Curriculum

Doctoral Program First Semester
⇒Disaster Prevention and Reduction Major

Doctoral Program Second Semester
⇒Disaster Prevention and Reduction Major

 In order to establish/maintain safety and security of a society, it is necessary to understand the risks pertaining to natural disasters (earthquakes/tsunamis etc.) and human-made disasters (traffic accidents, industrial accidents etc.). Additionally, in order to prevent disasters (disaster prevention) and minimize damage (disaster mitigation), it is important to take all measures available to guard against such events. In the Graduate School of Societal Safety Sciences, students are expected to consider such measures from the standpoint of three disciplines in the education and research of disaster prevention and disaster mitigation: science and engineering systems, social systems, and human systems.
 The field of science and engineering systems clarifies the mechanisms of disasters/damage, which span various fields in the sciences. This corresponds to the existing fields of study such as, geophysics, systems engineering and mathematics etc.
 The field of social science systems comprises the administrative measures pertaining to disasters/damage, law, economics and business management which form the basis of such policies, and the design of social systems. This corresponds to the existing fields of study such as, law, public administration, economics, business management and public hygiene policy.
 The field of human systems comprises human psychology and ethics, and communication that connects people. This corresponds to the existing fields of study such as, psychology, communication theory, sociology and ethics.
 Further, these three areas are not able to be exclusively defined. Some of the existing fields of study relate to a plurality of systems.