FOCUS ON THE DEPARTMENT OF INTERNATIONAL STUDIES
"Building a Bridge of Language across the Sea of Japan"

To build ties with Japan's neighbors across the Sea of Japan, the Department of International Studies offers a two-year curriculum with a choice of majors in either Russian, Chinese or Korean. Among the faculty are a native-language instructor from each country. International Studies students also enjoy opportunities for overseas study.

Faculty & Research

Nakazawa, Takayuki	Professor	Russian Politics
Muraya, Isao	Professor & Chair	International Economics
Tachibana, Fumio	Professor	Information Processing
Itagaki, Shun'ichi	Professor	Japanese Literature
Hatano, Setsuko	Associate Professor	Korean Literature
Wakatsuki, Akira	Associate Professor	International Relations
Horie, Kaoru	Associate Professor	International Law
Kisaki, Tetsuro	Associate Professor	Cultural Anthropology
Ishikawa, Iori	Associate Professor	Philosophy
Kuroda, Toshiro	Associate Professor	International Politics
Mizukami, Noriko	Associate Professor	Russian Literature
Goto, Iwana	Assistant Professor	Chinese Literature
Yanagimachi, Yuko	Assistant Professor	Russian Linguistics
Takaku, Yumi	Assistant Professor	Chinese Linguistics
Cho, Eui-sung	Assistant Professor	Korean Linguistics
Yamane, Maki	Assistant Professor	Linguistics
Lakhina, Galina	Visiting Lecturer	Russian as a Foreign Language
Lu, Xiao-yan	Visiting Lecturer	Chinese as a Foreign Language
Hong, Jong Myong	Visiting Lecturer	Korean as a Foreign Language

Course Offerings Year One

Basic Russian I - VI	Basic Chinese I - VI
Basic Korean I - VI	Introduction to International Studies
International Politics	International Law
International Economics	International Relations
International Resources	Cultural Anthropology
Comparative Culture Studies	Natural Geography of Japan Sea Rim
Cultural Geography of Japan Sea Rim	History of International Exchange across the Japan Sea
Introduction to Japanese Culture	Area Studies (Russia)
Area Studies (China)	Area Studies (Korea)
Study Abroad in Russia	Study Abroad in Korea
Russian Affairs A (History and National Features)	Chinese Affairs A (History and National Features)
Korean Affairs A (History and National Features)

Course Offerings Year Two

Advanced Russian I - VI	Advanced Chinese I - VI
Advanced Korean I - VI	Seminar in International Politics
Seminar in International Law	Seminar in International Economics
Seminar in Cultural Anthropology	Nation and Nationalism
Current World Economic Issues	Law of International Organization
Comparative Studies of Philosophy	Advanced Studies A
Niigata Prefecture Studies (Society & Culture)	Seminar in International Relations (Japan Sea Rim)
Introduction to Japanese Linguistics	Area Studies (U.S.A.)
Area Studies (Europe)	Area Studies (South East Asia)
Study Abroad in China	Russian Affairs B (Culture)
Chinese Affairs B (Culture)	Korean Affairs B (Culture)
Advanced Studies B