This course is designed and delivered to cultivate the following abilities, attributes, and perspectives which are appropriate and required for those students who study at one of the top leading comprehensive universities of science and technology in Japan.
By the completion of this course, the students will have
1) the ability to recognize and explain the nature and broadening scope of certain fields and/or disciplines in science and engineering,
2) the ability to examine the ELSI (Ethical, Legal, and Social Implications/Influences) of those fields and/or disciplines and what role they should play in society and for society,
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.
This course is designed, developed, and offered jointly by the respective School and the Institute for Liberal Arts.
By the end of this course, students will be able to:
1) understand the effects of information system on society through the functions and activities of human mind such as thinking, memorizing, feeling, speaking and recognizing,
2) open up a new horizon for the future of science and technology from the viewpoint of uniting humans and information systems.
information system, brain, vision, auditory sense, language, image, emotion
✔ Specialist skills | Intercultural skills | Communication skills | ✔ Critical thinking skills | ✔ Practical and/or problem-solving skills |
As with all other courses in this category (400 Transdisciplinary Course), this course is offered in the "Active Learning" mode which requires students to take an active role in their own learning. Therefore, students are 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 | |
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Class 1 | Introduction of the course | Understand the overview of this course |
Class 2 | Learn topics on ergonomics and technology of electro-communications. | Explain technologies for uniting the human mind and information systems. |
Class 3 | Learn topics on ergonomics and technology of electro-communications. | Explain technologies for uniting the human mind and information systems. |
Class 4 | Learn topics on ergonomics and technology of electro-communications. | Explain technologies for uniting the human mind and information systems. |
Class 5 | Learn topics on ergonomics and technology of electro-communications. | Explain technologies for uniting the human mind and information systems. |
Class 6 | Learn topics on ergonomics and technology of electro-communications. | Explain technologies for uniting the human mind and information systems. |
Class 7 | Discuss through group work the relationship between humans and information systems. | Enhance social consciousness on the relevant issues |
Class 8 | Discuss through group work the relationship between humans and information systems. | Enhance social consciousness on the relevant issues |
No textbook is set.
Original course materials can be downloaded from Tokyo Tech OCW or Tokyo Tech OCW-i.
For the credits of this course, as with all other courses in this category (400 Transdisciplinary Course), students must submit an original paper which addresses "the nature and scope" of a given field/discipline and its "societal role." An important part of the assessment is based on the quality of the paper. The instructor will explain details of the requirements for the paper in the first class meeting.
No prerequisite.