2025 (Current Year) Faculty Courses Liberal arts and basic science courses Entrepreneurship courses

Master's Global Career Development Literacy C

Academic unit or major: Entrepreneurship courses
Instructor(s): Hidekazu Tanaka / Hazel Bantolino Gonzales / Yoshizumi Sasaki / Naoko Kasai / Waka Fukuoka
Class Format: Lecture
Media-enhanced courses: -
Day of week/Period (Classrooms): unknown
Class: C
Course Code: ENT.C406(LAC.M406)
Number of credits: 100
Course offered: 2025
Offered quarter: 3Q
Syllabus updated: Aug 22, 2025
Language: English

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Syllabus

Course overview and goals

This English lecture course provides various career plans for international students who will work for academia and industry locally and internationally in the near future, considering an ongoing paradigm shift in scientific research under the changes in circumstances around scientists and engineers. This is regarded as a pre-course of the doctoral lecture entitled “Strategy for Balancing Career, Personality, and Life Style.” All the instructors have had long-term experiences in research and business internationally. Based on their experiences, they teach international career development and its necessity, as well as various skills.

Course description and aims

This lecture course presents general knowledge about methods and ways of thinking about future career plans and solving broad-range issues encountered in academia and industry locally and internationally. It also provides a comprehensive discussion on enhancing communication ability and human relations, rendering appropriate examples. This lecture course aims to enable the students to acquire general knowledge and various skills for developing international career plans.

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)

All the instructors have had long-term experiences in research and business internationally. Based on their experiences, they teach international career development and its necessity, as well as various skills.

Keywords

Career Design strategy, International-career development, Communication and interpersonal skills, Environmental change, Paradigm shift in scientiﬁc research.

Competencies

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

Class flow

This lecture course consists mainly of the following three pillars; attending lectures, joining open and group discussions, and submitting reports. Appropriate examples given by the individual instructors enable the students to acquire and develop technical skills and to enhance communication ability and human relations in a world of research or business. The instructors with different expertise share the seven lectures, each of which spends 100 minutes per lecture. The students are required to submit English reports and join open and group discussions.
All the students will receive the information on Zoom URLs, can download instructors' lecture materials, and can upload their reports through T2SCHOLA.

Course schedule/Objectives

	Course schedule	Objectives
Class 1	October 6 (Mon.) 13:30-15:10, Zoom He gives an overview of this course, together with an evaluation of students’ achievement scores. Then, he presents the knowledge required for working in international and domestic academia. (Hidekazu Tanaka)	Description of the first assignment
Class 2	October 16 (Thu.) 13:30-15:10, Zoom A Japanese lecturer with extensive experience in the financial industry, including experience at several foreign global investment banks, systematically explains the position of finance in global business. The course examines what financial literacy is important for career development in a global environment. As part of this, the course also examines the role of finance in the SDGs area from a historical perspective and helps participants acquire basic concepts of ESG investment. (Naoko Kasai)	Description of the second assignment
Class 3	October 20 (Mon.) 13:30-15:10, Zoom She is an international professor at the Institute of Science Tokyo who has lived in Japan for many years. Through her eyes and experiences in Japan and abroad, she presents a comprehensive discussion on the similarities and differences in culture, research, and education between Japanese society and international societies. (Gonzales, Hazel Bantolino)
Class 4	October 27 (Mon.) 13:30-15:10, Zoom She is an international professor at the Institute of Science Tokyo who has lived in Japan for many years. Through her eyes and experiences in Japan and abroad, she comprehensively discusses the similarities and differences in culture, research, and education between Japanese society and international societies. (Gonzales, Hazel Bantolino)	Description of the third assignment
Class 5	November 10 (Mon.) 13:30-15:10, Zoom He focuses on similarities and differences in business between Japan and overseas countries, as well as global talents, drawing from his long-term experiences as an engineer for local and international companies. (Yoshizumi Sasaki)
Class 6	November 17 (Mon.) 13:30-15:10, Zoom He focuses on similarities and differences in business between Japan and overseas countries, as well as global talents, drawing from his long-term experiences as an engineer for local and international companies. (Yoshizumi Sasaki)	Description of the fourth assignment
Class 7	December 1 (Mon.) 13:45-15:25, Zoom She, a current TokyoTech career advisor, presents a comprehensive discussion on the differences between Japanese and international company culture based on long-term experiences in both jobs of product launch into global markets and HR at a Japanese manufacturer. This theme is deeply discussed, particularly by exploring the characteristics of the Japanese employment system and the job-hunting process. She discusses appropriate skills and attitudes to develop a borderless career path at a company or an organization in Japan. (Waka Fukuoka)

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.

Lecture materials will be uploaded to the LMS in advance.

Evaluation methods and criteria

Submission of reports.
When a student is absent from a class, his/her grade point may be reduced.

Related courses

Other career development courses.

Prerequisites

Although Japanese students can register for this course, they have to submit English reports. No Japanese report is accepted.

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

career_edu[at]cee.isct.ac.jp
(Indicate the name and aﬃliation)

Office hours

Weekday 9：00‒17：00

Other

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