2-5-13,Shinkitano,Yodogawa-ku,Osaka,532-0025,Japan
Tel: +81-6-6303-5661　Fax: +81-6-6303-3493
email z-kitano@sbox.osaka-c.ed.jp
  • In the respective fields of cultural sciences, social sciences, and natural sciences, students carry out investigative study, examine things with pluralistic perspectives, and foster the abilities to precisely handle unknown situations and to work cooperatively in an international society with those of different cultures and value systems.
  • The two specific courses of study are the Humanities Course (international social civilization) and the Sciences Course (science and mathematics inquiry).
  • Students are to be recruited under the combined “Humanities & Sciences Curriculum.” As for the specific courses of study, individual schools will decide the timing of division into two courses, the number of courses etc.
  • The curriculum of the Humanities Course works to develop persons who delve into the fields of cultural science and social science, develop a wide variety of scholarly approaches, forge language and critical thinking skills, and attain the knowledge and rich sensitivity required of a member of international society to become strong-willed global leaders.
  • The curriculum of the Sciences Course works to develop persons who can lead Japan as a science and technology powerhouse by deepening and expanding the accomplishments of the recent Super Science High School Project and 17 years of Osaka prefectural policies in the fields of science and mathematics, and through guidance that places emphasis on the cultivation of scientific inquiry.
    (Osaka Prefecture Board of Education)






Humanities & Sciences Curriculum

Upon entering their 2nd year, students at Kitano High School choose to pursue either the Humanities Course or the Sciences Course.

In both the Humanities and Sciences Courses, students study a minimum of 25 units in specialized subjects over the course of 3 years. In “research task” time, Humanities Course students examine culture, society, and international studies, while Sciences Course students carry out cross-sectional and research-based activities related to the natural sciences.