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 Campuses You are here

Total: st-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: /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 % 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 % 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: Profs: 889 Assoc. Profs: 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 Education Educational Goals

2nd Year 1st 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

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 number of classes

Le Letters H Human Sciences F Foreign Studies La Law / Law and Politics Ec Economics S Science M Medicine (4/6 year) D Dentistry (6 year) P Pharmaceutical Sciences (4/6 year) En Engineering Es 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,En Basic Learning Skills II H,Le,F,La,Ec,M,D,P,Es,En History of Asia (5) All History of Japan (5) All History of Europe (3) All Asian Literature (3) All Japanese Literature (4) All Western Literature (2) All The World of Language (4) All Japanese for Liberal Arts (5) All The Japanese Language and Culture in the World (3) All Japanese Constitution (11) All Law (7) All Politics(3) All Economics (6) All World of Mind (4) All World of Thinking (4) All World of Humans (3) All Ideas in the World S,Es,En Art of Asia H,Le,F,La,Ec,M,D,P Art of Europe (3) All (classes) data in credits / 15 lectures Basic Liberal Arts Subjects

Basic Subjects 2 (8 subjects, 17 classes) Basic Ideas of Mathematics (4) H,Le,F,La,Ec Basic Ideas of Physics (2) H,Le,F,La,Ec Basic Ideas of Chemistry (2) H,Le,F,La,Ec Basic Ideas of Earth and Space Science (2) H,Le,F,La,Ec Basic Ideas of Life Science (3) H,Le,F,La,Ec Basic Ideas of Health Science (2) H,Le,F,La,Ec World of Graphics H,Le,F,La,Ec Science 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,Es Basic Modern Life Science (8) En,M,D,P,Es Basic Modern Chemistry (3) En,M,D,P,Es Basic Modern Physics (3) En,M,D,P,Es Basic Modern Earth and Space Science (2) En,M,D,P,Es Basic Environmental Science (2) En,Es Basic Graphics En,Es Basic 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) All Interpreting Contemporary Society (15) All Interpreting Contemporary Culture (8) All Contemporary Discrimination Issues (4) All Contemporary Environmental Issues (6) All Life and Contemporary Medicine (5) All Law and Politics in Contemporary Society (4) H,Le,F,La,Ec,M,D,P (classes) data in credits / 15 lectures Basic Liberal Arts Subjects

Advanced Liberal Arts (23 subjects, 25 classes) History of Osaka University All KANSAI Now All Practical Crisis Control All Social Design All Campus Life and Social Environment All Regenerative Medicine All Science of the Universe Represented by Ouroboros: Space, Earth, Atoms and Elementary Particles All Front of Science, Technology and Information All Essential Substances Supporting Life-Proteins All Advanced Beam Science All The World of Intellect and Imagination (3) All Bioscience and Diseases I All Cancer: up to data All Introduction to Sustainability Science All (classes) data in credits / 15 lectures Basic Liberal Arts Subjects Science and Engineering of Joining and Welding in Manufacture All Recent Advance in Oral Biology and Treatments All Medicine in Human All How can the Frontier Biotechnology Innovate Our Future Society? All Materials in Human History All Bioscience and Diseases II All Innovation All Technology and Society All Post-Disaster Reconstruction All

International General Education 1 (13 subjects, 33 classes) Introducing African Culture and Society All Introducing Eurasian Culture and Society (2) All Eastern Culture and Society All Western Culture and Society (8) All Asian Culture and Society (8) All The Middle Eastern Culture and Society (3) All Current World Affairs (3) All Introduction to International Politics H,Le,F,La,Ec,M,D,P Introduction to International Law All Peace Studies (2) All Global Studies in English S,Es,En Global World and Academics: Insights from American Universities H,La,Ec,M,D,P,S,Es,En (classes) data in credits / 15 lectures Basic Liberal Arts Subjects

for Humanity-Couse Students (59 subjects, 75 classes) Introduction to Japanese Language Teaching B (2) H,F,La Introduction to Asian Language and Cultures (2) H,Le,F,La,Ec Introduction to European and American Languages and Cultures (4) H,Le,F,La,Ec Introduction to Middle Eastern and African Languages and Cultures (2) H,Le,F,La,Ec Japanese Literature H,Le,F,La,Ec Preliminary Seminar in Chinese H,Le,F,La,Ec Chinese Literature H,Le,F,La,Ec Basic Modern Japanese Linguistics (2) H,Le,F,La,Ec Linguistics H,Le,F,La,Ec An Introduction to English Linguistics H,Le,F,La,Ec Introduction to English and American Literature H,Le,F,La,Ec Introduction to French Literature H,Le,F,La,Ec Introduction to German Literature H,Le,F,La,Ec (classes) data in credits / 15 lectures Basic Major Subjects Elementary Philosophy A H,Le,F,La,Ec Elementary Philosophy B H,Le,F,La,Ec The Foundations of Chinese Philosophy H,Le,F,La,Ec Introduction to International Relations (3) H,Le,F,Ec Economics A (5) H,Le,F,Ec Economics B (3) Ec Jurisprudence H,Le,F,Ec Politics H,Le,F,Ec Japan in the World H,Le,F,La,Ec Politics in the Post-War Japan H,Le,F,La,Ec Intellectual Property Law & Moral (3) H,Le,F,La,Ec Statistics A-I (2) H,Le,La Statistics A-II (2) H,Le,La Mathematics A (5) H,Ec Mathematics B (5) H,Ec Graphic Science A Le Graphic Science B-I Le Graphic Science B-II Le examples

for Medicine, Dentistry, Pharmaceutical Science Students (23 subjects, 44 classes) (classes) data in credits / 15 lectures Basic Major Subjects Statistics B-I (4) M,D,P Statistics B-II M,D,P Mathematics A M Accelerated First-Year Mathematics A (4) M,D.P Accelerated First-Year Mathematics B (4) M,D.P Introductory Physics I M,D,P Introductory Physics II M,D,P Physics I (3) M Physics II (3) M Introductory Chemistry (4) M,D,P Elementary Chemistry M Chemical Thermodynamics M,D Chemical Thermodynamics I P Chemical Thermodynamics II P Chemistry Experiments M Molecular Chemistry B (2) M,D Introduction to Biology M Basic Biology M,D,P Cell Biology A (4) M,D,P Cell Biology B (2) M Experiments in Biology M,D,P Introduction to Psychology and Behavior Science M Psychological Experiments M

for Science students (23 subjects, 61 classes) Science Laboratory I (Mathematics) (4) S Science Laboratory I (Physics) (4) S Science Laboratory I (Chemistry) (4) S Science Laboratory I (Biology/Geology) (4) S Calculus 1 (4) S Calculus 2 (4) S Linear Algebra 1 (4) S Linear Algebra 2 (4) S Introductory Modern Physics S Physics 1A (2) S Physics 1B S Introduction to Physics 1 S Physics 2A (2) S Physics 2B S Introduction to Physics 2 S Basic Chemistry 1 (4) S Basic Chemistry 2 (4) S (classes) data in credits / 15 lectures Basic Major Subjects Earth and Space Science 1 S Earth and Space Science 2 S Cell Biology Core A (4) S Cell Biology Core B (4) S Introduction to Biology S Experiments in Biology S

for Engineering and Engineering Science students (23 subjects, 61 classes) Statistics C-I (2) En Statistics C-II (2) En,Es Calculus A (21) En,Es Calculus B (21) En,Es Linear Algebra A (21) En,Es Problem Session A (Mathematics) (21) En,Es Linear Algebra B (21) En,Es Problem Session B (Mathematics) (21) En,Es Mechanics I (16) En,Es Mechanics II (12) En,Es Electromagnetism I (9) En,Es Electro-Physics A (2) En Electro-Physics B (2) En Physics Experiments (4) En,Es (classes) data in credits / 15 lectures Basic Major Subjects Introductory Chemistry (14) En,Es Elementary Chemistry (2) Es Molecular Chemistry A (4) En,Es Basic Inorganic Chemistry (3) En Basic Organic Chemistry (2) Es Chemistry Experiments (5) En,Es Earth Science A (3) En,Es Earth Science B Es Laboratory and Field Work in Geoscience Es Cell Biology A (4) En,Es Cell Biology B (7) En,Es Graphic Science A (3) En Graphic Science B-I (2) En Graphic Science B-II (2) En Drawing B-I (2) En Drawing B-II (2) En Drawing A (2) En Drawing 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 %

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