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2026 (Current Year) Faculty Courses School of Environment and Society Department of Social and Human Sciences Graduate major in Super Smart Society

Super Smart Society Off-Campus Project for Career Development 2

Academic unit or major
Graduate major in Super Smart Society
Instructor(s)
Academic Supervisor
Class Format
Experiment
Media-enhanced courses
-
Day of week/Period
(Classrooms)
Internship
Class
-
Course Code
SMT.B634
Number of credits
004
Course offered
2026
Offered quarter
1-2Q
Syllabus updated
Mar 13, 2026
Language
English

Syllabus

Course overview and goals

Conduct off-campus projects at companies or institutes of the Super Smart Society Promotion consortium, etc., to develop and/or expand their own (cyber or physical) specialty by incorporating the perspectives of different fields. Students should submit a plan in consultation with the host organization and carry out the project under the instruction of the academic supervisor and the Social Cooperation Committee. In the project plan, students draw their career plans and plan to acquire the skills necessary to realize them in the project. For the internship duration of 2 months or more, students get 4 credits.

Course description and aims

Through internships at companies or institutes, students will gain first-hand experience on the knowledge and skills required in the super-smart society, rethink the position and meaning of their research in society. In doing so, they design their career so that they will be able to contribute to solving problems in the real world in collaboration with others.

Keywords

internship

Competencies

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

Class flow

Not specified

Course schedule/Objectives

Course schedule Objectives
Class 1

Conduct off-campus projects as an intern at companies or institutes of the Super Smart Society Promotion consortium, etc. Students must choose a project that will develop and/or expand their own (cyber or physical) specialty by incorporating the perspectives of different fields, and work on the project.

Not specified

Study advice (preparation and review)

Textbook(s)

Not specified

Reference books, course materials, etc.

Not specified

Evaluation methods and criteria

Evaluated on the basis of the report on the internship activities

Related courses

  • None

Prerequisites

None

Other

- This course is offered in English, but the language used for the actual internship may be Japanese, depending on the host institute or company.
- Depending on the host institute or company, non-Japanese interns may not be accepted due to security or language reasons.