Doctoral Corporate Business/R&D Strategy Planning Program

Academic unit or major

Career development courses

Instructor(s)

Akira Izumi / Tetsuhiro Ohsaki

Class Format

Exercise (Face-to-face)

Media-enhanced courses

-

Day of week/Period
(Classrooms)

Intensive

Class

-

Course Code

LAC.P642

Number of credits

010

Course offered

2022

Offered quarter

4Q

Syllabus updated

Jul 10, 2025

Language

Japanese

Syllabus

Course overview and goals

This course is an intensive course for all doctoral students, in cooperation with KYOCERA Corporation. After having receive classes titled "Creation of new R&D themes” from KYOCERA lecturers, students work in groups to set a topic based on the classes, have repeated discussions on it, and finally compile and present their results of thier group works. The students will also receive comments and advice from lecturers and facilitators.

The maximum number of students enrolled in the course is limited to 25 for group discussions. Please note that no student will not be able to take the course after the number of students who have already registered for the course reaches 25 on a first-come, first-served basis.

The aim of this course is for students to learn directly from lecturers who are active on the front lines of business about actual corporate initiatives, issues, and solutions, and to expand their own ideas and perspectives through group discussions, compilation, and presentations by a diverse group of doctoral students with different knowledge and ideas.

The name of this course is changed from "PLP Advanced Practice," which was offered in AY2021.

Course description and aims

By taking this course, students will acquire the followings;
1)Through lectures by corporate lecturers, students gain a real sense of corporate R&D and business, as well as a deeper understanding of how to identify issues, approaches to finding solutions, values, and perspectives within the company.
2)In a group consisting of members with different backgrounds, students collectively assert your own opinions on the topic set based on the lectures, listen to the opinions of others, make corrections, and reach a conclusion, receiving comments and advices from the lecturer and the facilitators. By acting as a team, students deepen their understanding of the topic and gain hands-on experience of generating results through group activities.

Student learning outcomes

実務経験と講義内容との関連 (又は実践的教育内容)

The lecturer will give a lecture based on their practical experience in his/her company. Based on which the students will set topics in groups, discuss them, and finally make presentations on the results of the group activities. Lecturers and facilitators provide comments and advices to them, based on his/her working experience.

Keywords

PBL (Problem-based Learning), group work, collaboration with industry, interactions with students from other fields

Competencies

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

Class flow

This course is offered in three intensive classes in 4Q. The specific dates and times are listed below.

The location of the course is planned to be at the KYOCERA Minatomirai Research Center (Yokohama, Japan) shown in the website below.
https://www.kyocera.co.jp/rd-openinnovation/about/minatomirai.html

Depending on the infection status of the COVID-19 and other reasons, the classes may be changed to ZOOM online classes. In that case, the syllabus will be updated.

Lecturer: OOSAKI Tetsuhiro, KYOCERA Corporation

Course schedule/Objectives

Study advice (preparation and review)

Textbook(s)

None

Reference books, course materials, etc.

None

Evaluation methods and criteria

Content of reports required to be submitted after each class (50%)
Contributions in group discussions and presentations, comments and remarks on other groups' presentations(50%)

Related courses

• LAC.C601 ： Doctoral Career Design

Prerequisites

Students are required to be able to attend all three intensive classes.

Due to doing group works, Japanese language skill enough to understand daily conversations and substantially contribute group works of this course is required.

Other

The corresponding GA for this course is GA1D.

The maximum number of students enrolled in the course is limited to 25 for group discussions. Please note that no student will not be able to take the course after the number of students who have already registered for the course reaches 25 on a first-come, first-served basis.

Students are required to agree by signature to the contents of "Agreement on Doctoral Corporate Business/R&D Strategy Planning Program" jointly signed between KYOCERA and Tokyo Tech. The contents of the agreement mainly are related to non-disclosure agreement and intellectual property rights.

For students who belong to a company or an organization, the name of the company or the organization will be disclosed to KYOCERA prior to starting of the course.

For a list of career development courses offered at Innovator and Inventor Development Platform (IIDP), please refer to the URL below.
(https://www.titech.ac.jp/english/student-support/students/life/career-education)