Architectural Design Practice S3A

Academic unit or major

Graduate major in Architecture and Building Engineering

Instructor(s)

Academic Supervisor

Class Format

Experiment

Media-enhanced courses

-

Day of week/Period
(Classrooms)

Intensive

Class

-

Course Code

ARC.A621

Number of credits

002

Course offered

2025

Offered quarter

1-2Q

Syllabus updated

Mar 19, 2025

Language

Japanese

Syllabus

Course overview and goals

This course focuses on the off-campus projects.
The aim of this course is upskilling the problem setting, solving, communication and manegement in research, creation, and technology development.

Course description and aims

Students will improve the following abilities:
1) Ability to discover and explore new issues in research, creation, and technology development in architecture and building engineering
2) Leadership and management abilities that are internationally applicable
3) Linguistic ability enabling logical explanation and discussion at international forums

Keywords

Off-campus, Project

Competencies

• Specialist skills
• Intercultural skills
• Communication skills
• Critical thinking skills
• Practical and/or problem-solving skills

Class flow

The course schedule will be determined through discussions held among students and the academic supervisor.

Course schedule/Objectives

Study advice (preparation and review)

Textbook(s)

None required.

Reference books, course materials, etc.

None required.

Evaluation methods and criteria

Specifics of the assessment criteria and methods, which are in accordance with the student learning outcomes, will be announced prior to the start of the course.

Related courses

• 400-level graduate major courses in Architecture and Building Engineering

Prerequisites

Students must be a member of one of the laboratories in the Department of Architecture and Building Engineering.