Integrated Area / Multicultural Coexistence Program
Program Overview
This program promotes mutual understanding among diverse people, including those of different ethnicities, genders, and disabilities, and cultivates the theoretical and practical skills necessary for coexistence. Through the lessons, students will deepen their awareness of power dynamics between majority and minority groups and the social structures shaped by institutions. For example, regarding the issue of foreign workers, the program aims to create a society where people from diverse backgrounds can live together by gaining a multifaceted understanding of systems such as residence status, societal attitudes towards acceptance, and children's education.
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Gender Sociology
We begin by questioning the meaning of the concept of gender and learn basic knowledge about gender. Then, we consider issues that are at stake in relation to gender in various fields such as care, education, labor, sports, and war. Through this process, we aim to understand the diverse forms of sexuality that go beyond the male-female dichotomy and acquire the qualities necessary for a multicultural society from a gender perspective.
Specialized Seminars I & II
In this workshop, we will learn about the development of "language and thinking" in children from culturally and linguistically diverse backgrounds, and engage in dialogue with multicultural and multilingual children about open-ended questions. For example, "What is normal?", "Are rules necessary?", "What does it mean to be yourself?", "Who is freer, adults or children?", etc. By fostering dialogue with children and reading relevant literature, we will critically examine views on language and the social power dynamics underlying them, and reconsider the practice of language as a right and the nature of a multicultural society.
Other classes and subjects
Introduction to Religious Studies / Religions in Japan and the World / Multicultural Coexistence and Easy Japanese / Lifespan Developmental Psychology / Social and Group Psychology / Multicultural Society Theory / Intercultural Communication A / Anthropology of Multicultural Coexistence / Diversity of the Japanese Language and Sociolinguistics / Policy Studies / Religious Anthropology A / Religious Anthropology B / Regional Sociology A / Human Development Theory / Welfare Psychology / Psychological Support Methods / Psychology of Persons with Disabilities (Children) / International Communication / Gender Anthropology / Gender Sociology / Family Sociology / Comparative Sociology A / Children and Development / Nationalism and Ethnicity / Negotiation / Multilingual Communication Workshop / Multicultural Coexistence and Communication / Immigration Law / International Law B / Gender and Communication / Interpersonal Assistance Communication / International Cooperation Fieldwork (Japan), etc.
How seniors learned
Multicultural coexistence x sociology
Connecting the experience of growing up in a multicultural environment to learning.
Dan Suan Kieu Chau
I am a Vietnamese person born and raised in Japan. Half of the students in my elementary school were foreigners, and the school was very focused on multicultural coexistence. Because of that, I was exposed to diverse cultures and learned to think about things from various perspectives. However, I believe that Japan is still not able to cope with different countries and cultures. By majoring in multicultural coexistence, I would like to learn about people with diverse cultural backgrounds and think about how to interact with others better. Also, by minoring in sociology, I would like to learn about the workings of the society we live in and what we can do to realize a multicultural society.
Multicultural coexistence x Communication studies, psychology
Learning the understanding and dialogue necessary for coexistence and connecting them to the future
Maiko Taniguchi
I chose multicultural coexistence as my major because I want to create a peaceful and equal society where both majority and minority groups can coexist. Through the program, I learned to understand people who are unjustly hurt in society, people from diverse cultural and social backgrounds, and that communication is crucial for moving closer to coexistence. I chose communication studies and psychology as my minors because I believe they are important studies for achieving multicultural coexistence. In the future, I hope to work in a job that helps Japan move closer to a society where everyone can coexist with smiles on their faces.
Multicultural coexistence x sociology
From everyday issues noticed in class to multicultural coexistence
Hinami Fukunaga
At first, I didn't have a clear idea of what major I wanted to study, but through taking classes in multicultural coexistence and sociology, I became aware of familiar issues such as gender and family relationships, and made multicultural coexistence my major. By studying sociology in a minor study, I wanted to gain a detailed understanding of human social order and solve challenges toward multicultural coexistence. Among these, I want to help change the 'eyes of prejudice against gender.' College of Arts and Sciences students can learn subjects from various Area and combine major and minor studies. Take your time to discover what you've learned.
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