Integrated Area / Museology Program
Program Overview
Museums are academic and educational institutions dedicated to passing on the diverse heritage that humanity should share into the future. Today, as part of lifelong learning, it plays an increasingly important role as a hub for tourism and community development. This program comprehensively covers the museum and its surrounding Area, covering education, management, exhibitions, conservation science, information media, and more.
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Introduction to Lifelong Learning
This course explores the essence and significance of lifelong learning and social education. It aims to provide a fundamental understanding of lifelong learning from the perspectives of family, school, and community, as well as the roles of lifelong learning activities, social education facilities (museums, libraries, community centers, etc.), and professional staff. Through concrete examples and experiential learning activities, the course examines lifelong learning and social education from various viewpoints, exploring together with participants what learning is and what it means to learn.
Specialized Seminar I & II (Kaneko Seminar)
The theme of this course is "Understanding Society and Local Communities Through Museums and Cultural Heritage." Because museums and cultural heritage are influenced by the social and cultural conditions and historical circumstances of their time, studying them in depth also leads to understanding the society that produced them. With this in mind, this seminar will broadly and interdisciplinaryly explore the relationship between museums/cultural heritage and society.
Also, every year, our seminar group participates in the university festival, presenting our research findings through exhibits.
Other classes and subjects
Introduction to Museum Studies / Introduction to Lifelong Learning / Museum Education / Museum Management / Museum Information and Media Studies / Museum Collection Preservation / Museum Exhibition Theory / Cultural Heritage Studies / Cultural Policy Studies / Japanese Folklore / Japanese Archaeology / Introduction to Regional Design / Tourism Anthropology / Regional Tourism Studies / Human Geography / Cultural Geography / Cultural Sociology A & B / Environmental Sociology A / Public Economics / Community Art / Japanese Art Studies / Environment and Urban Development / Environmental Education / People and Nature / Utilization of Information Media / Information Design Theory / Social Environment Survey Methods / Living Environment Survey Methods / Natural Environment Survey Methods, etc.
How seniors learned
Museum Studies & Communication Studies
Sharpening your communication skills by experiencing the passion of museums.
Endo Mahiro
I was drawn to the museum's passion for "communicating and sharing information" through its exhibitions, and that's why I chose museology as my major. I'm constantly learning and exploring multifaceted approaches that leverage the three elements of a museum: "people," "objects," and "place." Museology is related to management, education, and regional revitalization, and the opportunity to learn about various academic fields through museums is another attractive aspect of this program. I chose communication studies as my minor because I wanted to learn about "communication" in a more practical way. I'm also challenging myself to obtain a curator's license, and I hope to tackle various social issues with a broad range of knowledge and creative thinking.
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