Special courses on various topics to be developed by current faculty and visiting scholars. The course is designed to cover one topic from the areas of social sciences taught in Japanese language, such as history, politics and law, education, journalism, business administration, international relation, sociology, psychology, economics and management, political sciences etc.

CILO-1: Students will be able to comprehend academic writings in Japanese regarding one topic from the areas of social sciences. CILO-2: Students will be able to analyse and develop complex ideas and concepts regarding one topic from the areas of social sciences. CILO-3: Students will be able to express their understanding regarding one topic from the areas of social sciences in the form of oral presentation in Japanese language. CILO-4: Students will be able to build up a large vocabulary by reading reference books and scholarly papers.