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osteo-archaeology field
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| Founded
in 1994, the Graduate School
of Social and Cultural Studies
provides interdisciplinary
graduate curricula with
an emphasis on the crossfertilization
of knowledge in such traditional
academic fields as the natural
and social sciences and
humanities. The school offers
advanced degree programs
(Mastersf and Doctorate
of social and cultural studies,
and science) in two major
interrelated fields: 1)
The Department of Japanese
Society and Culture, and
2) The Department of International
Society and Culture. In
each major, the Mastersf
program requires two years
of course work and the completion
of a Mastersf thesis, while
the Ph.D. program requires
an additional three years
of research including a
dissertation and its defense.
Eighty-one instructors in
these two major fields annually
offer seminars and joint
seminars in social sciences,
humanities, and natural
sciences. |
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Students are able to take
any courses in these fields
for the purpose of developing
their understanding of contemporary
social and environmental
issues.
This is done with the understanding
that these issues have become
so complex that they increasingly
challenge conventional,
single discipline-based
knowledge.
In April 1997 the school
established two new courses
in cooperation with other
organizations. In this academic
year two courses are operating,
one course is open again
(first established in 1997)
for those interested in
nature-conservation by visiting
professors from the JWRC
(Japan Wildlife Research
Center). The other newly
established Polar Geosphere
System course first established
in 2006 by visiting professors
from the NIPR (National
Institute of Polar Research)
is focusing on geosphere
environments of the polar
region. |
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