2025 (Current Year) Faculty Courses Liberal arts and basic science courses Humanities and social science courses
Digital Innovation in Financial Institutions
- Academic unit or major
- Humanities and social science courses
- Instructor(s)
- Hideki Mikami / Nami Kawashima
- Class Format
- Lecture (Face-to-face)
- Media-enhanced courses
- -
- Day of week/Period
(Classrooms) - 3-4 Wed
- Class
- -
- Course Code
- LAH.A401
- Number of credits
- 100
- Course offered
- 2025
- Offered quarter
- 2Q
- Syllabus updated
- Apr 2, 2025
- Language
- Japanese
Syllabus
Course overview and goals
This course is offered by lecturers from Mizuho Financial Group.
The course is designed for students to understand the outline of the current state of finance, financial business, and innovation in financial institutions, even without preliminary knowledge. As shown in the course schedule, the lecturer will explain the broad pictures and recent trends of each topic in each class.
Course description and aims
Upon completion of this course, students should be able to understand broad pictures and recent trends of topics in each class, as shown below.
Student learning outcomes
実務経験と講義内容との関連 (又は実践的教育内容)
The classes are based on business experience and specialized knowledge of the lecturers.
Keywords
economy, finance, Fintech, data management, cyber security, IPO
Competencies
- Specialist skills
- Intercultural skills
- Communication skills
- Critical thinking skills
- Practical and/or problem-solving skills
Class flow
Class 1 - Class 7：Lectures
Class 8: Final exam
- Each week, students create a "summary report" based on the content of the class, and submit the report through Science Tokyo LMS. The deadline for submitting "summary reports" is 5:00 pm on Thursday (the day after each class.)
Course schedule/Objectives
| Course schedule | Objectives | |
|---|---|---|
| Class 1 | Digital transformation (DX) of Mizuho Financial Group | Grasp an overview of the digital transformation (DX) of financial institutions. |
| Class 2 | The strategy of business for large companies | Understand the strategy of business for large companies. |
| Class 3 | Financial services using technology | Acquire knowledge of financial services using technology. |
| Class 4 | Asset management using technology | Acquire knowledge of asset management using technology. |
| Class 5 | Data analytics in financial institutions | Acquire knowledge of data analytics. |
| Class 6 | The threat of cyber attacks and countermeasures in financial institutions | Understand the eforts towards cybersecurity in financial institutions. |
| Class 7 | How to foster startup | Understand how to foster startup. |
| Class 8 | Final exam |
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 course material.
Textbook(s)
None required.
Reference books, course materials, etc.
Lecture materials will be posted on Science Tokyo LMS.
Evaluation methods and criteria
Assessment will be based on summary reports after each class (35%) and the final exam (65%).
If you miss more than 3 classes (between Class 1 and Class 7), you will not pass this course regardless of the results of your reports or final exam.
Related courses
- N/A
Prerequisites
Prospective students should have interests in finance and economy.
Contact information (e-mail and phone) Notice : Please replace from ”[at]” to ”@”(half-width character).
[Coordinator] Professor Takehiro Inohara, inostaff[at]shs.ens.isct.ac.jp
- Questions other than the content of the class will be accepted by e-mails by the course coordinator.
- When inquiring by emails, include the course title in the subject, and your student ID and name in the body of the email.