International Christian University

This course covers the basics of “traditional” microeconomics, the so-called “price theory:” the analysis of the perfect competition and its application. This course covers: market, demand, supply and the equilibrium; consumer behavior and utility maximization; firm behavior and profit maximization; market failure (imperfect competition, imperfect information, externality, and public goals) and economic policy; taxes and subsidies, income distribution, etc. 

This course studies economists' way of viewing, explaining, and predicting the world, focusing on microeconomics principles that demonstrate the decision making of individuals, including consumer, firm and individual industry. It emphasizes applications and polices rather than formal economic theory. 

To learn about the fundamental properties of life, this course addresses concepts in macroscopic (Ecology, Evolution and Ethology) and microscopic (Cells, DNA) aspects of biology. The purpose of this course is to deepen an understanding to the question of “What does it mean for an organism to be alive?” and to use this understanding as a starting point for expanding one’s thinking about their own existence as a living thing.  

The course covers the following topics:
1) What is science, and what is biology?
2) Cells, the basic unit of all organisms
3) The world of DNA and the mechanism of heredity
4) How does DNA research and analysis technology relate to us?
5) Evolution and Diversity of Life.
6) Life around us - Can we live on Earth with other living things?

This course explores the history of early modern Japan, approximately from the 16th to the 19th century. It studies examples to understand the views and mentalities of ordinary people during the Edo period as well as discusses whether their way of thinking changed during the late Edo era and early Meiji period. Please note that this course will not always examine topics in chronological order; it will move back and forth between the 16th and 19th centuries, depending on the topics.

This is an introduction to German language course for students with no previous knowledge of the language. Focusing on all four skills - speaking, listening, writing, and reading - it teaches the basics for everyday interaction in German. The course aims to prepare students for level "Start Deutsch A1" (corresponding to the first level of the Common European Framework of Reference for Languages or CEFR). 

This course aims to help students learn Japanese for academic purposes through various familiar topics about society and culture. The target level is CEFR B1.2.

The course provides opportunities to complete various tasks using Japanese, enabling students to acquire the language skills necessary to perform the tasks and also increase their knowledge of Japanese vocabulary, grammar patterns, expressions and kanji. The final requirement of the course is a project presentation, where students present the results of their research on a particular topic. This course aims to enhance students’ Japanese proficiency and their ability to comprehend and engage deeply with the content. 

This course includes an elective component "Expand your World in Japanese." 

This class focuses on helping one understand PHONETICS and PHONOLOGY as they apply to language learning and teaching. Phonetics and phonology, or the study of human speech sounds and sound systems, are the foundation of all study of language. Because this class is taught in English, it starts with English pronunciation then it will contrast this with Japanese and other languages. Students will have the opportunity to explore the common pronunciation difficulties that speakers of particular languages (such as Chinese, French, German, Korean, Thai, and any language of interest) can have when speaking English or Japanese.

The course aims to find solutions to problems using computer languages. Students learn how to solve a problem, and how to design and implement programming, including the implementation. The lectures use the 'C' language. 

'C++', 'Java', 'Python' and 'JavaScript' are introduced in the course. 

This is an introductory course to security studies. The first three weeks of the course provides an overview of the core theoretical models and research questions in security studies, and core actors in this field, such as state intelligence services, alliances, and regional organizations. The course then analyzes some of the most critical security challenges the world has faced in 2024:  cybersecurity, environmental change, global migration, energy security, and global health and epidemics such as COVID-19 or SARS. 

Industrial organization is one of the most important applied areas of microeconomics. It takes a close look at how markets work, how traders (firms, consumers, etc.) interact in a market either strategically or otherwise, and how exogenous environments, including policy variables, affect the market and the participants therein. This class provides an overview of the basics of industrial organization theory, empirics, and some of the state-of-art research.  

This course analyzes firms’ behavior under imperfect competition by using microeconomics; price theory and game theory. It deals with the following topics: monopoly and monopsony, duopoly (with price/quantity competition), differentiation and compatibility, entry deterrence, location choice, timing selection, investment and R&D, vertical integration, mixed duopoly, etc. 

Prerequisite: PRINCIPLE OF MICROECONOMICS and GAME THEORY. Students are highly recommended to take this course after INTRODUCTION OF MATHEMATICS TO ECONOMICS. 
 

This beginners Chinese course aims to develop the four language skills of listening, speaking, reading and writing. It instructs on the basics of the language as well as cultural knowledge to begin communicating in Chinese. Students with some knowledge of the language are welcome. 

The course aims to provide students with:

• Familiarity with the sounds and pronunciation of Chinese; 
• Simple conversation skills about everyday topics, including self-introduction;
• Acquisition of basic Chinese vocabulary, sentence structure, basic grammar, etc.; and,
• Ability to read short sentences