Curriculum
Integrating mathematics and philosophy, the academic and the practical. We have designed a broad-based curriculum that goes beyond the bounds of the humanities and the sciences.
Lectures
designed to foster specialists well-versed in a variety of fields
VALDES offers students opportunities to explore various fields of knowledge from philosophy to mathematics, such as Art and Culture, Affective Cognitive Science, Multivariate Statistical Analysis, Systems Science on Symbiosis and Confrontation, and Foundation of Service Science.. Value and Decision Science is a compulsory subject where students learn value judgment and decision making - a feature of VALDES.
Extract from the 2013 syllabus.
- Theory and Technique of Social Consensus Building
- Social System Science
- Social Simulation
- Systems Science on Symbiosis and Confrontation
- Global Environmental Governance
- Global knowledge and skills for diverse and sustainable society
- Introduction to Value and Decision Science
- Corporate Management and Information
- Information Management Law
- Comparative Art Studies: Japan and China
- Workshop on Future Foresight
- Practical disaster solution
- Frontier of Value Co-creation
Special Program
Short-term practical seminars on individual themes
In addition to lectures, there are specialist seminars consisting of 4 sessions. These seminars are designed to supplement knowledge outside students' fields - science seminars for humanities majors, and humanities seminars for science majors. The science seminars include Analysis, Linear Mathematics, and Statistics, while the humanities seminars include Politics, Law, and Economics, and the IT seminars Programming and Internet Technology.
Discussion Program
A forum to exchange knowledge
The main aim of this compulsory subject is for all students to improve discussion skills - the key to successful dissemination of an acquired knowledge and expertise. Once every year, all students have a chance to make a presentation on their chosen research theme in front of the other postgraduate students. This requires the ability to explain your field of expertise to those from different fields and gain their understanding. Also, to learn various speech techniques, students take part in group debates and presentations, as well as discussions with other universities.
Forum
Learning from pioneers of knowledge
We hold a monthly open forum, offering the public a chance to explore and share knowledge. All participants get to provide input and exchange views, having professors and invited lecturers as guests.
Laboratory-based research activities
All postgraduate students will take seminar classes and conduct a research project under the individual guidance of an academic supervisor. In the case of a research theme encompassing several different fields, instructors will give appropriate advice to students beyond the walls of academic. This is one of the features of VALDES. Here we cross the disciplinary boundaries to integrate knowledge.
