Doctoral Recurrent Program 4A of Architecture and Building Engineering

Academic unit or major

Graduate major in Architecture and Building Engineering

Instructor(s)

Head / Takuya Oki

Class Format

Experiment

Media-enhanced courses

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Day of week/Period
(Classrooms)

Class

-

Course Code

ARC.A631

Number of credits

004

Course offered

2025

Offered quarter

4Q

Syllabus updated

Mar 31, 2025

Language

Japanese

Syllabus

Course overview and goals

This course is for doctoral students with work experience as members of society. They
obtain credit(s) and GAs (Graduate Attributes) upon certification by the graduate major
to which they belong that they have already substantially satisfied GAs required for
doctoral students, based on their work experience and achievement including those at
past working places as members of society in the past and present.
In light of the requirements of the GAs, the course should, in principle, be taken by those who have approximately 5 years or more of work experience in companies. (approximately 3 years or more for those who have worked in companies after completing a master's degree program).
The maximum number of credits that can be earned is 4 in total. For example, it is
possible to obtain a total of 4 credits by combining Doctoral Recurrent Program 1 and
3, 4 credits by combining Doctoral Recurrent Program 2-1 and 2-2, or 4 credits by
Doctoral Recurrent Program 4 alone. In the case that students take more than one
course, the work experiences and accomplishments of the students to be certified in
each course must be different from each other.
The course offers (Doctoral Recurrent Program 4A) in each Q.
The total number of credits earned through "Doctoral Recurrent Program" (including " Doctoral Recurrent Program Advanced Practice") cannot exceed 4.

Course description and aims

Students with work experience as members of society can earn credits upon
certification by their graduate major to which they belong that they have already
substantially satisfied GAs required for doctoral students, based on their work
experience and achievement as members of society in the past and present.
GA0D　You can clearly design your own career and contribute to realizing scientific, technological, or social innovation through a comprehensive understanding of the knowledge, skills, social responsibilities and ethics required to become an active member of academia and/or industry.
GA1D　You can lead in realizing scientific, technological, or social innovation by acquiring the advanced leadership skills, entrepreneurial skills, knowledge and expertise, and by developing social responsibility necessary for materializing your designed career.

Keywords

Students with work experience as members of society

Competencies

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

Class flow

Students shall consult in advance with their academic supervisor regarding the
preparation of documents and materials objectively proving that they have already
fulfilled the GA0D and GA1D requirements based on their work experience and
achievements including those at their past working places, and the number of credits
expected to be obtained.
Examples of work experience and achievements that may be considered for credit in this course are as follows;
-Leadership experience in the organization and subordinates in business within the company
-Leadership in standardization-related activities (*)
-Leading experience in planning and operation of events that can be objectively and clearly shown.
-Leading presentations at academic conferences (*)
-Past experience in academic conference activities, serving as an executive committee member of an international conference, etc.
-Leading authorships in journals and papers (*)
-Leading patent applications (*)

(*) Do not duplicate the content of the "Seminar" courses they take.

Finally, the graduate major decides whether to approve the credit earned and the number of credit(s) earned from this course based on the documents and materials submitted by the students.
After completing the documents and materials, students should submit them to their
graduate major via their academic supervisor. Students must not just show that they
have experience and accomplishments, but must explain in detail how they have
acquired each item of GA0D and GA1D in their work experience and accomplishments.

When the graduate major approved for credit and the number of credit(s), the
students should register for an appropriate course in the most recent Q available for
registration. Then, the graduate major reports grades based on that approval.
If students want to take this course at the very end of their doctoral program, there
may be no Q available. So students should take this course early.

Course schedule/Objectives

Study advice (preparation and review)

Textbook(s)

Non

Reference books, course materials, etc.

Non

Evaluation methods and criteria

The graduate major approves the credit earned and the number of credit(s) earned from this course based on the documents and materials submitted by the students.
This course will not be graded on points, but on a pass/fail basis.

Related courses

• Non

Prerequisites

Doctoral program students with work experience as members of society
Students who wish to take this course must register for the course only after their graduate major has approved the granting of credit(s).

Other

The corresponding GAs for this course is GA0D, GA1D.