Practice of Poster Design Assignments in First Year Education at a University

Consideration of design education including international students

Abstract

Takarazuka University has been actively incorporating production-related tasks into its first-year education based on its characteristics as an art university. In particular, since the university has a project agreement with the Health Department of Shinjuku Ward, we have started an attempt to incorporate regional cooperation into the tasks of first-year education in 2019. This paper examines the gap that arises when international students receive design education in Japan, as revealed through a health promotion and awareness poster production project conducted in the “Practical Expression” course, one of the first-year experience programs at the university in 2024.