Curriculum
Comprehensive Coursework
Comprehensive coursework is designed to help students build a sound knowledge base that bridges multiple areas of expertise. The coursework consists of one compulsory course and courses from the following three core areas: Advanced Science and Technology; Global Society and Public Policy; and Issue Solving.
Compulsory course
Social Design and Global Leadership
Goal:
- Learning methods in finding social issues to solve for social design as a future global leader
Learning Process:
- One group debate, following one lecture
- Intensive discussions about cases with multi-disciplinary students
Used Cases:
- International economy and finance
- Energy security
- Global public health
- Space collaboration
Cross Cutting Issues:
- Global governance
- Business and Leadership
Outputs:
- Collaborated and fine presentations via intensive discussions for finding social issues
- Skilled communication for making presentations among multi-disciplinary students
Global Society and Public Policy Core (75 courses)
- Category I: Introductory courses on the social sciences for students from the natural sciences and others
- Category II: Advanced courses for students who have completed Category I courses and/or students with equivalent knowledge
A sample course title is given below. For more course titles, see the list of courses in Global Society and Public Policy.
Sample Course Title for Global Society and Public Policy in AY2014
Introduction to Social Science (in English)
Advanced Science and Technology Core (63 courses)
- Category I: Introductory courses on the natural sciences for students from the social sciences and others
- Category II: Advanced courses for students who have completed Category I courses and/or students with equivalent knowledge
A sample course title is given below. For more course titles, see the list of courses in Advanced Science and Technology.
Sample Course Title for Advanced Science and Technology in AY2013
Advanced Study of Science and Technology (in English)
Issue Solving Core (15 courses)
- Category I: Basic courses, incl. group work
- Category II: Global perspective courses
- Category III: Advanced courses (project-based learning)
- Category IV: Others
A sample course title is given below. For more information, seethe list of courses in Issue Solving.
Sample Course Title for Issue Solving in AY2013
Comprehensive Coursework: Issue Solving: Project-Based Learning (Government Issues)
