Graduate School of Humanities and
Faculty of Letters
Global Humanities Program
Classes by a dedicated foreign faculty
Oxford Summer Program
This faculty develops human resources equipped with leadership and communication skills who can look at humanities issues from a global standpoint and communicate with different cultures on the basis of a deep understanding of Japanese culture, and who can solve various problems faced by the modern society.
Classes in Global Humanities
Developing high level of international perspective by learning humanities from a global standpoint
Classes in Global Communication
Development of exceptional foreign language skills and communication skills that can be used in a global society
Program completion requirements
For completing this program, it is necessary to earn the designated number of units (Faculty: 12 units, First semester of doctoral program: 8 units or more) and clear the foreign language skills standard.
Required foreign language skills standard
Faculty: Either of TOEIC 760, TOEFL iBT 80, IELTS 6.0, Eiken Level 1
First semester of doctoral program: Either of TOEIC 800, TOEFL iBT 88, IELTS 6.5, Eiken Level 1
Oxford Summer Program
In the summer program (3 weeks) at the Hartford College of Oxford University in England, students learn English through different topics such as history, culture, society, humanities, etc. of English. (2 units are granted for this program)
Specialized Global Education Subject
Faculty of Letters offers the following classes and subjects as Specialized Global Education Subject.
- Studies in Global Humanities
- Seminar in Global Humanities
- A Comparative Study of Modern Japanese Society of Culture
- A Comparative Study of Japanese Cultural Industry
- Risk beyond Borders and Global Humanities
- English Summer Lectures Humanities
- Studies in American Literature
- Seminar in English Literature
- Seminar in American Literature
- Seminar in English Linguistics
- Seminar in German Linguistics
- Seminar in Contemporary Thought
- Seminar in Comparative Thought
- Studies in Chinese Literature
- Seminar in Chinese Literature
- Seminar in Chinese Linguistics
- Seminar in Global Communication
- Global English Seminar Ⅰ
- Oxford Summer Program
- Global Active Learning
