2022 Faculty Courses Liberal arts and basic science courses Japanese language and culture courses
Japanese seminar 7: Career development 4QA
- Academic unit or major
- Japanese language and culture courses
- Instructor(s)
- Miyako Yamanaka
- Class Format
- Exercise (Livestream)
- Media-enhanced courses
- -
- Day of week/Period
(Classrooms) - Intensive
- Class
- 4QA
- Course Code
- LAJ.T447
- Number of credits
- 010
- Course offered
- 2022
- Offered quarter
- 4Q
- Syllabus updated
- Jul 10, 2025
- Language
- Japanese
Syllabus
Course overview and goals
The aim of this course is to help students learn how to gather information about job hunting in Japan and to conduct corporate research. In addition, students are expected to conduct self-analysis and think about their own career path.
Course description and aims
By the end of this course, students will be able to:
1) gather information about job hunting;
2) conduct self-analysis;
3) express their motivation for the job or the company they are applying for in Japanese;
4) draw up their curriculum vitae in Japanese.
Keywords
Japanese, intermediate level, job hunting, self-analyze, curriculum vitae
Competencies
- Specialist skills
- Intercultural skills
- Communication skills
- Critical thinking skills
- Practical and/or problem-solving skills
Class flow
In every lesson, one or two students will be assgined to summarize the topics chosen from a monthly journal. Exercises will be conducted on vocabulary and grammar appeared in the materials.
Course schedule/Objectives
| Course schedule | Objectives | |
|---|---|---|
| Class 1 | Orientation | Know the purpose of this class. Introduction to information gathering about job hunting. |
| Class 2 | Job hunting in Japan | Find out about job hunting in Japan in a group. |
| Class 3 | Self-analyze | Learn how to self-analyze. |
| Class 4 | Self-introduction 1 | Practice self-introduction online. |
| Class 5 | Self-introduction 2 | Practice self-introduction online. |
| Class 6 | Curriculum vitae. | Write a curriculum vitae . |
| Class 7 | Presentation | Talk about question items on curriculum vitae. |
Study advice (preparation and review)
To enhance effective learning, students are encouraged to spend approximately 100 minutes preparing for class and another 100 minutes reviewing class content afterwards (including assignments) for each class.
They should do so by referring to textbooks and other course material.
Textbook(s)
None
Reference books, course materials, etc.
Not specified. Handouts will be given in class.
Evaluation methods and criteria
Assessment will be conducted based on students' attendance(28%),homework(32%), presentations(20%), and a curriculum vitae (20%).
Related courses
- LAJ.T448 : Career Development8
Prerequisites
Only for international students who have completed Intermediate Japanese 6 or the equivalent level.
Exchange students are not eligible for this course.
Other
You must reserve your place in the class in advance using Japanese class online system (http://js.ila.titech.ac.jp/~web). You will not be allowed to attend the class without reservation.