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The curriculum is highly innovative and reflects input from internal committees and external constituents, such as those from the corporate advisory board. In keeping with our mission, we expect our students to be effective communicators and to demonstrate entrepreneurial leadership and teamwork skills. They will be adept at using information technology to support decision-making. Moreover, they will command analytical and reasoning skills for solving problems in a diverse, complex, and dynamic economic environment. They will possess the knowledge and skills of all business disciplines appropriate to their field. Above all, they will be globally aware and act ethically and professionally as they apply these skills.

Requirements to complete the program

Students are required to take a total of 40 credits (each course consists of 2 credits.) Building on the broad and solid foundation of the MBA Core curriculum, students are free to customize own studies in the Electives. Case Writing (8 credits) is mandatory as a degree research project.

Semester & Term

An academic year is separated into 2 semesters: Fall and Spring.
Each semester is 14 weeks in length and divided into 2 seven-week sessions called Term 1/2 for Spring and Term 3/4 for Fall semesters.

Course Length

Completed in 7 weeks and some are taught by module or intensively.

Semester Spring Autumn
Term 1 2 3 4
Month Apr , May Jun , Jul Oct , Nov Dec , Jan

As of May.28.2009


Curriculum for Academic Year 2009-2010

Series Course title Lecturer Credit Month Day / Time
Core
※Mandatory		 Creative and Critical Thinking Thompson 2 Apr , May Thu（7classes) / 14:20-17:50
International Business & Strategic Management Justin Paul 2 Apr , May Fri（7classes）/ 14:20-17:50
Leadership & Organizational Behaviour Roi 2 Oct , Nov Sat（4classes) / 12:30-20:00
Managerial Marketing Gould 2 Jun , Jul Tue (7classes) / 10:10-14:10
Corporate Finance Tanaka 2 Jun , Jul Tue (7classes) / 14:20-17:50
Financial & Managerial Accounting Monden 2 Dec , Jan Fri（4classes）/ 10:10-17:50
Business Strategy Ishii 2 Oct , Nov Fri（7classes）/ 18:20-21:45
Ethics in Society and Business Haldane 2 Jun , Jul Thu（7classes) / 18:20-21:45
Managerial Economics Justin Paul 2 Dec , Jan Tue（7classes) / 18:20-21:45
Elective International Finance Justin Paul 2 × 2010
Export and Import Management Justin Paul 2 Oct , Nov Tue（7classes) / 18:20-21:45
Global Marketing Strategy & Management Choong 2 × 2010
Service Innovation Kamoshida 2 Oct , Nov Wed（7classes) / 18:20-21:45
Human Resource Management Ito & Roi 2 Apr , May Sat（3classes) / 12:30-17:50
Labour Market Analysis Fukushima 2 Jun , Jul Fri（7classes）/ 12:30-16:00
Change Management Ungerer 2 Jul 21- 24 Tue- Fri (4classes）/10:00-16:40
Corporate Governance Kakami 2 Dec , Jan Fri（7classes）/ 18:20-21:45
Business Environment Justin Paul 2 × 2010
Business in Asia Aycock 2 Oct , Nov Tue（7classes) / 10:10-14:10
Business Research and Survey Methods Gould 2 Jun , Jul Thu（7classes) / 14:20-17:50
Quality Control and Assurance Hayter 2 × 2010
Geopolitics of Energy Masuda 2 Jun , Jul Wed（7classes) / 10:10-14:10
Energy Policy Making: The Japanese Experience Masuda 2 Oct , Nov Thu（7classes) / 12:30-16:00
Intercultural Business Communication Thompson 2 Dec , Jan Thu（7classes) / 18:20-21:45
International Entrepreneurship   2 × 2010
Tutotial
※Mandatory		 Case Writing Justin Paul 4 Apr - Jul ,
Oct - Jan		 Thu（14classes) / 12:30-14:10
no requirement for
MBA degree		 Elementary Japanese I Yamamoto 2 Apr - Jul Fri（14classes）/ 10:10-11:50
Elementary Japanese I Yamamoto 2 Oct - Nov Fri（14classes）/ 10:10-11:50
Dec - Jan Tue（14classes）/ 10:10-11:50
Intermediate Japanese Umeki 2 Oct - Jan Thu（14classes）/ 10:10-11:50