The Department of Intercultural Studies fosters skills for surviving in a global society and cross-cultural understanding.
In the first year, students aim to improve their English language skills as preparation for studying abroad. Students also study basic specialized subjects and academic skills, and deepen their understanding of cultural diversity through language. In the second half of the first year, students study English and other languages abroad. While abroad, students take classes in their field of specialization with local students to gain cross-cultural understanding and develop a perspective on new issues.
In the second half of the second year after returning from study abroad, students begin a variety of specialized courses in the humanities and social sciences. Students learn how to research in specialized fields through Research Literacy, and deepen their knowledge of cultural diversity in various regions of the world and the interactions and power relations among these societies and their impact on the world through Area Studies and Studies of Multicultural Symbiosis.
In the third and fourth year, students develop their ability to think and judge by studying digital humanities subjects such as Visual Media Studies and Journalism Studies and other major subjects such as Comparative Studies of Religion, Gender, History of Thought and Tourism. In Major Study Seminar, students decide their own themes and carry out research, and also develop skills for effective presentations.
Acquire advanced English operational skills, the ability to know others and talk about yourself, and English career skills.
From the second half of the first year to the first half of the second year, all students study abroad for approximately 4 to 8 months at partner institutions overseas. By studying abroad at an early stage, it is easier to absorb various cultural differences and stimuli, and to gain insights from first-hand experience at the study abroad destination, enabling them to take on various themes as their own after returning to their home countries and further their studies.
Students will not only be able to use English as a tool, but will also improve their advanced English skills from a global perspective as an international language. To this end, we will deepen your understanding of different cultures and improve your ability to express yourself appropriately.
The use of AI and other digital skills are essential to English language learning. We also consider how AI can be used for language learning. By providing students with opportunities to further develop their English language skills after returning to their home country, they will develop the ability to use English as an international language for negotiations and academic exchanges of opinions in global situations.
10-1 Ushi, Gosho-machi, Kanazawa-shi, Ishikawa, 920-8620, Japan
TEL : 076-253-3896 (International Exchange Center)
TEL : +81-76-253-3896 (From outside Japan)
FAX : +81-76-253-3617 (From outside Japan)
