Keio University

Curriculum

The curriculum of the Faculty of Business and Commerce at Keio University is based on four different fields that provide students a systematic framework while maintaining a degree of freedom to take specialized courses according to their interests. Additionally, there are also “Program” courses offered across each field, where students can further explore specific issues and tools (e.g. Globalization, Policy and Regulation, and Empirical Analysis Methods).

In their first and second years, in addition to general education subjects and foreign languages, students build a foundation for their chosen concentration by taking courses in the four fields of Management, Accounting, Marketing Science, and Economy and Industry.

In their third and fourth years, students hone their expertise in their concentration and acquire a broad perspective and range of knowledge by taking a variety of courses in four fields of study and nine specializations.

1st and 2nd Year (Hiyoshi Campus)

Building a Foundation in the Four Major Fields

In addition to general subjects and foreign languages, students lay the foundation for their concentration through basic theories and analytical tools essential to Management, Accounting, Marketing Science, and Economy and Industry.

A diagram illustrating the correlation between general education and foreign language courses and the fundamental theories and analytical tools essential for studying the four fields: business administration, accounting, commerce, and economics and industry.

3rd and 4th Year (Mita Campus)

Broadening Horizons & Building Expertise in Major Fields of Study

The program offers the flexibility for students to take a wide variety of courses across four fields and nine concentrations, including major courses and small-group seminars, allowing them to further hone their expertise while broadening their horizons by acquiring knowledge of other fields.

Conceptual Diagram of the Four Fields and Nine Areas

What You Will Learn

  • Advanced knowledge and analytical tools rooted in marketing science

  • Ability to view society holistically and from medium- and long-term perspectives

  • Ability to formulate and discuss one's own ideas in the Keio spirit of hangaku-hankyo, the philosophy of learning and teaching one another

  • The ability to identify and solve problems in the Keio spirit of jjtsugaku, or practical learning

  • Global communication skills

Future Career Paths

  • Business leaders and entrepreneurs

  • Civil service

  • Specialized professionals (certified public accountant, tax accountant, etc.)

  • Graduate school (training for advanced professionals and researchers)

  • Junior high school and high school teachers (social studies, geography and history, civics, commerce, etc.)

Design your own course of study from one of four fields

Four fields of study lie at the heart of academics at the School of Business and Commerce: Management, Accounting, Marketing Science, and Economy and Industry. Fields are specialized yet complement each other, allowing students to independently select and take courses in subjects and fields based on their own intellectual interests and future career paths.

Learning Across Fields in Specialized Program Courses

The Faculty of Business and Commerce offers programs that enable students to systematically study a range of interdisciplinary issues that transcend fields, covering topics such as globalization, strategy, policy and regulations, methods of empirical analysis, as well as the history of theory and practice. If you wish to gain the intellectual training to help you identify and solve problems from a broad perspective, you can choose from a wide range of courses in the Methods of Empirical Analysis program. Using data and case studies, the program will equip you with various tools to generate and analyze quantitative and qualitative evidence for making decisions.

Developing problem identificationand solving skills through active learning

Through study groups (known as “seminars”) and general education seminars, the Faculty of Business Commerce has traditionally emphasized the Keio spirit of hangaku-hankyo, a tradition of learning while teaching and teaching while learning. We focus on active learning through practical exercises. In their first and second years, students take general education seminars and experimental subjects, while in their third and fourth years, they are offered a wide variety of seminar subjects such as research groups, research exercises, foreign language exercises, international liberal arts exercises, and social mathematics. For the research groups and research exercises, which give students access to the content of each field through active learning, there are study periods of varying lengths, from a half-year (2 credits) to two years (8 credits). This enables students to flexibly design their course of study at their own pace, especially if they choose to study abroad.

The learning cycle at Faculty of Business and Commerce: An example of active learning. Acquisition of knowledge and skills through individual and group study. Group work, including discussions and collaborative learning. Presentation of learning and research outcomes, and the writing of papers and reports. Feedback.