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Department of Comparative Arts
Introduction
Students experience a range of arts-oriented courses in various fields to explore their own interdisciplinary interests.
The Department of Comparative Arts provides an unparalleled program surveying fine art, music, performing and visual arts in both the East and West. Its cross-disciplinary approach covers many areas such as comparative research, classic academics, and arts appreciation.
In the age of uncertainty which the boundaries between arts are becoming increasingly ambiguous, comparative analysis between the modes of visual, aural, and literary representation and humanistic scholarship can be interdependent and complementary in order to illuminate the nature of the arts.
The inquiry of wide-ranging arts areas allows the students to understand the works themselves through the unique lens of other arts. In addition, the most fundamental aspects of human culture are investigated through comparison of different forms of creative and imaginative expressions of art.
Curriculum
A listing of taught course modules for the 2nd to 4th year students
Required Credits for Graduation / 128Credits
Fine Arts
Category | Subjects |
2nd-4th year
3rd and 4th year
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Music
Category | Subjects |
2nd-4th year
3rd and 4th year
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Performing and Visual Arts
Category | Subjects |
2nd-4th year
3rd and 4th year
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The Aoyama Standard Subjects
1st - 4th year :
School-wide universal education system where experts in wide-ranging academic fields transcending the framework of colleges/schools and departments stimulate interest in learning and provide guidance.
Foreign Language Subjects
[ Foreign Language I ] 1st year :
English Reading (I), English Composition
2nd year :
English Reading (II), Oral English
Free Elective Subjects
1st - 4th year :
Students can freely select from departmental subjects, Aoyama Standard Subjects, Foreign Language Elective Subjects (take at least minimum credits required), Universal Subjects in the College of Literature, subjects in other departments of the College of Literature, as well as subjects offered by other colleges.