural anthropology first. Then students will deepen their understanding of humankind and cultural anthropology using examples that are familiar to students living in Japan, as well as footage of different cultures.
Consider the essence of human existence and human ways of life
Ethics
A wrecked ship searches for a harbor where it can anchor. However, nobody knows where that harbor is. Entrusting yourself to the waves, you must steer the ship. Finding their own compass, each student will, through this class, seek their own answers to this task.
Take the first step toward your professional career
Career Design I
After gaining a recognition of the characteristics of Japan’s employment systems and the state of employment, students will give serious consideration to their profession and life and how they will live their own life. Students will then set their own professional career goals for after graduation and plan how they will study and behave during their university years to realize those goals.