Governance and Law Program is divided into two courses. In the Governance course, students are requested to be specialists on the Governance supporting aid and public administration by studying the role of government in development, policy making, and the role of NGO and community organizations within the framework of 21st century development issues.
Students who take Law and Development Course are expected to gain the basic knowledge of law and political, economic and social development problems , as well as of law and international cooperation, and deepen their theoretical understanding of institutional and cultural aspects of law. These knowledge and ways of thinking will be utilized in various fields of international cooperation, and provide useful theoretical and practical base for ongoing "legal technical assistances"promoted by aid communities.
GSID Common Subjects
Development Literacy
- Introduction to International Development
- Japan's Development Experience
Methodology
- Introduction to Questionaire
- Survey and Interview
- Introduction to Linguistics
- Information Processing
- Research Design and Statistics for Applied Linguistics and CommunicationStudies
- Methodology for Cultural and Social Studies
Lectures by Development Experts
- Development Cooperation
- Development Assistance
- Non-Governmetal Organizations
- Organization for International Cooperation
- International Understanding and Community
DICOS Common Subjects
- Public Policy of DevelopingCountries
- International Environmental Cooperation
Fieldwork
- Preparatory Seminar for GSID
- Overseas Fieldwork
- GSID Overseas Fieldwork
- Preparatory Seminar for GSID
- Domestic Fieldwork
- GSID Domestic Fieldwork
- Independet Overseas Fieldwork I
- Independet Overseas Fieldwork II
- Independet Domestic Fieldwork Ⅰ
- Independet Domestic Fieldwork II
Others
- GSID Common Seminar I
- GSID Common Seminar II
- GSID Common Special Lectures I
- GSID Common Special Lectures II
Required Subjects
Discipline
- Development PoliticsⅠ
- Development PoliticsII
Governance
- Law and Development
- International Cooperation Law
Two subjects required
Seminars
- Seminar on International Cooperation Studies Ⅰa,Ⅰb,Ⅱa,Ⅱb
- Seminar on Comparative Study Legal and Political Systems Ⅰa,Ⅰb,Ⅱa,Ⅱb
Required Elective Subjects
- International Economic Law
- Competition Law
- International Cooperation Law and Politics
- Comparative Asian Legal Systems
- Comparative Development Law and Politics
- Public Policy of Developing Countries
- International Environmental Cooperation
- Asian Politics
- Peacebuilding
- Lecture on Governance and Law Ⅰ
- Lecture on Governance and Law II
- Special Lecture on Governance and Law Ⅰ
- Special Lecture on Governance and Law II
Electives from other Programs
- Politics of Conflict
- Poverty Reduction Strategies
- Development Sociology
- Development Economics
- Development Planning and Policy
- Participatory Rural Industry Promotion
- Educational Development and Cooperation
Elective Subjects offered by Cooperating Unit
- Comparative Study of Legal and Political Systems
- Lecture on Comparative Study of Legal and Political Systems Ⅰ
- Lecture on Comparative Study of Legal and Political Systems II
- Special Lecture on Comparative Study of Legal and Political Systems I
- Special Lecture on Comparative Study of Legal and Political Systems II
- TOEFL: minimum score of 80 iBT; 550 PBT
- IELTS: minimum band score of 6
- Application fee: JPY 5,000
- Payment of the registration fee (JPY 282,000)
- Application Form
- Bachelor's Degree Diploma (or Prospective Bachelor's Degree Diploma) from Your University (Original Copy)
- Academic Transcript from each school, university
- Certificate of graduation
- Statement of purpose and Research Proposal
- Statement concerning applicant's working and/or research experience.
- Photograph card, Examinee's registration card and receipt forms
- Letter of Recommendation
- Summary of Undergraduate Graduation Research
- Major Publications
- Documents Showing Other Strengths
- Document Validating Your Nationality and Residence Status
- Japanese Government (Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology) Scholarship Application Form
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Scholarships
- Japanese Government (Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology) Scholarship