Accounting School (Chuo Graduate School of International Accounting)

The Chuo Graduate School of International Accounting, which opened in April 2002, is a new professional graduate school specializing in accounting and finance. In April 2003, with the revision of a portion of the School Education Law, the School was reorganized to reflect the upgrading of the School. The aim here is to cultivate experts with a high professional commitment and specialist knowledge in global standards of accounting, capable of taking an active part in a variety of arenas. The School will take mature professionals who seek to upgrade their skills and become accounting professionals suited to the new society and businesses of the 21st century, as well as fresh graduates aiming to become accounting professionals. Emphasis in the curriculum will be given to seminars, and the aim will be to foster, by discussion and individual guidance, individual autonomy and initiative, and a high sense of professional commitment.

An Introductory Curriculum will first apprise students of the basic mathematics and statistics required for accounting and finance. Students will take courses in Principles of Accounting I and II, Introduction to Quantitative Analysis Methods for Finance (Statistics and Mathematics), and Financial Market. To help them grasp the role of accounting in modern society as well as the conceptual methodology to deal flexibly with problems encountered, they will also take case study courses in Accounting and the Network Society, Accounting and Management, and Accounting and Environment. Next, to deepen their overall understanding of international accounting and theories of finance, the Basic Curriculum will offer courses in Introduction to International Accounting, and the Fundamentals of Finance I and II. Students aiming for a degree in International Accounting will be required to take Introduction to International Accounting and the Fundamentals of Finance I, while those aiming for a degree in Finance will be required to take Introduction to International Accounting and the Fundamentals of Finance I and II. Finally, students will go take courses from the Advanced Curriculum, to acquire further skills and specialist knowledge for future business tasks. Students aiming for a degree in International Accounting will take subjects from course groups of International Accounting, Public Sector Accounting, Environmental Management, and Management Consultant, while those aiming for a degree in Finance will take subjects in the groups of Tax-Related Subjects, and Financial Manager.

Chuo Graduate School of International Accounting: An Overview of Key Concepts, Objectives, and Curriculum

Key Concepts

• The first professional school specializing in accounting and finance in Japan
• Responses to and international applicability of the "Big Bang" in finance and accounting
• New developments in the field of accounting: environmental accounting and public accounting
• Training for Chief Financial Officers
• Organic relationship between business and education

Objectives

• Introduce pliability to the thinking of accounting specialists
• Internationalize the thinking of accounting specialists
• Provide training in finance to accounting specialists
• Provide knowledge specialization for accounting specialists

Curriculum

Introductory Curriculum

Principles of Accounting I and II; Introduction to Quantitative Analysis Methods for Finance (Statistics and Mathematics); Financial Market; Case Studies: Accounting and the Network Society, Accounting and Management, Accounting and Environment

Basic Curriculum

Introduction to International Accounting; The Fundamentals of Finance I and II

Advanced Curriculum

International Accounting Group

International Accounting Standards; Financial Reporting System in America; Accounting System in France (and other courses)

Management Consultant Group

Global Marketing Management; Risk Management; Cost Management (and other courses)

Tax-Related Subjects Group

Basic Theory of Taxation (Tax Laws and Economics); Financial Transactions and Taxation; Business Strategy and International Taxation (and other courses)

Financial Manager Group

Options and Derivatives; Portfolio Theory and Investment Analysis (and other courses)

Seminar: Research Papers

Teaching Staff

Teams composed of academic teaching staff and professionals, offering a synthesis of immediately useful and basic knowledge and expertise

New Teaching Methods

• A comprehensive and logically ordered curriculum in finance
• Case studies in which to consider accounting and the advance of a network society
• Groups of lecture courses designed to develop business solutions capability