Tohoku Gakuin University

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Common to all faculties
Three educational principles

"Curriculum Organization and Implementation Policy (Curriculum Policy)" common to all faculties.

Applicable to students entering in the 2023 academic year and onwards.

In order to achieve the learning outcomes (hereinafter referred to as "learning outcomes") set forth in the degree awarding policy, this university will organize and implement a systematic and sequential curriculum in accordance with the following policy, based on the university-wide agreement on curriculum organization and implementation.

  1. With the primary objective of achieving learning outcomes 1-4, the curriculum includes general education subjects, foreign language subjects, and health and physical education subjects, with courses mainly allocated to the first and second years.
  2. With the primary objective of achieving learning outcome 1, a university-wide group of courses called "Human Foundations" will be established within the general education curriculum. At its core, courses on the Bible and Christianity will be placed in the first and third years, with 4 credits required and 2 credits elective, respectively.
  3. With the primary objective of achieving learning outcome 2, a university-wide group of courses called "Intellectual Foundations" will be established within the general education curriculum. Furthermore, with the primary objective of achieving learning outcome 2, English will be a required subject with 4 credits among the foreign language courses.
  4. With the primary objective of achieving learning outcome 3, a university-wide group of courses called "Problem-Solving Research" is included in the general education curriculum, fostering an attitude of independently identifying problems and striving to solve them.
  5. The liberal arts courses "Human Foundations," "Intellectual Foundations," and "Problem-Solving Research" serve as first-year education, foundational education, transition education to active learning, and career development support education for university learning, forming the basis for learning outcome 5 through the achievement of learning outcomes 1, 2, and 4 and their connection to specialized education.
  6. Learning outcome 3, as an initiative toward active learning, will be part of the achievement goals in all subject groups and all courses. Furthermore, with the primary purpose of utilizing the learning outcomes of general education and specialized education, seminar-style courses will be included in specialized education subjects.
  7. The "General Education" subject group is established within the liberal arts curriculum with the primary objective of achieving learning outcome 4. Furthermore, the foundational specialized subjects in the first year also serve as a basis for achieving this learning outcome.
  8. Specialized education subjects are established with the primary objective of achieving learning outcome 5.
  9. The required credits for graduation and the methods of coursework will be determined appropriately for each department, focusing on the completion of specialized education subjects while ensuring a balanced achievement of the learning outcomes stipulated in the degree awarding policy.
Applicable to students admitted between 2017 and 2022 (for Faculty of Engineering only, applicable to students admitted between 2018 and 2022).

In order to achieve the learning outcomes (hereinafter referred to as "learning outcomes") set forth in the degree awarding policy, this university will organize and implement a systematic and sequential curriculum in accordance with the following policy, based on the university-wide agreement on curriculum organization and implementation.

  1. With the primary objective of achieving learning outcomes 1-3, the curriculum includes general education subjects, foreign language subjects, and health and physical education subjects, with courses mainly allocated to the first and second years.
  2. With the primary objective of achieving learning outcome 1, a university-wide group of courses called "Human Foundations" will be established within the general education curriculum. At its core, courses on the Bible and Christianity will be placed in the first and third years, with 4 credits required and 2 credits elective, respectively.
  3. With the primary objective of achieving learning outcome 2, a university-wide group of courses called "Intellectual Foundations" will be established within the general education curriculum. Furthermore, with the primary objective of achieving learning outcome 2, English will be a required subject with 4 credits among the foreign language courses.
  4. The liberal arts courses, "Human Foundations" and "Intellectual Foundations," will serve as first-year education, foundational education, transitional education to active learning, and career development support education for university studies.
  5. The "Departmental Liberal Arts" subject group is established within the general education curriculum with the primary objective of achieving learning outcome 3.
  6. The primary objective is to achieve learning outcome 4, and specialized education subjects are established and organized according to the degree awarding policies of each faculty. First-year education, foundational education, and career development support education related to specialized education are conducted within the specialized education subjects.
  7. Learning outcome 5 will be included as part of the learning objectives in all subject groups and all courses as an initiative toward active learning. In addition, a "Community Education Subject" will be established with the primary objective of identifying and solving local issues, and will be a required course worth 2 credits.
  8. The required credits for graduation and the method of coursework will be determined appropriately to ensure a balanced achievement of the learning outcomes stipulated in the degree awarding policy, while primarily focusing on the completion of specialized education subjects.

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