Doctorial Recurrent Program of Super Smart Society

Academic unit or major

Graduate major in Super Smart Society

Instructor(s)

Academic Supervisor

Class Format

Experiment

Media-enhanced courses

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Day of week/Period
(Classrooms)

Seminar

Class

-

Course Code

SMT.R611

Number of credits

004

Course offered

2026

Offered quarter

1-2Q

Syllabus updated

Mar 10, 2026

Language

Japanese

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

Syllabus

Course overview and goals

This course is designed for students with work experience as a member of society to obtain credits by having the graduate major to which the student belongs certify that the students has already practically fulfilled the Graduate Attributes (GAs) required for master's program students based on their past and current work experience and achievements as a member of society.

The students are expected having job experiences more than 5 years (3 years for Master-degree holders) or equivalent to fulfill GAs.
The maximum credit by the series of the courses is up to 4.

Course description and aims

This course is designed for students with work experience as a member of society to obtain credits by having the graduate major to which the student belongs certify that the students has already practically fulfilled the Graduate Attributes (GAs) required for master's program students based on their past and current work experience and achievements as a member of society.
[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

work experience

Competencies

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

Class flow

The students shall agree in advance with their academic supervisors the documents and materials that objectively proves that they have already fulfilled the GAs based on their past and current work experience and achievements as members of society, as well as the number of credits to be earned. Then, the students, after completing the documents and materials, submits them to their graduate major via their acadmic supervisors. 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.

Once a course has been approved for credit and the number of credit(s), the students should register for an appropriate course in the most recent quota (Q) available for registration. If a student attempts 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)

None

Reference books, course materials, etc.

None

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. Subsequently, the graduate major shall submit the designated request form to IIDP.

This course will not give credit points, just passed or failed.

Related courses

• None

Prerequisites

The students are expected having job experiences more than 5 years (3 years for Master-degree holders) or equivalent to fulfill GAs.

Before registering a course, a student must get approval by his/her supervisor and graduate major.

Other

The corresponding GAs for this course is GA0D, GA1D.