Science Tokyo Academic Affairs News (October 2024 issue)

This newsletter is posted on the Science Tokyo website and on Slack around the first week of every month, providing updated information on academic affairs useful for all current Science Tokyo students.

1.【Science and Engineering】Course registration period・timetables
<Undergraduate school>
・Course registration period ; Oct.1(Tue)9:00～Oct.17(Thu)13:00
https://www.titech.ac.jp/student/pdf/life-undergraduatetimetables-2023f-03.pdf
<Grtaduate school>
・Course registration period ; Oct.1(Tue)9:00～Oct.17(Thu)13:00
・The timetables of the graduate school will not be distributed as a booklet.
You can refer it on HP.
http://www.titech.ac.jp/english/enrolled/life/graduate_timetables.html
・For the details of graduate school course registration,please refer HP.
https://www.titech.ac.jp/english/student/pdf/life-graduatetimetables-2024f-01a-e.pdf

2.【Science and Engineering】2024 Fall Semester
・Oct.23(Wed), Nov.2(Sat)～5(Tue)：No lecture
・The academic calender are shown on HP.
https://www.titech.ac.jp/english/student/students/life/schedules

3.Fall Entrance Ceremony 2024
Fall Entrance Ceremony 2024 will take place as follows:
Date and Time　Wednesday, October 23, 2024 11:00-
Venue　70th Anniversary Auditorium, Ookayama Campus
https://students.isct.ac.jp/en/news/wxz8fnwhn652

4.【Science and Engineering】 Disaster Drill: Wednesday, November 6, 2024
A broadcast will be delivered on 12:25 signifying the commencement of the disaster drill.
Students (including research students) who are on campus at the time of the broadcast are required to participate in the drill.
Students who are then attending class are requested to follow the instructions of the faculty staff and fill in a safety confirmation sheet and insert it into the box located at the evacuation area.
The drill activities, however, will be held on a smaller scale at the wooden deck area of Ookayama campus.

(1) ToTAL/Open Programs:

Academy for Leadership (ToTAL) is offering more than 20 kinds of workshops annually for fostering and developing leadership and entrepreneurship mindset and skills. Regardless of whether you are in ToTAL or not, or whether you are an undergraduate or a graduate student, any student can apply to participate in these workshops.
In addition, graduate students can register for ToTAL's courses that consist of a combination of those workshops to acquire credits and GAs.
●Details and application: https://www.total.titech.ac.jp/en/news/openprogram/

■Call for participants!!

【An orientation about ToTAL courses and their contents (workshops) which all students (graduates and undergraduates) may take whether you are in the ToTAL program or not (“ToTAL/OPEN Programs”)】
●Date and time etc.:
[In Japanese] October 18, 2024 (Friday) 17:00-18:00 @Room S6-309B Ookayama Campus & online
[In English] October 18, 2024 (Friday) 18:00-19:00 @Room S6-309B Ookayama Campus & online
*The contents are the same as the orientations held on Oct. 4 and Oct. 7.
●Outline: Schedule and outline of the contents (workshops) of ToTAL/OPEN Programs to be offered in 3Q and 4Q, AY 2024, and how to join each workshop will be explained during the orientation. ToTAL/OPEN Programs are workshops and classes that all students may take whether you are in the ToTAL program or not. If you are interested, please register to attend an orientation from the website below.
●Details and registration: https://www.total.titech.ac.jp/en/news/openprogram/

【Project management basics - with Active Book Dialogue (series of 3 classes)】
(an event of Science Tokyo SPRING (for Science and Engineering fields))
●Date and time:
[Day 1] October 16, 2024 (Wednesday) 17:00-20:00
[Day 2] October 30, 2024 (Wednesday) 17:00-20:00
[Day 3] November 13, 2024 (Wednesday) 17:00-20:00
＊Participants are welcome to attend one day out of the above dates.
●Venue: Room J3-309B, Suzukakedai Campus
●Language: Japanese
●Facilitator: K. Hasebe・S. Yagi・N. Kagawa/Copilot Inc.,
●Outline: Do you have any of the following problems when conducting research?
　・You are always in doubt about the future of your research
　・Research is not progressing as expected, and you cannot come up with concrete ideas for improvement
　・You are working as a team, but you feel that your team is not working well together
This class is designed to provide basic knowledge of “project management”, an essential skill for promoting work including research activities.
●Details and application: https://www.total.titech.ac.jp/en/open_20241016/

【Debate Club】
(an event of Science Tokyo SPRING (for Science and Engineering fields))
●Date and time:
＜English Class＞ All classes to be held from 18:00 to 20:00.
[Day 1] October 23, 2024（Wednesday）
[Day 2] November 6, 2024（Wednesday）
[Day 3] November 20, 2024（Wednesday）
[Day 4] December 18, 2024（Wednesday）
[Day 5] January 22, 2024（Wednesday）
●Venue: Room S6-309A, Ookayama Campus & Room J3-309B, Suzukakedai Campus
＜Japanese Class*＞All classes to be held from 18:00 to 20:00.
*Tentative - depending on the participants application number
[Day 1] October 30, 2024（Wednesday）
[Day 2] November 13, 2024（Wednesday）
[Day 3] December 11, 2024（Wednesday）
[Day 4] January 15, 2024（Wednesday）
[Day 5] January 29, 2024（Wednesday）
●Venue: Room S6-309A, Ookayama Campus
●Outline: In this class, you will be able to:
・Learn how to prepare a structured defense as a team
・Learn how to attack an idea without attacking the person
・Practice improvisational skills in arguments
・Practice public speaking to an audience
●Details will be posted on Academy for Leadership website.

【Book dialogue for leadership】
(an event of Science Tokyo SPRING (for Science and Engineering fields))
＜Japanese Class＞
●Date and time etc.: All classes to be held from 18:00-20:30
[Day 1] October 24, 2024（Thursday）＠Room S6-305, Ookayama Campus (in-person only)
[Day 2] December 20, 2024（Friday）＠Room J3-309B, Suzukakedai Campus (in-person only)
＜English Class＞
●Date and time etc.: All classes to be held from 18:00-20:30
[Day 1] December 6, 2024（Friday） ＠Room J3-309B, Suzukakedai Campus and online (Zoom)
[Day 2] January 27, 2024（Monday） ＠Room S6-305, Ookayama Campus and online (Zoom)
＊Participants are welcome to attend one day out of the above dates.
●Outline: Students will read books on leadership development or insights on future society following a unique book club style called "Active book Dialogue". In these classes, students grasp main idea of the book quickly and discuss ideas with other students intensively. It can be a language training for students who would like to improve Japanese/English skills.
●Details will be posted on Academy for Leadership website.

【4-panel comic making workshop - storytelling with a “Beginning, Development, Turn, and Conclusion” structure】
(an event of Science Tokyo SPRING (for Science and Engineering fields))
●Date and time etc.: November 10, 2024（Sunday）13:00-17:00 ＠Room S4-202, Ookayama Campus
●Facilitator: M. Iwasawa/Comic Artist
●Outline: Through practical training of the creation of a 4-panel comic, participants will learn the important points in creating an appealing story structure using “Beginning, Development, Turn, and Conclusion” (A Chinese story structuring technique). It is designed to help participants visually express logic, and can be useful when they create presentations materials. And this class will be conducted in a group with students from Yokohama Specialized Training School of Arts.
●Details and application: https://www.total.titech.ac.jp/en/open_20241110/

(2) 【Science and Engineering】Looking for interesting courses to take?
ToTAL offers ALL students (including non-ToTAL students) various kinds of courses which enhance your abilities, and those curricula must be worthwhile to experience. Join us if you are interested!

The following are some of the courses to be offered in 3Q at ToTAL.

■TAL.W401-03　Introduction to Leadership C
-Language: English
-Class day/period: Thursday, Periods 7-8
-Venue: M-112, Ookayama campus
-Course description: Introduction to Leadership envisions the classroom as a community in which all members can develop their knowledge and skills via engagement with issues and interaction with each other. By the end of the course, students will have critically explored some of the most common theories of leadership, reflected on their concepts and experiences, and begun to articulate what leadership means for them. Students will also learn to develop intercultural competence and effective communication skills throughout the course. This course will be recognized as an Entrepreneurship Course.

■TAL.S406 Introduction to Work Rules I produced by JTUC-RENGO
-Language: Japanese
-Class day/period: Tuesday, Periods 7-8
-Venue: M-156, Ookayama Campus & J2-303 Suzukakedai Campus *
*This course will be given simultaneously on two campuses via a remote lecture system.
-Course description: Every one of us is required to understand the work rules to protect ourselves and our working environment. In this class, in collaboration with The Japanese Trade Union Confederation ("JTUC-RENGO"), students will study the basic work rules prescribed by the Constitution and laws in Japan. This course will be recognized as an Entrepreneurship Course and corresponds to GA0M.

■TAL.C503-02 Multicultural Business Leadership F
*For International students: Please take "Japanese culture 3: Multicultural collaboration" of Japanese Language and Culture Courses.
-Language: Japanese
-Class day/period: Friday, Periods 3-4
-Venue: W9-322, Ookayama campus
-Course description: In this class, we will examine multicultural work situations in which Japanese and former international student employees work together. We will examine what conflicts they face and how they try to resolve them, and how they feel their own significance in the workplace. Japanese and international students will engage in discussions, imagining that they will be in a position to work and live in a multicultural environment in the future, and they will consider issues of multicultural communication and interpersonal relationships together.

(Reference) Entire course syllabi of ToTAL: https://www.total.titech.ac.jp/en/aboutus/curriculum
*Note: ToTAL students take precedence when the seats are being allocated. For more information and latest information, please check our website, Graduate Course Timetables and OCW.

【Contact】
Academy for Leadership Office
e-mail:total.jim@total.titech.ac.jp

【November 6, 2024 (Wed.)】Information Session for WISE-SSS Admissions & SSS Matching Workshop

Academy of Super Smart Society (WISE-SSS) offers a degree program that integrates master’s and doctoral courses.
The program aims to cultivate “knowledge professionals” who can integrate physical space technologies with cyberspace technologies as well as advanced sciences and technologies, such as quantum science and artificial intelligence.
At the admissions information session, we will explain the program outline, registration requirements, financial support for enrolled students and more.
We will also explain how to join the SSS Matching Workshop.
(Participation in this workshop is one of the requirements for registration to WISE-SSS.)
If you are interested in this program, please feel free to join us.

Date:
November 6, 2024 (Wed.)
17:15 - 18:00 (in English)
18:00 - 18:45 (in Japanese)

Participants:
Science Tokyo Students (mainly of Science and Engineering)
* Students of Medicine and Dentistry may also join this session.

Registration:
Please kindly register via Zoom Webinar Form below:
https://zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_qt6DLxZ-S4C8WVClBUiKIA

Contact:
WISE-SSS Office (Academy of Super Smart Society)
Email: wise-sss@jim.titech.ac.jp

Main contents to be explained:
Education Program outline
Curriculum
Financial support for enrolled students
SSS Interdisciplinary Matching Workshop
Internship

■On-demand Courses of SSS Innovation:
Outside lecturers will provide on-demand classes on cutting-edge initiatives anytime, anywhere on your schedule.

[SSS.S403] A3: Frontiers in Smart Agriculture, Starts 10/3, 7 Sessions
https://online.wise-sss.titech.ac.jp/en/sss-class-a3/
Instructors: Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries, National Agriculture and Food Research Organization, Vegetalia, inc., Kubota Corporation

[SSS.S406] A6: Smart Ocean, Starts 12/11, 7 Sessions
https://online.wise-sss.titech.ac.jp/en/sss-class-a6/
Instructors: Japan Agency for Marine-Earth Science and Technology, Ocean Policy Research Institute of the Sasakawa Peace Foundation, Tokyo University of Marine Science and Technology, Koden Electronics Co., Ltd, ORNIS Corporation, Panasonic System Networks R&D Lab.Co.,

★★★WISE program for Super Smart Society★★★
The program's objective is to help students develop competencies and skills they will need to become "knowledge professionals" ("super PhDs") integrating physical space technologies with cyberspace technologies as well as combining advanced sciences and technologies, such as quantum science and artificial intelligence.
https://www.wise-sss.titech.ac.jp/en

Contact: Office of Academy of Super Smart Society
E-mail： wise-sss@jim.titech.ac.jp


【Super Smart Society Promotion Consortium/ Academy of Super Smart Society, Science Tokyo 】 https://www.sss.e.titech.ac.jp/en/
★★★SSS Matching Workshop★★★
We will match the social needs given by SSS consortium members with the seeds of Science Tokyo Students! Participation in the matching workshop is one of the requirements for enrollment into the WISE program for SSS.
◎Date: Thursday, December 5, 2024
Needs＆Seeds Round /in-person / Tokyo Tech Front Ookayama Campus Science Tokyo
The application form will be announced on the website of SSS consortium in mid-October:
https://www.sss.e.titech.ac.jp/event/sss-matching-workshop-20241205/
◎Contact information: Super Smart Society Promotion Consortium Secretariat
E-mail: sss-secretariat@sss.e.titech.ac.jp

[1] [Call for participants] Design Thinking for Beginners Workshop (Series of 3 classes)
This workshop is designed to provide participants with a basic understanding and experience of "Design Thinking", a user-centered innovation creation concept, adopted by not only many Silicon Valley startups but also by large Japanese companies. We are calling for approximately 35 students for this workshop. (Undergraduates will be given priority.) If you take this program, it will be considered as part of the points required for credit when you register for the Entrepreneur course of "ENT.V201 Group Work for Value Creation A" in the next academic year (AY2025).

●Date & Time:
[Day 1] Thursday, November 21, 2024 17:15-18:55
[Day 2] Thursday, December 5, 2024 17:15-18:55
[Day 3] Monday, December 16, 2024 17:15-18:55
●Venue: S4-202 lecture room, South Building 4, Ookayama Campus
●Lecturer: Y. Iimori, CEO, Digital Surf Co., Ltd.
●Details: https://www.total.titech.ac.jp/en/open_20241121/
●Registration: https://forms.gle/SCro1hT3FUG8ZZoM9

[2]【Science and Engineering】Looking for interesting courses to take?

The following is one of the courses offered in 3Q at Leadership and Innovation Section. Join the class if you are interested!

■ENT.V601-02　Doctoral Introduction to Entrepreneurship 1 E
-Language: English
-Class day/period and venue: Thursday, Periods 3-4
-Classroom: W5-104 lecture room, Ookayama Campus
-Course description: This course focuses on entrepreneurship in its broadest sense, including startups, and examines the social frameworks that constitute entrepreneurship from an interdisciplinary perspective. The aim of this course is to deepen students’ interdisciplinary understanding of the social sciences (economics, political science, geopolitics, marketing, management, etc.) as complex systems that form and sustain entrepreneurship. Through this, students will gain a deeper understanding of the importance of entrepreneurship and the frameworks of complex social systems.

[Science & Engineering]
[1] Call for participation! 2025 Spring Short-term Study Abroad Programs (Application Deadline 10/28, 9:00 am )
UK： February 25 (Tue) to March 8 (Sat), 2025
https://www.titech.ac.jp/students/abroad/programs/shortterm-uk (Japanese)
Georgia Institute of Technology Leadership Program : March 4 (Tue) to 14 (Fri), 2025
https://www.titech.ac.jp/english/students/abroad/programs/shortterm-gt (English)
Singapore & Malaysia: March 4 (Tue) to 16 (Sun), 2025
https://www.titech.ac.jp/students/abroad/programs/shortterm-sinma (Japanese)
Vietnum: March 6 (Thu) to 18 (Tue), 2025
https://www.titech.ac.jp/students/abroad/programs/shortterm-vie (Japanese)
※Participants must attend the pre-study sessions (Pre-study sessions will be given in Japanese in the UK, Singapore & Malaysia, and Vietnam Programs and in English in the Georgia Tech Leadership Program.)

[2] Intensive Course: “Effective Teamwork in Global Companies”　ENT.L456（LAW.X429）☆For-credit for the Global Education Option in the Entrepreneurship Education
This course is organized by Tokyo Tech Alumni who works at Google Japan. The goal of this course is to develop mindset and skillset for students to work in multi-cultural global environment. The course includes, but not limited to, lectures, self-evaluation practices, trainings, case studies.
Date：2/13 (Thu)、14(Fri )、17(Mon)、18 (Tue)　
Time：10:45-12:25 + 13:45-15:25　
Details：http://www.ghrd.titech.ac.jp/en/2024/10/e-teamwork/
Language: English

[3]”Online Global Practice 2025 Spring ”ENT.G131(LAW.X156*) /ENT.G331 (LAW.X362）
Call for registration!
This course features interactive sessions with alumni from diverse career paths and offers opportunities to engage with students from universities in the U.S., Sweden, Thailand, and Sri Lanka.
Date: 9 days from 2/12 (Wed) to 2/28 (Fri), 2025 (2 to 4 hours each day)
Detail : http://www.ghrd.titech.ac.jp/2024/09/onlineglobal_2025sp/ (Japanese)
Language: Japanese (Talk Sessions) and English (Student interaction Sessions)
Syllabus: https://www.ocw.titech.ac.jp/index.php?module=General&action=T0300&GakubuCD=7&KamokuCD=110610&KougiCD=202436289&Nendo=2024&vid=03&lang=EN