Japanese

This wrestling course is for beginners to learn basic movements as a recreational activity. It aims to build a body with high flexibility and endurance by incorporating stretching and aerobic exercises to absorb more oxygen. The class also teaches how to stimulate muscles and to build strength through resistance training using one's own or partner's body weight.

This course helps students to acquire ability to read a variety of texts containing longer sentences. While reading different type of reading materials, students are expected to learn how to organize information written in texts as well as understand present and past sentences.

As many natural and social phenomena are described by functions, fundamental laws are formulated through differential and integral calculus. This course covers the basics of differential and integral calculus for single-variable functions. It is recommended to take this "Introduction to Mathematics" course first, followed by the study of more general multivariable calculus in the subsequent “Calculus 1, 2". No prerequisite knowledge of Mathematics III in high school, IB Higher Level, or AP Calculus is required.  

This course outlines basic ideas of business administration and management. Business enterprise is considered the main subject of production, and a major creator of values and wealth in a society. The focus of this course is on management, which is required to operate such business enterprises and other organizations. Then the course looks at several sub-fields of business administration (corporation, organization, corporate strategy, innovation, small-and medium-sized enterprises, international business etc.), forming a whole picture of management. 

This course is designed as an introduction for students who hope or are considering a major in business. Previous knowledge is not required. 

This course provides an overview of key concepts, models, and strategies for effective teaching and learning from contemporary psychological perspectives. Students are expected to identify and address relevant “Big Ideas in Education” for promoting effective teaching and learning in today’s educational scene in Japan and beyond.  It focuses on various issues in school education and the theoretical knowledge to solve them. Furthermore, the students examine specific case studies, learning the necessary ways of thinking in education and schools.  

This advanced Japanese course is designed to improve writing skills. A different theme concerning Japanese culture and society is chosen for each course and students are split into groups to engage in activities, discussion, and group work concerning the selected topic. The goal of the class is for students to widen their perspectives and deepen their knowledge regarding various issues related to Japan and Japanese society. The program offers various theme courses and students may take multiple sections.  

This advanced Japanese course is designed to develop overall language skills with emphasis placed on literary and newspaper readings. Students learn advanced kanji characters and their compounds, grammar patterns, and vocabulary. The goal of the course is to be able to read technical articles, essays and newspaper articles, and to communicate with Japanese people in real situations by improving listening and speaking ability. 

This basic Japanese course is designed to improve writing skills. A different theme concerning Japanese culture and society is chosen for each course and students are split into groups to engage in activities, discussion, and group work concerning the selected topic. The overall goal of the class is for students to widen their perspectives and deepen their knowledge regarding various issues related to Japan and Japanese society. The program offers various theme courses and students may take multiple sections.  

This Japanese course is designed to improve listening skills. A different theme concerning Japanese culture and society is chosen for each course and students are split into groups to engage in activities, discussion, and group work concerning the selected topic. The overall goal of the class is for students to widen their perspectives and deepen their knowledge regarding various issues related to Japan and Japanese society. The program offers various theme courses and students may take multiple sections.  

This course prepares students to participate in university lectures taught in Japanese. Students will learn how to write academic reports in Japanese and acquire the basics of academic writing required in university courses through report-writing activities on their chosen topics. They also learn how to make formal presentations. The target level is CEFR B2.2. Prerequisite: “J6:Japanese” or equivalent. Two class hours/week. 

By the end of this course, students will be able to:

• Create coherent, cohesive, and clear texts when writing essays and reports.
• Acquire basics of academic writing skills.
• Acquire basics of academic presentation skills.