Department policy

Based on the Spirit of the Founding of our University, this department will nurture students who are capable of contributing to global society. Moreover, our students will possess a global perspective, systematically understand business administration, and learn about the creation and effective management of management resources. By developing broad and deep intellect, improving students' command of English (with focus on English), Chinese, and Japanese, respecting different cultures and sharing world values, talented and capable human resources who can participate actively domestically in Japan or overseas will be produced. After acquiring knowledge about economics,business administration, and other business related subjects, human resources who are capable of finding strategic solutions to problems and also have acquired thinking skills and methodology to put their solutions into action will be nurtured.

Based on the Diploma Policy, the Department's curriculum is organized so students will be able to gain expertise vital for conducting business in English. Moreover, students can learn various ways of thinking and methodologies efficiently and in a systematic way to act from a global perspective at all times.

• In the first year, mainly based on the "Musashino Initial" program, Musashino University's liberal education system which provides a basic, common platform for implementing its university-wide education policy, students acquire basic scholastic abilities to study their major subjects. At the same time, it also includes introductory subjects, will provide the basis for completing specialized subjects within the Department. Regarding language skills, students in their first year will also start taking English, Chinese, and Japanese courses in order to acquire the language skills necessary for conducting global business at a practical level.
• The curriculum for the second year consists of Global Studies, which is a requirement for all departments of the Faculty, and specialized courses of the department, which are introductory level and required. In particular, Global Studies is linked with Global Projects in the third year. In this research-based course of study, Japanese students and students from overseas form teams of mixed nationalities to work on research assignments. Thereby developing the ability to understand different cultures and acquiring communication and language use skills.
• The curriculum for the third year and thereafter consists of subjects in which students identify issues to be
  addressed, build up and verify hypotheses, find solutions to the issues, and compile the results from research for their graduation thesis under the close guidance of their academic advisor. Students select their specialized subjects through consultation with their academic advisor or a group of teachers taking their career plans into consideration. The greatest characteristic of specialized subjects is that many of the teachers have a wealth of practical business experience and incorporate ways of thinking and methodologies based on such experience into their lessons.