Hokuriku Gakuin University
| Hokuriku Gakuin University 北 陸 学院 大学 |
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| motto | Realize your mission |
| founding | 1885 |
| Sponsorship | Private |
| place | Kanazawa , Ishikawa , Japan |
| president | Shiro Kusumoto |
| Students | 1977 |
| Website | Hokuriku Gakunin |
The Hokuriku Gakuin University ( Jap. 北陸学院大学 , Hokuriku gakuin daigaku ) is a private university in Japan . In 2008 it received university status under its current name. Its headquarters are in Kanazawa City, Ishikawa Prefecture . The abbreviation for the university is Kita Tan .
history
Today's Christian university goes back to the first private school for girls founded in 1885. The missionary of the American Presbyterian Church Mary Kathrine Hesser (1853-1894) is considered the founder . In 1886 the Hokuriku Gakuin Daiichi Kindergarten was added. The girls 'school was renamed the Private Hokuriku Girls' School . In 1947, as part of a reform, the Hokuriku Gakuin Junior High School was founded and in 1950 the Hokuriku Gakuin Junior College and the Hokuriku Gakuin Kindergarten (Kitazawa Shimo Honda Town). In 1953 the Hokuriku Nutrition Academy (Kakigihata, Kanazawa City) was founded and in 1961 the Hokuriku Gakuin Elementary School (Hibaicho, Kanazawa City).
In 2008 the university was founded with the Faculty of Human Studies. To this end, the Hokuriku Gakuin Junior College was restructured.
Hokuriku Gakuin University
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Faculty of Comprehensive Human Sciences
The field of the humanities faculty encompasses the doctrine of “people” and the self. Experiences with different people in society are gained through practical training and field research. Students learn the potential of children and study people and society through psychology and sociology.
Child Education Department
- Early childhood education and childcare
- Infant and Child Education Course
- Primary and secondary school courses
Department of Sociology
- Modern society and international understanding
- Psychology and counseling courses
- Environment and welfare management
- Political Economy and Management
- Information and library (Hessel Memorial Library)
Programs
- Bachelor: Food and Nutrition, Human Sciences, Sociology
- Master: Human Sciences, Sociology
Regional center for educational development
Established in 2008, the Regional Education Development Center (REDeC) is a research center affiliated with Hokuriku Gakuin University that conducts research in the disciplines of child rearing, English and English teaching, psychology, social affairs, nutrition, etc. in order to unite with the results Contribute to the local community. The faculty strives for cooperation beyond the subject area, in which it uses its respective subject areas and invites external lecturers to enable the population and students to learn in depth.
Hokuriku Gakuin University Junior College
The Junior College was founded in 1950. The Hokuriku Nutrition Academy, founded in 1953, was attached to the Junior College in 1963 as a nutrition department to train nutritionists. In 2005, the English Department and the Humanities Department of the Junior College were merged into the Department of Community Culture.
Students and pupils
Number of students and pupils (as of May 2019):
- University 527
- Junior College 208
- Gymnasium 921
- Junior High School 84
- Elementary school 106
- Kindergarten 131
literature
- Ardath W. Burks: The Modernizers: Overseas Students, Foreign Employees, and Meiji Japan . Westview Press 1985, ISBN 978-0-367-29412-0
See also
- Toshirō Kanamori , professor in the child rearing department, from 2007 to 2017.
Web links
- Hokuriku Gakuin . Official Website - Japanese
Individual evidence
Coordinates: 36 ° 31 ′ 2.2 " N , 136 ° 40 ′ 15.2" E