Recommended Course Plan and Preliminary Courses
Some of the core and advanced MBA courses are designed based on the assumption that the students have already acquired a certain level of knowledge and skills. Before registering for these courses, please make sure that you have completed the recommended preliminary courses or have certain skills equivalent to the knowledge acquired by taking these courses.
Recommended Order of Courses
If you feel a lack of basic knowledge of the course subject, we recommend that you start from essentials courses. If you already know about the basics of the subject or have confidence based on your work experience, you may start from the core courses. Please refer to the course descriptions on the Course Search page of the MBA website, course syllabus when choosing your course. (You can also see the actual course materials at an open campus or by individual consultation.) We strongly recommend that you take “Critical Thinking” in the early stages since it helps develop basic ways of thinking. You will be able to learn more effectively when proceeding to the courses that use the case method. Basic knowledge of the subject and its frameworks are strictly required when taking the advanced accounting and finance-related courses. Please utilize the chart below to plan your course registration.
Recommended Order for Fundamental Courses
List of Recommended Preliminary Courses
Fundamental Courses (Essentials)
| Subject | Recommended Preliminary Courses |
|---|
| Essentials of Marketing and Strategy |
None |
| Subject | Recommended Preliminary Courses |
|---|
| Essentials of Accounting |
None |
| Essentials of Finance | |
Fundamental Courses (Core)
| Subject | Recommended Preliminary Courses |
|---|
| Human Resource Management |
None |
| Organizational Behavior and Leadership |
None |
| Marketing I | |
| Strategy | - Critical Thinking
- Marketing I
|
| Operation Strategy |
- Critical Thinking
- Marketing I
|
| Subject | Recommended Preliminary Courses |
|---|
| Accounting I | - Critical Thinking
- Essentials of Accounting
|
| Finance I |
- Critical Thinking
- Essentials of Finance
- Accounting I
|
| Critical Thinking |
None |
| Quantitative Analysis for Business |
None |
Leadership Development,
Ethics and Values |
None |
Applied Courses
| Subject |
Recommended Preliminary Courses |
| Power and Influence |
- Critical Thinking
- Organizational Behavior and Leadership
|
| Marketing II | |
| Customer Insight & Branding |
- Critical Thinking
- Marketing I
|
| Service Management |
- Critical Thinking
- Marketing I
- Strategy
|
| Managing Technology-driven Businesses |
- Critical Thinking
- Marketing I
- Strategy
|
| Internet Business Strategy |
- Critical Thinking
- Marketing I
- Strategy
|
| Accounting II |
- Critical Thinking
- Accounting I
- Human Resource Management
|
| Subject |
Recommended Preliminary Courses |
| Finance II |
- Critical Thinking
- Finance I
|
| Finance III |
- Critical Thinking
- Finance I
- Finance II
|
| Facilitation and Negotiation | |
| Business Presentation | |
| Entrepreneurial Leadership | |
| Keiei Dojo |
- Leadership Development,
Ethics & Values
|
| Corporate Philosophy and Social Values |
- Critical Thinking
- Accounting I
- Human Resource Management
- Organizational Behavior and Leadership
- Marketing I
- Strategy
- Finance I
|
Specialized Courses
| Subject | Recommended Preliminary Courses |
|---|
| Venture Management |
- Critical Thinking
- Human Resource Management
- Marketing I
- Strategy
|
| Venture Capital and Finance |
- Critical Thinking
- Accounting I
- Finance I
- Finance II
|
| Venture Strategy |
- Critical Thinking
- Marketing I
- Strategy
- Human Resource Management
|
| Creativity and Organization Management |
- Critical Thinking
- Human Resource Management
- Organizational Behavior and Leadership
- Marketing I
|
| Strategic Implementation |
- Critical Thinking
- Human Resource Management
- Organizational Behavior and Leadership
- Strategy
|
| Strategic Reorganization |
- Critical Thinking
- Finance I
- Marketing I
- Strategy
|
| Financial Reorganization |
- Critical Thinking
- Finance I
- Finance II
- Strategy
|
| Subject | Recommended Preliminary Courses |
|---|
Japanese Management:
New Systems, Lasting Values |
- Critical Thinking
- Human Resource Management
- Organizational Behavior and Leadership
- Strategy
|
| Globalization of Japanese and Asian Companies |
- Critical Thinking
- Accounting I
- Marketing I
- Strategy
|
| Global Perspectives | |
| Global Leader's Mind-set and Skill-set |
- Critical Thinking
- Human Resource Management
|
| Corporate Mentorship Program |
- Fundamental Courses(to be determined)
|
| Research Project | |
