2021 Faculty Courses Liberal arts and basic science courses Breadth courses
Study on Japanese Companies and Industries I
- Academic unit or major
- Breadth courses
- Instructor(s)
- Yuriko Sato / Hirofumi Saito / Jiro Takemura / Qinzhong Shi
- Class Format
- Exercise
- Media-enhanced courses
- -
- Day of week/Period
(Classrooms) - 7-8 Wed
- Class
- -
- Course Code
- LAW.X411
- Number of credits
- 010
- Course offered
- 2021
- Offered quarter
- 3Q
- Syllabus updated
- Jul 10, 2025
- Language
- English
Syllabus
Course overview and goals
This course aims to deepen students' understanding of the actual systems of Japanese companies and industries through a series of lectures given by professional company staff and study tours.
Japanese company engineers or administrators will give seven lectures on Ookayama campus regarding working environment, company culture and required communication/language skills. Study tour will not be held this year.
Course description and aims
By the end of this course, students will be able to:
1. deepen their understanding on the Japanese industrial and social system
2. understand the working environment, culture and required communication/language skills of several companies and organizations in Japan
3. understand the actual technical systems of Japanese companies and public organizations.
Keywords
Japanese Companies, Industries, Social System, Technology, Working Environment
Competencies
- Specialist skills
- Intercultural skills
- Communication skills
- Critical thinking skills
- Practical and/or problem-solving skills
Class flow
This course is originally composed of site visits and lectures of the staff of companies/related organizations.
However, site visits may not be conducted considering the situation of COVID-19.
In that case, the briefing and lectures will be offered by Zoom.
All lecture materials and zoom info will be distributed through OCWi.
Course schedule/Objectives
| Course schedule | Objectives | |
|---|---|---|
| Class 1 | Briefing session: Explanation of the outline and requirements of the course. | Details will be given in each class |
| Class 2 | Lecture 1 by a Japanese company researcher | Details will be given in each class |
| Class 3 | Lecture 2 by a Japanese company engineer/administrator | Details will be given in each class |
| Class 4 | Lecture 3 by a Japanese company engineer/administrator | Details will be given in each class |
| Class 5 | Lecture 4 by a Japanese company engineer/administrator | Details will be given in each class |
| Class 6 | Lecture 5 by a Japanese Research Institute researcher | Details will be given in each class |
| Class 7 | Lecture 6 by a Japanese company engineer/administrator | Details will be given in each class |
Study advice (preparation and review)
Textbook(s)
No specific text in this course.
Reference books, course materials, etc.
Lecture materials will be given by each lecturer through OCWi.
Evaluation methods and criteria
Participation and submission of short quiz 70%, Final report 30%
Related courses
- None
Prerequisites
None
Contact information (e-mail and phone) Notice : Please replace from ”[at]” to ”@”(half-width character).
informed in the first class
Office hours
30minutes after each lecture in the zoom class