This course provides an opportunity and framework for Global Engineering's doctoral students to propose and implement an actual transdisciplinary project. This will involve tackling a specific social issue together with actual stakeholders, based on the knowledge and skills the students have acquired through their master course level training.
Based on the skills and knowledge acquired from their master-level training at the Global Engineering course,and a global perspective, doctoral students can prepare a proposal and practice a trandisciplinary project to tackle various social issues with multiple stakeholders.
Transdisciplinary approach, implementation
Specialist skills | Intercultural skills | Communication skills | ✔ Critical thinking skills | ✔ Practical and/or problem-solving skills |
This course is based on student-led activities, in a transdisciplinary project, with close consultation with their advisers. Group work is also encouraged. There will be a final presentation to share the results of what has been achieved by them.
Those students who wish to take this course need to prepare a plan for their activities in advance and obtain the approval of their advisers
Course schedule | Required learning | |
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Class 1 | Those students who take this course will implement his/her transdisciplinary project based on the approved plan. During the project's progress, students should consult with their advisers or other appropriate faculty members. There will be interim presentations to the supervisor in each of the registered quarters, and student should make presentation at GEDES student workshop. The students are requested to share the outcome and lessons from the implementation of their transdisciplinary project. These presentations will be taken into the grade of the course. | TBC |
None. If necessary, handouts will be distributed.
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Based on the evaluation of the preparatory plan as well as the final presentation.
Approval by the academic adviser is required.
GEDES student workshop will be held in 2Q and 4Q in general. For further information, please visit the following link.
http://www.tse.ens.titech.ac.jp/ja/