Faculty of Letters
Learn what you like ※Japanese track except for EMP
Faculty Overview
Giving shape to awareness of issues and creating new value
Faculty of Letters offers a wide range of courses and seminars covering everything from literature, history, different cultures, and even subcultures, allowing students to experience a variety of learning experiences. Students take introductory and foundational courses in their first and second years, and can choose the field they want to specialize in in their third year. While exploring what they love, students can cultivate the human skills and life design abilities to carve out their own future.
Faculty Features 01
Major system (11 majors, 1 specialist)
From language, literature, and history to art, subculture, and social welfare, you can study a wide range of subjects to suit your interests. Turn your innermost sense of interest and curiosity into the power to survive in the future. That is the education the Faculty of Faculty of Letters aims for. Find the "learning style" that suits you from the diverse curriculum of 11 majors and 1 specialization, and create your future self!
Faculty Features 02
Double Degree Course (Language Education)
This is a course that allows students to graduate from two universities, Soka University and the host university, and obtain two degrees. Students will study abroad at Beijing Language University for two years in their second and third years. They will acquire the skills to play an active role on the international stage. In addition, the faculty members provide detailed support to each student, providing strong support for studying abroad.
Faculty Features 03
The path to becoming a social worker: a profession that supports "everyday life"
In the Social Welfare major, students learn and think from a welfare perspective about how to realize a "collaborative society" of diverse people. Our goal is to develop human resources who can put into practice the creation of a welfare society through the role and work of social welfare. Many of our graduates are active in a wide range of fields, including as civil servants, welfare office staff, and medical social workers. We provide detailed instruction in small classes, and we maintain a high pass rate in the National Diet Examination for Certified Social Workers every year.
Faculty Features 04
Obtaining a teaching license and
Japanese language teacher training
In Faculty of Letters students can aim to obtain teaching qualifications for Type 1 junior high school teachers (English, Japanese, and social studies) and Type 1 high school teachers (English, Japanese, geography and history, and civics), as well as to become Japanese language teachers.
curriculum
Providing opportunities for encounters with diverse academic fields
You will take the time to carefully cultivate your interests and develop your skills.
First year
Focusing on introductory and basic subjects, students will develop a broad perspective.
Students will broaden their horizons while studying introductory subjects that interest them. They will also learn the academic skills necessary for university studies, the basics of how to use data and AI, the university system and facilities, and other things necessary for a smooth student life.
Major System in Faculty of Letters of Letters
Second Year
While keeping in mind their field of expertise, students will consider the relationship between their studies and their future.
We will learn and think together about how to best connect the study of the 12 specialized fields in Faculty of Letters, which begins in earnest from the second year onwards, with our own "life design" beyond that. This is a period in which students will thoroughly gather information about the major and seminars they should pursue, and determine the direction of their own specialization.
12 Specialized Fields in Faculty of Letters
Third Year
Students will deepen their knowledge of their fields of expertise through small-group exercises (seminars).
The faculty and students engage in interactive and multi-directional mutual learning, centering on seminars in which a supervisor and a small group of students conduct presentations, Q&A sessions, discussions, etc. In addition, Faculty of Letters of Letters has over 30 seminars, allowing students to deepen their learning in a way that suits their interests.
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Fourth Year
Students will work on their graduation research, culminating their four years of learning.
Students will continue their graduation research and culminate their studies into their career paths. Students are able to find employment in domestic and international private companies, public service, junior high and high school teaching (English, Japanese, and social studies), Japanese language teaching, social work, etc. Faculty of Letters 's free learning extends to a variety of career paths.
Faculty of Letters Career paths and qualifications
Career Paths and Qualifications
Post-graduation career paths and qualifications
Main career paths after graduation
Graduates have gone on to have a wide range of careers, including working for global IT companies, various civil servants, and middle and high school English, Japanese, and social studies teachers. In the private sector, they can also choose to work in the fields of "wholesale and retail," "transportation, communications, and services," and "manufacturing" by utilizing their language skills and problem-solving abilities. Many graduates also go on to study abroad or graduate school in Japan and abroad, and are active in the academic and cultural worlds.
Qualifications that can be acquired
We boast the highest success rate among private schools in teaching profession (High school I: English, geography, history, civics, Japanese; junior high school I: English, social studies, Japanese), qualification to take the national social worker exam, and national and local government. We also provide support for TOEIC, Eiken, Chinese Proficiency Test, Russian Proficiency Test, Japanese Language Proficiency Test, etc. In addition, every year we produce a large number of students who find employment in domestic and foreign companies, and who go on to graduate schools in Japan and abroad.
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