About Qualifications

The qualifications that you can acquire at the Faculty of Societal Safety Sciences are listed below. (1) Teaching License (applying) [Class 1 Junior High-School (social studies), Class 1 High-School (Civics)] * The date of starting the planned teacher-training course may change depending on the assessment by the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology. (2) Social Safety Officer
(3) Social Researcher (Those who enrolled in and after 2014 can acquire it.)
(4) Librarian Teacher
(5) Librarian
(6) Curator
(7) Social Education Supervisors

About the Social Safety Officer

　In 2011, we at the Faculty of Societal Safety Sciences created a Social Safety Officer system, which is our own qualification system and established a program for students to acquire the qualification.
　Currently, the qualification of Social Safety Officer can be acquired only at the Faculty of Societal Safety Sciences of Kansai University as it is the university’s unique qualification. Human resources with such qualification, however, are broadly required with the growing interest in safe and secure society. Aiming to meet such social demands, we plan to spread human resources qualified as a Social Safety Officer broadly to society.

1. Definition
　Human resources who are able to contribute to the preparation for natural disasters such as earthquakes and social disasters such as transportation accidents are required to have the ability to assess and understand the safety problems in the community life and social activities, the ability to plan measures to solve the problems, the management skills to implement the measures, and the ability to communicate with experts in different fields. A person who acquires these abilities/skills and is able to take the responsibility for safety and security in various fields of society shall be qualified as a Social Safety Officer.

2. Requirements to be qualified
1. Complete the specified subjects in the Advanced programs of the Faculty of Societal Safety Sciences (refer to the curriculum table below) with no less than 2.8 of GPA score.
(The GPAs of specified subjects shall be used.) 2. Attend an extracurricular course (Basic Lifesaving Training I, etc.).

Curriculum to be qualified as a Social Safety Officer

[Curriculum System]

Ability to assess and understand the safety problems in the local life and social activities

Compulsory /elective	Basic Programs	Advanced Programs	Integrated Programs	Free Programs
Compulsory subjects		■Idee of ANZEN (= Japanese Notion of Safety) ■Human Errors
Elective (Choose two subjects)		■Information Security ■Public Health Policy ■Disaster Information	■Practicum in Disaster Simulation ■Accident Investigation Seminar

Ability to plan measures to solve the problems

Compulsory /elective	Basic Programs	Advanced Programs	Integrated Programs	Free Programs
Compulsory subjects	■Legal Systems for Safety in Society	■Urban Design for Disaster Mitigation
Elective (Choose two subjects)		■Industrial Products and System Safety ■Administrative Law for Safety and Security ■Public Policy ■Business Continuity Planning(BCP)

Management skills to implement the measures

Compulsory /elective	Basic Programs	Advanced Programs	Integrated Programs	Free Programs
Compulsory subjects		■Crisis Management ■Risk Management
Elective (Choose two subjects)	■Public Administration ■Introduction to Business Management		■Seminar and Practicum in Safety Science (Topic)

Ability to communicate with experts in different fields

Compulsory /elective	Basic Programs	Advanced Programs	Integrated Programs	Free Programs
Compulsory subjects	■Practical ■English Ia・I・bIIa (one of them)	■Risk Communication
Elective (Choose two subjects)	■Social Psychology ■Test Certification 2 or 3	■Disaster journalism theory ■Accident Investigation		■Internship (at organizations)

Other

Compulsory /elective	Basic Programs	Advanced Programs	Integrated Programs	Free Programs
Compulsory subjects	■Basic Lifesaving Training I (*Attend an extracurricular course to complete.)

For those enrolled before AY 2013