Kyoto Koka Women's University

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Kyoto Koka Women’s University

Acquire wide-ranging knowledge to enhance the power of execution

Kyoto Koka Women’s University has the departments shown below and sets as a goal that each individual student assuredly acquires knowledge and refined intelligence through an enhanced curriculum.
* The curriculum contents carried out in 2009 and after are described below.

Faculty of Literature

  • Department of Japanese Language and Japanese Literature
  • Department of International English Studies

Faculty of Human Science

  • Department of Human Science
  • Department of Health and Nutrition
  • Department of Social Welfare and Social Well-being

Founded in 1964/ President:

  • Masamichi Ichigo

Number of students:

  • Department of Japanese Language and Japanese Literature…70
  • Department of International English Studies…70
  • Department of Human Science…140
  • Department of Health and Nutrition…80
  • Department of Social Welfare and Social Well-being…80

Department of Japanese Language and Japanese Literature

The Department offers three courses to help students rediscover Japan and become true internationally-minded persons - "Kyoto Studies and Tourism and Culture Course" for searching the history and culture of Kyoto and Japan,"Japanese Communication Course" for learning the origin and history of Japanese and modern language, and "Japanese Culture and Literature Course" for leaning about Japanese culture and literature created in a Japanese climate.

Attainable Qualifications in Graduation

Teacher's license [Japanese: High School, Junior High School(Class 1)], Librarian, Librarian Teacher, Museum Curator

Main Qualifications Supported
  • Elementary school teacher's license
  • Certificate of Completion of Teacher Training Course in Japanese
  • Japanese Language Teaching Competency Test
  • Certified General Travel Service Supervisor
  • Certified Domestic Travel Service Supervisor

Department of International English Studies

The Department endeavors not only to cultivate the skills of "hearing, speaking, writing, and reading," but to help students realize their dream of being active in the world by offering three individual courses - "English Communication,English for Children Course" for learning the knowledge and method of teaching children English, "International Tourism and Culture Course" for acquiring practical ability in international tourism, exchanges, and tourism-related industries, and "International Business Course" for acquiring knowledge and skills required in international business.

Attainable Qualifications in Graduation

Teacher's license [English: High School, Junior High School (Class1)], Librarian, Librarian Teacher, Museum Curator

Main Qualifications Supported
  • Elementary school teacher's license
  • Certified General Travel Service Supervisor
  • Certified Domestic Travel Service Supervisor
  • Registered customs specialist

Clinical Psychology[Department of Human Relations]

Students can deepen their understanding of psychological problems affecting humans and learn how to support them through three programs - "Advanced Program" for aiming to become a clinical psychologist via graduate school, "Practical Program" for aiming to work at a welfare facility and company with knowledge of clinical psychology, and "Refined Program" for leaning about the human inner being and ways of living from diverse perspectives.

Attainable Qualifications in Graduation

Teacher's license [Civics: High School (Class 1); Social Studies: Junior High School (Class 1)], Librarian, Librarian Teacher, Social Researcher, Social Research Assistant, Social research administrator

Main Qualifications Supported
  • IC3(Internet and Computing Core Certification)
  • Fundamental IT engineer
  • Elementary school teacher's license

Psychology[Department of Human Relations]

Students study how people grow and change in their lives. In that process, they deepen their understanding of the workings
of the mind and learn how to interact in order to coexist with others in society. Three programs with perspectives on "Kyoto,"
"Children," and the "Psychology of Criminals" are used to examine human behavior from various angles.

Attainable Qualifications in Graduation

Teacher's license [Civics: High School (Class 1); Social Studies: Junior High School (Class 1)], Librarian, Librarian Teacher, Social Researcher, Social Research Assistant, Social research administrator

Main Qualifications Supported
  • IC3(Internet and Computing Core Certification)
  • Fundamental IT engineer
  • Elementary school teacher's license

Media Information[Department of Human Relations]

Students are aiming to acquire the practical skill and knowledge required by society through the following three programs: a "System Engineers Development Program" that aims to train engineers for the information sciences and provide them with a sense of accomplishment and basic skills, a "Multimedia Program" that aims to develop creators of digital media services and website designers of the future, and a "Business Program" for acquiring advanced IT skills that can be used in business.

Attainable Qualifications in Graduation

Teacher's license [Information: High School (Class 1)], Librarian, Librarian Teacher, Social Researcher, Social Research Assistant, Advanced Information administrator, Information administrator

Main Qualifications Supported
  • IC3(Internet and Computing Core Certification)
  • Fundamental IT Engineer
  • Microsoft Business Certification
  • IT Passport Examination

Department of Health and Nutrition[National Registered Dietitian Training Course]

Modern society requires more practical national registered nutritionists to deal with lifestyle-related disease, healthcare in an aging society, and the practice of team medicine in hospital wards. From the perspectives of "nutrition" and "health (exercise guidance)," the Department fosters national registered nutritionists who can support human health.
(When graduated, students are qualified as nutritionists and can take national examinations for national registered nutritionists.)

Attainable Qualifications in Graduation

National registered nutritionist (qualification to take the exam of a national certificate), Nutritionist Food Specialist (qualification to take exam), Librarian

Main Qualifications Supported
  • Healthy exercise practice leader
  • IC3(Internet and Computing Core Certification)
  • Microsoft Business Certification

Department of Social Welfare and Social Well-being

The department aims to give women leaders the power of execution and ethics through the following three programs: a "Welfare Professional Program" for acquiring the qualifi cations required to take the national examination for social workers and psychiatric social workers, a "Welfare Challenge Program" that supports students so that they may take licensing examinations in the fields of childcare, nursing care, and living environment, and a "Welfare Development Program" that helps students pursue individual goals such as acquiring a teacher's license, entering graduate school, or studying overseas.

Attainable Qualifications in Graduation

Social Worker (qualification to take the exam of a national certificate), Psychiatric Social Worker (qualification to take the exam of a national certificate), Teacher's license [Welfare: High School (Class 1), Social studies: Junior high school (Class 1) …We are wating for Teacher's license for the Department of Social Welfare.]

Main Qualifications Supported
  • Care attendant (Home helper Class 2)
  • Children's nurse
  • Welfare and living enviroment coordinator test (Class 2 and 3)