2024 Faculty Courses School of Life Science and Technology Department of Life Science and Technology Graduate major in Life Science and Technology
MS Qualifying Presentation 1
- Academic unit or major
- Graduate major in Life Science and Technology
- Instructor(s)
- Mikiko Tanaka / Junji Hirota / Yoshitaka Ishii / Satoshi Okada / Mie Shimojima / Academic Supervisor
- Class Format
- Exercise
- Media-enhanced courses
- -
- Day of week/Period
(Classrooms) - Intensive
- Class
- -
- Course Code
- LST.B401
- Number of credits
- 010
- Course offered
- 2024
- Offered quarter
- 2Q
- Syllabus updated
- Mar 14, 2025
- Language
- Japanese
Syllabus
Course overview and goals
In this course, students prepare research proposals describing the future plan as well as the background, aim, and progress of the research projects in the master's thesis.
The aims of this course are to help students acquire the competency to consider the research plan required for the accomplishment of the research aim as well as to describe the research background, aim, progress, and future plan concisely.
Course description and aims
By the end of this course, students will be able to:
1. Design a research plan required for the acomplishment of the research aim.
2. Describe the research background, aim, progress, and future plan concisely.
Keywords
master's thesis, research plan, research proposal writing
Competencies
- Specialist skills
- Intercultural skills
- Communication skills
- Critical thinking skills
- Practical and/or problem-solving skills
Class flow
Students prepare and submit research proposals, and instructors assess them.
Course schedule/Objectives
| Course schedule | Objectives | |
|---|---|---|
| Class 1 | Students write research proposals describing the future plan as well as the background, aim, and progress of the research projects in the master's thesis. | Students must be able to design a research plan required for the completion of the master's thesis as well as to describe the research background, aim, progress, and future plan consicely. |
Study advice (preparation and review)
Textbook(s)
Not specified.
Reference books, course materials, etc.
Specified by the academic supervisor as necessary.
Evaluation methods and criteria
Whether the research plan is logically and practically appropriate and whether the research background, aim, and progress are consicely described will be assessed by several instructors excluding the academic supervisor.
Related courses
- MS Qualifying Presentation 2
- Life Science and Technology Seminar S1, F1, S2, and F2
Prerequisites
This is the prerequisite course to take "MS Qualifying Presentation 2".
This is the prerequisite course to take "MS Qualifying Presentation 2".