Curriculum
A list of courses offered in each of the Master's and Doctoral programs is presented, excerpted from the Graduate School Handbook that is distributed after admission to the program.
Curriculum Policy of Biosciences Major
The purpose of this major is to nurture individuals with a creative mind to solve the scientific and social problems of modern times. It focuses on four interdisciplinary fields of science as educational and research targets: namely, biomolecular sciences, cellular biosciences, bioinformation sciences, and functional biosciences.
Master's Degree Program
The master's program consists of four interdisciplinary areas.
The curriculum consists of the following:
Biomolecular sciences | Understanding biomolecular construction and motion principles with molecular interpretation and learning methods to study new structures and motion mechanisms |
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Cellular biosciences | Understanding the processes from gene expression in cells through to the cell fate determination at the molecular level and acquire study methods |
Bioinformation sciences | Cultivating the ability to collect and formalize information that is necessary to solve problems in order to create problem-solving methods, and the ability to develop methods for obtaining new biological information |
Functional biosciences | Understanding biological functions such as recognition of and response to external information at the molecular level and acquiring study methods |
Doctoral Degree Program
The doctoral program consists of a capacity-building course and a research guidance course. These curriculums will
train students in the following:
- Develop a holistic view of life sciences in general without being bound by narrow research fields.
- Acquire methods and ways of thinking in a life science field that is not their major research field in order to foster originality.
- Develop the ability to think deeply and pursue answers.
- Develop the ability to write theses and give presentations in English.