International Christian University

This course places the founding of history of International Christian University (ICU) in the context of modern Japanese history. It traces the history of Christian higher education from the Meiji period and focuses on the experience of ICU from its founding in the immediate postwar period to the present day. 

This course introduces the politics, history and international relations of modern South Asia (India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Nepal and Sri Lanka). The course emphasizes communal (i.e., ethno-religious) conflict. The course covers colonialism and the independence struggle; partition; development; communalism and secularism, and the international politics of South Asia since independence. 

The globalization of markets and industries has created new growth opportunities for companies by accessing resources and serving markets worldwide. At the same time, managing across different cultures, administrative systems, geographic distances, economic structures pose its own managerial challenges. This course is designed to help integrate the existing knowledge of the functional areas of business into an internationally oriented view of the firm by evaluating the global environment and speculating on the future international direction of the firm. This course addresses the strategic and organizational challenges involved in managing activities across borders and introduces theories of international trade; differences in political economy and culture; barriers to trade; foreign exchange; business government relations, and the strategic alternatives available to companies operating in the global economy. It goes on to consider strategic options for the major functions of marketing, manufacturing, materials management, research and development, human resources, and finance, relating them to the firm's overall global strategy.

This course is for students learning Japanese as a mother tongue, first language, or heritage language. By the end of this course, students are expected to read and write 1100 Kanji and vocabulary using those kanji.  

Prerequisite: "Special Japanese Kanji 1" or equivalent.