Multicultural Groupwork Practice

Academic unit or major

Entrepreneurship courses

Instructor(s)

Rie Murakami / Eri Ota / Yuki Taoka

Class Format

Lecture/Exercise (Face-to-face)

Media-enhanced courses

-

Day of week/Period
(Classrooms)

Intensive

Class

-

Course Code

ENT.G304

Number of credits

110

Course offered

2025

Offered quarter

3-4Q

Syllabus updated

Sep 16, 2025

Language

English

※ Courses with parentheses in the course number have different subject codes depending on the student's year of admission.

Syllabus

Course overview and goals

Students who join study abroad in Thailand (ENT.G305 Multicultural Groupwork study abroad 2) should register this course.

Through online lecture and joint groupwork with students from Chulalongkorn University,
1) Deepen the knowledge about social issues predetermined for the year, and
2) Make ideas for solving social issues.

From December to February, students will join the course on site (Oookayama campus Main building M110), and connect with Chula students through remote system.
In January, Chula students will come to Japan. Both students will join site visits, groupwork, and final presentation.

Course description and aims

1) To understand trend and priorities of social issues in Japan and Thailand.
2) To understand the processes of engineering design such as needs assessment, concept idea making, prototype making, and try and error.
3) To develop idea and its implementation plan for applying the idea in each country with understanding their social issues
4) To localize and customize the idea for adapting different cultures
5) To develop global awareness with understanding and respecting cultural differences
6) To join multi-cultural groupwork actively
7) To acquire critical thinking and analytical ability

Keywords

Thailand, Chulalongkorn University, intercultural PBL, intercultural groupwork, global engineering, social issues, engineering design

Competencies

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

Class flow

1) Collect data and information in each country related with the topic which each group chose, and find specific points and differences/commonalities of each country
2) Conduct user test and get feedback for applying the idea in each country appropriately
3) With considering each country’s situation, discuss about how to realize and to implement the idea
4) Show a skit for realizing the idea and a presentation the idea with the implementing plan in final presentation session.

Course schedule/Objectives

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.

Distribute as needed

Evaluation methods and criteria

Group work performance (Individual Assessment): 10%
Group discussion (Individual Assessment) : 20%
Personal Essay (Individual Assessment) : 30%
Group Presentation (Group Assessment) : 20%
Skit (Group l Assessment) : 20%

Related courses

• ENT.G305(LAW.X313) ： Multicultural Groupwork study abroad 2

Prerequisites

Students only who had to take "ENT.G305 Multicultural Groupwork study abroad 2" have to register this course.

Contact information (e-mail and phone) Notice : Please replace from ”[at]” to ”@”(half-width character).

Center for Entrepreneurship Education, Global Education Office, Murakami
global_edu[at]cee.isct.ac.jp

Office hours

Please contact us in advance by e-mail.

Other

This course is registered for "Subjects for entrepreneurship" and "Global Scientists and Engineers Course, Global Awareness Program(P1)".
Detail will subject to change due to adjustment with Chulalongkorn university.