Doctoral Academic Presentation II D

Academic unit or major

Entrepreneurship courses

Instructor(s)

Hidekazu Tanaka / Hiro Munekata

Class Format

Lecture/Exercise

Media-enhanced courses

-

Day of week/Period
(Classrooms)

Class

D

Course Code

ENT.A642

Number of credits

0.50.50

Course offered

2026

Offered quarter

4Q

Syllabus updated

Mar 5, 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

Doctoral students are supposed to develop their own abilities to write clear scientific papers and to present their works at international conferences. For that reason, it is important to (1) absorb expressions from published papers that you consider the most important in your field and apply (not copy-and-paste) them in your manuscript, (2) develop your style to write statements that explain how figures in your manuscript should be understood, and (3) construct your oral presentation materials as logically simple as possible.
This course, which is given by emeritus professors, provides hands-on guidance on writing and presenting your scientific works. Concretely stated, each student is asked to (1) orally present his/her ongoing or planned research works and (2) write a one-page abstract that concisely describes concepts and/or findings of your works and submit it to the virtual international conference, International Conference for Young Researchers. In return, a lecturer gives suggestions on the abstract, which is followed by an opinion exchange during the class. On the basis of the opinion exchange, each student (3) expands a part of the abstract, aiming at preparing a full-paper manuscript or preparing oral presentation materials. Again, a lecturer promptly makes suggestions for submitted content. Classes will proceed in this fashion with two-way communications. If asked, a student orally explains a lecturer fundamental concepts which are stated in the submitted contents

Course description and aims

This course will make it possible for students to do the following items:
1) Understand both similarities and differences between Japanese papers and English papers.
2) Learn various tips and tricks for English paper writing and presentation.
3) Practice how to prepare better English PowerPoint slides.

Keywords

English paper writing skills, English paper presentation skills, Comprehension skills, Communication skills.

Competencies

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

Class flow

The course flow is based on the combination of lectures and experiences/exercises in writing and presentation. Please be careful of the following important information:
1) Tokyo Tech “LMS” will communicate between each instructor and students, including Zoom URL information, class materials, and student reports.
2) The maximum number of students who can register for this course is 10. When it is more than 10 students, the students will be selected from their TOEIC scores and JLPT levels.

Course schedule/Objectives

Study advice (preparation and review)

To enhance effective learning, students are encouraged to spend approximately 60 minutes preparing for class and another 60 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.

Students can download lecture materials from LMS.

Evaluation methods and criteria

Evaluation ma be made by the submitted reports.
When a student is absent in a class, his/her grade point may be reduced.

Related courses

• Doctoral Academic Presentation I, III, V
• Doctoral Academic Literacy

Prerequisites

1) International students can register for this class. However, they have the ability of a N1 level in the Japanese-Language Proficiency Test (JLPT).
2) Japanese students have the ability of higher than 700 points in TOEIC, or an equivalent one.
3) Doctoral students cannot register for this course within six months after doctoral program enrollment.

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

career_edu[at]cee.isct.ac.jp

Office hours

Send an email to the Center for Entrepreneurship Education, Career Development Education Unit (career_edu@cee.isct.ac.jp), and make an appointment in advance.
Weekdays 10 am to 4 pm

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