2023 Faculty Courses Liberal arts and basic science courses Career development courses
Master's Global Career Development Literacy A
- Academic unit or major
- Career development courses
- Instructor(s)
- Hidekazu Tanaka / Hazel Bantolino Gonzales / Yoshizumi Sasaki / Naoko Kasai / Waka Fukuoka
- Class Format
- Lecture (Livestream)
- Media-enhanced courses
- -
- Day of week/Period
(Classrooms) - 5-6 Mon
- Class
- A
- Course Code
- LAC.M406
- Number of credits
- 100
- Course offered
- 2023
- Offered quarter
- 1Q
- Syllabus updated
- Jul 8, 2025
- Language
- English
Syllabus
Course overview and goals
This English lecture course provides various career plans for international students who will work for academia and industry locally and internationally in the near future, considering an ongoing paradigm shift in scientific research under the changes in circumstances around scientists and engineers. This is regarded as a pre-course of the doctoral lecture entitled “Strategy for Balancing Career, Personality, and Life Style.” All the instructors have had long-term experiences in research and business internationally. Based on their experiences, they teach international career development and its necessity, as well as various skills.
Course description and aims
This lecture course presents general knowledge about methods and ways of thinking about future career plans and solving broad-range issues encountered in academia and industry locally and internationally. It also provides a comprehensive discussion on enhancing communication ability and human relations, rendering appropriate examples. This lecture course aims to enable the students to acquire general knowledge and various skills for developing international career plans.
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)
All the instructors have had long-term experiences in research and business internationally. Based on their experiences, they teach international career development and its necessity, as well as various skills.
Keywords
Career Design strategy, International-career development, Communication and interpersonal skills, Environmental change, Paradigm shift in scientific research.
Competencies
- Specialist skills
- Intercultural skills
- Communication skills
- Critical thinking skills
- Practical and/or problem-solving skills
Class flow
This lecture course consists mainly of the following three pillars; attending lectures, joining open and group discussions, and submitting reports. Appropriate examples given by the individual instructors enable the students to acquire and develop technical skills and to enhance communication ability and human relations in a world of research or business. The instructors with different expertise share the seven lectures, each of which spends 100 minutes per lecture. The students are required to submit English reports and join open and group discussions.
All the students will receive the information on Zoom URLs, can download instructors' lecture materials, and can upload their reports through T2SCHOLA.
Course schedule/Objectives
| Course schedule | Objectives | |
|---|---|---|
| Class 1 | April 10 (Monday) 13:45-15:25, Zoom He gives an overview of this course, together with an evaluation of students’ achievement scores. Then, he presents the knowledge required for working in international and domestic academia. (Hidekazu Tanaka) | Description of the first assignment |
| Class 2 | April 17 (Monday) 13:45-15:25, Zoom He focuses on similarities and differences between local and international businesses based on his long-term experiences of having worked as an engineer for local and international companies. (Yoshizumi Sasaki) | |
| Class 3 | April 24 (Monday) 13:45-15:25, Zoom A Japanese lecturer with extensive experience in the financial industry, including experience at several foreign global investment banks, systematically explaining the position of finance in global business. The course examines what financial literacy is important for career development in a global environment. As part of this, the course also examines the role of finance in the SDGs area from a historical perspective and helps participants acquire basic concepts of ESG investment. (Naoko Kasai) | Description of the second assignment |
| Class 4 | May 1 (Monday) 13:45-15:25, Zoom He focuses on similarities and differences between local and international businesses based on his long-term experiences of having worked as an engineer for local and international companies. (Yoshizumi Sasaki) | Description of the third assignment |
| Class 5 | May 15 (Monday) 13:45-15:25, Zoom She is one of the international professors at the Tokyo Institute of Technology who has stayed in Japan for many years. She presents a comprehensive discussion on both similarities and differences in culture, research, and education between Japanese society and international societies through her eyes and experiences in Japan and outside of Japan. (Gonzales, Hazel Bantolino) | |
| Class 6 | May 22 (Monday) 13:45-15:25, Zoom She is one of the international professors at the Tokyo Institute of Technology who has stayed in Japan for many years. She presents a comprehensive discussion on both similarities and differences in culture, research, and education between Japanese society and international societies through her eyes and experiences in Japan and outside of Japan. (Gonzales, Hazel Bantolino) | Description of the forth assignment |
| Class 7 | May 29 (Monday) 13:45-15:25, Zoom She, a current TokyoTech career advisor, presents a comprehensive discussion on differences between Japanese and international company culture based on long-term experiences in both jobs of product launch into global markets and HR at a Japanese manufacturer. This theme is deeply discussed, particularly by exploring the characteristics of the Japanese employment system and the job-hunting process. She discusses appropriate skills and attitudes to develop a borderless career path at a company or an organization in Japan. (Waka Fukuoka) |
Study advice (preparation and review)
Textbook(s)
None
Reference books, course materials, etc.
None.
Evaluation methods and criteria
Submission of reports.
When a student is absent from a class, his/her grade point may be reduced.
Related courses
- Other career development courses.
Prerequisites
Although Japanese students can register for this course, they have to submit English reports. No Japanese report is accepted.
Other
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