Programs of Social Welfare department offer knowledge, techniques and theories to support systematic and professional service for individuals, family groups and local communities who are struggling with difficulties on a diversity of living conditions.

Social work practice model that we aim at is ‘Generalist Social Work Practice’ based on Ecosystem. Its presumption is the paradigm that people cannot be existed separated from the environment. We are planning the smooth social function by speeding up the goodness of fit between people and the social environment.

In addition, this program aims to understand problems that generated from institutional operation of various social affairs, learn the theory of social welfare practical techniques and execution of policy, and train students to be social workers who apply this knowledge to the field of social welfare.

The Course of Studies for the Master’s Degree

1. Students must earn at least 51 credits to acquire a Master’s Degree (including 6 credits for the thesis). These must include 48 credits in courses offered by the Social Welfare Department and 3 credits in courses taken in other departments

2. Students take the Comprehensive Examination after passing the Foreign Language Examination. The examination covers three areas, each in a 90-minute long written examination:

1) Common subjects: Human behavior and the social environment (1, 2), Methodology of social welfare research

2) Micro-range: Theories of the practice of social welfare, theories of the techniques of social welfare, theories of regional social welfare

3) Macro-range: Theories of social welfare policies, theories of social welfare administration, theories of social welfare legislation.

3. The thesis counts for 6 credits. Only students whose proposal has been approved in their 4th or 5th semesters may submit a thesis. Those whose proposal has not been approved must take an additional 2 courses to earn the remaining 6 credits. This regulation will apply to all students from March 1, 2007, irrespective of their year of admission.

4. The major area is Studies in Social Welfare.

5. The curriculum is as follows; elective subjects will be offered on the basis of the students’ needs and wishes.


6. The following table indicates the courses that must be taken in each semester. Only students in their 3rd semester or above are allowed to register for Field Practicum in Social Welfare.

Field Practicum in Social Welfare 1 must be taken before a student registers for Field Practicum in Social Welfare 2.