Program in International Culture Studies

This is a course to learn about various cultures of the world, such as Europe and Asia, including Japan, and to consider regions from a global point of view.

Characteristics of the course

You will learn and think about the place of Japan, Tohoku, and Akita in the world based on knowledge from the humanities.

Areas of particular importance on this course are literature, art, history, philosophy, and linguistics, which are at the core of humanities. You will think about the cultures surrounding you here in Japan and overseas from a broad perspective, and learn means to promote exchange between different cultures while acquiring a global mindset, which is the basis of the internationalization of communities.

Learn foreign languages and acquire the ability to communicate regional characteristics overseas

While taking advantage of the foreign language courses (English, German, French, Russian, Chinese, Korean) and overseas study opportunities, you will gain practical and applicable foreign language skills, important cultural knowledge, broaden your horizons through language study, and acquire the ability to communicate about various characteristics of communities on a domestic and international stage.

Developing talented individuals who have an international perspective and can revitalize communities

This course develops individuals who have the ability to solve problems facing communities today through global, international, and local perspectives. This will give you a new way of seeing the local community to which you belong, an understanding of the passing on and handing down of traditional cultures as well as the current state of regional cultures, and provide you with a vision of how things should be in the future.