General Studies | Undergraduate | Temple University, Japan Campus

Provides students the opportunity to combine courses from multiple liberal arts disciplines to create a customized academic program that emphasizes interdisciplinary thinking, problem-solving, communication, innovation, and a focused exploration of discrete academic subjects, as a concentrated course of study. The program inspires students to "think outside of the box" and equips them with distinct skills to thrive in a complex, interconnected world.

Major Requirements

General Studies Major

Faculty Advisor for the General Studies Major

General Studies, Legal Studies
Assistant Professor /
Director of General Education - General Studies
Programs
Undergraduate
Beasley School of Law

Johnathan McCaskill

TUJ’s General Studies major is a concentrated course of study that allows students to combine two or more academic disciplines to develop an individualized program that will help them explore their interests and discover new ways of integrating knowledge, solving problems, and thinking about issues using a multi-disciplinary approach. Students select several courses from a humanities or social sciences discipline that will serve as their major concentration, and additional courses from those divisions that will serve as their interdisciplinary electives. This not only gives students an opportunity to explore subjects that are personally fulfilling and that expand their intellectual horizons, it also gives them the depth, focus and specialization in a specific academic discipline that employers and graduate schools find attractive. In this way, the General Studies major is designed for students who have a specific academic or career goal in mind and who want to create a curriculum that will help them achieve that goal.

Expanding your possibilities with General Studies

Interview with Prof. Sachiko Horiguchi

Expanding your possibilities with General Studies Interview with Prof. Sachiko Horiguchi

SAMPLE CURRICULUM

An overview of required courses.

Required Courses

15 Courses in Liberal Arts, Including five courses from the concentration

Sample for History Concentration

History

Five electives
(at least three must be at the 2000 level or above)

Social Science

Seven electives in three different social science areas other than History

*Of the above 12 courses, at least 2 courses must be writing-intensive at the upper level

Humanities

Three electives at the 2000 level or above

FEATURED COURSES

A list of recently offered electives.

Chemistry of Wine
World Music and Cultures
The Science of Sound
It's Bigger Than Hip-hop: Exploring the Evolution of Race and Identity through Hip-hop
Eating Cultures
The Visual Anthropology of Modern Japan Digital Mapping: From Mercator to Mashups
African Americans, Equality and the Law: Weapon or Tool?
The Global Crisis: Power, Politics and the Making of Our Times
The Meaning of the Arts

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Faculty Advisor for the General Studies Major

Johnathan McCaskill

General Studies, Legal Studies

Assistant Professor / Director of General Education - General Studies

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FEATURED COURSES

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Assistant Professor /
Director of General Education - General Studies