Programs in English at Komaba (PEAK)

Learning journey

4 years · English

Years 1–2 · Shared liberal arts core JEA timetable Japanese (Intensive Japanese, streamed by placement test) Information Physical Education and Health Sciences First-Year Seminar Years 1–2 · ES timetable additions Japanese (Intensive Japanese, streamed by placement test) Information Physical Education and Health Sciences First-Year Seminar Japanese language requirement Junior Division Intensive Japanese I Intensive Japanese II Intensive Japanese III Applied Japanese Years 3–4 · Japan in East Asia track 76 credits Foreign Languages (10 credits) Advanced Liberal Arts / Liberal Arts for Advanced Students (4 credits) Four of six JEA Core Courses: East Asian Thoughts; East Asian Cultures; History of Modern Japan; History of International Relations in East Asia; Society in East Asia I; Society in East Asia II (8 credits) Supervised Readings I (2 credits, semester 7) Years 3–4 · Environmental Sciences track Materials Chemistry Statistics Environmental Assessment and its Method Science, Technology and Society
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Years 1–2 · Shared liberal arts core

JEA timetable

Foundation Courses plus Integrated and Thematic courses. Foundation: Foreign Languages (Japanese — mandatory, streamed by placement test; English — optional), Information, Physical Education and Health Sciences, First-Year Seminar (library usage, research skills, critical thinking, writing, debating, fundamentals of science and social science).

Core course blocks

Japanese (Intensive Japanese, streamed by placement test)
Information
Physical Education and Health Sciences
First-Year Seminar

Electives

English
Law and Political Science
Economics and Statistics
Sociology and Social Thought
International Relations
Philosophy and Ethics
History
Language and Literature
Psychology
Applied Japanese (Group L)
Ideas and Arts I-IV (Group A)
International and Area Studies (Group B)
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Years 1–2 · ES timetable additions

The ES Junior Division timetable contains the same Foundation, Social Sciences and Humanities courses as JEA and adds two science blocks.

Core course blocks

Japanese (Intensive Japanese, streamed by placement test)
Information
Physical Education and Health Sciences
First-Year Seminar

Electives

Mathematics I
Mathematics II
Introductory Physics
Introductory Chemistry
Fundamentals of Physical Sciences
Life Science
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Japanese language requirement

Junior Division

All the PEAK students are required to take the Intensive Japanese courses where the students are divided into small groups depending on their proficiency level (from novice to native). The required Japanese courses continue for three terms, i.e., one and a half semesters, for six credits in total. Groups run from I (zero to N5) through V (N1 or higher / native level).

Core course blocks

Intensive Japanese I
Intensive Japanese II
Intensive Japanese III

Electives

Applied Japanese (conversation, kanji, reading, writing, speech, news, business Japanese, literature and film, translation and interpreting — level-streamed)

Applied Japanese — domains

conversation
kanji
reading
writing
speech
news
business Japanese
literature and film
translation and interpreting
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Years 3–4 · Japan in East Asia track

76 credits

Credit structure (2 credits per semester-long course in principle): Foreign Languages 10 credits (Japanese or other languages; students may not in principle take courses in English or their native language, and must consult the Program Director)…

Core course blocks

Foreign Languages (10 credits)
Advanced Liberal Arts / Liberal Arts for Advanced Students (4 credits)
Four of six JEA Core Courses: East Asian Thoughts; East Asian Cultures; History of Modern Japan; History of International Relations in East Asia; Society in East Asia I; Society in East Asia II (8 credits)
Supervised Readings I (2 credits, semester 7)
Supervised Readings II (2 credits, semester 8)
Senior Thesis (10 credits)

Electives

Foundations / Seminar / Topics / Special Seminar in Interdisciplinary Cultural Studies I-II
Foundations / Seminar / Topics / Special Seminar in Area and Historical Studies I-II
Foundations / Seminar / Topics / Special Seminar in Social and International Studies I-II
Special Topics: Japan in East Asia
Seminar: Japan in East Asia
Other Courses (18 credits from any Komaba senior division program or other UTokyo faculty)
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Years 3–4 · Environmental Sciences track

Senior Division courses are organised across the six ES key areas plus a skills and fieldwork area. The PEAK website publishes the course list but notes it is not an exhaustive list - course availability can change from year to year; a per-area credit breakdown equivalent to the JEA table is not published.

Electives

Materials Chemistry
Statistics
Environmental Assessment and its Method
Science, Technology and Society
Environmental Economics
Biodiversity and Ecosystem
Earth System Science I-IV
Advanced Energy Science and Engineering
Food Safety and Risk Analysis
Urban Planning Technology I-II
Scientific Writing and Presentation Skills
Fieldwork and Case-studies for Environmental Sciences I-III
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