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Program name	Program description
[Business Management and Accounting Area]
Business Management Program	The Business Management Program’s faculty and students study corporations, entities that are becoming more and more important in modern society. We study corporate research and development (R&D), production, finances, labor affairs, forms of ownership, governance, and profit distribution, the effects business activities on modern society and the Earth’s environment. Further, focusing on information and decision-making in corporations and other organizations, we also study analytical frameworks, the construction of mathematical models, intelligence agencies, and the ideas behind the technology of computer networks in modern society.
Accounting Program	The Accounting Program’ faculty and students study auditing and corporate systems for record-keeping, accounting, and reporting. Such corporate activities are crucial for, and becoming increasingly significant factors in, the smooth operation of market economies and good corporate management, particularly in our modern society as deregulation and internationalization progress.
Foundations of Management Science Program	The Foundations of Management Science Program’s faculty and students study modern corporate management through the application of mathematics, computer science, and natural sciences. The program provides a common foundation and background for existing specialties within the Department of Business Management.
[Market/Money and Finance Area]
Marketing Program	The Marketing Program covers the fields of marketing, products/technology, insurance, and public transportation systems. Faculty and students study- ○Marketing: as related to marketing strategies, distribution economics, trade, modern corporate activities, and the internationalization and globalization of markets from a perspective that takes into account the history of commerce and management. ○Products/technology: an integrated course of study which covers a wide range of “products”, including manufactured goods, services, energy, resources, information and knowledge. Mechanisms and aspects of product formation, such as development, marketization, innovation processes, and processes by which products become established in society, and their environmental impacts are studied. ○Insurance: mechanisms of insurance as a way in which various risks inherent in economic activity are handled. Taking note of the fact that in modern times risks are both diversifying and increasing, we study insurance functions and systems of, examining advances in both theory and policy. ○Public transportation systems: examines freight and transport supply systems and services crucial to social and economic activity. Topics include transportation and corporate activity, the relationship between transportation and economic progress, and management problems in the transportation industry.
Money and Finance Program	Faculty and students in the Money and Finance Program analyze the activities of the various types of economic entities (individuals, corporations, governments, financial institutions, etc.) and examine the flow of funds between them. We study financial systems and policies and capital markets as they continue to undergo deregulation and internationalization.
Industry and Culture Program	The Industry and Culture Program’s faculty and students study linguistic and cultural aspects that define corporate management and industrial activity, as well as industrial aspects of various human cultural activities. This program provides background insight for Department of Commerce subjects.
E-commerce Program	The E-commerce Program does not simply take a narrow view by defining e-commerce as trade by electronic means. This program examines exactly what types and forms of information technology are used today and analyzes approaches to inherent issue types. Main topics include the various ways in which information technology is used in corporate activity, industry, and markets.