The department is actively involved in both education and research in the housing and interior design fields. These fields explore the relationships between human beings and living environments from the human ecological perspective. The fields also take integrated approaches to problems created in the process of planning, design, and management of the human living environments. Therefore, the department's pedagogical aim is to produce persons who can contribute to either academic research or professional fields. To do this, students must acquire expertise and knowledge that allows them to scientifically and creatively cope with various problems in human and living environments. Our alumni play a key role in diverse areas, such as the housing industry and mass media and publication fields. The housing industry includes housing construction companies, architectural firms, interior design firms, housing facilities, management companies, furniture manufactures, interior building product firms, and lighting companies.