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2023　Master's Global Career Development Literacy C

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Academic unit or major
Career development courses
Instructor(s)
Tanaka Hidekazu  Gonzales Hazel Bantolino  Sasaki Yoshizumi  Kasai Naoko  Ogino Kumiko 
Class Format
Lecture    (Livestream)
Media-enhanced courses
Day/Period(Room No.)
Mon5-6()  
Group
C
Course number
LAC.M406
Credits
1
Academic year
2023
Offered quarter
3Q
Syllabus updated
2023/8/28
Lecture notes updated
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Language used
English
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Course description and aims

This English lecture course provides various career plans for international students who will work for academia and industry locally and internationally in the near future, considering an ongoing paradigm shift in scientific research under the changes in circumstances around scientists and engineers. This is regarded as a pre-course of the doctoral lecture entitled “Strategy for Balancing Career, Personality, and Life Style.” All the instructors have had long-term experiences in research and business internationally. Based on their experiences, they teach international career development and its necessity, as well as various skills.

Student learning outcomes

This lecture course presents general knowledge about methods and ways of thinking about future career plans and solving broad-range issues encountered in academia and industry locally and internationally. It also provides a comprehensive discussion on enhancing communication ability and human relations, rendering appropriate examples. This lecture course aims to enable the students to acquire general knowledge and various skills for developing international career plans.

Course taught by instructors with work experience

✔ Applicable How instructors' work experience benefits the course
All the instructors have had long-term experiences in research and business internationally. Based on their experiences, they teach international career development and its necessity, as well as various skills.

Keywords

Career Design strategy, International-career development, Communication and interpersonal skills, Environmental change, Paradigm shift in scientific research.

Competencies that will be developed

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

Class flow

This lecture course consists mainly of the following three pillars; attending lectures, joining open and group discussions, and submitting reports. Appropriate examples given by the individual instructors enable the students to acquire and develop technical skills and to enhance communication ability and human relations in a world of research or business. The instructors with different expertise share the seven lectures, each of which spends 100 minutes per lecture. The students are required to submit English reports and join open and group discussions.
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 October 2 (Mon.), 5-6 period, Zoom He gives an overview of the career paths of international graduate students, together with an evaluation of students’ achievement scores. (Hidekazu Tanaka) Get an overview of the career paths of international graduate students.
Class 2 October 16 (Mon.), 5-6 period, Zoom A Japanese lecturer with extensive experience in the financial industry, including experience at several foreign global investment banks, systematically explaining the position of finance in global business. The course examines what financial literacy is important for career development in a global environment. As part of this, the course also examines the role of finance in the SDGs area from a historical perspective and helps participants acquire basic concepts of ESG investment. (Naoko Kasai) Learn the position of finance in global business and financial literacy which is important for career development in a global environment.
Class 3 October 23 (Mon.), 5-6 period, Zoom She is one of the international professors at the Tokyo Institute of Technology who has stayed in Japan for many years. She presents a comprehensive discussion on both similarities and differences in culture, research, and education between Japanese society and international societies, through her eyes and experiences in Japan and outside of Japan. (Gonzales, Hazel Bantolino) Learn similarities and differences in culture, research, and education between Japanese society and international societies.
Class 4 November 7 (Mon.), 5-6 period, Zoom He focuses on similarities and differences in business between Japan and overseas countries and global talents based on his long-term experiences of having worked as an engineer for local and international companies. (Yoshizumi Sasaki) Learn similarities and differences in business between Japan and overseas countries and global talents.
Class 5 She is one of the international professors at the Tokyo Institute of Technology who has stayed in Japan for many years. She presents a comprehensive discussion on both similarities and differences in culture, research, and education between Japanese society and international societies, through her eyes and experiences in Japan and outside of Japan. (Gonzales, Hazel Bantolino) Learn similarities and differences in culture, research, and education between Japanese society and international societies.
Class 6 November 20 (Mon.), 15-6 period, Zoom He focuses on similarities and differences in business between Japan and overseas countries and global talents based on his long-term experiences of having worked as an engineer for local and international companies. (Yoshizumi Sasaki) Learn similarities and differences in business between Japan and overseas countries and global talents.
Class 7 November 27 (Mon.) 5-6 period, Zoom She, a current Tokyo Tech career advisor, presents a comprehensive discussion on differences between Japanese and international company culture based on long-term experiences in Asian, African, and Middle-Eastern countries in the field of international development. This theme is deeply discussed in particular by exploring the characteristics of the Japanese employment system and the job-hunting process. She discusses appropriate skills and attitudes to develop a borderless career path at a company or an organization in Japan. (Kumiko OGINO) Learn appropriate skills and attitudes to develop a borderless career path at a company or an organization in Japan.

Textbook(s)

None

Reference books, course materials, etc.

None.

Assessment criteria and methods

Submission of reports.
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.)

Although Japanese students can register for this course, they have to submit English reports. No Japanese report is accepted.

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