Special Research Project I
| Numbering Code | G-GAIS00 67001 SB95 | Year/Term | 2022 ・ Year-round |
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| Number of Credits | 2 | Course Type | Seminar |
| Target Year | 3rd year students only | Target Student | |
| Language | Mainly in Japanese and English | Day/Period | |
| Instructor name | Related instructor (Graduate School of Advanced Integrated Studies in Human Survivability) | ||
| Outline and Purpose of the Course | In Special Research Project I, students enter the stage Shu (practicing) of Mon-Shi-Shu (hearing, thinking, practicing), which is the social implementation of knowledge in each discipline. This course aims to lead students to identify their own challneges concerning “human survivability studies”, as well as to make them acquire global leadership qualities through practices that provide solutions for the challenges, promoting research abilities in their chosen discipline on the basis of basic research skills and scholarship acquired through Special Research Seminar I and II, as well as acquainting them with the current challenges facing human beings, social systems, and global society through Hassi (eight disciplines). Within Hassi (eight disciplines classified into the medical and life sciences, information and environmental sciences, science and technology, humanities and philosophy, economics and management, law and politics, fine arts, and languages), students must acquire 28 credits: four credits each in seven disciplines, excluding the students’ chosen discipline. Students are evaluated through the promotion examination (the second Qalifying Examination, QE2) at the end of the academic year. | ||
| Course Goals |
To help students acquire 28 credits related to Hassi (eight disciplines). To equip students to write a 100-page dissertation draft. |
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| Schedule and Contents | Students continue their research for their Special Research theme. In addition, they negotiate with appropriate organizations in which they hope to conduct their fieldwork. This is based on close consultation with their mentor/teaching advisor, research advisor and commissioned advisor about their Fieldwork (fourth year) and Project-Based Research (fifth year). Students are expected to attain a score of 90 on the TOEFL-iBT test, brushing up their English toward Fieldwork. Aquisition of 28 credits in Hassi (eight disciplines) is a prerequisite to the 2nd Qualifying Examination (QE2). | ||
| Evaluation Methods and Policy | Students are assessed based on their presentation of their Fieldwork plan and Special Research progress. They are also evaluated from the view point of the anticipated results of their dissertation in two years through the second Qualifying Examination (detailed scrutiny by the thesis committee and evaluation through oral presentations) held at the end of the academic year. Apart from Hassi (eight disciplines), students are required to complete 44 units in Human Survivability Studies. | ||
| Course Requirements | None | ||
| Study outside of Class (preparation and review) | Preliminary study for their Fieldwork. | ||
