Three Requirements for Graduation
Students in the YCCS Program will be awarded a Bachelor of Arts degree from the College of Urban Science at the time of graduation. To graduate from the program, you must meet the following three requirements. Please also note that the minimum period required for graduation from the program is four years.
- •Earn at least the minimum amount of credits for each course category indicated in the YCCS Program Curriculum and Requirements Table below, for a total of 124 credits or more, as well as completing all compulsory courses.
- •Have a GPA of 2.0 or higher for the required credits.
- •Present your graduation research project and successfully defend it.
Curriculum & Requirements Table
YCCS Students must earn at least 124 credits in total and the minimum amount of credits set by each course category and/or element as well as successfully completing all compulsory courses. You can learn about the characteristics of each category and element of courses from here.
Categories of Education | Elements of Education | Credits | |
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Japanese Language and Cultural Perspectives | Japanese Language | 8-24* | |
Cultural Perspectives | 6 | ||
Global Common Competencies | Cross-Cultural Competencies | 12 | |
ICT and Creative Competencies | 16 | ||
Innovative Business Competencies | 16 | ||
Specialized Competencies in Collaboration, Leadership and Facilitation | 26 | ||
Fundamentals of Urban Sciences | 4 | ||
Major and Minor Studies (Three Areas) | Major |
There are 3 areas: 1) Urban Cultural Creation (UCC) 2) Urban Social Management (USM) 3) Urban Creative Technologies (UCT) Select one as your Major and other two becomes your Minors. Double Major is available. |
16 |
Minor I | 4 | ||
Minor II | 4 | ||
Graduation Research Project | 12 | ||
Total | 124 - 140 |
* In principle, students need to earn 24 credits from Japanese Language. However, some may be allowed to earn less credits, depending on their proficiency in the Japanese language. Details will be given after admission.
Sample List of Courses
Here is a sample list of courses. Although some courses are offered exclusively for YCCS students, most of the courses are open for Japanese and international students, including exchange students from international partner universities of YNU, too. A course registration guidance will be given by the academic advisor at beginning of each term, with the latest timetable. To learn about each course in details, please check the online syllabus from here.
Japanese Language
Course Name | Course Instructor(s) | Credit(s) |
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Japanese language courses of student's choice | TBD | (8-24) |
General Education courses of student's choice |
Cultural Perspectives
Course Name | Course Instructor(s) | Credit(s) |
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Yokohama Studies | HASEGAWA Kenji | 2 |
Yokohama Studies (Seminar) | HASEGAWA Kenji | 1 |
Multiethnic Japan | HASEGAWA Kenji | 2 |
Multiethnic Japan (Seminar) | HASEGAWA Kenji | 1 |
Cross-Cultural Competencies
Course Name | Course Instructor(s) | Credit(s) |
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Academic Presentation Skills | RAND Nerida | 2 |
Japan in the World #2 | HASEGAWA Kenji | 2 |
Globalization and Regional Economic Integration | MOINUDDIN Mustafa | 2 |
Gender and Inclusive Society | KAWACHI Kumiko | 2 |
Social Design Study #1,#2 | TANAKA Miho | 2 |
Business Presentation Skills | RAND Nerida | 2 |
ICT and Creative Competencies
Course Name | Course Instructor(s) | Credit(s) |
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ICT Literacy 1,2 | XU Haoyuan | 2 |
Economic Development | MOINUDDIN Mustafa | 2 |
Creative Digital Design | ONUMA Hidekazu | 2 |
Innovative Business Competencies
Course Name | Course Instructor(s) | Credit(s) |
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Life-Long Planning and Global Career Design | TBD | 2 |
Plagiarism and its Regulations | WATANABE Tomoko | 2 |
Business Planning with Intellectual Property | WATANABE Tomoko | 2 |
Business Planning with Accounting and Finance | TBD | 2 |
Business Planning and Proposal | TBD | 2 |
Specialized Competencies in Collaborations, Leaderships and Facilitations
Course Name | Course Instructor(s) | Credit(s) |
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Studio Workshop (SDGs) #1 | KAWACHI Kumiko | 2 |
Studio Workshop (SDGs) #2 | KAWACHI Kumiko | 2 |
Studio Workshop (SDGs) #3 | KAWACHI Kumiko | 2 |
Studio Workshop (SDGs) #4 | KAWACHI Kumiko | 2 |
Studio Workshop (SDGs) #5 | KAWACHI Kumiko | 2 |
Studio Workshop (SDGs) #6 | KAWACHI Kumiko | 2 |
Proseminar #1 | TBD | 2 |
Proseminar #2 | TBD | 2 |
Fundamentals of Urban Sciences
Course Name | Course Instructor(s) | Credit(s) |
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Urban Science A | Omnibus lecture series | 2 |
Urban Science B | 1 | |
Urban Science C | 1 |
Urban Cultural Creation (UCC)
Course Name | Course Instructor(s) | Credit(s) |
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Music of Japan and the World | TBD | 2 |
Documentary Film-making and Ethnography | CARLSEN Matthew | 2 |
Cinema and Politics in Japanese Contexts | CARPENTRAS Fabien | 2 |
Modern History of Japan | PARK Sang Mi | 2 |
Modern Japanese Foreign Policy: SE Asian Relations | HORTON Bradley William | 2 |
Nuclear Issues Through the Translation of Hibakusha Accounts | TBD | 2 |
Animation Culture | TBD | 2 |
Urban Social Management (USM)
Course Name | Course Instructor(s) | Credit(s) |
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International Economics I | PARSONS Craig | 2 |
International Economics Ⅱ | PARSONS Craig | 2 |
International Political Economy | OUS Veaceslav | 2 |
Principles of Economics | OUS Veaceslav | 2 |
Japanese Production Management | SUZUKI Sadami | 2 |
Basics of Business Accounting | BRISON Stuart | 2 |
International Business Accounting and Reporting - Intermediate | BRISON Stuart | 2 |
Global Management in Asia | TANABU Motonari | 2 |
Visiting Scholar Guest Lecture 1 | TBD | 2 |
Visiting Scholar Guest Lecture 2 | TBD | 2 |
Visiting Scholar Guest Lecture 3 | TBD | 2 |
Visiting Scholar Guest Lecture 4 | TBD | 2 |
Urban Creative Technologies (UCT)
Course Name | Course Instructor(s) | Credit(s) |
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Prospects of Maths, Phys, Elec Eng & Comp Sci | Omnibus lecture series | 2 |
Prospects of Arch, Infstr, Eng & Ecosystem Sci | Omnibus lecture series | 2 |
Prospects of Chemistry, Chemical Eng & Life Sci | Omnibus lecture series | 2 |
Prospects of Mech Eng, Mater Sci and Ocean Eng | Omnibus lecture series | 2 |
Practice in Arch, Infstr, Eng & Ecosystem Sci | Omnibus lecture series | 2 |
Practice in Chemistry, Chemical Eng & Life Sci | Omnibus lecture series | 2 |
Practice in Mech Eng, Mater Sci and Ocean Eng | Omnibus lecture series | 2 |
Practice in Maths, Phys, Elec Eng & Comp Sci | Omnibus lecture series | 2 |
Urban Infrastructure and Urban Development | Omnibus lecture series | 2 |
Graduation Research Project
Course Name | Course Instructor(s) | Credit(s) |
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Undergraduate Seminar #1,2 | TBD | 2 |
Graduate Thesis Seminar #1,2 | TBD | 2 |
Thesis Project #1,2 | TBD | 2 |