For April 2022 entrants

In April 2022
The Master's Courses at Nara Universityof Education will be reorganized!

Carrying on anddeveloping
traditional
culture, including
calligraphy

Japanese andinternational
students study
togetherCreating a
Multicultural
Society Based onInternational
Education

Curriculum
In this Master's Program, students will…
1.

Develop advanced knowledge and skills, and the ability to think, judge, and express
themselves in ways that contribute to the sustainable development of traditional
culture and education for international understanding.

2.

Cultivate research skills that enable them to explore and solve problems related to
traditional culture, its education, and education for international understanding, andto deepen their expertise in these areas.

3.

Cultivate the ability to contribute to the realization of a multi-/inter-cultural society
and the achievement of the SDGs from the standpoint of education.

The curriculum of the master's program is as follows.
The requirements for completion of the program are a total of 30 credits or more: 8credits in common core courses, 18 credits or more in practical core courses anddeepening-specialty courses (including 2 credits or more in practical core courses
and 14 credits or more in deepening-specialty courses), and 4 credits in project
research.

Curriculum
Common Core Courses
Nara in the World: Knowing, Connecting, and Communicating Cultures
Global Citizenship Education
SDGs and Education

Practical Core Courses
Passing on and transmission of traditional culture
The art and practicality of calligraphy
Education for the creation of a multicultural society

Deepening-specialty Courses
TraditionalCulture
Education

Arts, Crafts and Cultural Properties Studies II (Dialogue with Works of Art)
Cultural Property Techniques I (Conservation of Cultural Properties andTransmission of Techniques)
Cultural Property Techniques II (Experiencing Cultural Property Techniques)
Cultural Property Science I (Methods of Cultural Property Science)
Cultural Property Science II (Practices of Cultural Property Science)）
Kanji Calligraphy (Five styles of Kanji and techniques of seal engraving)
Kana Calligraphy (Development from copying to creation)
Calligraphy art (Background of calligraphy)
Calligraphy culture (What are characters?)

International
Education

Language and Culture Studies I (Principles of Teaching Japanese as a Second
Language)
Language and Culture Studies II (Practices of Teaching Japanese as a Second
Language)
Language and Culture Studies III (What is Kanbun Studies?)
Language and Culture Studies Ⅳ (Kanbun Studies in Japan related to Nara)
Language and Culture Studies V (Familiar Words)
Language and Culture Studies VI (Exploring Language Structures)
International Education I (Principles of Citizenship Education)
International Education II (Principles of Multilingual and Multicultural Education)

International Education III (Practices of Citizenship Education)
International Education IV (Practices of Multilingual and Multicultural Education)

Project Research
Project ResearchCharacteristics of the Master's Program
Seeing Nara leads to seeing the world.
And to know Nara is to know the world.
Field Work
Common Core Courses, Practical Core Courses, and Courses for deepening
specialty all include a lot of fieldwork and field research that can only bedone in Nara, such as in museums, research institutes, and schools.
For example, in the "Nara in the World: Knowing, Connecting,and Communicating Culture", we will deal with the following institutions:･Nara National Museum

Practice restoringcolored patterns･Kasuga Taisha Shrine･Tenri City Kurozuka Kofun Exhibition Hall･Chogakuji Temple･Boku-un-do Co.
･Nara City Sugioka Kason Calligraphy Museum･Koriyama Castle, Yanagisawa Library･Nara Prefectural Kokusai High School

Visits at Boku-un-do Co.

･Local Japanese language classes (We plan to conduct fieldwork and fieldresearch in areas such as learning support for children with foreign roots
and places for children to interact with each other)

A place to learn from a global perspective
We provide a place to conduct research with a global perspective!
To date, more than 380 international students from 47 countries andregions have enrolled in our university, and more than 90 of them haveconducted research in our master's program. Since 2008, we have been
holding an international symposium on Baekje culture with Gongju
University in Korea, focusing on Baekje and its culture, which had a close
relationship with ancient Japan. Students who have completed theprogram have gained a great deal of learning from an international

perspective at the university, and have gone on to higher education andemployment, both in Japan and abroad, and are playing an active part ina variety of fields. In addition to classes and research, students are able
to interact with Japanese students and experience Japanese culture
through events organized by the Center for Intercultural Exchange andStudies.

View of the pagoda

Teachers
大山 明彦 Prof. Oyama Akihiko

Research interests;
Reproduction and Restorationof Paintings for Transmissionof Cultural Properties

前田 広幸 Prof. Maeda Hiroyuki

Research interests;
Studies in the Japaneselanguage

橋本 昭典 Prof. Hashimoto Akinori

山岸 公基 Prof. Yamagishi Koki

Research interests;
Chinese phirosophy,
Kanbun studies in Japan

Research interests;
Japanese and Asian
Buddhist art history

吉村 雅仁 Prof. Yoshimura Masahito

Research interests;
Language Awareness,
Interenational Education,
plurlingual Education(curriculum, methods,teaching materials, andteacher training).
北山 聡佳 Ass.Prof. Kitayama Satoka

Research interests;s Shodo(Japanese calligraphy）,calligraphy education

和泉元 千春 Ass. Prof. Izumimoto Chiharu

Research interests;
Teaching Japanese as a
Foreign/Second Language

橋崎 頼子 Ass.Prof. Hashizaki Yoriko

Research interests;
Citizenship education,International education,
Curriculum studies

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Can I upgrade my basic teacher’s certificate ?
● No, you can’t upgrade your teacher’s certificate in our master'sprogram.
What kind of careers can I find after completing program?

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● PhD programs at other universities, researchers (including those atuniversities in your home countries), private companies (including
those in your home countries), public officials (including those incharge of cultural properties at local governments (curators, etc.)),restoration technicians engaged in the restoration of national treasuresand important cultural properties, and Japanese language teachers(mainly outside Japan).
Do you offer evening classes?

● No evening courses are offered in the master's program.
I am an international student.
Are there any Japanese language proficiency requirements foradmission to the master's program?
What level of Japanese language proficiency is required to study inthe master's program?

● Japanese language proficiency is measured by an entrance
examination (written and oral).
● The required Japanese language proficiency varies depending on thearea of specialization, but at a minimum, students are required to haveenough Japanese language proficiency to be able to complete
coursework at the graduate school, such as taking courses common to
the specialization (in Japanese).
● For reference, the university requires undergraduate research students
to have JLPT N2 or higher for admission.
Is there any student housing?

Ｑ５Ａ５● The International Student House is located about a 10-minute walkfrom the university. Japanese students and international students live
together in the dormitory. The rooms are private.
● A total of 100 students (70 males and 30 females) can live in thedormitory.
● There is no cafeteria in the dormitory, but there is a room where you
can prepare your own meals.
● The monthly cost of the dormitory is 9,700 yen, which includes thedormitory fee and maintenance fee. In addition, you will need to pay
for electricity and water for the room and common areas.
● In addition, Tachibana Dormitory (women's dormitory) is locatedwithin 5 minutes walking distance from the university.

Other Information
Standard length of study
２yearsType of degree
Master (Education)

Annual Enrollment capacity
20 people

TuitionEntrance fee 282,000 yen (tentative)
Tuition 535,800 yen (spring semester 267,900 yen, autumn semester
267,900 yen) (tentative)

In the master's course, students cannot upgrade their teaching license.
Also, evening courses are not offered.

For more information, please contact the following sections;

Matters related to Admissions
Matters related to class content
Matters related to establishment

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