Academic Program
Academic Program
Students can choose courses and areas according to individual interests and purpose from the three broad areas of study below.
Schedule of the International Business Studies Program
Advisors will guide students in their course registration. An advisor will be allocated by the department based on student ranked preferences according to availability and other administrative criteria in the orientation held after enrollment. Afterward, instructors of “Supervised Research Paper” will supervise students in completing a Research Paper. At that time, the instructors will take over the role of advisors. In the mid-term open debriefing sessions, feedback will be provided by attending faculty members other than the instructors, and discussions/questions among graduate student audience members are encouraged, supporting the graduate students' independent research activities from various perspectives.
The research supervising process will be provided in the following schedule.
1st Year |
September |
The orientation session provides students with advice on academic and research planning. Course registration based on the advice of advisors |
September - January |
Lecture Courses |
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April |
Course registration based on the advice of advisors |
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April to July |
Lecture Courses |
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2nd Year |
September |
Course registration based on the advice of advisors |
September - January |
Lecture Courses |
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December |
Selection of the Instructor for “Supervised Research Paper” |
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January |
Submission of the title of Master’s thesis and Research Advising Plan Form signed by an instructor |
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April |
Course registration based on the advice of instructors |
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April - July |
Lecture Courses “Supervised Research Paper” for the International Business Studies Program |
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May |
At the mid-term open debriefing session, students will report the outline of their research paper, the current progress, and further research plan. Advice from instructors and other faculty members will be provided. |
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July |
Submission of Research Paper Research paper evaluation and final exam (oral defense) |
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March |
Conferral of a degree |
Curriculum
- List of Courses
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Accounting & Finance Area
- Financial Accounting
- Management Accounting
- Financial Management
- Quantitative Finance
- Operations Research
- Business Ethics
Management & Strategy Area
- Management Strategy
- Marketing
- Operations Research
- Production Management
- Quantitative Finance
- Business Ethics
- Business in Emerging Economies
- Environmental Economics
- Cross-Cultural Management
- Human Resource Management
- International Human Resource Management
International Business & Economics Area
- Business Economics
- Fiscal Policy
- Monetary Policy
- Business in Emerging Economies
- Operations Research
- International Trade
- Environmental Economics
- Cross-Cultural Management
- Economic History
- Economic Developments of Japan and Asia
- International Human Resource Management
Students will complete a Research Paper under the supervision of academic advisors in their final semester.
Course Syllabus
*Note: Please search a syllabus by a course name.
Sample Titles of Past Research Papers
- A study on the impact of Corporate Social Responsibility activities on company performance in Singapore: A regression analysis on sustainability reporting and its effect on performance indicators
- The Economic Ripple Effects of Tourism Industry and its Impact on Job Creation in Brunei Darussalam: An Input -Output Analysis
- Value-at-Risk Analysis via Range-based Multivariate GARCH Models
- Sustainable Consumption and Production in Japan's Food supply chain. A Conceptual Framework
- The relationship between corporate environmental responsibility and brand strength
- A study of ethical reflection in recruitment that affects global supply management
- Gentrification Policies in Low-Income Neighborhoods: The Socio-Economic Impact on U.S. and Japanese Case Studies
- Value Enhancement of an organization through Mergers and Acquisition and the factors that affect the value addition