HAYASHI Mika

Avemegah Desmond Selorm Kofi

The Graduate School of International

Cooperation Studies (GSICS) was established

in 1992 and offers four academic programs:

International Studies, Development and

Economics, International Law and Institution

Building, and Political Science, providing a

number of courses taught in English.

Currently, international students from over

twenty countries account for about forty

percent of our students. One of our aims is

to train graduate students who are interested

in pursuing international careers. Academic

activities at GSICS, therefore, encourage our

students to acquire expertise and

multidisciplinary knowledge through a

flexible curriculum. For the international

exchange of knowledge, GSICS often

convenes international conferences and

symposia and invites leading specialists from

all over the world to deliver special lectures

and seminars.

of United Nations agencies. For students

seeking employment in Japan, GSICS

arranges guidance and information sharing,

and for those pursuing careers in international

organizations, development agencies, and

private firms, GSICS organizes a series of

seminars on job seeking skills. We welcome

international students who wish to join our

vibrant academic community.

We also encourage our students to participate

in internships and placements in domestic

and international organizations, and

recognize the importance of these activities

by awarding credits for them, as well as

partially subsidizing students’ travel costs. A

number of students have so far taken part in

internships at the World Bank, Inter-American

Development Bank, JICA, JBIC (Japan Bank

for International Cooperation), and a number

The GSICS Program for Careers in International Organizations is now in its fifth year, with more career seminars and more graduate student internships in international organizations than ever before. The internships with the UN Office for Drugs and Organized Crimes (Bangkok, Thailand), the International Criminal Court (The Hague, Netherlands), and the United Nations Institute for Disarmament Research (Geneva, Switzerland) are just a fraction of the internships being filled by GSICS students with the financial support of this Program. Such internships for graduate students are an important step in their career development. Recently a graduate student obtained a one-year contract as a research assistant for the Special Rapporteur for Disability after her initial internship with the Office of the U.N. High Commissioner for Human Rights (Geneva, Switzerland). This graduate student is currently working as an NGO officer in Africa.

I am an Economic Planning Officer in the Ministry of Finance and Economic Planning, Ghana. Since joining GSICS as a master’s student, my knowledge on economics has expanded greatly. The overall academic environment, particularly the well-equipped reading room and the internet facility, which are both accessible 24 hours a day, together with the well-stocked library have made my learning very relaxed and exciting. In addition to the academic benefits I have received over the past several months, I have also learnt so much from the truly multicultural environment at GSICS. Interacting with people from diverse backgrounds has significantly broadened my horizons. I am also convinced that the structure of the courses will make me more competitive in the Ministry and in life in general. All in all, my academic life at GSICS has been very rewarding thanks to the support from both academic and administrative staff, none more so than my academic supervisor.

Associate Professor International Law

International StudentGhana

Master’s Courses in English Master’s Courses in Japanese

•Microeconomics•Macroeconomics•Monetary Theory•Public Finance•International Economics•Mathematics for Social Sciences•Statistics•Econometrics•Growth Theory•Economic Development Studies•Socio-Economic Development Theory•Environmental Economics•Development Management•International Development Cooperation•Human Capital Development•Social Research Methods for Development•Special Lecture on Development Economics•Special Lecture on Development Policy•Special Lecture on Development Planning•Special Lecture on Development Management•International Cooperation Law•Law of the International Civil Service•International Human Rights Law•Law of International Organizations•International Environmental Law•International Criminal Law•Law and State Building•Law and Economic Development•Law and Social Development•Japanese Politics•Comparative Politics•Political Development•Public Policy Studies•Institutional Design for Public Administration•Local Government•Local Development•Local Government Finance•Local Government Management•International Relations•Issues in Peace and Development I•Issues in Peace and Development II•Comparative and Quantitative Political Analysis•Japanese ODA•Special Lecture on International Cooperation Law•Special Lecture on Transnational Relations•Special Lecture on Political and Social Development

•Special Lecture on Institution Building•Seminar•Academic Writing•Readings in Social Sciences•Multilateral Treaty Negotiation•Disaster Risk Reduction Strategy for Mega Earthquakes

•Risk Management•Disaster Management

International Studies

•Transnational Relations•Global Politics I•Global Politics II•Global Environmental Engineering•International Security Studies•Aid Administration•Special Lecture on Transnational Relations•Seminar on Transnational Relations•Development Management•Project Appraisal and Policy Evaluation•Human Resource Development•Sub-Saharan African Economies•African Politics•Development Anthropology•History of Trans-Pacific Relations•Project Cycle Management•Social Survey Methods in Developing Countries•Special Lecture on Development Management

•Seminar on Development Management•Comparative Educational Planning•Comparative Analysis of Educational Development

•Educational Development•Evaluation of Educational Development•Seminar on Education and Development•International Public Health: Theory and Method•Study of Infectious Diseases•Epidemiology and Public Hygiene•Seminar on Public Health: Theory and Method•Change in International Relations•International Assistance Policy•Seminar on Change in International Relations•Urban and Regional Planning•Global Challenge of Disaster Reduction•History of City and Architectural Environment•Planning of Hydrospheric Environment•Seminar on Urban Environment

Development and Economics

•Development Economics I•Development Economics II•Economic Cooperation Studies•Finance and Development•Special Lecture on Economic Development•Seminar on Development Economics•Social Development•Regional Development•Natural Resource and Environmental Economics•Special Lecture on Development Policy•Seminar on Development Policy•Development Microeconomics I•Development Microeconomics II•Development Macroeconomics I•Development Macroeconomics II•Statistical Methods

•Econometric Analysis•Special Lecture on Development Planning•Seminar on Development Planning•International Structural Adjustment Theory•International Monetary Theory•Seminar on International Structural Adjustment•Comparative Economic Development•Comparative Economic Systems•Seminar on Comparative Economic Development•Regional Economics•Special Lecture on Regional Economics•Seminar on Regional Economics•Japanese Economic Development•Socio-Economic Development of Japan•Seminar on Japanese Economic Development

International Law/Law and Development

•International Cooperation Law•International Human Rights Law•Law of International Organizations•Multilateral Treaty Negotiation•International Environmental Law•International Economic Law•International Law in Diplomacy•Special Lecture on International Cooperation Law•Seminar on International Cooperation Law•Comparative Law•International Investment Law•Special Topics in International Cooperation Law

•Seminar on Comparative Law•Human Rights Law and Development•Economic Law and Development•Social Law and Development•Human Rights of Women and Children•Asian Environmental Law•Legal Cooperation in Japan•Islamic Law and Society•Society and Culture in Development•Special Lecture on Institution Building•Seminar on Institution Building

Politics and Area Studies

•Political Development•Comparative Politics•Comparative Public Administration•Research Methods in Political Science•Comparative Political Culture•Comparative Area Studies•Comparative and Quantitative Political Analysis

•Special Lecture on Political and Social Development

•Seminar on Political and Social Development•Comparative Democracy•Foreign Relations of Japan•Seminar on Contemporary Politics

•Internship •International Field Work •Careers in International Organizations

Doctoral Courses in English/Japanese

•Advanced Research •Advanced Research Presentation •Workshop I •Workshop II •Internship •Advanced Overseas Research •International Organization Management

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