Faculty of Humanities Department of History and Culture Learn history and gain a broad perspective on the world

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Department Overview

This Department is suitable for the following people:

Learning Key Points

01. Learn by coming in direct contact with authentic cultural assets

02. Enrollment models focusing on the future

03. Learning fields extending on and off Campus

Enrollment models and qualification models that make the most of what students leran for the future

Cultural Property Specialist (Museum Curator) Program

"Teaching"qualification model (Social Studies at junior high school)

"Teaching"qualification model (Geography and History at high school)

"Government employee" enrollment model

"General employment" enrollment model

"Graduate Schol Preparation" enrollment model

Cultural Resource Management Program

Four-year learning process

• First-year

  続きを読む

  Acquire basic knowledge of each discipline

  Representative classes

  ・Introduction to Historiography
  Focusing on E. H. Carr's What is History? and introducing the history of historical studies since the modern era, we will consider what exactly it means to study history and what we aim to do.

• Second-year

  続きを読む

  Learn specialized knowledge and develop logical thinking skills

  Representative classes

  ・History Studies Course: Introduction to Historiography
  Students will learn the basics of the Humanities and Japanese history by developing an eye for finding prior research, summarizing the contents of articles and explaining them.

  ・Archaeology Studies Course: Practicum in Archaeology 1, 2, 3
  Students learn practical knowledge and skills required for archaeological site surveys, such as surveying archaeological sites using equipment and handling excavated artifacts.

  ・Folklore Studies Course: Folk Culture and Fieldwork
  Through the core elements of fieldwork, “walking, observing, and listening,” we will consider our daily lives, history, and culture from an ethnographic perspective.

• Third-year

  続きを読む

  Explore your own research topics

  Representative classes

  ・History Studies Course: Practicum in Historical Documents 3, 4
  Through the organization of unorganized historical materials at the affiliated Tenri Central Library, students will learn about the organization of documentary materials and lay the foundation necessary to become a person charge of cultural properties who can handle ancient documents.

  ・Archaeology Studies Course: Documentation in Archaeology
  Using materials excavated during excavations, students will learn theoretical and practical methods for efficiently organizing archaeological materials and making them informative according to the nature of the materials.

  ・Folklore Studies Course: Seminar in Historical Folklore 1, 2
  Students will consult with their teacher to select a paper on a traditional culture they would like to deepen, with the aim of gaining an understanding of current research and research methods.

• Fouth-year

  続きを読む

  Work on a graduation thesis as the culmination of your studies

  【Examples of graduation thesis themes】

  ・History Studies Course

  • （歴史学）又春廓川本楼で働く女性たちの実態について
    (History Studies) The Day to Day Life of Women who Worked in the Red-light District of Yushunkaku-Kawamotoro
  • （歴史学）浅井氏の滅亡にみる家臣団の構造
    (History Studies) The Vassalage System as Revealed by the Azai Family’s DownFall

  ・Archaeology Studies Course

  • （考古学）近江・長原地域における飛雲文系軒丸瓦について
    (Archaeology Studies) Eave-end Convex Roof Tiles with Flying Cloud Designs in the Omi and Nagahara Areas
  • （考古学）奄美大島における「弥生系土器」の基礎的研究
    (Archaeology Studies) Fundamental Study of Pottery from the Yayoi Period in Amami Oshima

  ・Folklore Studies Course

  • （民俗学）幟と旗飴 —奈良県における初午行事の変化と意味—
    (Folklore Studies) Banners and Hataame (flag candy)—Changes and Meanings of the Hatsu-uma Day in Nara Prefecture—
  • （民俗学）人口減少地域における秋祭りの意義 —石川県七尾市中島町の笠師祭を事例に—
    (Folklore Studies) The Significance of Autumn Festivals in a Declining Population Area: A Case Study of the Kasashi Festival in Nakajimamachi, Nanao City, Ishikawa Prefecture

Faculty list

• Department of History and Culture faculty list

Curriculum

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• 2024-2025 Academic year

Curriculum map（PDF）

• 2024-2025 Academic year

Education policy

• Admission Policy

  In order to fulfill the educational goals of the Department of History and Culture Studies, we seek for students with the following qualities:
  1. (Knowledge) Those who have an interest in acquiring basic knowledge about history and culture.
  2. (Thought) Those who wish to acquire logical thinking skills.
  3.(Knowledge, Skills) Those who desire to acquire expertise knowledge related to the studies of history, archaeology, and folklore.
  4. (Skills, Action) Those who wish to acquire the ability to research, collect, analyze, and understand.
  5. (Creativity, Action) Those who wish to acquire the ability to plan, express, and convey.
  6. (Motivation, Action) Those who wish to acquire the ability to build identity and contribute to society.
  7. (Motivation) Those who have had experience in actively engaging in social activities and extra-curricular activities, and have an interest in history.
  Entrance examination methods will take various forms, such as comprehensive selection, special selection, school recommended selection, general selection, and transfer selection.

• Curriculum Policy

  We systematically distribute subjects that allow students to acquire specialized knowledge related to the studies of history, archaeology, and folklore.
  The classes are organized so that during the first year, students study a wide range of history and culture through basic seminars, introductory classes, and overviews. In the second year, students will choose to enroll either in the Historiography, Archaeology, or Folklore Course to deepen their understanding.
  In the second year, students systematically learn specialized knowledge through Lecture subjects, acquire specialized skills through Reading subjects and Practicum subjects, and acquire the ability to collect and analyze materials and draw out research results. The curriculum is designed to enhance students' conceptual ability to plan their own research projects, logical thinking ability to analyze and discuss the results of their research, expressive ability to communicate their findings, and communication skills to discuss and deepen their ideas, which will ultimately lead to the writing of their graduation thesis. The curriculum is designed to help students improve their ability to plan their own research assignments, analyze the results of their research, think logically, express their findings, discuss and deepen their thinking, and write a graduation thesis.

• Diploma Policy

  A bachelor's degree (History and Culture Studies) will be awarded to students who have acquired the following knowledge and abilities:
  1. (Knowledge) Those who have acquired basic knowledge about history and culture.
  2. (Thought) Those who have acquired logical thinking skills.
  3. (Knowledge, skills) Those who have acquired expertise knowledge related to the studies of history, archaeology, and folklore.
  4. (Skills, Action) Those who have acquired the ability to research, collect, analyze, and understand.
  5. (Creativity, Action) Those who have acquired the ability to plan, express, and convey.
  6. (Motivation, Action) Those who have acquired the ability to build identity and contribute to society.

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