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Illuminating the Nature of Contemporary Social Issues with an Interdisciplinary Approach to the Social Sciences
The School of Social Sciences was established in 1966, uniting the evening divisions of three Waseda schools - the School of Political Science and Economics, the School of Law, and the School of Commerce. Our goal is to offer students an education that is comprehensive, integrated, and interdisciplinary; in other words, an education that is not narrowly confined to conventional fields of specialization.
■Multifaceted Explanations of Complex Social Issues
The social sciences take a global perspective to analyze and seek solutions to the issues we encounter in our everyday lives. The numerous problems in contemporary society change by the day and have widened in scope to encompass the entire world. In this context, the School of Social Sciences adopts the basic approaches of each discipline to offer highly specialized classes covering basic to advanced topics, and interdisciplinary courses that bring together multifaceted approaches to various issues and themes. This provides students with a basis to accurately understand and grapple with complex social issues as they progress through their coursework each year, eventually enabling them to devise practical solutions.
■Preparing Leaders to Be Both Generalists and Specialists
The School of Social Sciences develops students as generalists with comprehensive and sophisticated knowledge combined with problem-solving abilities, and as specialists who are experts in multiple fields, such as lawyers who are well-versed in business or administrators who have expertise in public welfare.
■A School Open to Society
The School of Social Sciences has designed a curriculum that offers students a high level of flexibility and choice, and an admissions system that welcomes diversity to attract a wide range of students. Moreover, our School aims to realize the ideal of a "school open to society and working people," by offering seminars that emphasize fieldwork and experiential education as a means for students to directly observe the workings of society, guest lectures by people actively involved in social services and NGOs as well as by diplomats and businesspeople, and research conferences held at associated universities overseas.
| Name | Academic Fields / Courses |
| COGAN, Thomas |
Academic Fields Japanese Studies Courses Introduction to Japanese Studies: Basic Introduction to Japanese Studies: Advanced Seminars (Arts and Sciences) Japanese Literature: Classical Japanese Literature: Modern Western Images of Japan: Mid 16th Century to Late 19th Century Western Images of Japan: Early 20th Century to the Present Japanese Cultural History: Ancient Times to 1600 Japanese Cultural History: 1600 to the Present A Cultural History of Tea |
| GEMMA, Masahiko |
Academic Fields Applied Economics Courses Global Food Security：Demand and Supply Challenges Global Food Security： Climate Change, Food, and Agriculture Understanding the Japanese Economy：Macroeconomic Perspectives Understanding the Japanese Economy：Microeconomic Perspectives |
| HANAMITSU, Rika |
Academic Fields Intercultural Communication , Applied Linguistics Courses Intercultural Communication Japanese Patterns of Communication |
| HAYASHI, Masahisa |
Academic Fields Public Finance,Local Government Finance Courses Public Finance in Japan Today |
| HIJIKATA, Masao |
Academic Fields Information Science and Engineering Courses Introduction to Information Science |
| HORTON, W. Bradley |
Academic Fields Modern Asian History; History of Japan-Southeast Asia Relations Courses Japan and World War Ⅱ: Historical Controversies Japan and World War Ⅱ: The War in Films Women in Modern Japan: Outside Encounters and Early Changes Women in Modern Japan: Contemporary Japanese Women Political History of Modern Japan: Postwar Japanese Politics Political History of Modern Japan: Contemporary Japanese Politics Modern Japanese Foreign Policy: SE Asian Relations, 1860s-1945 Modern Japanese Foreign Policy: SE Asian Relations, 1945-present |
| KUROKAWA, Satoshi |
Academic Fields Environmental Law Courses Japanese Environmental Law |
| LIU, Jie |
Academic Fields Modern history of Japanese domestic politics and international policy. History of Sino-Japanese relations |
| NAKANO, Tadashi |
Academic Fields Socio-Economic History Courses Industrialization in Historical Perspective |
| SATO, Yoichi |
Academic Fields Video Representation of the Urban Space Courses Urban History of Tokyo |
| SHIGEMATSU, Yu |
Academic Fields Modern Japanese History Courses Introduction to Japanese Studies: Basic Introduction to Japanese Studies: Advanced Readings in Culture and History |
| SHINODA, Toru |
Academic Fields Comparative labor history & labor politics Courses The Japanese of the 20th Century: The Immigrant Experience The Japanese of the 20th Century: Work, Culture, and Society Trans-Pacific Perspectives on Race, Ethnicity, and Migration Trans-Pacific Perspectives on Work, Culture, and Society |
| SODA, Osamu |
Academic Fields Planning,Housing,Community Development Courses Housing and Community Development |
| TAGA, Hidetoshi |
Academic Fields International Relations Courses Japan in East Asia: Basic Studies Japan in East Asia: Contemporary Social Issues Migration and Social Change in East Asia On Identity: Socio-political Analysis on Identity Development Assistance by Japan: ODA and NGOs War and Japan |
| TODA, Manabu |
Academic Fields Theoretical Economics, Cooperative Game Theory Courses Game Theory |
| Tran Van Tho |
Academic Fields International Economics, Development Economics, Asian Economies Courses Japanese Trade and East Asian Community |
| UZUKI, Morio |
Academic Fields Urban Design, Community Development Courses Japanese Community Design ( Machizukuri ) |
| YAMADA, Mitsuru |
Academic Fields International Relations Courses Seminars (Social Sciences) Japan and Peace Building ： UN Policies Japan and Peace Building ： Asian Policies |
| YANG, Daqing |
Academic Fields Modern Japan, East Asian history, history of technology Courses Readings in Japan in the World History of Modern Japan : From Edo to the Present Readings in Japanese Technology and Environment Media and Society in Modern Japan |
