Career Development I

Students set goals for their university life. These goals may be related to their learning, including the knowledge and skills they will need in society. To give students an opportunity to learn about different career options, this course will include lectures by guest speakers (corporate managers, practitioners, social entrepreneurs, and alumni) on their experiences and ideas. These lectures will also encourage students to consider the meaning of work and working, find career paths that suit them, and imagine (create) their own careers.

Career, work-life balance, communication, presentation, purposeful thinking, entrepreneurship, portfolio, problem-solving, logical thinking, community development, the public, Shinshu-oriented, region-oriented, regional revitalization, regional management, multicultural collaboration, career, work experience, group work, fieldwork

1) Orientation: Understanding the course
2) Your career as a university student: Learning a specialty, the researcher's way of life
3) Learning about different careers (1): Money and work
4) Understanding self-analysis and basic skills for members of society
5) Learning about different careers (2): Learning corporative perspectives
6) Work related to the community: Work styles of local government employees
7) Learning about different careers (3): Creating new value and jobs
8) Learning more about working: Internships and manners
9) Learning about different careers (4): Long-term career vision
10) Work that changes society: The future of food and energy
11) Students in action can move the local community: Trying out extracurricular activities
12) Work that shapes lives: The future of architecture and energy
13) Learning about different careers (5): Self-improvement and social and community contributions
14) The future of living: Urban development in light of regional issues
15) Conclusion: Communication skills, presentation of final assignment, course survey

Syllabus (Japanese site only)