Diploma Policy
The degree awarded by this graduate school is a PhD in Policy Studies. To complete the doctoral program Graduate School of Policy Studies, Doctoral Program, students must be enrolled for a specified period of time, acquire a high level of education and deep specialized knowledge, earn the required number of credits, fulfill certain conditions such as presenting at academic conferences and publishing academic papers, receive the necessary research guidance, (1) become a doctoral candidate after presenting at a public hearing, and (2) submit and review an academic paper that meets the evaluation criteria for the doctoral thesis, and pass the final examination.
Curriculum Policy (Policy for organizing and implementing the curriculum)
Chiba University of Commerce aims to cultivate individuals who, as stated in its founding purpose, "study useful academic studies, cultivate a spirit of simplicity, and strive to fulfill their calling in the right place," in other words, "chidoka" who faithfully devote themselves to their duties and contribute to their own improvement and the development of society. Based on this philosophy, the Graduate School aims to cultivate "talented individuals who will open up a new society through practical learning." The Graduate Graduate School of Policy Studies, Doctoral Program doctoral program aims to conduct independent research, develop comprehensive education and research focused on policy research, and achieve dramatic advances in policy research, while also meeting the social demand for "specialized researchers in this field" and "the development and re-education of highly skilled professionals with excellent policy analysis and policy planning capabilities." To achieve this goal, the following curriculum has been organized.
- In order to conduct research and education intensively over the three years of the doctoral program, the program will be structured on a semester basis (spring and fall semesters) of six months.
- The lecture courses offered at this graduate school are divided into four policy research fields (policy ideas, policy areas, policy processes, and policy evaluation) in order to be able to respond appropriately to current trends in academic research and the complex and multifaceted changes in policy issues in society, and they carry out theoretical and empirical research that is more in line with reality.
- In order to accumulate knowledge that will enable breakthrough research, we have introduced an advisory system and a navigator system.
The advisory system assigns an advisory professor to students in their first semester to help them deepen their research over the three years of their studies. This professor is called an "advisory Professor."
The Navigator System assigns faculty members to act as "navigators" from the second semester onward in project seminars and doctoral dissertation guidance, in order to respect student autonomy while promoting efficient research. These faculty members are called "navigator Professor," and the faculty members who provide particular guidance in doctoral dissertation guidance in the fifth and sixth semesters are called "primary navigator Professor." - To ensure that students have a broad perspective when writing their doctoral dissertations, we have a system in place where students are supervised by a main navigator Professor and multiple other faculty members. To become a doctoral candidate, students must present their research at a public hearing with the participation of faculty members, and receive advice from participants from multiple and multifaceted perspectives to further deepen their research.