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Graduate School of Economics and Business Administration at Hokkaido University

Curriculum

Subjects common to All Faculties
In their first year after enrollment, students study “Subjects common to All Faculties” in which they master the fundamentals of economics and business administration before studying more specialized content. Here, a wide variety of academic disciplines are available; Students are exposed to not only the social sciences but the natural sciences and humanities as well.
The first year is crucial in that students acquire the “perspectives and ideas” needed to comprehend social phenomena in a realistic manner. Students are encouraged to learn foreign languages, which are essential for success in a global environment
Specialized Subjects
The study of specialized subjects begins in the second year. For example, second-year students study macroeconomics and microeconomics, and third- and fourth-year students study more advanced content in macroeconomics and microeconomics. The curriculum is designed to facilitate students in acquiring knowledge and ideas in specialized fields in incremental stages.
Intensive and Special Lectures
As economics and business administration rapidly becomes more specialized and diversified, it is more difficult for one university to conduct leading-edge research in all fields.
For this reason, we invite leading researchers, in fields that have not been designated by the curriculums, from other colleges and research institutions to give lectures on an intensive basis. These lectures last about one week and are scheduled for the end of the first half of the academic year.
We also invite policy-making professionals (from various government agencies) and professionals in finance and management (corporate entrepreneurs, financial experts, accountants) to give special lectures several times during the year. This provides students with an opportunity to learn about the realities at the forefront of economics and business administration.
Seminars
The greatest aspect of the curriculum is that seminars are designated as required subjects. All students in the Faculty of Economics and Business Administration belong to one set of seminars in their third and fourth years.
As seminars are scheduled at the end of the day, it is possible to extend discussion hours if necessary. The gathering of third- and fourth-year students together in one arena for discussion is rarely seen in other universities; based on their own experiences, senior students offer juniors sage advice on the “graduation thesis” and “job-hunting activities”.
Because the number of seminar students is small, only five to ten per college year, the instructors can offer students firsthand research guidance.
The relationships students cultivate in the seminar — between instructors and students, fellow students, and juniors and seniors —are a valuable asset for every student.
As the summation of research activity during the two-year seminar, as well as confirmation of four years of college life, all students write a graduation thesis. The Faculty of Economics and Business Administration has established the “Graduate Thesis Scholarship Program” in order to reward students who have penned exceptional graduation theses.

The Origin of Seminars

One major characteristic of the educational program at our faculty is the old tradition of small-group education with the seminar as its core. The founder of the seminar system, a system distinguished from lectures, in Japan is believed to be Inazo Nitobe.
Nitobe, the well-known author of “Bushido: The Soul of Japan,” was a graduate of Hokkaido University (formerly the Sapporo Agricultural Institute). Nitobe’s portrait was featured on the 5,000-yen banknote from 1984 to 2004.
In 1895 when Nitobe was the head of the Instruction Department at the Sapporo Agricultural Institute, he adopted the ’seminar’ as something equivalent to the ‘experiment’ in the natural sciences, and incorporated it into liberal arts education as a part of curriculum reform. This was the first time the seminar was adopted in education.

Graduate Admission Entrance Examination

PhD Program
A PhD program is available for those students intending to become researchers after completing the Master’s program. There is no special entrance examination for foreign students for the PhD program. All applicants are required to take the general examination.

Applications for the entrance examination for the PhD program should be completed by the beginning of January. The examination will be conducted towards the beginning of February.

Exam SubjectsForeign Language, Interview (Oral Exam)
1. The interview (Oral Exam) will primarily involve questions on the “Master’s Thesis.”
2. The foreign language will be selected at the time of application.
3. Foreign students will take a language exam on either English or Japanese.

IUJ’s MBA Program has established reciprocal exchange partnerships with 40 respected institutions in Asia, Europe, and North America. It is worthwhile for students to experience other programs which are designed to attain similar educational goals, but in a different way and in a different environment.

Each partner institution offers one to three exchange slots per year. Placement is done on a competitive basis, although some preference is given to Japanese students so that they can experience an overseas educational program like their foreign classmates do at IUJ. Students go on exchange in either the Fall or Winter term of their second year.

Students of the Master of E-Business Management program may be able to participate in the exchange program in the Fall term after completion of their one-year program in August. However, priority is given to MBA students in the placement process.

All participating students are required to pay all exchange-related expenses (airfare, accommodation, food, etc.) other than tuition of the host institution. Tuition for the term during which students study abroad must be paid to IUJ, not to the host institution.

Not all exchange partners accept IUJ students every year.

Faculty of Economic at The University of Tokyo

4098: Monetary Policy and Macroeconomics
Winter T.Itoh, Ueda & T.Kano
This course reviews empirical methods of identifying effects of monetary policy on macroeconomic variables and discusses their difficulties. The course then introduces recently-developed dynamic stochastic models that are able to explain empirical facts of monetary policy effects. The course is organized mainly for master students.

University of Guam

Core Courses of Master of Public Administration (MPA)
Core Courses: 24 credit hours required

PA501 Introduction to Research, or
ED601 Introduction to Research Methods
PA510 Administrative Thought
PA525 Public Budgeting
PA530 Public Management
PA535 Intergovernmental Relations
PA540 Administrative Law
PA/BA560 Moral & Social Responsibility of Organizations
PA570 (a-e) Special Topics in Public Personnel Administration

University of Guam

Master of Public Administration (MPA)

The Master of Public Administration degree is an interdisciplinary program which requires cooperative efforts on the part of graduate faculty in the College of Business and Public Administration, The College of Arts and Sciences, The College of Education, and the Graduate School and Research.
The basic goals of the MPA program are to provide students professional education in public ../administration and to prepare them for public service careers at the territorial, regional, federal, and international levels. The program also offers opportunities for government employees to enhance and improve skills, and to learn new concepts and theories of public ../administration and management.

University of Guam

The mission of the School of Business and Public Administration (SBPA) is:
To excel as the regional center for education and development of professionals and leaders for business and government, entrepreneurial managers and socially responsible leaders.
To serve as a community resource for research, service and the dissemination of knowledge to individuals and organizations within the region.

The SBPA missions relates to the University of Guam mission. As a land-grant institution, the University provides programs and outreach opportunities that integrate SBPA and its students into the fabric of the community and the development of regional economies. The liberal arts setting and General Education requirements of the University are integral to SBPA professional degree programs and curricula.

In its mission commitment to teaching, service and research, SBPA is dedicated to the success of its students by providing quality bachelor’s and master’s degree programs in business administration, criminal justice and public administration with concentration appropriate to the region.

The School is a repository of knowledge for economic and business issues, where scholarship and service support and enhance its educational programs. The School encourages faculty and students to undertake applied research and provide community and university services for the benefit of business and public agencies in the region. The School plays an important role in providing needed services to the community and university through small business development, conferences, seminars, and professional consulting to business and government.
The School espouses the following core values that relate to its mission, its students and its vision of the future:

Academic quality: Critical thinking supported by strong fundamental skills
Cultural diversity

Social responsibility: currency and excellence in thought and action
Lifelong learning and growth

Strong work ethic: teamwork, hard work, dedication and continuous improvement
Social and economic development of Guam and the Western Pacific region
Graduates who can compete globally, think strategically and respond to change.

Accreditation

The School of Business and Public Administration’s business programs have been granted full accreditation by the International Association for Collegiate Business Education (IACBE).

Zhejiang Gongshang University (ZJGSU)

Programs for Master Degrees:
Business Administration,
Technological Economy & Management ,
MBA,
MPM

Program for Doctor Degrees:
Business Administration

Zhejiang Gongshang University (ZJGSU)

Academic Institutes:
Business Administration,
Market Research,
Economics of Industries

Huazhong University of Science & Technology
Business Administration

The instruction program attends to improve the quality of the education of the doctoral candidates and strengthen the standardized management of Ph. D. educating program. Approved by the School of Graduate, this program is designed for Business Administration and Technical Economics and Management as the first-grade discipline.

I. Educational Objectives
This Ph. D program aims to
1.train students to have a scientific attitude and style in pursuit of precise and truth, to have aspirations after the truth and innovations and good ethics for scientific research, and also to qualify the students with the ability to do the research independently;
2.lead students to profound and broad theoretical foundations as well as systematic and in-depth professional knowledge;
3.lead students to creative achievements in one’s own major or professional techniques;
4.qualify students with the ability to do research independently.II. Research Fields
1. Financial Management and Investment Decision 2. Marketing Management
3. Human Resource Management 4. Enterprise Strategy Management
5. Corporate Governance 6. Financial Risk Management
7. Technological Innovation Management 8. Intellectual Property
9. Technological Strategy and Policy

III. Length of Schooling and Credits
Full time Ph. D candidates usually spend 3 or 4 years finishing their studies. They may get their degrees earlier but not less than two and a half years, or get their degrees later but not more than 6 years. The specific length of schooling will be decided by supervisor according to the student’s case. For those students who get direct entry into Ph.D study from master period, they usually spend 4 or 5 years finishing their studies.

IV. Requirements for Ph. D Candidates
1The education of doctoral candidates will follow the policy of “supervisor in full charge”, and organize a direction group with the supervisor as the monitor. The direction group together is responsible for the education and evaluation of the doctoral candidates.

2．Interdisciplinary Courses
1 The cross first-grade-disciplinary courses refer to graduate courses which are not defined in Business Administration. The students who select these courses must attend the classes and take the final examination.
2 The selected cross-disciplinary courses should not be the same as or similar to the courses taken during the periods as master candidates.

3．Seminars
Seminars are of importance for cultivating the comprehensive ability and leading the candidates into the advanced research fields. Within the professional fields specified by the supervisor, the doctoral candidates should participate in the special research reports given by others or take classes. The candidates should then review the most recent research papers according to the special report or the content of the course, and compose a research report and give the report in public seminars. The candidates can get 6 credits from the special seminars. The allocation of the credits is 2 credits for Methodology of Management Research, 2 for advanced courses in the profession and 2 for seminar

Huazhong University of Science & Technology

Doctoral Program
Management Science and Engineering

In order to improve the educational quality of doctoral candidates and strengthen the standardized management of Ph. D educating program, Management Science and Engineering started its Ph. D program as the first-grade discipline in September 1990, which was approved by the Graduate School. This version of instruction program is amended according to years’ practice. This program is also applicable to such majors as project management, information management and E-commerce and logistics management etc.

I. Educational Objectives
This Ph. D program aims to
1.train students to have a scientific attitude and style in pursuit of precise and truth, to have aspirations after the truth and innovations and good ethics for scientific research, and also to qualify the students with the ability to do the research independently;

2.lead students to solid and broad theoretical foundations as well as systematic and in-depth professional knowledge;

3.lead students to creative achievements in one’s own subjects or professional techniques;
4.qualify students with the ability to do research independently.

II. Research Fields
1. Theory and Methodology of Modern Management
2. Network Optimization Decision
3. Logistics Management and Engineering
4. Digital enterprise
5. Production and Operation Management
6. Information Management System
7. Management System Simulations
8. Information Management and E-commerce
9. Models and Systems for Financial Decisions
10.Project management

III. Length of Schooling and Credits
Full time Ph. D candidates usually spend 3 or 4 years finishing their studies. They may get their degrees earlier but not less than two and a half years, or get their degrees later but not more than 6 years. The specific length of schooling will be decided by supervisor according to the student’s case. For those students who get direct entry into Ph.D study from master period, they usually spend 4 or 5 years finishing their studies.

IV. Requirements for Ph. D Candidates
1．The education of doctoral candidates will follow the policy of “supervisor in full charge”, and organize a direction group with the supervisor as the monitor. The direction group together is responsible for the education and evaluation of the doctoral candidates.

2．Interdisciplinary Courses
1 The cross first-grade-disciplinary courses refer to graduate courses which are not defined in Management Science and Engineering. The students who select these courses must attend the classes and take the final examination.
2 The selected cross-disciplinary courses should not be the same as or similar to the courses taken during the periods as master candidates.

3．Seminars
Seminars are of importance for cultivating the comprehensive ability and leading the candidates into the advanced research fields. Within the professional fields specified by the supervisor, the doctoral candidates should participate in the special research reports given by others or take classes. The candidates should then review the most recent research papers according to the special report or the content of the course, and compose a research report and give the report in public seminars. The candidates can get 6 credits from special seminars. The allocation of the credits is 2 credits for Methodology of Management Research, 2 for advanced courses in the profession and 2 for seminar.