Rikkyo University is planning to reorganize the Department of Sports Wellness, Faculty of Community Welfare, and establish the Faculty of Sports Wellness (tentative name) in April 2023.In addition, the Faculty of Community Welfare will be reorganized accordingly.
The current Faculty of Community Welfare, Department of Sports and Wellness, was established in 2008.We have created a new academic field that combines the research field of sports and health science with the idea of a multidimensional and comprehensive view of health that includes not only mental and physical health but also the value of "wellness" and the purpose of life.In Japan, which has entered a super-aging society, sports wellness studies, which can balance the mind and body and contribute to the development of people's wellness, are increasingly expected as an important and unique academic field.
The Faculty of Sports and Wellness (tentative name), which is being planned to be established in April 2023, will develop and enhance the educational content based on the achievements in the existing Faculty of Community Welfare, Department of Sports and Wellness, which will be the parent body, and will "for the joy of living for all." We are planning a curriculum based on the philosophy of "ni".Based on abundant humanity, we aim to develop human resources with advanced sports wellness knowledge and ability that contribute to improving the wellness of all people and building a wellness society.
The academic field is the "athlete performance field" that comprehensively understands sports science knowledge and develops human resources who can contribute to the high performance of athletes. From the "Wellness Sports Area" that develops human resources who can contribute to the construction of a society that can be enjoyed, and the "Environmental / Sports Education Area" that develops human resources who have knowledge of environmental issues and sustainability society and can contribute to human education through sports. Become.
Faculty of Sports Wellness The Department of Sports Wellness is set up on the Niiza Campus in Saitama Prefecture, with an enrollment capacity of 230 and a capacity of 920.At the same time as the opening of the above faculty, we are planning to establish a master's program and a doctoral program.
In addition, the reorganized Faculty of Community Welfare will be divided into two departments, the Department of Welfare and the Department of Community Policy.The Department of Welfare further enhances the training education of social workers, which is a national qualification, and develops human resources who contribute to the creation of a welfare society with a welfare mindset.The Department of Community Policy will have two specializations, "policy studies" and "community studies", and will develop public human resources who support the region and human resources who can contribute to the formation of a symbiotic society.
