Curriculum

Curriculum

Model course for Environmental Policy

It is a sample model course of “Degree Programme on Regional policy and planning” acquiring environmental policy in Graduate school of policy science (GSPS), Ritsumeikan University as following table 1.
GSPS will offer one research project focusing on “regional environment and planning” with basically three supervisors who are initially and tentatively assigned Professor Takao (environment economics), Professor Zhou (environment systems) and associate professor Kanegae (planning theory). In accordance with requirements from some JDS students, other supervisors are flexibly joining research projects from GSPS. Sustainable Development covers both development and environmental issues. It contains stable public and social management methods for entire region/area, which covers governance and administrations.
From the beginning of 1st semester until 4th(last) semester, student shall take at least 7 elective lectures that GSPS offered listed totally 10 and optional elective lectures totally 5.

Table1. A Model Courseware:

NO.#	TITLE	TEACHER	CREDIT	SEME STERS	TOTAL CREDITS
1^st semester: 10 credits
1	Research Project I (Compulsory Courses)
	Field Research I - Regional Policy and Information - Regional Sustainable Development	Multiple Prof. Murayama Prof. Takao	2	1	2
	Field of Academic Seminar I - Basic Study on Regional Policy and Planning	Supervisor Multiple	2	1	2
5	Regional Sustainable Development	Prof. Cassim	2	1	2
6	Environmental Policy Analysis and Evaluation	Prof. Takao	2	1	2
15	Eco-realism: A postmodern view of sustainability	Prof. Peter Harper	2	1	2
2^st semester: 10 credits
2	Research Project II (Compulsory Courses)
	Field Research II - Rural Development and Governance - Welfare and Gender and Development	Multiple A.Prof. Katsumura A.Prof. Tabayashi	2	1	2
	Field of Academic Seminar II - Regional Environment and Planning	A. Prof. Otsuka Supervisor	2	1	2
10	Planning Science and Technology	A.Prof. Kanegae	2	1	2
11	Computer Literacy and Statistics	Prof. Tonegawa & A.Prof. Inaba	2	1	2
12	Geographical Information Systems and Spatial Information and Planning	A.Prof. Michael Flaxman	2	1	2
3^st semester: 6 credits
3	Research Project III (Compulsory Courses)
	Field research III - Urban Development and Management - Environmental Policy and Technology	Multiple A.Prof. Kanegae Prof. Zhou	2	1	2
	Field of Academic Seminar II - Regional Environment and Planning	Supervisor	2	1	2
7	Regional Policy and Information	Prof. Murayama	2	1	2
4^st semester: 4 credits
4	Research Project IV (Compulsory Courses) Academic Seminar IV (including theses writing)	Supervisor	4	1	4
TOTAL (although summary of offering credits are 48, minimum required credits for master degree is 30 credits)					30

All Lecture Course Lists

LECTURE COURSE	TEACHER
A General Theory of Legal Systems	YAMAMOTO Ryuji
A historical study in public philosophy	SIGEMORI Tamihiro
Advanced Theories and Practices of New Public Management	KISI Michio
Analysis of Regional information I	M.FLAXMAN
Analysis of Regional information II	KIMURA Takahiro
Cash Flow and Financial Management	HATTORI Toshiyuki
Corporate Strategy I	NISHIDA Kazuo
Corporate Strategy II	OKUMURA Mitsunao
Digital Entertainment	HOSOI Koichi
Economic Policy	UENO Tatsuo
English in the International society	P.LONGCOPE
Entrepreneurship	TANIGAWA Masashi
Enviromental policy analysis and evaluation	TAKAO Katsuki
Enviromental policy and planning	KANEGAE Hidehiko
Enviromental science and techbnology	IKEDA Yukou
Environmental Management I	OBATANorio
Environmental Management II	WAKAI Ikujiro
Evaluation of Area Network	HISHIKI Tomokazu
History of regional Policy in Japan	KATSUMURA Makoto
Information Management	MORIYAMA Yusuke
Internantional Economic Cooperation	ABE Kazutomo
International Economic Development	KISIMOTO Tatuo
Intoroduction to Policy Science	SIGEMORI Tamihiro
Leadership	SATO Teijiro
Leagal affairs in local politics	MIKAMI Takahiro
Local Information of Electronic Government	MURAYAMA Hiroshi
Marketing Management	YOSHIDA Hiroyuki
Media and Art	HATA Yoshio
Media Production I	YAMASHITA Yoshihiro
Media Production II	SHIN Kiyoshi
Policy Behavior	MURAYAMA Hiroshi
Policy formation in local government	KAKUHASHI Tetsuya
Policy, language, and culture	TABAYASHI Yo
Political Economy of City-regions	MIZUGUCHI Norio
Practice of Venturing Business I	TUNODA Ryutaro
Practice of Venturing Business II	TANIGAWA Masashi
Practice of Venturing Business III	TUNODA Ryutaro
Quantitative Analysis for Policy Science I	INADA Yoshihisa
Quantitative Analysis for Policy Science II	TONEGAWA Koichi
Reconsidering on Comparative Politics	YAMAGUCHI Yasushi
Regional Industrial Strategy	HONDA / SHIBATA
Start of Business	TANIGAWA Masashi
Strategy for Organization and Human Resource Management	KAWASHIMA Minoru
Strategy of Venturing Business	TUNODA Ryutaro
Study of International Organizations	YASUE Noriko
The Coodinate Theory of Urban Plannning	FURUTA Atsushi
The Grobal environment policy	KAYA Yoichi
The Planning Theory of Urban Plannning	YOKOSHIMA Takeshi
The Produce Theory of Communitu Plan	HIROSAWA Masako
The Theory of Urban Planning Systems	TAKADA Susumu
Theory of knowledge Management	INABA Mitsuyuki