General Education in

Osaka University

presented for Thai GE NETWORK, June 24, 2014

T. SHIMODA (Vice –President, Director of Center for Education in Liberal Arts and Sciences)

2. Foreign Language Education in General Education

1. Introduction of Osaka University, Education Policy, General Education for First- and Second-Year Students

Y. MORI (Professor, Center for Education in Liberal Arts and Sciences)

3. Japanese Language Education for Foreign Students

K. Namba (Professor, Center for International Education and Exchange)

4. Transdisciplinary Learning in Osaka University

Y. Yamanouchi (Professor, Center for Education in Liberal Arts and Sciences)

Presented by T. SHIMODA (Vice –President, Director of Center for Education in Liberal Arts and Sciences)

1. Introduction of Osaka University

2. Policy of Education

3. General Education for 1st and 2nd Year Students

4. Issues

1. Introduction of Osaka University

Established in 1931 as the 6th Imperial University

Osaka citizens’ donations helped significantly the establishment

Highly ranked university in Japan

11 Undergraduate Schools

16 Graduate Schools

4 year course: 6 year course: Medicine, Dentistry, Pharmaceutical Science

Entrance after secondary education (18 years old)

2 years master course 3 years doctor course

Many students graduated from other universities

Students’ major is decided prior to entrance.

Toyonaka Campus

Mino Campus Suita Campus

Three CampusesYou are here

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262

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85

866

448

Total: 3448

3448 1st-year students in 11 schools: largest between National Universities

data in 2013

They were successful in entrance exam (11060 applicants).

Number of 1st-year students in Undergraduate Schools

data in 2013

Total: 15563

4/6-year course

Ratio of female student

Av.: 34%

Arts and Humanity

Number of Undergraduate Students

data in 2013

Career Options after Undergraduate School

Total number of students is 23526.34% of students are in Graduate Schools.

data in 2013

Numbers of Undergraduate and Graduate Students

7999 students in 16 Graduate Schools.

data in 2013

Graduate Schools

Many of the students of science and technology major leave University after master course.

data in 2013

Graduate Students

Total: 1985

data in 2013

80% of international students are from Asia.

Number of international students are 10.6% of total students.

International Students

* in preparation to start Graduate Course

2-day Bus Tour

They are very active in discussion.Japanese students are stimulated.

data in 2013

Academic and Non-Academic Stuff

Total: 97363111

273

1682300

1288

1177

1905

Profs: 889Assoc. Profs: 847

11 Undergraduate Schools, 16 Graduate Schools, 9 Education & Research Support Organizations, 5 Research Institutes, 3 National Joint-Use Facilities, 19 Joint-Use Facilities,World Premier International Center, Institute for Advanced Interdisciplinary Research

Cultivate scholars and professionals with highly specialized knowledge, broader perspectives, comprehensive understanding, and with the capacity to make sound social judgment

2. Policy of EducationEducational Goals

2nd Year1st Year 3rd Year 4th Year

Major Subjects

General Education Subjects(include Basic Major Subjects) Intellectual Gymnastics Subjects

Higher level General Education Subjects are also provided in Graduate Schools.

Wedge Type Relation between General and Major Education

3. General Education for 1st- and 2nd-Year Students

General Education Subjects

Basic Major Subjects

363 subjects, 1792 classes

140 subjects, 444 classes

General Education Subjects

Liberal Arts General Education Course

●Basic Liberal Arts Subjects “basic general knowledge and culture”, “ability to think”

Language and Information

Health and Sports

●Issues in Contemporary Society “encourage thinking about the complex and difficult situations”

●International General　 Education “intellectual and conversational ability”●Advanced Liberal Arts “introduction to cutting-edge research in Osaka University”

For first 1.5 years in 4(6)-year undergraduate course

First-year Seminar

●First Foreign Language English

●Second Foreign Language German, French, Russian, Chinese, Korean

●Selective Foreign Language English, German, French, Russian, Classical Greek, Latin

●Special Foreign Language Swahili, Mongolian, Burmese, Turkish, etc.

●Information Literacy and Processing

Students work in small groups on themes provided by their instructor. The students present and discuss their own research: this helps them to develop their basic approach to research activity at the same time as enhancing their creativity and study motivation.

This group aims to familiarize students with the principles and practice of taking care of their own bodies, while enhancing their practical sporting skills, and deepening their scientific understanding of sport.

172 173

number of classes

230 1217

42

Le LettersH Human SciencesF Foreign StudiesLa Law / Law and PoliticsEc EconomicsS ScienceM Medicine (4/6 year)D Dentistry (6 year)P Pharmaceutical Sciences (4/6 year)En EngineeringEs Engineering Science

Abbreviation of Schools

Basic Subjects 1 (22 subjects, 77 classes)

Basic Learning Skills I H,Le,F,La,Ec,M,D,P,Es,EnBasic Learning Skills II H,Le,F,La,Ec,M,D,P,Es,EnHistory of Asia (5) AllHistory of Japan (5) AllHistory of Europe (3) AllAsian Literature (3) AllJapanese Literature (4) AllWestern Literature (2) AllThe World of Language (4) AllJapanese for Liberal Arts (5) AllThe Japanese Language and Culture in the World (3) AllJapanese Constitution (11) All

Law (7) AllPolitics(3) AllEconomics (6) AllWorld of Mind (4) AllWorld of Thinking (4) AllWorld of Humans (3) AllIdeas in the World S,Es,EnArt of Asia H,Le,F,La,Ec,M,D,PArt of Europe (3) All

(classes)

data in 2014

2 credits / 15 lectures

Basic Liberal Arts Subjects

Basic Subjects 2 (8 subjects, 17 classes)

Basic Ideas of Mathematics (4) H,Le,F,La,EcBasic Ideas of Physics (2) H,Le,F,La,EcBasic Ideas of Chemistry (2) H,Le,F,La,EcBasic Ideas of Earth and Space Science (2) H,Le,F,La,EcBasic Ideas of Life Science (3) H,Le,F,La,EcBasic Ideas of Health Science (2) H,Le,F,La,EcWorld of Graphics H,Le,F,La,EcScience Experiments for Human and Social Science Oriented Students H,Le,La,Ec

(classes)

2 credits / 15 lectures

Basic Liberal Arts Subjects

For Human and Social Science Students

Basic Subjects 3 (8 subjects, 25 classes)

Basic Modern Mathematics (3) En,M,D,P,EsBasic Modern Life Science (8) En,M,D,P,EsBasic Modern Chemistry (3) En,M,D,P,EsBasic Modern Physics (3) En,M,D,P,EsBasic Modern Earth and Space Science (2) En,M,D,P,EsBasic Environmental Science (2) En,EsBasic Graphics En,EsBasic Modern Health Science (3) En,M,D,P,Es

(classes)

2 credits / 15 lectures

Basic Liberal Arts Subjects

For Engineering and Life Science Students

Issues in Contemporary Society (8 subjects, 51 classes)

Interpreting Economic Phenomena (7) AllInterpreting Contemporary Society (15) AllInterpreting Contemporary Culture (8) AllContemporary Discrimination Issues (4) AllContemporary Environmental Issues (6) AllLife and Contemporary Medicine (5) AllLaw and Politics in Contemporary Society (4) H,Le,F,La,Ec,M,D,P

(classes)

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2 credits / 15 lectures

Basic Liberal Arts Subjects

Advanced Liberal Arts (23 subjects, 25 classes)

History of Osaka University AllKANSAI Now AllPractical Crisis Control AllSocial Design AllCampus Life and Social Environment AllRegenerative Medicine AllScience of the Universe Represented by Ouroboros: Space, Earth, Atoms and Elementary Particles AllFront of Science, Technology and Information All Essential Substances Supporting Life-Proteins AllAdvanced Beam Science AllThe World of Intellect and Imagination (3) AllBioscience and Diseases I AllCancer: up to data AllIntroduction to Sustainability Science All

(classes)

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2 credits / 15 lectures

Basic Liberal Arts Subjects

Science and Engineering of Joining and Welding in Manufacture AllRecent Advance in Oral Biology and Treatments AllMedicine in Human AllHow can the Frontier Biotechnology Innovate Our Future Society? AllMaterials in Human History AllBioscience and Diseases II AllInnovation AllTechnology and Society AllPost-Disaster Reconstruction All

International General Education 1 (13 subjects, 33 classes)

Introducing African Culture and Society AllIntroducing Eurasian Culture and Society (2) AllEastern Culture and Society AllWestern Culture and Society (8) AllAsian Culture and Society (8) AllThe Middle Eastern Culture and Society (3) AllCurrent World Affairs (3) AllIntroduction to International Politics H,Le,F,La,Ec,M,D,PIntroduction to International Law AllPeace Studies (2) AllGlobal Studies in English S,Es,EnGlobal World and Academics: Insights from American Universities H,La,Ec,M,D,P,S,Es,En

(classes)

data in 2014

2 credits / 15 lectures

Basic Liberal Arts Subjects

for Humanity-Couse Students (59 subjects, 75 classes)

Introduction to Japanese Language Teaching B (2) H,F,LaIntroduction to Asian Language and Cultures (2) H,Le,F,La,EcIntroduction to European and American Languages and Cultures (4) H,Le,F,La,EcIntroduction to Middle Eastern and African Languages and Cultures (2) H,Le,F,La,EcJapanese Literature H,Le,F,La,EcPreliminary Seminar in Chinese H,Le,F,La,EcChinese Literature H,Le,F,La,EcBasic Modern Japanese Linguistics (2) H,Le,F,La,EcLinguistics H,Le,F,La,EcAn Introduction to English Linguistics H,Le,F,La,EcIntroduction to English and American Literature H,Le,F,La,EcIntroduction to French Literature H,Le,F,La,EcIntroduction to German Literature H,Le,F,La,Ec

(classes)

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2 credits / 15 lectures

Basic Major Subjects

Elementary Philosophy A H,Le,F,La,EcElementary Philosophy B H,Le,F,La,EcThe Foundations of Chinese Philosophy H,Le,F,La,EcIntroduction to International Relations (3) H,Le,F,EcEconomics A (5) H,Le,F,EcEconomics B (3) EcJurisprudence H,Le,F,EcPolitics H,Le,F,EcJapan in the World H,Le,F,La,EcPolitics in the Post-War Japan H,Le,F,La,EcIntellectual Property Law & Moral (3) H,Le,F,La,Ec

Statistics A-I (2) H,Le,LaStatistics A-II (2) H,Le,LaMathematics A (5) H,EcMathematics B (5) H,EcGraphic Science A LeGraphic Science B-I LeGraphic Science B-II Le

examples

for Medicine, Dentistry, Pharmaceutical Science Students (23 subjects, 44 classes)

(classes)

data in 2014

2 credits / 15 lectures

Basic Major Subjects

Statistics B-I (4) M,D,PStatistics B-II M,D,PMathematics A MAccelerated First-Year Mathematics A (4) M,D.PAccelerated First-Year Mathematics B (4) M,D.PIntroductory Physics I M,D,PIntroductory Physics II M,D,PPhysics I (3) MPhysics II (3) MIntroductory Chemistry (4) M,D,PElementary Chemistry MChemical Thermodynamics M,DChemical Thermodynamics I PChemical Thermodynamics II PChemistry Experiments MMolecular Chemistry B (2) M,D

Introduction to Biology MBasic Biology M,D,PCell Biology A (4) M,D,PCell Biology B (2) MExperiments in Biology M,D,PIntroduction to Psychology and Behavior Science MPsychological Experiments M

for Science students (23 subjects, 61 classes)

Science Laboratory I (Mathematics) (4) SScience Laboratory I (Physics) (4) SScience Laboratory I (Chemistry) (4) SScience Laboratory I (Biology/Geology) (4) SCalculus 1 (4) SCalculus 2 (4) SLinear Algebra 1 (4) SLinear Algebra 2 (4) SIntroductory Modern Physics SPhysics 1A (2) SPhysics 1B SIntroduction to Physics 1 SPhysics 2A (2) SPhysics 2B SIntroduction to Physics 2 SBasic Chemistry 1 (4) SBasic Chemistry 2 (4) S

(classes)

data in 2014

2 credits / 15 lectures

Basic Major Subjects

Earth and Space Science 1 SEarth and Space Science 2 SCell Biology Core A (4) SCell Biology Core B (4) SIntroduction to Biology SExperiments in Biology S

for Engineering and Engineering Science students (23 subjects, 61 classes)

Statistics C-I (2) EnStatistics C-II (2) En,EsCalculus A (21) En,EsCalculus B (21) En,EsLinear Algebra A (21) En,EsProblem Session A (Mathematics) (21) En,EsLinear Algebra B (21) En,EsProblem Session B (Mathematics) (21) En,EsMechanics I (16) En,EsMechanics II (12) En,EsElectromagnetism I (9) En,EsElectro-Physics A (2) EnElectro-Physics B (2) EnPhysics Experiments (4) En,Es

(classes)

data in 2014

2 credits / 15 lectures

Basic Major Subjects

Introductory Chemistry (14) En,EsElementary Chemistry (2) EsMolecular Chemistry A (4) En,EsBasic Inorganic Chemistry (3) EnBasic Organic Chemistry (2) EsChemistry Experiments (5) En,EsEarth Science A (3) En,EsEarth Science B EsLaboratory and Field Work in Geoscience EsCell Biology A (4) En,EsCell Biology B (7) En,EsGraphic Science A (3) EnGraphic Science B-I (2) EnGraphic Science B-II (2) EnDrawing B-I (2) EnDrawing B-II (2) EnDrawing A (2) EnDrawing C (2) En

Required Credits in Undergraduate Schools

Variety of requirements depending on Schools and Courses

Extracurricular Activities

Language Café: foreign students participate in discussion.

Students’ Forum

4. Issues to be overcome

Passive Learning

Active Learning

Please take a look at some class rooms and students’ discussion area after this session, escorted by Pro. TAKEMURA.

data in 2007

Study Hours at Home in a Week

Many Japanese students do not study so much at home.Many are just listening to professors and taking notes, as they have been doing for 12 years in the primary and secondary education.

9.7 % 57.1 % 18.4 % 14.8 %

We will improve many things step by step.

Yes, we can!