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Recently the economy has been changing drastically. Globalization has advanced and the economies of different countries are highly interdependent. Under current conditions, large investments move instantaneously beyond borders, greatly affecting the economies of other countries. It has become increasingly necessary to train people who have a global viewpoint along with a keen analytical ability about each field in the economy. Our educational goal sets to train people with an international perspective as well as an area of specialization. The carefully crafted educational program in tandem with the diversified professors to achieve this purpose.
Computers are indispensable everyday items in modern society. Students in the School of Economics learn the essentials to lead in the information society through everyday practice in information education.
To become accustomed to an information environment as quickly as possible, first year students are to take Information Literacy where they foster the digital reading and writing skills indispensable in an information society.
In second year specialized lectures, students put to practice what they have learned through consulting syllabi, submitting reports and asking questions of the instructor by using computers. A system where students can evaluate submitted papers of their peers through web is being introduced in seminars.
The School of Economics provides a course model in each specialized field as a guide so that students can systematicaly learn and research the specitic field they desire.
Those fields are composed of Standard Economics, Theories of Economics, History and Philosophy, International Economics, Policy, Finance, Public Finance and Industry. The sub-models of Foreign Economies, Modern Economies, Information, and State Tax Specialists/Licensed Tax Accounts are also offered. A course counseling by teaching staff is offered to new students and prospective second year students. On the other hand, the curriculum of the School of Economics is explained and students are offered individual counseling for planning their individual paths in the field and receiving advice on courses to take.
From the inauguration of the School of Economics, the faculty staff is composed of not only spcialists in the academic society of ecomonics but also of first-rate professionals from the public sector and corporate worlds.
The professors that participate in the appealing lectures of the School of Economics educational program come from diverse backgrounds including professors that served as chairmen of financial institutes; internationally acclaimed professors whose work has been recorded in economic periodicals; professors that actively contributed to their country or region by serving in a public capacity, and economists who appear in the mass media from time to time.
| Professors | Minoru Harada | History of Economic Thought |
|---|---|---|
| Yushi Iwashita | Theory of Business Fluctuations | |
| Sumio Kakimoto | Trade Policy | |
| Masatoshi Shirai | Public Finance | |
| Mitsuo Yamada | Advanced Econometrics | |
| Keiko Nakayama | Microeconomics | |
| Tatsuya Tsubaki | Western Economic History | |
| Kenji Kondo | International Economics | |
| Hideki Abe | Japanese Economic History | |
| Kimiyoshi Kamada | Economic Policy | |
| Kiyohide Umemura | Advanced Trade Theory | |
| Takeshi Kobayashi | Monetary Theory | |
| Takaji Suzuki | Urban Economics |
| Associate Professors | Akiyoshi Furukawa | |
|---|---|---|
| Teruyoshi Kobayashi | Advanced International Finance |
| Lecturers | Michio Yuda | Social Securities |
|---|---|---|
| Yuichi Furukawa | Macroeconomics | |
| Junya Masuda | ||
| Sachiko Kazekami | Labor Economy |
