Overview
30 credits are required for graduation in 1.5-2 years.
- Compulsory: 4 credits
- Electives: 26 credits
Requirement for Graduation
| Required Courses | Required Credits | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Seminars (Compulsory)／演習（必修） | Completing Law/Political Science Thesis | 4 | |
|
Social Science Basic Courses (Required Elective Courses)／社会科学基礎科目（選択必修） |
KIMAP Intermediate Microeconomics | Table 1 | 2 |
| KIMAP Intermediate Macroeconomics | |||
| Business Economics | |||
| KIMAP Introduction to Management | |||
| KIMAP Introduction to Accounting | |||
|
Legal English Courses (Required Elective Courses)／法律英語科目（選択必修） |
Introduction to Legal English 1 | 6 | |
| Introduction to Legal English 2 | |||
| Advanced Legal English 1 | |||
| Advanced Legal English 2 | |||
|
Practice Courses (Required Elective Courses)／実務科目（選択必修） |
Internship | ||
| Short-term Internship | |||
| Vis Moot Workshop | |||
|
Advanced Legal Courses (Required Elective Courses)／先端法学専門科目（選択必修） |
Table 2 | 10* | |
|
KIMAP Elective Courses of Economics/Business Administration Courses (Required Elective Courses)／異分野共創科目（選択必修） |
Table 3 | 2** | |
| Total／合計 | 30 | ||
*「法律英語科目」及び「実務科目」の選択必修6単位を超える修得単位を算入可能
Credits earned from Legal English Courses and Practice Courses beyond the required 6 credits can be counted as those of Advanced Legal Courses.
**「社会科学基礎科目」の選択必修2単位を超える修得単位を算入可能
Credits earned from Social Science Basic Courses beyond the required 2 credits can be counted as those of KIMAP Elective Courses.
Table 1 (AY2025)
| Courses | Semester | Date and period | Credit(s) | Regular/Intensive | Lecturer | Field | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| IB* | EF** | SDPP*** | |||||||
| Economics | Social Science Basic Courses／社会科学基礎科目群 | ||||||||
| KIMAP Intermediate Microeconomics | Spring | Fri 2 | 2 | Regular | Wolf | n/a | n/a | n/a | |
| KIMAP Intermediate Macroeconomics | Fall | Fri 3 | 2 | Regular | Zierhut | n/a | n/a | n/a | |
|
Business Administration |
Social Science Basic Courses／社会科学基礎科目群 | ||||||||
| Business Economics | Fall | Wed 5 | 2 | Regular | Fukushima | n/a | n/a | n/a | |
| KIMAP Introduction to Management | Fall | Mon 4 | 2 | Regular | Jackson | n/a | n/a | n/a | |
| KIMAP Introduction to Accounting | Fall | 3Q: Wed 3-4 | 2 | Regular | Wu | n/a | n/a | n/a | |
*IB: International Business
**EF: Entrepreneurship & Finance
***SDPP: Sustainable Development & Public Policy
Table 2 (AY2025)
| Courses | Semester | Regular/Intensive | Date and period | Credit(s) | Lecturer | Field | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| IB* | EF** | SDPP*** | |||||||
| Law | Japanese Legal System II | Spring | Regular | Thu 5 | 2 | Kadomatsu and others | n/a | n/a | n/a |
| Introduction to Common Law I | Spring | Regular | Wed 3 | 2 | Carpenter | 〇 | × | × | |
| Global Business and SDGs | Spring | Regular | Fri 4 (May 2-Jun 27) | 1 | Heike/ Yodogawa |
× | × | 〇 | |
| International Environmental Law | Spring | Regular | Wed 2 | 2 | Abe | × | × | 〇 | |
| Private International Law | Spring | Regular | Tue 2 | 1 | Nishioka | 〇 | × | × | |
| International Law for Sustainable Development | Spring | Regular | Thu 2 | 2 | Hirano | × | × | 〇 | |
| Global and Comparative Law | Spring | Regular | Fri 1 | 2 | Wang | 〇 | × | 〇 | |
| International Arbitration | Spring | Regular | May 10, 17, 24, 31, Jun 7, 21: 3-4 Jun 14: 3-5 |
2 | Miyatake | 〇 | × | × | |
| Law and Business in a Cross-Cultural Context (Appropriate Dispute Resolution) | Spring | Intensive | Apr 18, Jun 9: 4-5 Apr 22, 24: 3-4 |
1 | Koh | 〇 | × | × | |
| Law and Business in a Cross-Cultural Context (Negotiation) | Spring | Intensive | Apr 21, 23: 4-5 Apr 25, Jun 10: 3-4 |
1 | Tang | 〇 | × | × | |
| International Labor Law | Spring | Intensive | Jul 29-Aug 2: 2-4 | 2 | Ago | × | × | 〇 | |
| Comparative Law in Asian Context (Kobe SALAD) | Spring | Intensive | Sep 1-5 (TBC) | 2 | Nishioka | 〇 | × | × | |
| Japanese Legal System I | Fall | Regular | Thu 5 | 2 | Sekine and others | n/a | n/a | n/a | |
| European Law | Fall | Regular | Mon 4 (15:10-16:50) | 2 | Sekine | 〇 | × | 〇 | |
| Comparative Constitutional Law | Fall | Regular | Tue 1 | 2 | Wang | × | × | 〇 | |
| Introduction to Common Law II | Fall | Regular | Wed 3 | 2 | Carpenter | 〇 | × | × | |
| WTO Law | Fall | Regular | Thu 2 (Dec 4-Jan 29) | 1 | Kawashima | 〇 | × | 〇 | |
| Law and Practice of International Finance | Fall | Regular | Fri 2 | 2 | Carpenter | 〇 | 〇 | × | |
| International Investment Law | Fall | Intensive | Oct 1: 4; Oct 2, 3, 7, 9, 10: 3-4 Oct 6: 2-3; Oct 8: 4-5 |
2 | Lavranos/Hamersma | 〇 | 〇 | 〇 | |
| Asian Law | Fall | Intensive |
Oct 14, 21, 23: 3-4 Oct 15, 16, 20: 2-3 Oct 17: 3 Oct 22: 4-5 |
2 | Zhao/Leong | 〇 | × | × | |
| International Business Transactions | Fall | Intensive |
Dec 15: 2-3 Dec 16, 18: 3-4 Dec 17: 4-5 |
1 | Koh | 〇 | 〇 | × | |
| International Corporate Law and Practice | Fall | Intensive |
Nov 4: 3-4 Nov 5: 2, 4 Nov 18, 25, Dec 2, 9: 4 |
1 | Ködderitzsch | 〇 | 〇 | × | |
*IB: International Business
**EF: Entrepreneurship & Finance
***SDPP: Sustainable Development & Public Policy
Table 3 (AY2025)
| Courses | Semester | Regular/ Intensive |
Date and period | Credit(s) | Lecturer | Field | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| IB* | EF** | SDPP*** | |||||||
| Economics | KIMAP Elective Courses／KIMAP選択科目群 | ||||||||
| Macroeconomic Analysis I | Spring | Regular | Mon 2 | 2 | Zierhut | 〇 | 〇 | 〇 | |
| European Economy | Spring | Regular | Thu 1 | 2 | Wierzbowska | 〇 | 〇 | 〇 | |
| Comparative Economic History | Spring | Regular | Tue 2 | 2 | Hashino | 〇 | 〇 | × | |
| Topics in Health Economics | Spring | Regular | Thu 2 | 2 | Katayama | × | × | 〇 | |
| Statistical Data Analytics for Social Sciences | Spring | Intensive | Jun 30-Jul 4, 7-8: 3-4 Jul 9: 3 |
2 | Wichitaksorn | 〇 | 〇 | 〇 | |
| Labor Economics: Theory and Empirical Analysis | Spring | Intensive | Aug 28-29, Sep 1-3: 3-5 |
2 | Zhang | 〇 | 〇 | 〇 | |
| Microeconomic Analysis I | Fall | Regular | Thu 1 | 2 | Wolf | 〇 | 〇 | 〇 | |
| Econometric Analysis I | Fall | Regular | Thu 2 | 2 | Wolf | 〇 | 〇 | 〇 | |
| General Equilibrium Theory | Fall | Regular | Tue 4 | 2 | Zierhut | TBA | TBA | TBA | |
| Finance | Fall | Regular | Tue 2 | 2 | Otsubo | 〇 | 〇 | 〇 | |
| Monetary Economics | Fall | Regular | Tue 3 | 2 | Nishiyama | 〇 | 〇 | 〇 | |
| Household Economics | Fall | Regular | Tue 1 | 2 | Horioka | 〇 | 〇 | 〇 | |
| Macroeconomic Theory | Fall | Regular | Wed 2 | 2 | Koh | TBA | TBA | TBA | |
| Heterogeneous Agents and Computational Methods in Macroeconomics | Fall | Regular | Wed 3 | 2 | Koh | TBA | TBA | TBA | |
|
Business Administration |
KIMAP Elective Courses／KIMAP選択科目群 | ||||||||
| Advanced Entrepreneurial Finance | Spring | Regular | Q2: Wed 1-2 | 2 | Adhikary | × | 〇 | 〇 | |
| Public Administration and Project Evaluation | Spring | Regular | Thu 2 | 2 | Matsuo | 〇 | × | 〇 | |
| Advanced Portfolio Management - Theory and Practice | Spring | Regular | Tue 2 | 2 | Nishimura | × | 〇 | × | |
| ESG Investing | Spring | Regular | Thu 4 | 2 | Nishimura | 〇 | 〇 | 〇 | |
| Corporate Finance | Spring | Regular | Q1: Wed 1-2 | 2 | Tongurai | × | 〇 | × | |
| Strategic Management | Spring | Intensive | Apr 7-8, 10-11: 3-4 | 1 | Wright | 〇 | 〇 | 〇 | |
| Advertising and Marketing Communications I | Spring | Intensive | Apr 21-22, 24-25: 5-6 | 1 | Okazaki | 〇 | × | × | |
| Advertising and Marketing Communications II | Spring | Intensive | May 26-27, 29-30: 5-6 | 1 | Okazaki | 〇 | × | × | |
| WTO and IPR (intellectual property rights) | Spring | Intensive | Cancelled | 1 | Bond | 〇 | 〇 | 〇 | |
| Leadership: Advanced Perspectives | Spring | Intensive | Jun 2, 4-6: 3-4 | 1 | Khapova | 〇 | 〇 | 〇 | |
| Econometrics for Business Economics | Spring | Intensive | Jun 9-10, 12-13, 16-17, 19-20: 3-4 | 2 | Li | 〇 | 〇 | 〇 | |
| Technology Entrepreneurship | Spring | Intensive | Jun 23-26: 3-4 | 1 | Eesley | 〇 | 〇 | 〇 | |
| Management Control for Strategy Execution | Spring | Intensive | Jun 30-Jul 1, 3-4: 3-4 | 1 | Schloetzer | 〇 | 〇 | 〇 | |
| Economics of Network Industries | Spring | Intensive | Jul 7-10: 3-4 | 1 | Smith | 〇 | 〇 | 〇 | |
*IB: International Business
**EF: Entrepreneurship & Finance
***SDPP: Sustainable Development & Public Policy