Department of Human Welfare (Social Welfare Major)
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Confront social welfare issues with flexibility and insight!
The Social Welfare Major provides practical education focusing on the workplace to nurture talented and compassionate individuals who can work in welfare, medicine, health, and education.
Characteristics of the Major
Students acquire the necessary knowledge, skills, and sensitivity needed to handle society’s current issues.
The Social Welfare Major provides practical education focusing on the workplace to nurture talented and compassionate individuals who can work in welfare, medicine, health, and education.
Characteristics of the Major
Students acquire the necessary knowledge, skills, and sensitivity needed to handle society’s current issues.
- Training to work as a professional in social welfare.
- A rich educational program for becoming a Certified Social Worker or Psychiatric Social Worker.
- Comprehensive support in acquiring certificates related to social welfare.
- Practical experience during social welfare training and volunteer activities.
- Encouragement to acquire international outlooks through overseas training in social welfare.
- Work on graduation theses while considering actual practices.
Admission Policy(Acceptance of New Students)
The Social Welfare Major seeks applicants with the following characteristics:
- A solid desire to work as a social welfare specialist in various fields.
- Specific skills and abilities useful in the field of social welfare and a promising outlook for university and future careers.
- An earnest desire to participate in international assistance activities, especially in the Asia-Pacific region.
Curriculum Summary
Social welfare workplaces require interaction and cooperation with people in medicine, health, politics, community care, and business. The Social Welfare Major offers a wide range of specialized subjects related to social welfare, medical welfare, community-based welfare, international welfare, mental health, and welfare skills to train professionals who can collaborate with other specialists and respond to increasingly diverse and complex local issues. In addition, the major offers numerous specialized seminars for students to gain practice and training during each of their four years. The seminars utilize teachers’ expertise in medical welfare, child and family welfare, international welfare, disability studies, town planning, children’s mental health, contemporary sociology, social philosophy, and care theory. The major also offers specialized training with practice in the field for students who wish to become certified social workers, school social workers, or psychiatric social workers. At the same time, students can systemically acquire the skills, knowledge, and theories required in the field of social welfare through practical activities and international contributions.
| Japanese Council of Social Welfare | Elderly-care Facility | Community Comprehensive Support Centers | Day Services for Disabled Children |
| Consultation Services for Disabled Children | Community Support Centers | Women’s Protection Facilities (Consultation Staff) | Maternal and Child Living Support Facility (Counseling and other Support) |
| Orphanages and Child Welfare Facilities | Children’s Self-Reliance Support Facilities | Psychiatric Hospitals (Psychiatric Social Worker) | General Hospitals (Medical Social Worker) |
| High School Civics Teacher | Welfare-related Vocational School Instructor | Children’s Counseling Centers (Child Welfare Officer or Advisor) | Welfare Office (Social Welfare Officer) |
| Board of Education (School Social Worker) | Okinawa Prefecture and Local City Offices | Overseas Welfare Facilities | Companies and Businesses |
| Media (Newspaper Reporter for Society Section) | Finance Institutions | Cooperatives (Administrative Staff at JA) | Hotels and Lodging (Hotel Staff) |