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Founding Spirit

Growing into trustworthy human beings

Our educational foundation is based on nurturing human beings who sincerely make relentless efforts in academics and research and devote themselves to their formation and growth as human beings.

The founding spirit when the university was first established in 1966—growing into trustworthy human beings—has been passed down till today, where we recently celebrated our 50th anniversary.
Our university endeavors to nurture human resources who acquire “sophisticated expertise” and the “spirit to contribute to society” through practical learning. This is intended to complete commerce education and nurture human resources with a “sense of mission” and “responsibility” who can fulfill delegated responsibilities.
We set our Diploma Policy (graduation certification and degree conferment policy), Curriculum Policy (curriculum formation and implementation policy) and Admission Policy (enrollment policy) as follows.

Diploma Policy

Based on the Fundamental Law of Education and School Education Law, Yokohama College of Commerce will certify graduation and confer the Degree of Commerce to students who understand the founding spirit of “Grow into trustworthy human beings” and have acquired the following qualities, skills and completed required credits.

1. The skills to acquire knowledge (knowledge and understanding)
Acquired a wide range of education and morals that are required in the globalized society and also acquired sophisticated expertise and technique that are the foundation of each Department.
2. The skills to identify and solve problems (thoughts and judgement)
Able to identify, analyze and logically think and solve the problems faced by modern society where diverse values co-exist.
3. The skills to communicate (knowledge and technique)
Able to listen to others who have diverse values in the globalized society and express their thoughts verbally and in writing to communicate.
4. The skills to contribute to society (attitude, motivation, interests)
Able to aspire to contribute to society and act as a good citizen and business person.
5. The skills to collaborate (attitude)
Able to work at their own initiative and cooperate with others.
6. The skills to employ sophisticated expertise and technology (thoughts, judgement)
Able to employ knowledge and technique in situations where such are required as an independent professional.

Curriculum Policy

Based on the founding spirit, Yokohama College of Commerce offers Commerce, Tourism Management and Management and Information Departments in the Faculty of Commerce in order to nurture business persons who possess skills and expertise mentioned in the graduation certification and degree conferment policy (Diploma Policy). Our college forms and implements educational curriculum following the policies as below.

Educational curriculum formation policy

1. Students acquire basic knowledge of business and its management. They cultivate professionalism and nurture communication and collaboration skills. In order to establish knowledge and develop the skills necessary to start a business and projects in real society, “Basic Skills as Working Professional Program” and “Undergraduate Basic Skills Program/Expertise” classes are offered.
2. “Undergraduate Basic Skills Program/ Comprehensive Basics” courses are offered in order to properly identify the demands of time in real society and acquire a wide range of education and moral which become the starting point for seeking “what should be done” as a good citizen and business person.
3. In order to nurture systematic sophisticated knowledge and the logical thinking ability that are required to succeed as a business professional, “exclusive program” classes are offered in each Department.
4. The “Frontier Program” is offered to nurture the ability to function as an immediate asset and identify problems on site and solve them through experience gained in practical and interdisciplinary classes that connect real business to expertise knowledge.
5. “Project Study Program” classes are offered to integrate acquired knowledge and techniques to nurture problem-solving skills, society-contributing actions and attitudes.

Implementation Policy

6. The purpose and achievement goals of the class, relevance to graduation certification/degree conferment policy (Diploma Policy), class planning and academic assessment criteria are clarified and made well known in each class.
7. In order to nurture the skills to proactively identify problems, cooperate to solve them and communicate their opinions to others, a proper class environment that accommodates diverse educational methods is maintained, and class formats and instructional methods will be devised, such as introducing active learning.
8. Study, volunteer work and internships that involve local companies and NPOs are proactively implemented in order to enhance the students’ attitudes and motivation to contribute to society.
9. The lecture management system is employed to improve the bi-directionality of the class while accumulating projects created using laptops to help both faculty and students to reflect.
10. Focusing on the learning process based on the degree conferment policy, enrolled students’ learning status is checked and evaluated through course completion, grades, class evaluation questionnaires and student surveys.

Admission Policy

Yokohama College of Commerce seeks individuals who understand our graduation certification/degree conferment policy (Diploma Policy) and policy for educational curriculum formation and implementation (Curriculum Policy), and also who are complete with the following six elements of knowledge, technique, attitude and motivation.

1. Individuals who are co