Chukyo University is one of the private universities with more than 18 faculties, with only 10 schools nationwide, in the spirit of the founding of "Academic and Sports Hall of Fame".In addition to the two faculties of International English and Liberal Arts, the support system provided by the International Center, which can be used by students from all faculties, has been enhanced, and the entire university is focusing on developing global human resources.
One of the five main points of the "Chukyo University Long-term Plan NEXT10" formulated for the 5th anniversary of XNUMX is education, which aims to "cultivate flexible intellectuals who can think and act for themselves". I am.To President Hitoshi Yasumura, who is in charge of the unique "Liberal Arts Exploration Seminar" in the year of graduation, he will explain why he is now educated, the aim and background of the seminar, and a part of the efforts of the Faculty of International Liberal Arts. I heard.
It starts with the five letters of "Harikitsune"
What is a university, and what is a liberal arts? I often refer to the hedgehog and fox analogy for this problem, which not only high school students and parents who want to go on to university, but also students and graduates think about it more than once. increase.Incorporating the words of ancient Greek poets, foxes know a lot, that is, well-educated people, and hedgehogs have sharp needles, so they know that they are only one big, that is, specialized. It's like a good person.University means that students can acquire both of these aspects through liberal arts education and specialized education, and I am telling students to aim for "Harikitsune".
By the way, culture is Paideia in ancient Greek, XNUMX liberal arts in the Middle Ages of Europe, and liberal arts.■So, originally, it was "knowledge and art to free oneself, that is, to be free from one's profession".In English, the etymology of cultivate "cultivation" is culture, so it is said to cultivate the mind and mind.
The "Cultural Inquiry Seminar" that I proposed and started is performed while interweaving such reminiscences.As the title of "Ending the study at the university before graduation and going to society" shows the contents that were given in the lecture format in the first half of the year, including some third graders who are going to get a job for several years, XNUMX The final semester of the year will be held in a seminar format.Also, regardless of the faculty to which you belong, various students gather and a wide variety of opinions are exchanged.
Specifically, in addition to university and liberal arts, I think about what human beings are, then summarize what I learned in four years, and how to utilize it in my future life. Have them deepen their thoughts in a seminar format.How to connect university learning to the power to live, so to speak, approaches the basis of culture.
Since it is the students themselves who are exploring, I just select the materials that give me motivations and hints from the fields of interest, and ask them as simple as possible and with catchy coined words and phrases that will remain in my heart for the rest of my life.Hariki fox is one of them.
* At Bologna University, Europe's oldest university, it specializes in theology, medicine, and law, and students are required to study seven subjects before that.Three departments of grammar, rhetoric, and dialectic (logic) related to language proficiency, and four departments of arithmetic / geometry, astronomical, and music.Roughly speaking, the former corresponds to the current humanities and the latter corresponds to the current sciences.
