2004: The school reorganized faculties: the School of Literature Department of Buddhism, Department of History, and the Department of Japanese Language and Literature were organized as the Department of the Humanities; the School of Sociology of the Department of Sociology and the Department of Applied Sociology were organized as the Department of Contemporary Sociology, Department of Public Policy; and the School of Sociology of the Department of Social Welfare and the Department of Health Welfare were organized as the School of Sociology Department of Social Welfare.
2004年　文学部仏教学科・史学科・日本語日本文学科を人文学科に、社会学部社会学科・応用社会学科を現代社会学科・公共政策学科に、社会学部社会福祉学科・健康福祉学科を社会福祉学部社会福祉学科に改組。