2023 Doctoral Academic Literacy D

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Academic unit or major
Career development courses
Instructor(s)
Tanaka Hidekazu  Ricinschi Dan  Gonzales Hazel Bantolino  Uyematsu Tomohiko  Yasuoka Koichi  Koizumi Amane  Kobayashi Yoshikazu 
Class Format
Lecture    (Livestream)
Media-enhanced courses
Day/Period(Room No.)
Intensive ()  
Group
D
Course number
LAC.A621
Credits
1
Academic year
2023
Offered quarter
4Q
Syllabus updated
2023/8/28
Lecture notes updated
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Language used
Japanese
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Course description and aims

This course aims to learn a broad range of research methodologies for front-line researchers, including budget acquisition, English paper writing, grant application, and research ethics. This course targets mainly D1 and D2 students. It allows the students to hold in advance the researchers' literacy required for students who will get academic positions.

Student learning outcomes

To acquire a paper writing capability for transmitting academic achievements to society.
To acquire a broad range of literacy in research project planning and management to deepen your academic field and budget acquisition.

Keywords

Researcher's attainments, Research grant acquisition, English paper writing, Research grant proposal, Research ethics

Competencies that will be developed

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

Class flow

1) International students need the ability of the Japanese language to understand the lecture contents.
2) According to the application situation of each student to the JSPS Research Fellowship for Young Scientists (DC2), the third and fourth classes are slightly different in the four quarters as follows:
1Q: for the students who will apply for their DC2 proposal to the JSPS by the middle of May.
2Q: for the students who have not yet applied for it.
3Q: for the students who have already applied for it.
4Q: for the students who have not yet applied for it.
3) This course may limit the total number of students each quarter. At that time, faculty members will make selections, taking into account the student's specialty. Students who are not selected should register for another quarter.
4) All the students will receive the information on Zoom URLs, can download instructors' lecture materials, and can upload their reports through T2SCHOLA.

Course schedule/Required learning

  Course schedule Required learning
Class 1 December 7 (Thu.), 3-4 period, Zoom ・Explanation of how to proceed with this lecture and evaluation method. (Tanaka, Hidekazu) ・Doctoral courses, research expenses, doctoral talents. [Japanese offered]:(Yasuoka, Koichi) Overview of doctoral programs, research expenses, and doctoral talent.
Class 2 December 14 (Thu.), 5-6 period, Zoom ・English paper writing literacy, including simulated paper writing, exercise, and technical writing.[English offered]:(Gonzales, Hazel Bantolino) Understand the basics of writing English papers.
Class 3 December 20 (Wed.), 5-8 period, Zoom ・Grant application literacy 1.[Japanese offered]:(Koizumi, Amane and Yoshikazu Kobayashi) Understand the basics of writing grant application forms.
Class 4 January 10 (Wed.), 5-6 period, Self-study ・Grant application literacy 2. ・Evaluation of application forms and their improvement intended for completeness.[Japanese offered]:(Koizumi, Amane and Yoshikazu Kobayashi)
Class 5 January 15 (Mon.), 5-6 period, Zoom ・Peer-reviewed paper exercise.[English offered]: (Richinschi, Dan) Understand the peer-review process for scientific papers.
Class 6 January 25 (Thu.), 3-4 period, Zoom ・Research Ethics.[Japanese offered]:(Uyematsu, Tomohiko) Understand the basics of research ethics.

Textbook(s)

None.

Reference books, course materials, etc.

None.

Assessment criteria and methods

Reports submission.
When a student is absent from a class, his/her grade point may be reduced.

Related courses

  • other career development courses

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

1) Doctoral students, who have already taken the Pre ALP Practice course with one credit as master students, cannot register for this course.
2) Generally, a doctoral student, who has belonged to his/her doctoral course for less than six months, cannot register for it.

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

iidpinfo[at]jim.titech.ac.jp
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Office hours

Weekday 9:00-17:00

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