Educational Innovation and Communication Studies [EDICS]

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Program Overview

The Graduate School of Human Sciences at Waseda University has established a new master’s degree program, “Educational Innovation and Communication Studies” [EDICS], with English as the language of instruction from September 2022.

The EDICS program is designed for international students with high English proficiency who are interested in the field of human sciences, and aims to develop human resources who can work internationally as practitioners and specialists in the fields of educational leadership, educational consulting, educational media design, human resource development, organizational development, educational research and evaluation, educational technology, cross-cultural communication, media design and related fields through advanced specialized education in English.

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Admission

Please see the following link for information on admissions.

Admissions – Graduate School of Human Sciences, Waseda University

Meet our Faculty

The following section lists faculty members who teach academic courses in the EDICS program.

Research Advisor

Photo	Research Areas	EDICS Courses
Professor Noriyuki Inoue	Educational psychology Educational research methods	Educational System Development Advanced Educational System Development Contemporary Issues in Human Sciences for Social Innovation in the Global Era Global Trends in Educational Innovation
Professor Qun Jin	Computer science Information systems	Advanced Topics in Human-Computer Interaction Contemporary Issues in Human Sciences for Social Innovation in the Global Era
Associate Professor Theron Muller	English Studies Foreign Language Education	Sociolinguistics of Education and Communication Applied Linguistics in Practice
Professor Masahiro Morioka	Bioethics Philosophy and ethics	Introduction to Research Ethics for Human Sciences
Associate Professor Kazuki Sekine	Psycholinguistics Developmental psychology	Multimodal Communication Contemporary Issues in Human Sciences for Social Innovation in the Global Era

Faculty Members

Photo	Research Areas	EDICS Courses
Professor Nobuhiro Furuyama	Cognitive science Ecological psychology	Sociocultural Psychology Studies
Professor Mamoru Iwabuchi	Assistive Technology Augmentative and Alternative Communication	Contemporary Issues in Human Sciences for Social Innovation in the Global Era
Professor Toyotomi Morimoto	American area studies Migration studies Cultural assets study	Reading for Academic Purposes (Advanced)
Professor Shoji Nishimura	Educational informatics	Advanced Topics in Internet Science
Associate Professor Eriko Sugimori	Cognitive psychology	Advanced Course in Cognitive Psychology Contemporary Issues in Human Sciences for Social Innovation in the Global Era
Associate Professor Sayaka Sugimoto	Humanities and Social Sciences Informatics English Language Education	International Education and Communication Reading for Academic Purposes Intermediate Writing for Academic Purposes Advanced
Associate Professor Taketoshi Sugisawa	Psychological statistics Educational measurement	Educational Data Science