Tokyo Woman's Christian University

The Graduate School - Master's Degree Course

Graduate School of Humanities and Sciences

The Graduate School of Humanities and Sciences offers Master's degree courses in the Divisions of Humanities and Cultures, and Human and Social Sciences. These divisions aim to develop researchers and professionals who will play a leadership role in realizing a cooperative society by pursuing research in cultural and social sciences from a multidisciplinary perspective and enhancing a self-reliant research capacity in each individual's major field of study. A Master's degree is awarded to students who earn at least 30 credits, submit a Master's Thesis, successfully complete the thesis evaluation and pass the final examination. This course is designed to take two years to complete.

Division of Humanities and Cultures

The Division of Humanities and Cultures is divided into the five research areas, Philosophy, Japanese Literature, English Literature, History, and Modern Japanese and Japanese Language Education, in each of which language research is indispensable for considering human culture from a spatial and diachronic perspective. These programs examine historical, regional and hierarchical differences found in human culture, and enable students to utilize research findings in a practical manner. Through these programs, students are expected to acquire specialized knowledge, enhance their reading comprehension, and closely examine related materials and develop the capacity for analyzing problems, eventually leading to the development of an integrated nderstanding of culture which is an outcome of human behavior and knowledge.

Humanities and Cultures Course List
 

Philosophy

Students engage in fundamental research on various factors of human culture, including philosophy, science, ethics, art and religion.

Full-time faculty (faculty in charge of major subjects)

  • Hiroshi Ohtani

    Professor
    Contemporary Philosophy, History of Western Philosophy, Wittgenstein Studies

  • Tetsuya Sakakibara

    Professor
    Phenomenology, Philosophy of Caring

  • Akira Baba

    Professor
    Aesthetics, Philosophy of Arts

  • Yukiko Yamada

    Professor

Japanese Literature

This program takes a multifaceted approach to Japanese culture and thought from the ancient period to the present, with a focus on the history of the Japanese language, Japanese literature from past to present, and influential Chinese classical literature.

Full-time faculty (faculty in charge of major subjects)

  • Hisayo Imai

    Professor
    Literature of the Heian Period of Japan

  • Mariko Noami

    Professor
    Modern Japanese Literature

  • Atsushi Harada

    Professor
    Literature of the Kamakura and Muromachi Period of Japan

  • Shinya Mitsunobu

    Associate Professor
    Literature of the Edo Period of Japan

  • Shingo Yamamoto

    Professor
    History of Japanese Language

  • Hirofumi Wada

    Professor
    Cultural Studies, Modern Japanese Literature, Comparative Culture

English Literature

Various forms of language and culture inextricably woven with English are examined, with a focus on British and American literature and English linguistics.

Full-time faculty (faculty in charge of major subjects)

  • Kimberly Klassen

    Associate Professor
    Applied Linguistics, Lexical Studies, Second Language Reading

  • Kayono Shiobara

    Associate Professor
    Linguistics (Word Order and Phrase Structure)

  • Andrew Houwen

    Associate Professor
    British and American Literature, Comparative Literature, Poetry, Cultural Studies

  • Akiko Mizoguchi

    Professor
    African Literature in English, English Literature

  • Yuki Yoshino

    Associate Professor
    British Literature

History

Various forms of language and culture inextricably woven with history are examined. Students achieve a comprehensive understanding of the trends and characteristics of the politics, economies, societies and cultures of various countries, including Japan and other Asian nations as well as Europe, by adopting a theoretical and empirical approach from a historical perspective.

Full-time faculty (faculty in charge of major subjects)

  • Takatoshi Akagi

    Professor
    Asian History (Chinese and Central Asian History)

  • Hiroyo Ooe

    Associate Professor
    Modern Japanese History

  • Chikashi Sakashita

    Professor
    Early Modern European History

  • Masatoshi Sato

    Professor
    Ancient Japanese History

  • Yosuke Takata

    Professor
    Medieval History of Japan

  • Hirotoshi Hiwaki

    Professor
    Ancient History of Greece and Rome

  • Toshio Motegi

    Professor
    Chinese Studies

  • Nobuhiro Yanagihara

    Professor
    Modern and Contemporary History of Germany

Modern Japanese and Japanese Language Education

This program explores the modern Japanese language in terms of its structure, characteristics and social diversity, and also enables application of such knowledge to Japanese language education in a practical manner.

Full-time faculty (faculty in charge of major subjects)

  • Tomoko Kumagai

    Professor
    Sociolinguistics, Linguistics Behavior Studies, Discourse Analysis

  • Koichi Shinozaki

    Professor
    Dialectology, Sociolinguistics

  • Shin Matsuo

    Professor
    Multicultural Education, Sociolinguistics, Japanese Language Education

  • Naoko Maruyama

    Professor
    Contemporary Japanese Language

Division of Human and Social Sciences

The Division of Human and Social Sciences consists of three research areas : Clinical Psychology, Psychological and Communication Sciences, and Global Studies. The division methodologically addresses a variety of issues facing modern society from the perspectives of human science and social science and conducts empirical and scientific research.

Human and Social Sciences Course List
 

Clinical Psychology

This program provides students with the ability to develop practical clinical psychology approaches to address a variety of behavioral and psychological problems facing people today from a broader perspective, from the therapeutic dialogue in psychotherapy to the establishment of social systems. Students who have completed this program can gain eligibility to take the exam to become a Clinical Psychologist certified by the Foundation of the Japanese Certification Board.

Full-time faculty (faculty in charge of major subjects)

  • Takeo Tanaka

    Professor
    Clinical Psychology

  • Ryoko Hanada

    Professor
    Clinical Psychology, Family Psychology

  • Asami Maekawa

    Professor
    Clinical Psychology

  • Shinichiro Morita

    Professor
    Clinical Psychology

  • Keiko Yamaguchi

    Associate Professor
    Clinical Psychology

Psychological and Communication Sciences

In this program, students engage in a variety of research ranging from general behavioral and psychological mechanisms to various types of human communications that take place in the context of mass media, mass communication and information communication.

Full-time faculty (faculty in charge of major subjects)

  • Taiji Ueno

    Professor
    Cognitive neuropsychology

  • Akie Arima

    Professor
    Mass Communication Studies

  • Koichi Oda

    Professor
    Audio Visual Information Processing, Experimental Psychology

  • Shogo Kato

    Professor
    Psychology of Internet, Educational Technology

  • Mayumi Karasawa

    Professor
    Cultural Psychology, Developmental Psychology

  • Eriko Kudo

    Professor
    Social Psychology

  • Megumi Komori

    Associate Professor
    Communication Studies, Social Psychology, Consumer Psychology

  • Shinichi Saito

    Professor
    Communication Studies, Media Studies, Social Psychology

  • Akihiro Tanaka

    Professor
    Cognitive Psychology, Cognitive Science

  • Hidemi Hirabayashi

    Professor
    Developmental Psychology

  • Takayuki Watanabe

    Professor
    Information Welfare Technology (Web Accessibility)

Global Studies

An interdisciplinary approach is taken that combines international relations, economics, sociology and gender studies for research on the creation of a society in which people can live together harmoniously, beyond the world's various boundaries — including national, ethnic, class and gender differences — in this age of globalization.

Full-time faculty (faculty in charge of major subjects)

  • Saburo Akahori

    Professor
    Sociological Theory, History of Sociology, Sociology of Contemporary Society

  • Masaki Ienaga

    Professor
    Modern Chinese History, Taiwanese Politics, International Cultural Relations

  • Masato Ina

    Professor
    Cultural Sociology, Public Sociology, History of Sociology in America

  • Minako Konno

    Professor
    Sociology

  • Tetsuya Shirasago

    Professor
    Econometrics

  • Orie Sekimura

    Professor
    Human Geography, Gender Studies, Local Community

  • Kazuomi Sakai

    Professor
    International History, Japan's Diplomatic History

  • Kenzo Takeuchi

    Professor
    Transport Economics, Public Economics

  • Hisaaki Takeuchi

    Associate Professor
    Studies of Peace Education

  • Takashi Tamai

    Associate Professor
    Cultural anthropology

  • Masato Nakamura

    Professor
    Sociology of Work and Industry

  • Momoko Nishimura

    Associate Professor
    International Relations, International Political Economy

  • Kazuyuki Nemoto

    Professor
    International Law, International Organizations

  • Katsuyuki Hasegawa

    Professor
    International Finance, International Economy

  • Mariko Futamura

    Professor
    Environmental Economics, Logistics

  • Kiyoko Furusawa

    Professor
    Development Studies

  • Mayuko Mori

    Associate Professor
    Korean Studies, International Relations of East Asia

  • Noriko Yagasaki

    Professor
    Tourism Policy

  • Shigehiro Yuasa

    Professor
    American Politics, American Foreign Policy

  • Takayoshi Ryuo

    Associate Professor
    History of Sociology

Graduate School of Science

The Graduate School of Science aims to bring up people who can conduct original research in the field of mathematics and mathematical sciences and people who pursue various professional works based on broad knowledge and wide view over mathematics and mathematical sciences.
A Master's degree is awarded to students who earn at least 30 credits, submit a Master's Thesis, successfully complete the thesis evaluation and pass the final examination. This course is designed to take two years to complete.

Division of Mathematics

The main subjects covered by Division of Mathematics are pure mathematics, applied mathematics, and information theory. Students get knowledge on the latest research and gain a clear perspective of the field of mathematical science. The purpose of the division is to cultivate people who can analyze problems in a flexible and critical way and do logical thinking.

Mathematics Course List
 

Programs

Theoretical Mathematical Science
Students study modern theories of pure mathematics, such as algebra, geometry, analysis, and their applications. The subjects include algebraic group theory, combinatorics, cryptography theory, code theory, geometric knot theory, spatial graph theory, functional analysis, harmonic analysis, and differential equation.

Applied Mathematical Science
Students study phenomena and theories in the fields of probability theory, statistics, theoretical physics, theoretical chemistry, and informatics. The subjects include wave phenomena in theoretical physics, spectral analysis in chemistry, and theory of error in computer calculations.
 

Full-time faculty (faculty in charge of major subjects)

  • Sachiko Atsushiba

    Professor
    Mathematical Analysis

  • Koji Ando

    Professor
    Theoretical Chemistry, Computational Chemistry

  • Yoshiyuki Ohyama

    Professor
    Topology

  • Kinya Oda

    Professor
    Particle Physics, Cosmology

  • Yuka Kato

    Professor
    Information Networks

  • Atsushi Takeuchi

    Professor
    Probability Theory

  • Ryo Nikkuni

    Professor
    Topology

  • Tohru Nitta

    Professor
    Machine Learning　 Neural Network

  • Taichi Haruna

    Professor
    Complex Systems Science

  • Hiroshi Yamauchi

    Professor
    Mathematics, Algebra

  • Xuefeng LIU

    Professor
    Numerical Analysis, Computer-assisted proof