Curriculum

Our MBA Program is aimed to develop business leaders with both professional managerial skills and a sense of responsibility to society and to corporate citizenship. An emphasis is placed both on particular skill sets required in a specific business function, and on developing well-balanced skills to be an effective general manager who is capable of integrating multi-faceted business operations.

Curriculum Overview

The two-year full-time MBA Program is designed to promote overall administrative skills, which can facilitate development of such managerial qualities as mental toughness, deep insight, creativity and broad perspective that are commonly required for managers in various industries.
Such skills can help managers identify core problems in day to day business activities, analyze situations appropriately, propose creative and systematic, alternatives, and develop and implement strategies for future growth.



Schedule

In the first year, students required to take 8 core courses. Students participate in group and class discussions almost every weekday from 9:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. and there are mid-term and final exams every term. From the second term of the first year, students may also take elective courses.
The second year includes taking elective courses, seminar activity, and writing a master's thesis. Also, applicants can participate in the exchange program for the second term.



We uses the trimester system; six terms are spread over two years.
The first term runs from April through July (Spring Term), the second term runs from September through December (Fall Term), and the third term runs from January through March (Winter Term).



Courses Offered in MBA Program

■ Core Courses
There are eight core courses below designed to provide basic management skills. All students in MBA program must take all of the core courses in their first year.
Accounting and Control/ Management Science/ Organization and Human Management/ Marketing / Business; Economy and Society/ Financial Management/ Production Policy / General Management
*All core courses are conducted in Japanese. Students, therefore, will use Japanese in class discussions, and for reading and writing assignments. A good command of Japanese is mandatory for foreign students.

■ Elective Courses
More than 60 elective courses are offered to further strengthen specific functional skills and to facilitate deeper understanding of general management issues.
*Most elective courses are also conducted in Japanese except for courses offered to exchange students from overseas business schools.

■ Seminar and Research Seminar
Students in the MBA program belong to a seminar in their second year. In the seminar, students will write their master's thesis in the form of a small-group, intensive discussion, in which they will discover their own problems and solve them using cutting-edge theories and techniques.



Language Requirement
―A good command of Japanese is mandatory for foreign students―

As indicated above, most MBA Program courses are conducted in Japanese except for elective courses offered to exchange students from overseas business schools. Therefore, students required to have a good command of Japanese to be able to contribute to discussions in class and group work as well as high reading and writing skills to be able to complete assignments in Japanese.



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