At Kyoto Seika University there is a new “discipline of the humanities,” a form of learning that responds to contemporary issues, and goes beyond the existing disciplines of philosophy, history, and literature. For example, it includes pop culture (film, music, manga etc.), global issues such as ecology, and major concerns for current society like education and psychology. Find your own theme here: Your interests will surely become your research subject.
Possible fields and themes
Fields of study in the Faculty of Humanities go beyond conventional academic disciplines. To understand the current era and be a person who can propose original and creative ideas for the future, imagine freely and tackle your own themes.
Film; inter-cultural studies; manga & animation; international studies; novels; music; education & children; history; the human body; sports; spaces; media; psychology; natural environments
The Faculty of Humanities employs a unique approach focusing on experience and expression
We are adopting new ideas for learning. While university education has traditionally pursued one-way learning that deepened specialized knowledge in each major study area, the Faculty of Humanities employs a three-way approach: Course, Workshops, and Projects. Students still do study in specialized areas, but also acquire the skills to express their ideas, and finally make the results of their research available to the outside world.
Course
Five Courses deepening student interests as research themes
The Faculty’s curriculum design offering five Courses enables students to find their own interests and explore them as research subjects. In their first year students build their foundational skills, before selecting one of the five Courses in the second year. Each Course assists students to obtain specialized knowledge of their own interests, as well as to further advance their research.
Workshops
Learning advertising and film production from leading professionals
Instructors of the Workshop curriculum, which provides a wide range of creative skills, are all top working professionals. Through learning to edit actual booklets and shoot photographs and video under their guidance, students’ creative capabilities are further expanded.
Projects
“Project” - a way of thinking that transforms experience into expression
In the “Project” program students organize events and conduct research activities in a local area through long-term group work. The program is not tied to conventional classrooms and timetables, and helps students to attain the comprehensive abilities essential for forming their own modes of expression.
Faculty of Humanities Elective & Special Course Faculty Members (in Japanese)
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