International Christian University

This course reviews various academic perspectives on development, including the relationship between development and education. The course explores the history of how education has been perceived and changed its position in the various paradigms of international development; the meaning of each perspective, and their empirical evidence. The first half of the course discusses the definition of development; theories, and empirical evidence of the relationship between development and education, while the latter half focuses on various challenges in development and education.

There are nearly 5000 languages used daily around the world. Geographical and political restructuring, migration, natural disassters are just a few of the factors which cause multilingualism in society.  The course addresses the key questions: What does it mean to be bilingual and how does a child or adult become bilingual? This course also surveys bilingualism and bidialectalism in Japan (e.g. Korean, Okinawan, Tagalog, English).

This course examines various approaches to the study of bilingualism and multilingualism (e.g., societal, cognitive, psychological, educational), covering a wide variety of crucial issues and controversies in the field.  

This course focuses on analyzing the responses of Japan and the global community to multiple environmental issues, predominantly climate change, biodiversity loss, and desertification. The special focus is on Japan's ambition to actively engage in climate change negotiations and the path to reaching carbon neutrality by 2050. The latter is a crucial step to maximize the chances that the average temperature warming will not exceed 1.5ºC above the preindustrial average. The course also explores what Japan has been doing to tackle climate change and other environmental issues.

This course offers advanced studies in the history of the English language. Utilizing knowledge in philology and modern linguistics, particularly in historical linguistics and sociolinguistics, it explores various topics and analyzes data that show major developments from Old English to Present-Day English.

This course provides an an overview of the most influential philosophical traditions that originated in China and India and spread through Asia: Confucianism, Taoism, Hinduism, and Buddhism.

This course provides a deeper understanding of the meaning of human behavior and considers human nature and social life as revealed by recent development in the behavioral and humanistic science. It examines perception, motivation, and stress which underlie human behavior.

This course focuses on the functions of the animal cell integrated into tissue, covering and discussing regulation of Cell-to-Cell Junction, Cell-Cell Communication, Cell Signaling Pathways, Cell Division and Cell Death.  

Recommended course prerequisites at ICU: Foundation of Biology and Basic Concepts in Cell Biology. 

This course is designed to improve French-language skills and expand cultural knowledge of the French-speaking world. It aims to prepare students for the DELF B1 exam and to provide them with the opportunity to understand the French society.

Course Prerequisite: Completion of Advanced French I or equivalent language skills is required for enrollment.

This course studies Western European history, especially focusing on political, cultural and social aspects of French history from medieval to modern times. 

This course focuses on how gender is socially, economically, and politically constructed in the community/society and how gender matters in addressing development. The course also addresses the kinds of policy and project interventions to achieve sustainable development and gender equalities.