Based on the Seigakuin tradition and its philosophy of Protestant Christianity, this course provides education and research programs responding to the problems of human [social] welfare. In addition, this course pursues a quality of human welfare that responds to the needs of people in various circumstances through the comprehensive knowledge of care and counseling.

Students can investigate the difficulties　which people who need social support are facing and undertake projects that aim to fulfill a true welfare society. Students also become involved in the lives of elderly or specially challenged people, gaining an understanding of problems in the social support system and of assistance techniques.

Child Studies Course

People are saying children in modern society have been so changed that they can no longer grasp an understanding of children’s minds. This course inquires into child development as it relates to the social environment, the family and the child care support system. Students can investigate the background of and solutions to specific problems such as bullying, child abuse, social withdrawal and suicide.

Clinical Thanatology and Grief Care Course

This course provides clinical and practical research on the mind as well as on spiritual problems commonly experienced by the people of today, many of whom are suffering mental fatigue and distress, seized with emptiness, or are seriously contemplating the real meaning of life and death.

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