2025 (Current Year) Faculty Courses School of Computing First-Year Courses
Literacy of Computing 4
- Academic unit or major
- First-Year Courses
- Instructor(s)
- Ryo Kashima
- Class Format
- Lecture (Face-to-face)
- Media-enhanced courses
- -
- Day of week/Period
(Classrooms) - 5-6 Fri
- Class
- 4
- Course Code
- XCO.A101
- Number of credits
- 100
- Course offered
- 2025
- Offered quarter
- 1Q
- Syllabus updated
- Apr 1, 2025
- Language
- Japanese
Syllabus
Course overview and goals
This course facilitates students’ ability to study how to investigate for given topics and demonstrate their opinions for debating on them as well as to take an interest in international research and development activities and ethics for researchers and engineers. The course aims at supporting students’ independent and motivated study with awareness of various issues and intellectual curiosity.
Course description and aims
At the end of this course, students will:
- Understand advanced research and development activities, and
- Be able to investigate on given topics and debate on them.
Keywords
Research and development activities, debate
Competencies
- Specialist skills
- Intercultural skills
- Communication skills
- Critical thinking skills
- Practical and/or problem-solving skills
Class flow
In the first two classes, advanced research and development actives are introduced. The remainder will be spent for debates on given topics.
Course schedule/Objectives
| Course schedule | Objectives | |
|---|---|---|
| Class 1 | Talks on research and development activities (1) | Understand advanced research and development activities |
| Class 2 | Talks on research and development activities (2) | Understand advanced research and development activities. An assignment will be given in class. |
| Class 3 | Introduction and preparation for debate | Understand the rules of debate and prepare topics for it |
| Class 4 | Debate (1) | Given in class |
| Class 5 | Debate (2) | Given in class |
| Class 6 | Debate (3) | Given in class |
| Class 7 | Debate (4) | Given in class |
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
Students will be assessed on their understanding of the talks on advanced research and development activities and their efforts for debates. Students’ course scores are based on assignments on the talks (20%) and those on debates (80%).
Related courses
- XCO.P101 ： Processes for creation in science and technology 【School of Computing】
- LAH.T105 ： Ethics in Engineering A
Prerequisites
No prerequisites are necessary.