Department of Contemporary Liberal Arts
Showa Women's University | Faculty of Human Sociology

Department of Contemporary Liberal Arts,
Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences,
Showa Women's University.

BEYOND THE FUTURE

Acquire knowledge related to modern society and choose your future through practice!

Curriculum

Acquire knowledge (in three areas) and practical skills that will serve as the foundation for making future choices.
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Project activity

Work on a project as a place to test the knowledge you have acquired
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Social research training
(Field Research)

Leaving the campus and learning from society and the local community
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2023 International Social Survey Training (Field Research) (Singapore)

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Showa Women's University Faculty of Human and Sociology
To the Department of Modern Liberal Arts

At the Department of Contemporary Liberal Arts, you can learn a wide range of subjects, mainly in the social sciences.
With three core areas, students will develop flexible thinking and intellectual curiosity, and acquire the knowledge and practical techniques that will form the foundation for a wide range of fields through diverse learning.
Furthermore, we develop the ability to actively engage with society through projects and other activities.

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Department Blog NEWS

[Career Support] Recruitment Color Coordination Course: Find the colors that suit you best

  • 2025.11.14

Hello everyone! I'm the career support officer for the Department of Contemporary Liberal Arts. Every year, the Department of Contemporary Liberal Arts holds a career support course called the "Recruitment Color Coordination Course" for third-year students. This course teaches students about personal colors and helps them decide which suit colors suit them best.

Class Introduction [Workshop Techniques 2025 – Vol.1] What I learned from the “Dialogue Interview Workshop”

  • 2025.11.14

Hello! My name is Haruka Tomitokoro and I am a third-year student in the Department of Contemporary Liberal Arts. On Thursday, November 6th, we had a workshop titled "Workshop Techniques" (taught by Professor Kenichiro Miyama) with Yasuhiro Taguchi, a specially appointed lecturer at the Center for Marine Education at the Graduate School of Education, University of Tokyo, and Yusuke Fukuhara, a video artist and film director. We had a "Dialogue Interview" with him.

[International Social Survey Training in Seoul (10)] Day 5 - Final Day! Lecture at the Japan Foundation (Seoul Japan Foundation) and Return to Japan

  • 2025.11.07

Hello! I'm Hirayama, a second-year student in the Department of Contemporary Liberal Arts. I'd like to share with you the final day of the 2025 International Social Survey Training! ★Please click here to see the previous post! Visit to the Japan Foundation (JF) On the final day of the training, we visited the Japan Foundation (Seoul Cultural Center) and learned about the work […]

[CLA Report – 2025 Vol.3] Dormitory training from the perspective of a first-year student participating for the first time! (Tomei Dormitory Training Days 1-2, Part 1)

  • 2025.11.06

*Every year, first- and third-year students from the Department of Contemporary Liberal Arts at Showa Women's University visit the university's dormitory facilities, Toumei Gakurin in Kanagawa Prefecture, and second-year students visit the dormitory facilities, Boshu Kaihin Gakuryo in Chiba Prefecture, on their own. This article is the first in the series of joint dormitory visits for first- and third-year students! Hello, I'm CLA, the student media for the Department of Contemporary Liberal Arts. [...]

Three areas that guide learning

In the Department of Contemporary Liberal Arts, students learn interdisciplinaryly, focusing on the social sciences.Among these, there are three areas that will help you improve your expertise: social planning, media creation, and multicultural co-creation.Increase your expertise through specialized subjects and seminars in each area, and make it the pillar of your own learning.
On the other hand, it is possible to choose subjects flexibly according to one's own interests without being restricted to that field.
Social Design

Social concept

Deepen your understanding of modern society and create a promising future
UI/UX Design & Media Creation

media creation

Know the media and make the most of it
Multi-cultural Community

multicultural co-creation

Acquiring the ability to understand different cultures with the aim of creating a multicultural co-creation society
 
Everyday of Department of Contemporary Liberal Arts

STUDIES MOVIE

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A look at the dormitory of the Department of Modern Liberal Arts
A video was compiled by students from the CLA Reporters project.

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Number of department graduates
(Graduated from 2006 to 2024)
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2024
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Introducing seminar instructors