Advanced Domestic Training for Global Scientists and Engineers 1D

Academic unit or major

Breadth courses

Instructor(s)

Eri Ota / Rie Murakami

Class Format

Experiment

Media-enhanced courses

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Day of week/Period
(Classrooms)

Class

-

Course Code

LAW.X516

Number of credits

001

Course offered

2020

Offered quarter

3-4Q

Syllabus updated

Jul 10, 2025

Language

English

Syllabus

Course overview and goals

This course is to give credit for domestic experience to develop global competencies.
The evaluation will be conducted based on 1) activity plan, 2) report, and 3) final presentation (all in english).
The aim of this course it to develop skills listed in learning outcomes.

Course description and aims

1) To be able to set a clear goal related to one's career goal, and to be able to elucidate issues with new global perspective aside from existing concepts.
2) To be able to lead the collaboration with members from different countries, mother languages, customs, and cultures with diverse perspectives to develop new ideas and proposals.
3) To be able to develop, implement, evaluate, and improve the new plan for history, culture, industry, and the issues in one's country linked to the world. Owning one's field of expertise, to be able to work with people from different field of expertise.

Keywords

Problem setting, Problem solving, Multicultural understanding, International co-learning, Understanding own country

Competencies

• Specialist skills
• Intercultural skills
• Communication skills
• Critical thinking skills
• Practical and/or problem-solving skills

Class flow

This course is to give credit for domestic experience to develop global competencies. Specific examples of activities are, not limited but participation for on-line coursework offered by Tokyo Tech partner universities and others.
The criteria for earning credit is 1) at least 30 hours of workshop/lectures/and other academic activities, 2) the activities are conducted in English, 3) activities are interactive, such as group work, discussion and so on.
By fulfilling the aforementioned criteria, the learning process to gain skills listed in Global Scientists and Engineers Course (GSEC)'s Rubric will be evaluated by report and final presentation.

Course schedule/Objectives

Study advice (preparation and review)

Textbook(s)

none

Reference books, course materials, etc.

none

Evaluation methods and criteria

Activity Plan 10%
Domestic experience (which does not require cross-country border mobility) to enhance global competencies listed in GSEC's Rubric 60%
Report 20%
Final presentation 10%

Related courses

• none

Prerequisites

Fix the specific plan related to domestic activities to enhance global competencies listed in GSEC's Rubric.

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