Lecture(2)", which are mandatory courses for graduation as well as "Freshmen Seminar" in each department. They contain information on history, linguistics, communications, philosophy, politics, discussion, debates, and report and essay, all of which are based on Humanity Studies. Graduate school Humanities English Linguistics English Literature English Translation French Language and Literature German Language and Literature Russian Language and Literature Spanish Language and Literature TESOL (Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages) Japanese Language and Literature Chinese Language and Literature Middle East Languages and Literature (Arabic Linguistics, Arabic Literature) Central and East European Languages and Literature Korean Language and Literature Comparative Literature Linguistics and Cognitive Science Philosophy History Information and Archival Science Global Culture & Contents Turkic·Central Social Science International Affairs Political Science and International Relations Public Administration Law Communication and Information International Economics and Law Economics Management Management Information Systems International Business Natural Science Mathematics Physics Chemistry Statistics Environmental Science and Engineering Bioscience and Biotechnology Engineering Information Communications Engineering Electronics Engineering Computer and Electronic Systems Engineering Industrial and Management Engineering Graduate School of Interpretation and Translation The Graduate School of Interpretation and Translation (GSIT) is a postgraduate education institution specializing in the education of professional conference interpreters and translators. Founded in 1979 in response to the growing demand for international language specialists, GSIT currently offers master's degree courses in interpretation/translation in eight different languages: English, French, German, Russian, Spanish, Chinese, Japanese and Arabic. GSIT created the nation's first doctoral program in interpretation/translation in November 1999, to help stimulate research activities in the discipline, and has awarded 26 Ph.D. degrees as of 2012. It became the first Asian education institution to join CIUTI (Conférence Internationale Permanente d'Instituts Universitaires de Traducteurs et Interprètes) in 2004. GSIT is equipped with an international conference hall which provides for simultaneous interpretation services in eight different languages, lecture halls equipped with simultaneous interpretation booths, multimedia classrooms, group study rooms, a satellite broadcast resources center which provides access to 110 channels in 30 languages, a library, and a computer lab. Graduate School of International and Area Studies (GSIAS) European Union Studies: focused on the EU's politics, security, economy, society, and culture and those of its member states. Latin American Studies :contains graduate seminars and special lectures; consists of courses focusing on understanding the macro-region's political development and democracy, political economy, and international relations. The economy/business track is composed of courses on Latin America's macro-economy, the region's interaction