The faculty of Science is comprised of three departments: Mathematics, Physics, and Computer Science. It is the goal of each department to provide students with a wide-ranging knowledge of modern science, its techniques and their applications. To this end, all departments aim to develop technical experts and scientific researchers who will play a leading role in each field of specialization.
"Special Research" starts in the third year as a required subject for all departments and aims to develop the students' ability to work on their research theme on their own initiative, inject ideas into them, and put them into practice. Students are able to acquire methods and techniques of research through research guidance provided by faculty members. In the fourth year, students present the results of their research and write a research paper as a comprehensive survey taken over 4 years.
Department of Mathematics
Modern mathematics, being in itself an attractive study with its own logical beauty, has been widely applied to natural science and social science, and continues to develop in close relation to various problems in modern society. Considering this background, the department aims to nurture students who are able to think logically and adopt flexible approaches toward various aspects of society through studying mathematics.
To this end, the following is offered: In the first and second years, students learn fundamental subjects which are required in any field of mathematics and deepen their knowledge through exercises. In the third and fourth years, students concentrate mainly on special researches. They choose subjects of pure mathematics and applied mathematics (information-related and economics-related subjects) and learn in-depth about their themes in small-sized classes.
Department of Physics
In current society, diversified science and technology are indivisibly united, and researchers and engineers with a broad as well as specialized knowledge of these fields are required. These diversified fields share surprisingly common conceptual foundations, the backbone of which lay in physics. Therefore studying physics is one of the best ways to acquire a broad general perspective.
In the first year, students learn mathematics, fundamental physics, and physical experiments. In the second and third years, they sequentially study specialized subjects in which the advancement and development in specialized fields are introduced, and application is emphasized. In the fourth year, students research part of a specialized area in the latest physics with the guidance of faculty members in small-sized classes. The results of their research will be presented as a graduation thesis.
Department of Computer Science
The curriculum of this department is designed to offer diverse themes such as the logical structures of programs and their applications, applications to natural phenomena or mathematics, and programming of computer games. In the first year, teaching fundamental knowledge of computer and programming is emphasized and at the same time students learn fundamentals of mathematics and logics for future applications. In the second year, advanced programming practice and specialized subjects are provided as electives as well as required subjects. There is a special research course along with diverse specialized subjects in the third and fourth years. Under the guidance of faculty members in small classes, students choose their own theme, independently research it and write a thesis on it. This will be presented as their graduation thesis.
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