Tsuru University
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Tsuru University (都留文科大学 Tsuru Bunka Daigaku, lit. Tsuru University of Humanities) is a small municipal university located in Tsuru City, Yamanashi Prefecture, Japan. About 3,000 students are living among 33,000 citizens.
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[edit] History
The university was first founded as the Temporary School for Teacher's Training by Yamanashi Prefecture in 1953.
In 1955 Tsuru City founded Tsuru Municipal Junior College, which consisted of two courses: one was Teacher Training Course for Primary School Education, and the other was Cource of Commerce. In 1960 the college was reorganized into a four-year university, named Tsuru University (consisting of Faculty of Humanities).
Since the foundation a large number of the alumni have become teachers all over Japan.
Tsuru University inaugurated its Japanese Studies in Tsuru (JST) Program in 1998 under an agreement with the University of California as a part of bilateral efforts to promote friendly relations and academic exchange between the two universities. This program is administered by Professor Mineko Takiguchi. Every semester, an average of 10 UC students have the opportunity to take classes in Japanese language and culture. In exchange, Tsuru students are able to compete for the chance to study at any of the UC campuses.
[edit] Undergraduate Courses
- Faculty of Humanities
- Course for Primary School Education
- Course for Japanese Literatures
- Course for English Literatures
- Course for Sociology
- Course for Comparative Culture
[edit] Graduate Courses
- Graduate School of Humanities (Master Courses only)
- Course for Clinical Pedagogy
- Course for Japanese Literatures
- Course for English Literatures
- Course for Sociology
- Course for Comparative Culture
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