Facilities and Equipment of the Department of Sociology

Environment for analyzing and understanding society, culture, and human beings

We are fully equipped with facilities such as Teikyo University Media Library Center (MELIC), where you can make use of a wealth of database materials, and training rooms for conducting empirical research, to acquire skills not only to transmit information, but also to capture, collect, analyze and report information using various methods and looking at things from a sociological perspective.

Newspaper database (MELIC)

The computers in the Media Library Center (MELIC) handle databases of Asahi Shimbun and Mainichi Shimbun articles, and anyone can browse. The databases, which is expensive if using personally, can be used free of charge and it is useful for daily learning and report writing.

Media Studio (MELIC)

It is located on the 2nd floor of the Media Library Center (MELIC), open to all students on the Hachioji Campus. In the Department of Sociology uses for media content production training classes. By using general equipment distributed in the world, students can learn techniques that can be used regardless career.

Social research training room

This is a training room where students can learn about social research techniques such as field surveys and questionnaire surveys, and conduct empirical research. It is mainly used in classes related to social research in the Department of Sociology, seminar activities, and group study. There are materials such as survey equipment, past sample questions, and survey training reports, which is used for creating survey materials and tabulating and analyzing questionnaires.

common room

On the 5th floor of Building 9 on Hachioji Campus, there is a common room run by students themselves, created with the aim of supporting and encouraging independent learning. This is a new learning hub for the Department of Department of Sociology, focusing on small-group seminar courses and equipped with dedicated labs for research and practical training. The Department of Department of Sociology has various ideas to encourage student independence, such as offering special, selective, small-group classes for highly motivated students.