Altogether, Waseda University offers over 2000 university-wide courses open to GEC students. Such a broad selection covering diverse fields can only be provided by a comprehensive university and is a major attraction of our Liberal Arts program. Regardless of their undergraduate faculty or year, students can study according to their academic or future career interests, acquiring a culture of learning that will benefit them and society.
Liberal arts education has been gaining attention in recent years due to the increasing diversity of capabilities required by society. Even in specialized fields, knowledge in multiple disciplines and a broad education that transcends the confines of “humanities” or “science” are becoming increasingly necessary. “Liberal Arts” enables us to develop deep yet comprehensive insights that enrich life.
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In developed countries other than Japan, young people are normally expected to acquire leadership skills. In Japan, however, “leadership” is seen as a quality of only people in top positions or charismatic individuals, rather than one that everyone possesses. Conventionally it has not been regarded as a skill that can be learned. At long last, an increasing number of companies in Japan are now saying, “We want young people with leadership skills”. What is more, acquiring leadership skills while in university instantly enriches student life.
Several Japanese universities have started courses to teach internationally appropriate leadership skills. Among the earliest and most comprehensive are those under Waseda’s Leadership Development Program (LDP) launched in 2016.
If you have complaints and dissatisfactions in your everyday life, you can take action to seek solutions. Leadership involves coming up with proposals and implementation strategies to address real problems, often by drawing upon the ideas of others, and motivating fellow students to realize these plans. This need not require authority, position, or charisma”, but the above three elements of leadership will help achieve these solutions.
Kenji Inagaki
Part-time Lecturer, Global Education Center (GEC)
Kenji Inagaki
Part-time Lecturer, Global Education Center (GEC)
This course helps students to acquire leadership skills. Rather than simply having students intellectually understand leadership, the course provides an abundance of mechanisms for students to learn from experience while participating in group work. Prof. Higano hopes that, as world leaders of the future, students will acquire modes of leadership behavior applicable in many situations.
First year student, School of Culture, Media and Society
I took this course in the spring of my first year of university because I was vaguely attracted by the word “leadership”. Now, however, I love the course as it enables me to grow through friendly rivalry with highly talented fellow classmates and senior students who are like older brothers and sisters to me. Through this course, I have realized that leadership is a skill that women need, too. The new concept of leadership enables women to become leaders, too.
First year student, School of Humanities and Social Sciences
In this course, I felt that group work is truly the best environment in which to practice demonstrating leadership skills. Moreover, members act with an awareness of their leadership goals, making it possible to study the actions of other members as individual case examples. Thus I was able to improve my team’s status by emulating the actions of others.
For this project-style practical course, working members of society who are active at the forefront of their fields and students work together to resolve a certain issue. Centered on group work, the students endeavor to resolve actual problems facing companies. Students learn business skills from the professionals, experiencing the essence of working cooperatively with them. Students are encouraged to take this course in their first or second year to give them ideas about potential career paths.
Nikkei Inc., Astellas Pharma Inc.,PIP CO.,LTD., IBM Japan, Ltd., Link and Motivation Inc., Honda Motor Co., Ltd., Fuji Television Network, Inc.,DENTSU INC., Sojitz Corporation, and Mitsui Sumitomo Insurance Company, Limited
*Order of classes
By understanding the competence required in professional work, students early in their university years acquire awareness of the demands and rewards associated with various professions and the paths towards careers in them.
Through group work examining and trying to find solutions to actual issues faced by companies and other organizations, students develop insights into how problems arise and might be solved in actual society.
Students are able to identify the skills that they need to acquire during their four years in university and cultivate approaches for proactive learning guided by realistic aspirations.
*In addition to the above-mentioned course workshops, the Professionals Workshops series offers non-credit programs conducted during the summer vacation in August and September.
The Hirayama Ikuo Volunteer Center (also known as the Waseda Volunteer Center, WAVOC) provides practical courses that enable students to deepen their classroom knowledge through taking part in volunteer activities, both domestic and international. Students can experience how volunteer work is conducted, issues facing developing countries, and many other activities and challenges. Interacting with different people expands horizons and out-of-the-box thinking, leading to new perspectives and understanding. Participatory-style courses then teach students how to capture their experiences in words, photographs, etc.
The Hirayama Ikuo Volunteer Center (WAVOC) ╢
A rich variety of over 200 sports activities, some offered as practicums
Wide exchange across undergraduate schools and years is a major attraction of these courses.
From high level competitive sports to health sports aimed at maintaining physical and mental wellbeing, a wide range of sports activities are offered. In practicums, experts provide guidance that matches students’ abilities and interests, and there is active exchange among students across undergraduate schools and years.
*Students wishing to obtain a teaching license are required to take two or more credit units. Be sure to take units systematically beginning in the first year.
Endowed courses are courses offered through endowments or donations received from companies, public organizations, NPOs, etc. Utilizing the wide network only Waseda University could provide, entrepreneurs, politicians, creators, and others at the forefront of their fields provide guest lectures or interactive seminars. Encountering the latest topics in various fields while making real contacts world, students enhance their knowledge and ability to succeed in society.
Developing and Managing Global Venture Enterprises (endowed by Okawa Dream Foundation), Learning Diversity (endowed by the Waseda Supporters Club (WSC) Members Fund),Law and Society in the Context of Gender Equality (endowed by the Waseda Supporters Club (WSC) Members Fund)
An Introduction to Agriculture and Forestry, Lectures on cooperatives, Introduction to Asset Management, Kimono Studies Elementary, Woman Career Create Course,Free paper Now, Contract Bridge as an Introduction to Mathematical Sciences, Interaction with traditional Noh, The Culture and Language of Iceland, Go as an Introduction to mathematical Science, Introduction to the latest airline industry, Financial Planning, Tracks of Leadership, Artificial Intelligence and Business Model Creation,Cybersecurity for the future at the forefront of business,Introduction to the World Heritage
Be an Expert of Waseda! ,Sports of Waseda, Legal Learning of Family, Local and Corporate Issues together with Shiho-Shoshi Lawyer, An introduction to corporate legal affairs “A course of Certified Social Insurance and Labor Consultant”, Enterprise law practice outline, Fundamentals of Management,Enterprise Law Practice Outline , Public Speaking, Extemporaneous Speaking, Real Estate Studies by Real Estate Appraisers,Medicine X AI,Big Data,IoT,Medicine X Business,Economy,Management,Medicine X Super-Aged Society,Carrier Design,Medicine X Public Administration,Law,Ethics
Ikuo Kawakami
Through group discussions and class debates of videos, life stories, and tasks, etc., students deepen their understanding of (1) how children raised in a plurilingual environment from a young age learn multiple languages; (2) what the significance of the Japanese language is for children raised in a plurilingual environment; and (3) how the experience of being raised in a plurilingual environment impacts children’s daily lives and identity formation.
Naoki Taniguchi
Group theory is a field of mathematics that students first encounter at university and that differs slightly from high school mathematics. This course explains the basics of group theory without assuming students have any special prior knowledge, beginning with basic mathematical knowledge including sets and mapping and constantly maintaining awareness of concrete examples. Lessons proceed towards the goal of understanding Lagrange’s theorem—the origin of group theory—while visually interpreting groups using “the ghost leg method” in particular.
Motoki Kato
Local communities are working in collaboration with companies, local governments, and universities to solve and overcome the issues they are facing. In this course, students systematically organize and study what issues a community is facing, how the issues can be resolved, and who the community can collaborate with in order to solve the issues. If you are interested in various local community issues, are already involved in community activities, or wish to become involved in community activities in the future, this course will be extremely useful.
Tetsuya Yaguchi
Endowed by the Waseda Supporters Club (WSC) Members Fund, this course aims to deepen students’ fundamental and concrete understanding of diversity and gender equality, which are the new university image. In addition to “Basic Lecture Course” and “Practice”, from this academic year the course will also include “Law and Society in the Context of Gender Equality”.
Takeo Hirata
The theme of this course is “Paralympics”, which have achieved rapid growth in recent years in terms of both competitive levels and competition scale, and which are an important element in the lead up to Tokyo’s hosting of the 2020 Olympic and Paralympic Games. Paralympians are also scheduled to take the rostrum as guest speakers.
Katsuhiko Suzuki
In this course, students learn from Waseda University alumni about the current status of healthcare, nursing care, and welfare in the super-aging society that Japan is imminently facing, thereby acquiring knowledge for inducing the changes required of society, communities, and individuals and formulating solutions to be undertaken as a society with regard to involvement in healthcare and health promotion aimed at ensuring a sustainable future.
Keiko Honda
Through this course, students gain understanding of various aspects of disasters, beginning with the earthquake, tsunami, and liquefaction damage sustained in the Great East Japan Earthquake and including damage from typhoon debris flow, mechanisms of volcanic eruptions and other natural disasters, fires, and urban disasters, while at the same time acquiring useful knowledge and practical skills that will enable students to play leading roles in disaster-prevention activities.
Hiroshi Kabaya
The important elements of Japanese language education are (1) Becoming able to understand and objectively interpret the mechanisms of the Japanese language; (2) Understanding the perspectives necessary for Japanese language education and learning; and (3) Becoming able to think about Japanese language education within the context of modern society and culture. This course provides an opportunity for students to study these elements broadly and think about study abroad and international exchange.
Yoichi Nakao
Covering some 70% of the Earth’s surface, the vast ocean is an indispensable entity to Japan, which it surrounds on all sides. With the immediate need of wisdom for “understanding the ocean, effectively utilizing the ocean, and protecting the ocean” this course comprises lectures taught by faculty members from the Tokyo University of Marine Science and Technology on ocean-related research topics from the perspectives of their respective fields of specialization, revealing the appeal of ocean research.
Masahiko Gemma
Having acquired a grasp of Japan’s eating style through trends centering on the food economy in Asia, the course seeks to understand the international trade framework and ideal related policies from the perspective of economics, law and international relations. Japanese food consumption and the agricultural, processing/distribution industries providing food are undergoing great changes. A comprehensive understanding of these is a vital intellectual exercise.
Junichi Kasai
In this course, students learn about Waseda University founder Shigenobu Okuma and other persons of merit around the time of Waseda’s foundation, as well as the Mission Statement and founding principles. In addition, students are shown the activities of Shigenobu Okuma’s successors as “People of Waseda” and encouraged to consider how to show the Waseda University spirit in a new age. Students also watch the Waseda-Keio baseball match and learn the alma mater and cheering songs!
Hiroyuki Oba
Real estate is an extremely important asset that is essential for people’s lives and business activities, but opportunities to systematically acquire real estate knowledge are limited. In this course, students learn about the characteristics of real estate as goods and the general rules of prices that cause a transfer of real estate from perspectives that are not simply real estate appraisal theory, with lectures taught by active real estate appraisers and including discussions of the instructor’s practical experience and easy-to-understand case examples.
*In addition, lectures are also presented on Public Consultants on Social and Labour Insurance, Certified Administrative Procedures Legal Specialists, Judicial Scriveners, Certified Public Tax Accountants, and Small and Medium Enterprise Management Consultants.
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