2025 (Current Year) Faculty Courses School of Computing Department of Computer Science Graduate major in Computer Science
Coaching and communication B
- Academic unit or major
- Graduate major in Computer Science
- Instructor(s)
- Jun Hotta / Masami Kumazawa / Akiyo Nakatani
- Class Format
- Exercise
- Media-enhanced courses
- -
- Day of week/Period
(Classrooms) - Class
- -
- Course Code
- CSC.T643
- Number of credits
- 020
- Course offered
- 2025
- Offered quarter
- 3Q
- Syllabus updated
- Apr 2, 2025
- Language
- Japanese
Syllabus
Course overview and goals
Innovation does not come from "solitary contemplation" (monologue), but from "exploratory dialogue" (dialogue). The essence of dialogue, and of communication, is listening and communicating. Communication skills are often confused with so-called sociability, but they are not the same thing. While sociability is a human characteristic, communicative skills can be improved by learning. In this lecture, we will learn "listening" and "communicating" through (1) lecture, (2) exercise, and (3) discussion in order to improve communication skills, which are essential for researchers, engineers, and members of society, through relating to a communication method called "coaching". The course is interactive and experiential.
Course description and aims
Recognizing the importance of the above practical wide range of communication skills and experiencing it in a practical way.
Keywords
Coaching, communication skills, feedback, accountability, team building
Competencies
- Specialist skills
- Intercultural skills
- Communication skills
- Critical thinking skills
- Practical and/or problem-solving skills
Class flow
We do 2 consecutive lectures once a week. Lecture mainly in the first half, in the second half, discussions, exercises, work with worksheets.
Course schedule/Objectives
| Course schedule | Objectives | |
|---|---|---|
| Class 1 | Coaching | Coaching |
| Class 2 | Listening skills | Listening skills |
| Class 3 | Question skills | Question skills |
| Class 4 | Question skills (exercise) | Question skills (exercise) |
| Class 5 | Coaching flow | Coaching flow |
| Class 6 | Coaching flow (exercise) | Coaching flow (exercise) |
| Class 7 | Feedback | Feedback |
| Class 8 | Acknowledgement | Acknowledgement |
| Class 9 | Accountability (1) | Accountability (1) |
| Class 10 | Accountability (2) | Accountability (2) |
| Class 11 | Accountability and victim thinking | Accountability and victim thinking |
| Class 12 | Diversity and inclusion (2) | Diversity and inclusion (2) |
| Class 13 | Vision making | Vision making |
| Class 14 | Evaluation | Evaluation |
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.
Specified in the lecture
Evaluation methods and criteria
The number of times and contents of discussions, exercises, worksheet work in the lecture
Related courses
- CSC.T443 ： Coaching and communication A
Prerequisites
Applicants must be native speakers of Japanese or have passed N1 of the Japanese Language Proficiency Test (JLPT).
Other
This lecture is given only in Japanese. Students of the School of Computing gain priority if there are too many applicants.