Curriculum

Program Features

Balanced Curriculum

Various Lecture Formats

Guidance by Multiple Staff Members

Selected Thesis Topics

Educational Policies

Diploma Policy

Master’s Program

The Master’s Program in Management sets standards for the skills and knowledge students should acquire before graduation as described below: Those who fulfill the graduation requirements and pass their thesis defense shall be deemed to have acquired these qualities and will be awarded a diploma.

1. The ability to deeply understand at least one professional field selected from business management, marketing, accounting and associated discipline
2. The ability to pursue, based on Sophia’s philosophy, unique cutting-edge research that will contribute to improving the living standards of the world’s people and to the further prosperity of global companies
3. The ability to properly conduct research and complete academic papers based on the results

Doctoral Program

The Doctoral Program in Management sets standards for the skills and knowledge students should acquire before graduation as described below: Those who fulfill the graduation requirements and pass their dissertation defense shall be deemed to have acquired these qualities and will be awarded a diploma.

1. The ability to set up highly academic research themes and conduct observations and analyses using appropriate frameworks of business management, marketing and accounting studies
2. The ability to pursue unique research as an independent researcher and to contribute to global and social development using the expertise and insight acquired in one’s research
3. The ability to properly conduct research, complete academic papers based on the results, and communicate them

Curriculum Policy

Master’s Program

In accordance with the diploma policy, with an aim to respect individual abilities based on Sophia’s educational spirit and build on each student’s individuality, the Master’s Program in Management constructs its curriculum with courses aligned to the following purposes:

1. Offer basic courses in the areas of Management, Marketing Theory, and Accounting.
2. Deliver lectures in small-group classes, considering students’ research themes and level of understanding.
3. Maintain a balance between the basics and application. Lecture contents may widely range from survey and research methodologies (statistics and social survey techniques) that serve as a basis of theoretical construction to basic theory and application to management realities.
4. Offer various types of courses, including not only conventional and standard Literature Reading, but also case discussions based on real cases and data analysis training in accordance with the character of the course and lecture contents.
5. A group of three advisors and evaluators including the research advisor provides guidance at the different stages of setting the thesis theme, selecting the analytical framework, performing analysis and observations, and writing the thesis.

Doctoral Program

In accordance with the diploma policy, with an aim to deepen students’ knowledge of the research theme that they have selected from the fields of Business Management, Marketing, Accounting or other related disciplines and enhance associated analytic skills, the Doctoral Program in Management constructs its curriculum with courses aligned to the following purposes:

1. Nurture sophisticated research abilities that will enable theory-based analysis of the status quo and application of theory on the current status through research guidance provided by the research advisor.
2. Offer courses in the areas of Accounting, Marketing Theory, and Business Management.
3. Encourage students to present their research at domestic and overseas academic meetings and to submit papers to academic journals.

Admissions Policy

Master’s Program

The Master’s Program in Management seeks students with the following qualities:

1. Students who have acquired basic undergraduate-level knowledge of at least one of the following subjects: Management, Marketing, Accounting
2. Students with basic undergraduate-level English skills
3. Students who have practical work experience in a private company, have a research plan supported by their background and are motivated to study

Doctoral Program

The Doctoral Program in Management seeks students with the following qualities:

1. Students who have acquired basic Master’s-level knowledge of at least one of the following subjects: Management, marketing, accounting
2. Students who can analyze their research theme within an appropriate economic framework and write logically while clarifying the academic significance of the research

Faculty Members

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