Department of Japanese Language and Literature
This department fosters achievement in Japanese language and literary knowledge built on a foundation of cultural understanding and appreciation for eloquence.
With this curriculum, the department trains students capable not only of contributing in educational fields, but of fulfilling active roles in several kinds of fields, such as in private enterprises including journalism, administrative institutions, and local communities, using skilled Japanese language.
Department of English as an International Language
The department offers learning of high-level English skills at the level of “Independent Users”, with which graduates will be able to gain wide-ranging knowledge required for living in a multi-cultural society.
The department trains students to be instructors of English education, businesspersons capable of dealing with international services such as tourism or business, and Japanese teachers who teach Japanese language and culture to foreign people, so that they can make contributions to an international society from various perspectives.
Department of Psychology
This department nurtures students to be graduates who can capture the human mental state and its development in an objective way, and play supportive roles in several fields, ranging from schools, education-related facilities, and welfare facilities to private enterprise.
Department of Life Planning
The goal of the Life Planning Department is to train capable, successful, and proactive young women through life experiences and the development of the necessary knowledge and skills that will enable them to cope proportionately in both the workplace and the home with living in today’s modern society. This department also offers learning in food literacy and culinary skills to enrich their everyday lives and educates students on how to contribute to society. This is built upon the student’s understanding of food cultures and traditions, which is to be utilized in their lives and the lives of others around them.
Department of Beauty and Fashion Studies
(Department of Fashion and Beauty Sciences)
This department educates students to become experts, who can appreciate “The Beauty of Clothing”, which is integral to daily life.
Students also become familiar with the cultural knowledge required to develop an appreciation for the relationship between clothing and society. With their expertise in clothing, cosmetics and hair fashion, Shoin graduates can go on to play leading roles in the fashion industry
