Graduate School of International Tourism Management

■ Master's program

Course curriculum and timetable

[Course of International Tourism Management（Master's program）]　Course Curriculum and Timetable【PDF】

Credits and other completion requirements

1. Students are required to earn a minimum of 30 credits in the required courses. However, students who are going to be assessed in the examination of their research results on specified subjects, as provided for in Article 12 of the Toyo University Graduate School Academic Rules and Regulations, must earn 32 credits or more in the required courses.

2. Students are required to, in each semester, take a “Special Lecture for International Tourism Studies” (Research Advising) provided by their main academic supervisor on international tourism management and earn the credits. Up to 8 credits earned will  be recognized as requirements for completion.

Course requirements

1. 1. Students should consult with their academic supervisors before deciding which courses they will take.

• • There will be 2 academic supervisors: a main supervisor and a co-supervisor.

  • However, there may be 2 co-supervisors at the discretion of the main supervisor.

1. 2. Students are required to take a “Special Lecture (Research Advising) for International Tourism Studies” provided by their main academic supervisor every semester, and they must earn 8 credits for completion. If students earned 8 or more credits, up to 8 credits earned will be accepted as credits for completion requirements.

   3. Students may take and earn credits for "lectures" or "seminars" at the graduate school any number of times during their enrollment.

• • However, it can only be counted as a credit toward completion requirements once. Credits earned after the second time cannot be counted toward completion requirements.

1. 4. For students who enrolled for 2 academic years, 4 semesters or more, they must register for a "Master's Degree Thesis" or a "Specific Research Paper" in the semester in which they plan to complete their studies. 

   5. In addition to courses in students’ major Course, they may take courses in other graduate schools and Courses as well as courses at other universities (partner universities).

• • The courses must be those deemed educationally necessary by the academic supervisors. Permission of the academic supervisors is required.

  • These courses can be counted as credits toward completion requirements in the same way as courses in the student's Course. The basic rule is the same as 3. above.

  • However, the total number of credits earned for the completion requirement must not exceed 20 credits, including credits earned before entering the graduate school and deemed to have been earned by taking courses in the graduate school (previously earned credits). Additionally, in this case, the number of credits that can be applied toward completion requirements is limited to 15 credits.

(1) (Credits acquired prior to enrollment that have been approved as previously earned credits: Up to 15 credits)

(2) (Credits earned at other universities, including overseas universities, other graduate schools, or other departments of the university: up to 15 credits)

(A total of 20 credits from (1) and (2) may be used toward completion of the program.)

Please note that credits for one course may not be split. You may not split the credits of a two-credit course and count only one credit towards the completion requirement.

For example, if a student has taken the 2-credits courses listed in (2) above, a maximum of 7 courses and 14 credits will be accepted as credit towards completion requirements (and up to a total of 20 credits with the courses listed in (1) above).

How to take courses in other graduate schools and majors

How to take courses at other universities (partner universities)

1. 6. "Advanced Theory of Practical International Tourism" can be taken only by students dispatched to JICA Overseas Cooperation Volunteers, and "Seminar on Practical International Tourism" can be taken only by students dispatched to JICA Overseas Cooperation Volunteers and JETRO Internship Overseas Dispatchers during the period of dispatch in principle.

Classes taught in English

Subjects noted in the “Eng.” will be offered in English.

Regarding course registration during the period of JICA Overseas Cooperation Volunteers 

1. Students are required to take and earn credits for "Advanced Theory of Practical International Tourism" (2 credits) and "Seminar on Practical International Tourism" (2 credits) in the first semester after dispatch.

2. After the second semester after dispatch, students are required to take and earn credits for each semester of "Seminar on Practical International Tourism".

• Regardless of the method of enrollment 3, up to 8 credits of "Seminar on Practical International Tourism" will be accepted as credits for completion requirements."

3. During the period of dispatch, the main supervisor's “Special Lecture for International Tourism Studies” (Research Advising) are required to be taken as described above “Course requirements 2.

4. Students are required to attend school for at least one year, excluding the dispatch period.

Regarding course registration during the JETRO Internship Overseas Dispatch Period

During the period of internship overseas, students are required to take the following courses in principle.

• "Seminar on Practical International Tourism" (up to 2 credits)

• “Special Lecture for International Tourism Studies” (up to 2 credits)

The said courses will be conducted online.

*  In this Course, we encourage participation and presentation in overseas surveys, researches and academic conferences as part of research advising in order to deepen students’ own researches.

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