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●Contemporary Society Course●History and Archaeology Course●Japanese Language and Culture Studies●Chinese Language and Culture Studies●English Language and Culture Studies●German Language and Culture Studies●French Language and Culture Studies●Philosophy, Art, and Cultural Relations Studieshttps://www.hobun.shimane-u.ac.jp/houkei/https://www.hobun.shimane-u.ac.jp/shakaibunka/https://www.hobun.shimane-u.ac.jp/gengobunka/16The Department of Law and Economics provides lectures about both fields of law and economics. Our educational purpose is to study society from both perspectives.This department offers two courses to students who are inter-ested in socio-cultural studies. In the Contemporary Society Course, students can study sociology, geography, and cultural anthropology. This course contributes to developing students’ ability to understand and explain the relationship between human beings and community, the structure and functions of community, and characteristics of community culture. The department provides six study areas. Five of them explore literature, linguistics, and the colorful history of the individual languages—Japanese, Chinese, English, German and French. Some texts are held in scrolls and others are found in varying forms of manuscripts ranging in time periods from the 16th century to the modern 21st century. In addition, the area of Philosophy, Art and Cultural Relations investigates various cul-tural phenomena that intertwine and are interpreted through time and intercultural communication. Each area guides stu-Regional communities have many problems to be solved; for example, the environment, declining birthrate and aging popu-lation, decentralization of power, to name a few. In addition, concerning the life of citizens, new movements in the fields of labor, family, and economy have become big issues.We expect students to gain the basic knowledge of law and economics, to apply it, and to acquire the ability to analyze situations, formulate policies, and solve problems.In the History and Archaeology Course, there are five fields: Japanese history, Asian history, European history, contempo-rary history, and archaeology. Students have the opportunity to study history and archaeology from a broad perspective and deepen their understanding of theoretical studies through field research and excavation.dents to learn research methods and be better thinkers and communicators in the community.●Law Course●Economics Course●Judicial Special CourseDepartment of Law and EconomicsDepartment of Socio-Cultural StudiesDepartment of Language and Culture