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This course will focus on media communication in general, including newspapers, broadcasting, publishing, film, advertising, and the Internet, and will consider what role they play in society, how they function, and what impact they have on society. In an increasingly sophisticated media society, students will study journalism, communication, media, and information from both theoretical and practical perspectives in a broad and well-balanced manner.
In addition to training individuals who wish to enter the world of media, we practice communication education necessary for general business and working adults. Our emphasis is not only on training those who will go on to the world of journalism but also on training business people and working adults with advanced communication skills and media literacy.
The Department of Journalism offers a degree program with the SPSF (Sophia Program for Sustainable Futures) and instruction in English. Learn about “images” in the digital age at the TV Center
As we enter an era in which everyone is connected through digital media, the importance of communicating through “images” is only increasing, not only in television and movies, but also in newspapers, publications, the Internet, advertising, entertainment, and all other industries. In the Department of Journalism, the TV Center offers a compulsory first-year course in which students work in groups to create a “one-minute television program,” and in the second and subsequent years, students continue to learn the basics of visual expression through the “Television Production I” and “Television Production II” curriculums.
Japan’s oldest journalism department
The Department of Journalism was established in 1932 as the first department in Japan to study journalism. At that time, Japan was in the midst of a period of heightened military tension and warfare but the Department of Journalism Studies continued to develop and continued to the postwar period without interruption and produced many journalists and media professionals. Campus Building No. 1 was constructed in the same year as the establishment of the Department of Newspaper Studies and has remained associated with the department throughout the university’s history.
Curriculum In the first year, students acquire basic communication theory and engage in basic material research, TV program production, and media literacy courses. From the second year onward, students study journalism, mass media history and theory, and international communication theory in required courses. From the second year onward, students take required courses in journalism, mass media history and theory, international communication theory, etc. Of the four subject groups A-D, students study newspapers, broadcasting, and publishing, foreign journalism, and current affairs research in Groups A-C, and deepen their specialized knowledge with more practical studies in Group D.
In the second year, students are divided into three courses: Journalism, Media and Communication, and Information Society and Culture. Small-group seminars are another unique feature of the Department of Journalism, where students quickly acquire a critical view of facts and research skills.
Programme overview
Degree
Other
Study Level
Undergraduate
Study Mode
On Campus
This course will focus on media communication in general, including newspapers, broadcasting, publishing, film, advertising, and the Internet, and will consider what role they play in society, how they function, and what impact they have on society. In an increasingly sophisticated media society, students will study journalism, communication, media, and information from both theoretical and practical perspectives in a broad and well-balanced manner.
In addition to training individuals who wish to enter the world of media, we practice communication education necessary for general business and working adults. Our emphasis is not only on training those who will go on to the world of journalism but also on training business people and working adults with advanced communication skills and media literacy.
The Department of Journalism offers a degree program with the SPSF (Sophia Program for Sustainable Futures) and instruction in English. Learn about “images” in the digital age at the TV Center
As we enter an era in which everyone is connected through digital media, the importance of communicating through “images” is only increasing, not only in television and movies, but also in newspapers, publications, the Internet, advertising, entertainment, and all other industries. In the Department of Journalism, the TV Center offers a compulsory first-year course in which students work in groups to create a “one-minute television program,” and in the second and subsequent years, students continue to learn the basics of visual expression through the “Television Production I” and “Television Production II” curriculums.
Japan’s oldest journalism department
The Department of Journalism was established in 1932 as the first department in Japan to study journalism. At that time, Japan was in the midst of a period of heightened military tension and warfare but the Department of Journalism Studies continued to develop and continued to the postwar period without interruption and produced many journalists and media professionals. Campus Building No. 1 was constructed in the same year as the establishment of the Department of Newspaper Studies and has remained associated with the department throughout the university’s history.
Curriculum In the first year, students acquire basic communication theory and engage in basic material research, TV program production, and media literacy courses. From the second year onward, students study journalism, mass media history and theory, and international communication theory in required courses. From the second year onward, students take required courses in journalism, mass media history and theory, international communication theory, etc. Of the four subject groups A-D, students study newspapers, broadcasting, and publishing, foreign journalism, and current affairs research in Groups A-C, and deepen their specialized knowledge with more practical studies in Group D.
In the second year, students are divided into three courses: Journalism, Media and Communication, and Information Society and Culture. Small-group seminars are another unique feature of the Department of Journalism, where students quickly acquire a critical view of facts and research skills.
Admission Requirements
The Department of Journalism welcomes students with the qualities described below:
Students proactively interested in the disciplines of journalism and media communications in the information-oriented modern world and motivated to study and contemplate the disciplines in depth
Students with an inquisitive attitude towards issues challenging modern society as well as the logical thought and judgment required to critically verify such issues
Students with the competence to present the survey and research outcomes based on their own interests and the articulateness to explain them
4 Years
Apr
Tuition fees
Domestic
8,937 USD
International
8,937 USD
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Undergraduate Program, Department of Journalism (taught in Japanese)
Yotsuya Campus, Tokyo, Japan
48 monthsProgramme duration
8,937 USDTuition Fee/year
AprStarting Month
Programme overview
Degree
Other
Study Level
Undergraduate
Study Mode
On Campus
In addition to training individuals who wish to enter the world of media, we practice communication education necessary for general business and working adults. Our emphasis is not only on training those who will go on to the world of journalism but also on training business people and working adults with advanced communication skills and media literacy.
The Department of Journalism offers a degree program with the SPSF (Sophia Program for Sustainable Futures) and instruction in English.
Learn about “images” in the digital age at the TV Center
As we enter an era in which everyone is connected through digital media, the importance of communicating through “images” is only increasing, not only in television and movies, but also in newspapers, publications, the Internet, advertising, entertainment, and all other industries. In the Department of Journalism, the TV Center offers a compulsory first-year course in which students work in groups to create a “one-minute television program,” and in the second and subsequent years, students continue to learn the basics of visual expression through the “Television Production I” and “Television Production II” curriculums.
Japan’s oldest journalism department
The Department of Journalism was established in 1932 as the first department in Japan to study journalism. At that time, Japan was in the midst of a period of heightened military tension and warfare but the Department of Journalism Studies continued to develop and continued to the postwar period without interruption and produced many journalists and media professionals. Campus Building No. 1 was constructed in the same year as the establishment of the Department of Newspaper Studies and has remained associated with the department throughout the university’s history.
Curriculum
In the first year, students acquire basic communication theory and engage in basic material research, TV program production, and media literacy courses. From the second year onward, students study journalism, mass media history and theory, and international communication theory in required courses. From the second year onward, students take required courses in journalism, mass media history and theory, international communication theory, etc. Of the four subject groups A-D, students study newspapers, broadcasting, and publishing, foreign journalism, and current affairs research in Groups A-C, and deepen their specialized knowledge with more practical studies in Group D.
In the second year, students are divided into three courses: Journalism, Media and Communication, and Information Society and Culture. Small-group seminars are another unique feature of the Department of Journalism, where students quickly acquire a critical view of facts and research skills.
Programme overview
Degree
Other
Study Level
Undergraduate
Study Mode
On Campus
In addition to training individuals who wish to enter the world of media, we practice communication education necessary for general business and working adults. Our emphasis is not only on training those who will go on to the world of journalism but also on training business people and working adults with advanced communication skills and media literacy.
The Department of Journalism offers a degree program with the SPSF (Sophia Program for Sustainable Futures) and instruction in English.
Learn about “images” in the digital age at the TV Center
As we enter an era in which everyone is connected through digital media, the importance of communicating through “images” is only increasing, not only in television and movies, but also in newspapers, publications, the Internet, advertising, entertainment, and all other industries. In the Department of Journalism, the TV Center offers a compulsory first-year course in which students work in groups to create a “one-minute television program,” and in the second and subsequent years, students continue to learn the basics of visual expression through the “Television Production I” and “Television Production II” curriculums.
Japan’s oldest journalism department
The Department of Journalism was established in 1932 as the first department in Japan to study journalism. At that time, Japan was in the midst of a period of heightened military tension and warfare but the Department of Journalism Studies continued to develop and continued to the postwar period without interruption and produced many journalists and media professionals. Campus Building No. 1 was constructed in the same year as the establishment of the Department of Newspaper Studies and has remained associated with the department throughout the university’s history.
Curriculum
In the first year, students acquire basic communication theory and engage in basic material research, TV program production, and media literacy courses. From the second year onward, students study journalism, mass media history and theory, and international communication theory in required courses. From the second year onward, students take required courses in journalism, mass media history and theory, international communication theory, etc. Of the four subject groups A-D, students study newspapers, broadcasting, and publishing, foreign journalism, and current affairs research in Groups A-C, and deepen their specialized knowledge with more practical studies in Group D.
In the second year, students are divided into three courses: Journalism, Media and Communication, and Information Society and Culture. Small-group seminars are another unique feature of the Department of Journalism, where students quickly acquire a critical view of facts and research skills.
Admission Requirements
Tuition fees
Domestic
International
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