A Business-Centered Approach

Commerce is the academic field that keeps in close touch with the fast-changing, dynamic economic society in which we live. The Department of Commerce takes an approach based on activities by business corporations operating in this economic society. The word "Commerce" perhaps sounds slightly outdated, but in reality it is the most advanced academic field in the world of business.

In the Department of Commerce we offer knowledge of the business world through these three courses. Together with the students we observe the business world and try to analyze it scientifically. Students learn how to apply the theoretical basics they have learned, but it needs to be stressed here that at our Department the main objective is not to cultivate mere pragmatists. We aim at educating people that will understand the rich history of the business world and who have the ability to deal with an internationalizing world offering a multitude of information that needs to be processed. We hope students will be ready to go out into the world with a wide view of things when they graduate from our department.

Science of Commerce Course

Business corporations need to make the most of the distribution and financial systems and it is indispensable for them to integrate functional areas such as marketing, trade, finance, bonds, and insurance. These are the specialization covered by the "Science of Commerce Course".

The academic specialization in the Science of Commerce Course covers actual business practices and systems. These include academic fields such as the distribution system, trade, and finance system. "Science of Commerce" refers to using a scientific approach towards the 'real world' economy.

Business Administration Course

Business corporations, finding themselves faced with an everchanging market economy in which they have to operate, need to decide on what direction their activities should take and what strategies to develop. Managers need to make decisions from a global perspective concerning how to allocate their limited financial and personnel resources. Managers also have to try to operate the corporate organization efficiently while preserving a good labor-management relationship. These are the fields covered by the "Business Administration Course".

Business Administration Course deals with a variety of subjects in order to provide an adequate knowledge for analyzing both domestic and foreign corporations as of today. Theoretical, empirical, historical, and international approaches are used to determine a thorough perspective of the firms. Every subjects are guaranteed for excitement and challenge.

Accounting Course

Managers also need to get a numerical grasp of their own corporate activities through information networks. They need to plan and control this numerical information as a management tool but at the same time have to provide this numerical information to the company's stakeholders in the form of financial statements. This 'world of numbers' is the research area covered by the "Accounting Course".

Accounting is the system that identifies, measures, and communicates economic information to various users of the information. Skilful staff members in our course research and educate various areas of accounting: financial accounting, management accounting, international accounting, auditing, tax accounting etc.