Curriculum Policy (Graduate Schools)
Shizuoka University Curriculum Organization / Implementation Policy(Curriculum Policy)
Shizuoka University, based on its diploma policy, shall organize and implement
its curriculum in accordance with the following policy.
1. The master's course and professional courses have systematic classassignments and research supervision to ensure the acquisition ofresearch ability based upon a deep knowledge of each specialized fieldand skills to handle advanced professions, based on the diploma policiesof the graduate schools.
2. The doctor's course has systematic class assignments and researchsupervision to ensure independent research can be undertaken in
specialized fields and the acquisition of skills to enable graduates tobecome active as researchers and advanced professionals, based on thediploma policies of the graduate schools.

Graduate School of Humanities and Social Sciences
Curriculum Organization / Implementation Policy (Curriculum Policy)
The Graduate School of Humanities and Social Sciences based on its diploma
policy shall organize and implement its curriculum in accordance with thefollowing policy.
1. Fields and Disciplines in Education Research
The Graduate School of Humanities and Social Sciences has three
departments: the Department of Clinical Human Sciences, theDepartment of Comparative Studies in Language and Culture, and theDepartment of Economics. Specifically, they have formed organizations
for education and research on the following points and issues.
The Department of Clinical Human Sciences has three supervised
research fields: the Clinical psychology course, the Human Care study
course, and the Sociology course. From the perspective of fostering
practically active advanced specialists, they provide a wide education
through the general study of clinical human sciences and throughresearch, while also imparting advanced investigative / research skills
and specialized supporting practical abilities.
The Department of Comparative Studies in Language and Culture
consists of traditional fields of study such as Philosophy, Culturalanthropology, History, Literature and Linguistics. It has five supervised
research fields: Philosophy and Art Studies; Cultural Anthropology;
Historical Studies; International Language and Culture; Comparative
Languages and Literature. It aims to give a comprehensive grasp of awide range of cultural phenomena.
The Department of Economics has two supervised research fields:
International Management and Regional Public Policy. International
Management aims at developing analytical / planning / applied abilities
for enterprise management strategies from an international perspective.
Regional Public Policy aims at cultivating comprehensive judgment /policy planning for regional industry, administration and economicactivity.
2. Subject Organization
All the above departments have assigned supervisors and assistantadvisors to ensure a steady implementation of the academic process ofsetting research topics, collating materials, processing data, making
verification, conclusions and results based upon an awareness of issues
for graduate school students, and have the following subject
organization established.
Courses are organized such that the student completes 6-14 credits ofcompulsory subjects, including special exercises for receiving academic
instruction from the supervisor to create a Master's thesis (4 credits; 8credits for the Department of Economics); 10 or more credits of elective
compulsory subjects (16 credits for the Department of Comparative
Studies in Language and Culture) to gain a greater level of specializedabilities; 2 or more credits of free subjects from among those available
in the graduate school; and finally, the graduate student under his/herown power creates their master's thesis.

Graduate School of Education
Curriculum Organization / Implementation Policy (Curriculum Policy)
The Graduate School of Education, based on its diploma policy, shall organize
and implement its curriculum in accordance with the following policy.
Department of School Education Research
The graduate school has systematic class assignments and research supervision
to ensure its students have deep professional knowledge of children, schools,
development and learning, and acquire the ability to practically cope from awide perspective with regional / school curricula with an international
sensibility.
1. The student shall complete 6 or more credits from among educational
careers as a joint subject, subjects concerning comprehensive researchon elementary and secondary education or physical / arts education, andsubjects on international understanding education dealing with
contemporary issues in the classroom, environmental education andinformation education.
2. Compulsory subjects are 2 credits of practical training as a joint practicalsubject to develop practical educational skills, and 2 credits in the theoryof the development of teaching materials.
3. The student shall complete over 10 credits to be selected from special
educational subjects to acquire knowledge and research skills in their
specialist field, 6 credits in topic-based research and 4 or more credits infree elective subjects. In total 30 or more credits shall be completed.
Having done so, the student should choose their primary discipline to be
specialized in, receive research instruction and submit their master's
these or research results.

Division of Advanced Practice in School Education
The student shall complete 48 credits or more from among the following subject
categories, based on a curriculum designed with the aim of fostering newteachers able to actively forge new schools, or core middle-level teachers withadvanced practical teaching abilities.

1. Joint subjects aiming at acquisition of knowledge / skills to form thebase of advanced practical teaching abilities (22 credits / 11 subjects).
2. Elective subjects aiming at acquisition of knowledge / skills furthered in
the disciplines of School Organizational Development, Development ofEducation Methods, Pupil Guidance and Support, and Special
Supportive Education (16 credits / 8 subjects).
3. Applied subjects aiming at confirming and applying contents learned in
the joint subjects and elective subjects in actual school classrooms.
Applied subjects in schools (10 credits / 3 subjects) consisting of Core
Training (3 credits), Training by Disciplines (3 credits), SchoolImprovement Ability Training for all teachers in their second year, basedon their studies in this department (4 credits, for graduates of thegraduate school) or the School Improvement Ability Advanced Training(4 credits, for current graduate school students).
The student shall receive support from an instructor on practicalresearch concerning their departmental discipline, and will submit areport with those results.

Cooperative Doctoral Course in Subject Development
Through pursuit of subject development, the course shall clarify construction
principles in the subject content, and it shall have systematic class assignments
and research supervision to ensure independent research can be undertaken in
the development of teaching materials and the creation of educational
environments, plus the acquisition of skills to enable graduates to become active
as researchers and advanced professionals.
1. Specialized core subjects include the two compulsory Theory on Subject
Development (2 credits) and the Subject Development Practical Theory(1 credit). Seven subjects (all 1 credit) including Theory on the Use of
Cultural Assets and Educational Assessment and Verification Methods,
are assigned as elective subjects, of which the student must complete atleast six.
2. There are 27 departmental field subjects, including elective subjects insubject development, and elective subjects in cultural and social

sciences, natural studies or creative subject fields. The student mustcomplete at least 10 credits from among these.
3. Departmental applied subjects are the Subject Develop Seminar I(compulsory), II (compulsory) and III (elective) (all 2 credits), withpreparation for writing a doctoral thesis and classes (seminars) held withall students and instructors under one roof in February.
In total 20 or more credits shall be completed. Following that, the doctoral thesis
supervisor will meet frequently with the student individually while the assistantadvisors maintain close contact as the student works to complete the doctoral
thesis.
Graduate School of Informatics
Curriculum Organization / Implementation Policy (Curriculum Policy)
The Graduate School of Informatics, based on its diploma policy, shall organizeand implement its curriculum in accordance with the following policy.
1. The basic purpose of the education courses is to foster professionals ofan ever more advanced level with a richly specialized knowledge of
information technology as it undergoes second-by-second innovationand the sophisticated information in society brought about by such, andwith problem-solving capabilities contributing to the construction of adesired information society.
2. The school has a curriculum with an educational base fusing humanities
and industry to ensure the acquisition of problem-solving capabilities
through a multifaceted approach linking and combining information
sciences with information society studies.
3. In order to ensure a systematic specialized education, our program issplit into three fields with class work and research supervision given.

Graduate School of Science
Curriculum Organization / Implementation Policy (Curriculum Policy)
Students at the school will learn under the program designed to foster humanresources with a deep knowledge of fundamental sciences and problem-solving
abilities as required for engineering or research careers, based upon the basic
policy of the Graduate School of Science (the diploma policy). This program ismade up of the following classes organized in order to impart advancedknowledge and research skills required for each specialty.
1. Lecture subjects for high-level research into specialized fields from awide perspective.
2. Subjects for specialized research aiming at the creation of a master's
thesis under the direct supervision of the instructors.

Graduate School of Engineering
Curriculum Organization / Implementation Formation Policy (CurriculumPolicy)
The Graduate School of Engineering, based on its diploma policy, shall organize
and implement its curriculum in accordance with the following policy.
1. To foster an advanced and high level of specialization, the school hascommon core subjects, highly specialized course subjects and field ofspecialization subjects. Courses taught in English encourage personal
development of abilities enabling students to act flexibly and show
leadership in the global society.
2. Supervisors and assistant advisors give instruction for the master's thesis
and special topic research in order to foster advanced specialization andenriched creativity, the ability to study independently, the ability tosearch out topics, topic exploration and solving abilities, communication
skills and presentation skills.
3. In order to be able to resolve various complex problems in society andindustry, the school has common subjects for fundamental scientificadvanced study and management-related subjects. This encourages thestudents to themselves develop the ability to handle commanding roles
as advanced professionals.
4. In order to foster the ability to overview the whole of engineering, theschool has established a minor system to gain a minor in addition to thestudent's major. This gives students an opportunity to take a structured
approach to other majors.

Graduate School of Agriculture
Curriculum Organization / Implementation Policy (Curriculum Policy)
The Graduate School of Agriculture, based on its diploma policy, shall organize
and implement its curriculum in accordance with the following policy.
1. Students will acquire applied skills through studies focused on practical /exercise-based learning along with a large amount of fundamental
knowledge in specialized fields relevant to the development of local andinternational societies.
2. Students will acquire an essential education for becoming professional
workers and members of society, forming the backbone of future
research through a wide-ranging understanding of the relation between
related industry and research.
3. Students will gain knowledge concerning a diverse array of leading-edge
fields in natural science along with engineering ethics and social
perspectives, learning not only in their specialized field but also a wide
range of peripheral disciplines and multiple disciplines.

Shizuoka Law School
Curriculum Organization / Implementation Policy (Curriculum Policy)
The graduate school has systematic class assignments to advance independent
learning of law and to gain fundamental abilities enabling students to act as
professionals in the legal profession. Particular care is given to the following
points.
1. The subject curriculum is based on a three-stage system fromfundamentals to familiarization to applied learning to ensure students
from diverse backgrounds can steadily acquire knowledge.
2. Classes with joint participation by research instructors and practicing
instructors will attempt to bridge the gap between theory and practice.
3. Classes will have small numbers to develop an interactive and multidirectional approach.
4. Class subjects will be assigned to enable students to deal with particularlegal issues and needs in each region, such as subjects on Chinese law orfor foreigners in Japan.

Graduate School of Science and Technology, Educational Division
Curriculum Organization / Implementation Policy (Curriculum Policy)
The Graduate School of Science and Technology, Educational Division, basedon its diploma policy, shall organize and implement its curriculum inaccordance with the following policy.
1. The school has introduced an assistant advisor system which instructors
belonging to the Graduate School of Science and Technology, Research
Division are in charge of, for foundational education compounding adiverse range of different fields and specialized and expert instruction.
2. The school will provide specialist subjects incorporating rich contents
and practical professional knowledge by selected lecturers at the front of
their field in order to ensure research outcomes of an international
standard.
3. Foundational common subjects will be held to give short, intensiveclasses for the necessary knowledge to foster ethical perspectives withconsideration to management abilities and human welfare, as requiredby researchers and engineers for the 21st century.
4. The classes provided will stay in line with rapidly progressive scientifictechnology, with general theory to enable understanding of all research
fields in each major (fundamentals compounding different fields), andsubjects in new disciplines to teach fields where future development isexpected.
5. Special English courses are established with excellent foreign students
actively accepted to foster fully international researchers and advanced
engineers through a keen spirit of competition between Japanese andnon-Japanese students.