TOKYO INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY

Course description and aims

This course is designed for students with work experience as a member of society to acquire the Graduate Attributes (GAs) that master's degree students are required to fulfill. The course certifies that the student has already acquired the Graduate Attributes (GA) that master's degree students are required to fulfill, based on the student's experience and achievements (including those at past employers) in the business world, etc., to obtain credits and GA (GA0M and GA1M).
In view of the content of the GA, in principle, the course must be taken by those who have at least two years of work experience in a company or other organization. However, this does not apply to those with less than two years of work experience, if they are deemed to already have experience and achievements that meet the GA requirements.
The maximum number of credits that can be earned through the Master's Recurrent Training Program is 2 credits in total. One one-credit course (Master's Recurrent Training 1) and one two-credit course (Master's Recurrent Training 2) are set as 1Q-2Q: A and 3Q-4Q: B, respectively.
The total number of credits earned through "Master's Recurrent Training" (including "Master's Recurrent Education Development Training") cannot exceed 2.

Student learning outcomes

Students with work experience in the workforce can earn credits by having the course, etc. certify that they have already acquired the GAs that master’s program students must meet based on their previous and current work experience and performance in the workforce.
GA0M : To be able to draw one's own career design clearly and recognize the abilities necessary to realize it, including the relationship with society and ethics.
GA1M : Acquire the knowledge, skills, and ethics necessary to realize one's own career design and contribute to problem solving in collaboration with others.

Keywords

Career design, social relations, ethics, working with others, problem solving

Competencies that will be developed

Class flow

The student's experience and achievements (including those at past employers) in previous work activities as a working adult (including those that have continued to the present). The student shall confirm in advance with his/her academic supervisor the policy on the preparation of documents objectively proving that the student has already fulfilled GA0M and GA1M and the number of credits to be earned through the experience and achievements of the student. Examples of experiences and achievements that may be considered for credit in this course are as follows.
Business and other practical experience within a company
Activities related to standardization (*)
History of events that can be shown externally
Presentations at academic conferences (*)
Academic Society Activities, International Conference Organizing Committee Member, etc.
Authorship of Journals and Articles (*)
Reviews ・ Commentary articles, etc. (*)
Patent applications filed (*)
(*) The course must not be duplicated with the "Research" course (it must be an independent activity from the master's research).

Based on the confirmation with the academic supervisor, students are required to prepare documents and submit them to the graduate major via the academic supervisor. In addition to their experience and achievements, students should explain in detail how they have acquired each of the GA0M and GA1M items in their experience and achievements.
The materials prepared shall be submitted to the graduate major via the student's academic supervisor. The graduate major will certify the credits earned and the number of credits to be earned through this course based on the materials submitted by the student.
When a student is approved for credit and the number of credits earned in the course, the student shall report the graduate major in the most recent Q in which the student can report the graduate major. The graduate major will then report grades based on such accreditation.

Students who wish to enroll in this course should do so as early as possible to allow enough time to complete the course.

Course schedule/Required learning

Textbook(s)

None

Reference books, course materials, etc.

None

Assessment criteria and methods

The graduate major will approve the credits earned and the number of credits to be earned through this graduate major based on whether or not it is objectively recognized that the student has already mastered the specific items of GA0M and GA1M based on the data submitted by the student regarding his/her experience and achievements as a member of society.
This graduate major will not be graded on a point scale, but rather on a pass/fail basis.

Related courses

• None

Prerequisites (i.e., required knowledge, skills, courses, etc.)

Master's program students with work experience as a member of society
Students who wish to take this course must register for the graduate major after the course has been approved and credit can be granted.

Other

The corresponding GAs for this subject are GA0M and GA1M.