Master’s Program of Humanities and Social Sciences [Specialized Deepening]
Arts and Humanities Program
Exploring people and culture,
Designing the future society
Program Overview
This is a "Specialized Deepening" degree program that cultivates highly specialized professionals and researchers/educators who can solve problems in human cultural and social activities by deeply exploring traditional and established academic fields such as philosophy, history, literature, psychology, media studies, and information social sciences.
The type of person the program cultivates
This program aims to cultivate individuals who will contribute to the development of the region and the world. It focuses on human cultural and social activities, and cultivates students who study and research the humanities, including philosophy, history, literature, psychology, media studies, artistic practice, information social sciences, and life, health, and behavioral sciences, to become professionals or researchers and educators who have the ability to identify and explore problems and a strong sense of ethics.
Teacher in charge
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AOYAGI Kaoru professor
AOYAGI Kaoru- Arts and Humanities Program Research supervisor
- Islamic Intellectual History
- Humanities and Social Sciences/Religious Studies/Islam
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ADACHI Sachiko professor
Sachiko ADACHI- Arts and Humanities Program Research supervisor
- Literacy, Japanese Language Education, Development of cognitive and non-cognitive assessment methods for print and digital reading
- Humanities and Social Sciences / Education / Subject Education / Primary and Secondary Education / Library and Information Science / Humanities and Social Informatics
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ARIKAWA Hiroyuki professor
ARIKAWA Hiroyuki- Arts and Humanities Program Research supervisor
- He is researching various approaches based on applied behavior analysis and the nature of a symbiotic society.
- Humanities/Social Studies/Special Needs Education
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ISHIDA Minori professor
ISHIDA Minori- Arts and Humanities Program Research supervisor
- Anime and Visual Media Resources Sciences Program
- The dynamics of production and reception in film (live-action and animation) and its adjacent fields of photography, manga, games, and television
- Humanities and Social Sciences / Art Practice / Anime / Voice / Gender / Sexuality
Degrees available
Master of Arts, Master of Philosophy
Research and educational activities
Special Notes
There are special courses available, including the "Clinical Psychology Area" for students aiming to obtain qualifications as a licensed psychologist or clinical psychologist, the "Teaching Japanese as a Foreign Language Area" for students aiming to train as Japanese language teachers, and the "General Psychology Area." In particular, the "Clinical Psychology Area" requires an academic ability test at the time of admission.

