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- Academic unit or major
- Tokyo Tech Academy for Leadership
- Instructor(s)
- Nakano Tamio Kiyama Lorinda Koizumi Yuto Nishida Ryosuke Maruyama Takeo Mitsubori Koichiro Matsuzaki Yuri Kamura Kenshu
- Class Format
- Exercise
- Media-enhanced courses
- Day/Period(Room No.)
- Fri3-4(Zoom)
- Group
- -
- Course number
- TAL.L442
- Credits
- 1
- Academic year
- 2020
- Offered quarter
- 4Q
- Syllabus updated
- 2020/9/18
- Lecture notes updated
- -
- Language used
- English
- Access Index
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Course description and aims
This course is designed and delivered to cultivate the following abilities, attributes, and perspectives which are appropriate and required for ToTAL students. Through collaborative inquiries and dialogues between instructors and participating students, the nature of liberal arts education and its role for citizenship and leadership is critically examined, and each student will gain the intellectual foundation to continuously pursue his/her liberal studies and develop his/her own guiding philosophy for professional career and personal life.
This course is designed, developed, and offered jointly by ToTAL and the Institute for Liberal Arts.
Student learning outcomes
By the successful completion of this course, the students will have
1) the attitude to continuously develop interests in a wide range of academic and intellectual areas other than one’s own discipline,
2) the ability to broaden their intellectual foundations in liberal art,
3) the attitude to seek the broad and transdisciplinary perspectives on science and engineering, and
4) the ability to develop an attitude to examine one's own field of study with a multi-dimensional framework.
Keywords
Liberal Arts, Broad Perspectives, Transdisciplinary attitude
Competencies that will be developed
| Specialist skills | ✔ Intercultural skills | ✔ Communication skills | Critical thinking skills | Practical and/or problem-solving skills |
Class flow
This course is offered by a number of ToTAL faculty members who also belong to the Institute of Liberal Arts. This course is operated with the "Active Learning" mode which requires students to take an active role in their own learning. Therefore, it is required to submit a summary report at the end of each session. (In case you are not able to attend a class, you should inform the instructor of your reason for absence in advance.) Class attendance is required and taken into account for grades.
Course schedule/Required learning
| Course schedule | Required learning | |
|---|---|---|
| Class 1 | Course Guidance, Group work by students, instructors, and facilitators | Assignments given by respective instructors |
| Class 2 | Liberal Arts Lecture 1: Lorinda Kiyama on Psychology Group and Class Discussion | Assignments to be announces in class |
| Class 3 | Liberal Arts Lecture 2: Yuto Koizumi on William Shakespeare and the Modern Society Group and Class Discussion | Assignments to be announces in class |
| Class 4 | Liberal Arts Lecture 3: Ryosuke Nishida on Sociology Group and Class Discussion | Assignments to be announces in class |
| Class 5 | Liberal Arts Lecture 4: Koichiro Mitsubori on French Literature Group and Class Discussion | Assignments to be announces in class |
| Class 6 | Liberal Arts Lecture 5: Takeo Maruyama on biomechanics Group and Class Discussion | Assignments to be announces in class |
| Class 7 | Liberal Arts Lecture 6: Tamio Nakano on facilitation and mindfulness Group and Class Discussion for the reflection of the whole class. | Reflection of the whole class Preparation for the final essay |
Textbook(s)
No textbook. Necessary materials are distributed in class
Reference books, course materials, etc.
To be announced in class
Assessment criteria and methods
1) Active class participation (including group discussion, assignments, responses, and others) 70%
2) Final essay 30%
Related courses
- TAL.L441 ： Mindfulness and Well-being
Prerequisites (i.e., required knowledge, skills, courses, etc.)
There are no specific prerequisites.
