2023 Faculty Courses Liberal arts and basic science courses Humanities and social science courses
Transdisciplinary studies 16:Science and Technology in Society
- Academic unit or major
- Humanities and social science courses
- Instructor(s)
- Shinji Kawana / Takamitsu Yamamoto / Shingo Ebata / / Toshikazu Fukushima / Kazuhito Oyamada / Masahiro Tsuji
- Class Format
- Lecture (Face-to-face)
- Media-enhanced courses
- -
- Day of week/Period
(Classrooms) - 5-6 Wed (WL1-301(W531))
- Class
- -
- Course Code
- LAH.T416
- Number of credits
- 100
- Course offered
- 2023
- Offered quarter
- 4Q
- Syllabus updated
- Jul 8, 2025
- Language
- Japanese
Syllabus
Course overview and goals
In this course, we examine the way of "science and technology and society" through dialogue between science and technology and liberal arts.
Specifically, consider problems such as R&D, project management, science and technological policy, collaboration between industry, academia and government.
Classes consists of lectures by practitioners and ILA faculty members, and dialogues among students.
Course description and aims
Students will understand the prospects and issues of research and development in Japan, and cultivate insight into human beings and society, which is indispensable for implementation of science and technology.
Keywords
science and technology, R&D, collaboration between industry, academia and government, science and technology policy
Competencies
- Specialist skills
- Intercultural skills
- Communication skills
- Critical thinking skills
- Practical and/or problem-solving skills
Class flow
It consist of four topics, (1) AI, (2) Environment and Energy, (3) science and technology policy, （4）S&T and Liberal Arts,.
There are two classes for each topic.
The first is a lecture by lecturers, the second is a dialog between students.
Course schedule/Objectives
| Course schedule | Objectives | |
|---|---|---|
| Class 1 | guidance and topic 1: Environment and Energy | none |
| Class 2 | dialogue | none |
| Class 3 | topic2: S&T and Liberal Arts, dialogue | none |
| Class 4 | topic 3: AI (Artificial Intelligence) | none |
| Class 5 | dialogue | none |
| Class 6 | topic 4: science and technology policy | none |
| Class 7 | dialogue | none |
| Class 8 | none |
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.
none
Evaluation methods and criteria
Assessment will be based on exercises done in each class.
commitment: 30%
reaction paper: 70%
Related courses
- LAH.T502 ： Transdisciplinary studies 19:Design of the future society
Prerequisites
none
Contact information (e-mail and phone) Notice : Please replace from ”[at]” to ”@”(half-width character).
Shinji KAWANA
shinji.kawana[at]ila.titech.ac.jp