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About the Graduate School

The Graduate School of Human Development and Environment was established in 2007, through the process of re-organization of the Graduate School of Cultural Studies and Human Science into two graduate schools. The main mission of the graduate school is to develop fundamental and practical research on various issues concerning human development and the environment supporting its development, in order to organize "Human Community," a civil society where people with various standpoints can collaborate with one another toward resolving the issues.

The Graduate School consists of five divisions. The mission of Division of Psychological Development and Health Promotion is to study fundamental problems in developmental psychology, clinical problems regarding mental health and developmental disorder, and other health problems. Division of Education and Learning makes focus on the study of social and personal involvement in education and learning in its broader sense from various viewpoints. In Division of Human Behavior, aspects of physical behavior, behavioral development, and adaptability to the environment in the aging process are of its central themes of study. Division of Human Expression concentrates on the study of the essence of human expression and human expression through practical activities. And Division of Human Environment has a mission to study environmental factors promoting and supporting human development. Each Division offers two to four master's programs (Two-year Program) and one doctoral program (Three-year program after the Master's Degree Program).

The faculty members of the Graduate School have responsibility to manage and teach undergraduate programs in Faculty of Human Development as well.

Updated: 2007/09/27 (Thu) 13:18