Academics
Humanities and
Social Sciences Common Course
Engineering experts, who are engaged in research and development in a wide range of fields from infrastructure to systems directly connected to people’s lives, are necessary for providing insights into social phenomena and superb skills to associate with other people, in addition to advanced knowledge and technologies.
KIT strives to foster well-rounded experts by comprehensively and systematically educating students on human beings, societies and languages.
Humanities and social sciences common course description
- Liberal arts (1st year)
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- Reading in English
- Spoken English
- Intensive English
- Second Foreign Language
- Physical Education
- Introductory Courses
- English Communication
- Supplementary special subjects (1st, 2nd year)
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- Health Science
- Science, Technology and Human Society
- Structure and Function of Language
- Japan and Regional Political Economy
- International Politics
- Science and Technology Seminar
- Health and Sports Science Seminar
- Modern Linguistics Seminar
- Industrial Economy Seminar
- Health Science
- Science, Technology and Human Society
- Structure and Function of Language
- Japan and Regional Political Economy
- International Politics
- Science and Technology Seminar
- Health and Sports Science Seminar
- Modern Linguistics Seminar
- Industrial Economy Seminar
Main features of the curriculum
The main pillars of basic education are liberal arts and supplementary, special subjects. The liberal arts subjects aim at cultivating students’ basic academic ability in broad areas. The lectures include intensive language education (selection of German or Chinese for the second language subject), subjects to acquire basic knowledge about humanities and instruction on physical education. Supplementary, special subjects are aimed at cultivating advanced thinking skills, which are required of industrial engineers and researchers.
- Main Lectures Introduction
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- Modern Linguistics Seminar
- Intensive English
- International Politics
- Appreciation of Literary Works Seminar
- Art and Society Seminar
- Introduction to Ethics
- Adventures of Aesthetics
- Health and Sports Science Seminar
- Spoken English II
*The description refers to the 2020 academic year curriculum and is thus subject to change.
New type of engineer
The diversification of people’s values and increasingly complicated global situations are among the challenges going forward. It is indispensable for engineers to have deep insights to comprehend what is happening now to contribute to society based on their acquired technologies. The liberal arts studies include two fields: humanities and social sciences. These studies are aimed at fostering a new type of engineer equipped with skills both in engineering and human sciences as well as superb thinking skills so that KIT can realize research and education in the human sciences in a systematic and comprehensive manner.
- Research
- In the humanities and social sciences,
research in two fields are conducted. - Humanities
- Ethics, linguistics, research on physical education and sports, modern art theories, English and American literature, studies of Shakespeare, German literature and European cultures.
- Social sciences
- Research on regional sports, economic principles and Russian law.