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New Department of Total Life Design planned for the Junior College Program
As part of its ongoing effort to respond to the increasingly diverse range of
lifestyle and career choices open to today's women, the Junior College Program
is planning to reorganize and further develop its existing Department of
Language and Culture and Department of Contemporary Life Science, creating a new
Department of Total Life Design in April 2005. The new department will offer a
diverse collection of course groups classified systematically into beginner,
intermediate, and advanced levels, allowing students to select the course of
study that best suits their future goals. Offerings consisting of basics for
life in society, job-hunting, and work are mixed with subjects that provide a
wide range of more general education. The department will be reborn as a locus
for enjoyable, effective learning.
Features of Junior College
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Students can design their way of
learning according their interests
The Junior College’s curriculum covers a wide range of fields. Its
semester system divides each year into two semesters, increasing the number
of subjects students can study and enabling each student to design his or
her own timetable according to the student’s interests.
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Small classes heighten students’
communication power
Seminars and language classes for each semester are small. Students
brush up on their communication skills to understand other people’s opinions
correctly and express their ideas intelligibly through the classes where
they can frankly express their opinions.
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Supporting students’ challenges to
qualifications and studying abroad with the recognition of credits
Qualifications acquired before and after students’ enrollment at the
Junior College such as qualifications for bookkeeping and the Society for
Testing English Proficiency (STEP) grades are recognized as graduation
credits. Students’ overseas training at the University of Hawaii and
short-term linguistic seminars are recognized as credits in special fields.
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Possible to acquire qualifications
for librarians
A librarian’s course is available. Students can acquire qualifications
for librarians simultaneously with their graduation, provided that they
finish the librarians’ course. It is attractive that qualifications for
librarians are acquired at the Junior College, which provides a chance to
find jobs making use of the qualifications.
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Students can learn additional
subjects in preparation for their transfer to four-year universities
The Junior College helps students establish a systematic plan for
transferring to designated universities including Aichi University. Special
audit courses at Aichi University are recognized as credit towards
graduation from the Junior College, enabling students to select subjects
with an emphasis on their target faculty to which they want apply for
transfer admission. They can prepare for their smooth transfer to other
universities.
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The Junior College attached to the
four-year university gives sufficient support to students finding employment
The Junior College offers individual consultations by experts,
internship programs, and explanatory meetings with companies’ staff members
in charge. Aichi Junior College can provide the support because it is
attached to the four-year university. Furthermore, graduates established a
recommendation frame to local top-rated companies.
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