Numbering Code	G-ENE01 53104 GB28	Year/Term	2022 ・ Intensive, Second semester
Number of Credits	2	Course Type	experiment and seminar
Target Year	1st year master's students	Target Student
Language	Japanese and English	Day/Period	Intensive
Instructor name	(Graduate School of Energy Science) YAMAMOTO KOUHEI (Graduate School of Energy Science Assistant Professor)
Outline and Purpose of the Course	Under the supervision of professors, students develop the basic skills to undertake their master's thesis in energy science through literature reviews, experiments and exercises, and reports.
Course Goals	Along with learning a wide range of expertise and research ethics, they will undertake specific research that academically and effectively contributes to knowledge in the field of energy science, while acquiring basic skills to logically explain the research results.
Schedule and Contents	In each laboratory or research group, individual graduate students are guided in establishing a research theme, collecting, reviewing and critically examining previous research, understanding and evaluating research methods, conducting experiments and exercises, and learning how to report academic achievements. Furthermore, students will present a progress report on their master's thesis research at the Master's Students' First-Year Presentation.
Evaluation Methods and Policy	The supervisor will comprehensively evaluate the students' performance, assigning grades out of 100 points on the basis of the criteria below: 1. Fundamental ability to promote and advance high level research in the fields of energy and environmental problems. 2. Fundamental ability to explain research outcomes logically. 3. Ethics in academic research. 4. Ability to identify and propose original problems and themes. 5. Presentation and communication skills to appeal to researchers in the relevant areas of research and deepen mutual understanding. 6. Level of language skills needed to transmit research results to the world. 7. Other basic skills and knowledge as a student in the master's program.
Course Requirements	None
Study outside of Class (preparation and review)	Students should have high awareness of energy and environmental problems at all times and pursue their master's thesis research on their own initiative.
References, etc.	At the advice of your supervisor.