Hitotsubashi University

Using intermediate-level grammar and vocabulary, students are trained to develop basic skills in oral expression. In the first half of the semester, students engage in activities such as role-playing and other activities to talk while communicating with others. In the second half of the semester, students give presentations and other activities to express their ideas and thoughts.

Language and our thinking capacity are closely related. This course explores the ways in which language shapes; assists, or hinders our thinking. Mastering one of the main cognitive tools in our possession means mastering our own linguistic minds. 

This course is the first series in intermediate corporate financial management and aims to develop an understanding of the concepts, processes, and tools implemented in a business enterprise for financial management. The course covers: (i) introduction of finance; (ii) financial statement analysis; (iii) time value of money; (iv) portfolio selection: concepts of risks and returns and the capital asset pricing model (CAPM); (v) financing decisions, and (vi) capital budgeting decisions. This course is designed to be paired with “Intermediate Course in Finance” offered in Winter quarter.

This course provides an overview of the Japanese legal system, enabling students to research, analyze and understand the basic structure of Japanese law. Students will examine various legal problems, expanding their critical thinking skills.

This course addresses various issues that constitute citizenship and non-citizenship in the process of transmigration, settlement, and creation of communities (or nation), as well as identity formation, cultural hybridization, and cultural/knowledge productions ‒ all of which are informed by race, gender, sexuality, class, religion, language, and others.

The course aims to:

1) Familiarize students with some fundamental concepts of reconciliation, peace, and coexistence in a range of historical contexts;
2) Analyze and interpret historical theories and case studies in the local and global context of East Asia (China, Japan, Korea(s), and Taiwan) to ensure a transnational perspective;
3) Help students develop an in-depth understanding of national, regional, and global dimensions in the makings of modern East Asia and interactions by illuminating human agency, nongovernmental organizations, and local dynamics in East Asia to think critically about historical narratives;
4)  Explain the concepts as nationalism, citizenship, identity and belonging;

5) Explain historical and contemporary issues faced by various displaced people categorized as “immigrants,” “refugees,” and “adoptees” in their process of transmigration, settlement, and creation of diasporic communities;
6) Analyze various data sources including policies, legislations, historical facts, popular cultural production, and personal narratives; and
7) Use intersectionality as a lens of analysis to discuss issues pertaining to identity formation.

This course is designed for students who have completed intermediate-level Japanese language courses or the equivalent. Upon completion of the course, students are expected to compose sentences using more advanced grammar patterns.

This course is designed to assist students who seek to bring cross-cultural theory and research into their business practices in order to develop the intercultural competence necessary to interact confidently and successfully with Japanese businesspeople. Theoretical discussions and intercultural sensitivity workshops are included in this course to achieve these goals. The comparative approach allows for examining how people practice business differently, depending on explicit and implicit sets of general cultural assumptions, rules, norms, and values. The course aims to understand cultural differences in businesspeople’ s attitudes towards work, companies, and the relationship between individuals (colleagues or co-workers and clients/customers) and organizations (counterparts or partners). The course also seeks to understand possible cultural roots of Japanese business practices and behavior, highlighting phenomena that are only indirectly observable, such as harmony, loyalty, discipline, patience, respect for senior staff, and the importance of moderation.

A good mixture of lectures, class discussions, and workshops comprise the activities of this course.

This course is offered by the Faculty of Economics and is designed to help students improve their oral, presentational and academic writing skills in English. The topics to be considered in class will vary slightly depending on the students' interests and academic orientation. The actual work will consist of student presentations; reading and analyzing student essays and short academic papers, and class discussions. Specific advice will be given to each participant on how to approximate their writing and oral presentation to more natural patterns of speech.

This course deals with the basics of mathematical finance. The goals are to understand Option Trading and Portfolio Theory.

Prerequisite: Calculus I, II, Linear Algebra I, II, Sets and Topology I, and Probability Theory.

The course introduces financial markets and financial institutions. The course instructs on the roles of regulation and deregulation in financial markets and the causes of financial crises. Then, the course discusses commercial banks and how financial institutions utilize financial instruments from financial markets to manage their risks. The course employs tools and concepts as well as classroom lectures and discussions, and "live case studies" to offer a hands-on learning experience.

The course is geared toward the applications of principles from finance and economics that explore the connection between financial markets, financial institutions, and the economy.

The purpose of this course is to guide students in mastering economic tools and critical thinking skills as applied to financial markets and institutions. After completion of the course, students will be familiar with and able to explain key elements of financial markets and how they function, including the role of information in financial markets, and the causes and consequences of financial crises.