Master's Programs, Graduate School of Literature

Educational and Research Purposes

The Master's Programs offered by the Graduate School of Literature aim to develop individuals with high-level research capabilities and vocational skills capable of understanding the essence of human sciences–including literature as comprehensive human studies exploring how humans should live or should be, acquiring broad knowledge, and creating a new value system to contribute to the development of human cultures.

Diploma Policy (Principle of Degree Conferment)

For the Master's Programs offered by the Graduate School of Literature, students who have completed the required number of credits and who are deemed to be equipped with the following capabilities are accepted and awarded a master's degree (Japanese Literature, Chinese Studies, Calligraphy, English Literature, or Education Studies).

1. Capability to respond to globalization based on a high-level and expert knowledge of human sciences and an understanding of the culture of one's own country.
2. Capability to have one's own awareness of the problem, not bound by the existing value system, and find a logical solution to it.
3. Capability to share the current challenge in each field through communication with others who are both in Japan and abroad.
4. Capability to be aware of one's own role as a high-level professional in society and contribute to society by acting based on that role.
5. Capability to express one's awareness of each problem, thought and judgment processes, and results using logical and persuasive sentences, and disseminate such achievements to society.
6. "Submission Procedure" and "Dissertation Evaluation Criteria" for master's degree theses to be determined separately.

Curriculum Policy (Principle of Curriculum Formation and Implementation)

For the Master's Programs offered by the Graduate School of Literature, based on the Diploma Policy, the curriculum is formed as follows:

1. Seminar courses are provided as research guidance courses for developing research capabilities, instructing students how to read documents and how to conduct research to create a master's thesis.
2. Special study courses are provided as lecture courses for acquiring a high-level expert knowledge in each specialized field of study.
3. Related study courses for subjects related to specialized fields are provided, teaching students to obtain broad knowledge.
4. For the three Programs–Japanese Literature, Chinese Studies, and Calligraphy–foreign language courses (English and Chinese) are provided to allow students to develop their language abilities to read documents written in foreign languages.
5. For the Education Studies Program, introductory courses are provided to allow students to smoothly work on research in the master's program.
6. For the In-Service Teacher One-Year Plan for the Japanese Literature Program and the Chinese Studies Program, a seminar course called "Exercise" is provided to give research guidance so that students can create a master's thesis in one year.

Admission Policy (Principle of Student Admission)

Based on the Diploma Policy and Curriculum Policy, in order to develop individuals who have research capabilities based on a broad perspective and high-level vocational skills, the Master's Programs offered by the Graduate School of Literature seek applicants who have the following academic skills and motivations.

1. Those who have the academic ability to acquire a high-level and expert knowledge in the desired field among the following five Programs: Japanese Literature, Chinese Studies, English Literature, Calligraphy, and Education Studies.
2. Those who intend to contribute to the development of global society by widely and deeply thinking of how mankind and the world should be, based on the understanding of their own culture.
3. Those who are motivated to find a solution to today's problems with their own awareness of the problems, not bound by the existing value system.
4. Those who intend to endeavor to create a better society by deeply exploring a high-level and expertise-required challenge through communication with others.
5. Those who intend to contribute to society as high-level professionals.
6. Those who respect the good traditions and excellent arts historically created by human beings and are determined to convey them to future generations.

Doctor's Programs, Graduate School of Literature

Educational and Research Purposes

The Doctor's Programs offered by the Graduate School of Literature aim to further deepen the content of education in the master's programs and develop individuals with high-level research capabilities and more expertise-required vocational skills capable of understanding the essence of human sciences (Japanese literature, Chines studies, and Calligraphy), acquiring a wider knowledge of it, and creating a new value system to contribute to the development of human cultures.

Diploma Policy (Principle of Degree Conferment)

For the Doctor's Programs offered by the Graduate School of Literature, students who have completed the required number of credits and who are deemed to be equipped with the following capabilities are accepted and awarded a doctor's degree (Japanese Literature, Chinese Studies, or Calligraphy).

1. Capability to behave as cosmopolitans based on a higher-level and expert knowledge and a deep understanding of the culture of one's own country.
2. Capability to have one's own deeper awareness of the problem, not bound by the existing value system, and find a logical solution to it.
3. Capability to share the current serious challenge in each field through communication with others who are both in Japan and abroad.
4. Capability to be clearly aware of one's own role as a higher-level professional in society and contribute to the development of society by acting based on that role.
5. Capability to express one's higher-level and deep awareness of the problem, thought and judgment processes, and results using logical and persuasive sentences, and appropriately disseminate such achievements to the society.
6. "Submission Procedure" and "Dissertation Evaluation Criteria" for doctor's degree theses to be determined separately.

Curriculum Policy (Principle of Curriculum Formation and Implementation)

For the Doctor's Programs offered by the Graduate School of Literature, based on the Diploma Policy, the curriculum is formed as follows:

1. Seminar courses are provided as research guidance courses to develop students' skills regarding how to read documents and how to conduct research to create a doctor's thesis.
2. Special study courses are provided as lecture courses in each specialized field of study to allow students to acquire a higher-level and expert knowledge.
3. Related study courses are provided to teach students so that they can acquire a wider and deeper knowledge of their specialized fields.

Admission Policy (Principle of Student Admission)

Based on the Diploma Policy and Curriculum Policy, in order to develop individuals with research capabilities based on a broader perspective and high-level vocational skills, the Doctor's Programs offered by the Graduate School of Literature seeks applicants who have the following academic skills and motivations.

1. Those who have the academic ability to acquire a deeper and wider expert knowledge in the desired field among the following three Programs: Japanese Literature, Chinese Studies, and Calligraphy.
2. Those who intend to contribute to the development of global society by deeply thinking of how mankind and the world should be, based on a deep understanding of their own culture.
3. Those who are strongly motivated to energetically find a solution to today's problem with their own awareness of the problem, not bound by the existing value system.
4. Those who intend to persevere in his efforts to create a better society by deeply exploring a high-level and expertise-required challenge through communication with others.
5. Those who intend to devotedly contribute to the development of the society with an awareness as a high-level professional.
6. Those who respect the good traditions and excellent arts historically created by human beings and are determined to convey them to future generations.