Basic education overview
The basic education, which is common to all faculties and departments, aims to develop a wide range of human beings. The purpose is to develop the basic academic skills and education necessary forIn order to realize the purpose, the subjects are large"KUISs Basics" "Common Basics" "Liberal Arts"It is organized into three subject groups.
Overall picture of basic education
Basic education subjects are broadly classified into three categories.
The first is to acquire the basics of learning at university.KUISs Basics”, and we will build a foundation for four years of university life through subjects such as learning skills and subjects to gradually grasp the future course clearly.
The second is"common basics” aims to acquire the basics of learning at university, including computer technology and foreign languages.
The third is to deepen our understanding of the three areas of human understanding (humanities), society and life (social science), and science and life (natural science).Liberal Arts".
KUISs Basics
"KUISs Basics" is a group of subjects consisting of the following sub-areas for the purpose of mastering the basics of learning at university.
- freshman education
- Career education
Above all, our school puts a lot of effort into "first-year education." The first year is, so to speak, a run-up period for advanced and independent learning at university, where students learn specific study methods and come into contact with knowledge in various fields to stimulate their intellect and curiosity.Specifically, each course is offered in cooperation with related organizations, advisors, and course instructors, centering on programs researched and developed by the Research and Development Center for First-Year Education.
For example, the “Study Skills” course, which is offered in the spring semester of the first year, covers time management, listening, reading, researching, organizing, summarizing, writing, expressing, and conveying the minimum necessary skills for studying at university. learn the technique.In the same semester, in the "First Year Seminar", students will think about social life in general after graduating from university, especially their career plan, from various angles, and ultimately aim to create their own career plan. In the fall semester of the 1st year, the “Basic Exercises” are designed to reconfirm the skills acquired in the “Study Techniques” course, and to deepen the awareness and understanding of society and careers acquired in the “1st year seminar.” We aim to serve as a bridge to subsequent specialized education.
| Acquire the power to learn! | learning technology |
|---|---|
| You will learn study techniques at university, such as how to summarize reports, how to write papers, and how to collect information.You will also hone your presentation skills to effectively communicate things. |
| Think about the direction of learning for four years! | First year seminar |
|---|---|
| Think about your own personality and aptitude, the significance of working, and various occupations.On top of that, students will envision their future dreams and explore how they should study over the next four years in order to realize them. |
common basics
"Common Basics" is a group of subjects consisting of the following sub-areas for the purpose of mastering the basics of learning at university.
- Foreign language
- 情报
- health and sports
It is a subject that acquires the ability to communicate using words and computers.Not limited to English, it is characterized by cultivating rich expressiveness in its mother tongue, Japanese itself, and also looking at Asian languages.In addition, we use these languages and tools to provide training in presentations and debates, which are techniques for expressing and communicating oneself.
Liberal Arts
Liberal arts is a group of subjects consisting of the following sub-areas, with the aim of acquiring the basic knowledge necessary for studying specialized education subjects in each department.
- Common
- human understanding
- society and life
- science and life
In the "common" subjects,Anthropology I・II” is a subject with a fundamental character of the liberal arts, taught by faculty members with various specialties in the humanities, social sciences, and natural sciences.We aim to encourage students to think for themselves about the characteristics and problems of humans living in modern society, and to cultivate a basic perspective on human beings.
"Anthropology Ⅰ・Ⅱ" ~To become an independent professional who thinks about one's own way of life~
Science was originally developed to improve human life.In this course, you will learn about your own life by looking at the long span of the life course by attracting people from six different academic (science) fields: (6) the environment, (XNUMX) the world and Japan, (XNUMX) life, (XNUMX) equality/occupation, (XNUMX) learning, and (XNUMX) life. We will propose “thinking clues” necessary to think independently and survive.Through this course, we hope that students will receive the intellectual stimulus necessary to establish their own outlook on life and the world, and that they will become independent professionals who think about their own way of life.At our university, the president is in charge of one of these fields, and all first-year students are supposed to take lectures.
in the "common" subjects"Work and Career Formation"Based on the 1st year seminar, we aim to reconsider and deepen the basic questions of what society means to humans and what work means to live in that society.
"Human Understanding"aims to provide perspectives from various fields to understand the relationship between humans as individuals and society as a group, and to solidify the foundation for understanding humans and human society. "Ethics and Social Life", "Education and Human Formation", "Comparative Religion", etc.
"Society and Life"aims to understand the cultural and social peculiarities of Japan and other regions, as well as to cultivate a perspective that understands different cultures and explores the relationship between the world and Japan and what it should be like. "Japanese Culture", "Intercultural Communication", "Social Hierarchy and Culture", etc.
