Curriculum at our Hiyoshi Campus: the first and second years

The Type A and Type B curricula at Hiyoshi correspond to the different entrance examinations. Students who passed the entrance examination including mathematics as one of the subjects go on to learn in the Type A curriculum. Students who passed the entrance examination including Japanese history or world history, as well as the entrance examination for PEARL, go on to lean in the Type B curriculum. PEARL is an all-English programme.

Linear algebra and Calculus are mandatory for Type A students in their first year. The Type A curriculum puts emphasis on the deductive method and on learning essential mathematical tools for economic analysis. Students in both curriculum types learn macroeconomics and statistics, but Type A students learn more microeconomics.

Introduction to the Japanese Economy and Historical Perspectives in Economic Analysis are mandatory for Type B students in their first year. The Type B curriculum puts emphasis on the inductive method and on learning economic history. Type B students can and are encouraged to take courses in mathematics that suit their own levels, though such courses are not mandatory.

The two distinct curricula in the first and second years of study are both designed to help students acquire the fundamentals necessary for learning comprehensive skills of economic analysis during the third and fourth years.