In April 1975 the Faculty of Economics started with the only one department, the Department of Economics. It was founded in the background of increasing importance of economics in today's fast-changing industrial society and also of heavy demand on economic skills in management of industry and commerce. Since then over 7,000 students have graduated. Today they make careers in public offices, schools and business enterprises.
Nowadays information technology plays a more important or rather essential role than ever in business world, since rapidly progressing IT pervades every corner of business situations. For this reason, the Faculty was expanded to incorporate two departments in 1989 , the Department of Economics and the Department of Business Administration and Information Science. The latter was then transferred in an extended form to Heisei University in 1994, a sister University of Fukuyama University, and with augmented departments.
Now the world has become rapidly internationalized, not only in economic and political areas but also in social, cultural, and environmental affairs, In order to meet the challenging demands from this global situation, the Department of International Economics was founded in 1996.

INTRODUCTION AND SCOPE

The purpose of the Department of Economics is to provide a theoretical and historical study of economic society, while at the same time providing practical knowledge about major policy problems. Throughout the course special attention is paid to enabling students to analyze and understand the current economic issues of the changing Japanese and global economies.
The purpose of the Department of International Economics is not only to provide a theoretical study of current economic status of society from an international perspective but also to equip students with knowledge and abilities so that they can play an active role in their widely varied international careers of the future.
As the background of studying economics, disciplines such as general education, foreign languages, information processing and bookkeeping are provided in the course of Liberal Arts in early years. Seminars begin at the second semester of the second year. Students are assigned to one of the departments automatically depending on selection of the seminar.
Students can study both practical and fundamental subjects of the contemporary economics such as Microeconomics, Macroeconomics and Statistics in the undergraduate programs.

STRUCTURE OF THE COURSE CURRICULUM

The Faculty of Economics sets up four courses to meet the needs of professional training. Students are requested to select one of the four courses at the latter half of the first year and begin to study very efficiently. The course once chosen is changeable at second semester of the second year.

1.Domestic(Local) Business Course
In this course, students acquire knowledge necessary to do practical works as business people, so they will study economics, information technology and the bookkeeping, etc. These students make careers in travel business, financial planning, etc.

2.International Business Management Course
In this course, students study regional economics of East Asia, America and Europe and also their relationships to Japan. They are encouraged to challenge TOEIC, and work towards a license in travel business, and registered customs specialist, etc.

3.Accounting and Information Processing Course
In these courses, students study bookkeeping and the field of accountancy and work forwards expertise of the accounting business. They are encouraged to challenge the bookkeeping and the tax accountant examination on the support of the Qualification Acquisition Support Center.

4.Public Management Course
This course is provided for students intending to be public servants. They can systematically study such subjects as Macroeconomics, Microeconomics, Public Finance, Public Policy, Laws, etc. And with the help of the Center, they prepare for employment examinations for civil servants.

SUBJECTS OF THE COURSE STUDY

(1)Fundamentals of Economics
Bookkeeping, Information Processing, Introduction to Economics, Japanese Language and Culture(for foreign students), Mathematics for Economics

(2)Specialties
a) Culture and Society of America
Culture and Society of Asia, Culture and Society of Europe

b) Foreign Language for Business Purposes
Business English, Business Chinese, Business French

c) Specialties
Micro Economics, Macro Economics, Econometrics

d) Other Topics
Accounting, Accounting and Tax Law, Chinese Economy, Civil Law, Commercial Law, Cost Accounting, Economic Policy, Environmental Economics, Foreign Exchange Transaction, Foreign Trade, Foreign Trade Policy, Foreign Trade Business, Geographical Information System, International Accounting, International Economics, International Management, International Money Market, International Monetary System, Local Public Finance, Marketing, Management Accounting, Monetary Theory, Monetary Policy, Multinational Enterprises, Oceania Economy, Public Administration Law, Public Finance, Public Economics, Regional Development, Social Security, Statistics

e) Seminar
Graduation Thesis

QUALIFICATION ACQUISITION SUPPORT CENTER