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Project Objective
Since its founding, Musashi University has had a tradition of focusing on education through small-group "seminars" where students are encouraged to research and think for themselves, and this "inter-faculty seminar project" is a further development of that tradition.
Students from different faculties form teams, share the expertise of their respective faculties, and are given problems that cannot be solved without collaboration. This helps them recognize the importance of "horizontal connections" and aims to improve self-management, teamwork, leadership, and lifelong learning abilities.
Students from different faculties form teams, share the expertise of their respective faculties, and are given problems that cannot be solved without collaboration. This helps them recognize the importance of "horizontal connections" and aims to improve self-management, teamwork, leadership, and lifelong learning abilities.
Forming a team across faculties to tackle a single issue
Mission 1
By having students from multiple faculties with different expertise and values work together toward a single project, they develop a type of teamwork, leadership, and self-management that they would not experience in a seminar within the same faculty.
Mission 2
Throughout the project, various evaluation tools will be used, activities will be recorded on social media (blogs), and career counseling will be provided before, during, and after the project. The aim is not just to solve problems, but to develop the ability to "accurately evaluate oneself," which will lead to lifelong learning.
Mission 3
Through the assignment of "proposals for social issues," participants will be able to look at social activities from the perspective of members of society from within a company and realize the significance and difficulty of fulfilling "social responsibility."
By having students from multiple faculties with different expertise and values work together toward a single project, they develop a type of teamwork, leadership, and self-management that they would not experience in a seminar within the same faculty.
Mission 2
Throughout the project, various evaluation tools will be used, activities will be recorded on social media (blogs), and career counseling will be provided before, during, and after the project. The aim is not just to solve problems, but to develop the ability to "accurately evaluate oneself," which will lead to lifelong learning.
Mission 3
Through the assignment of "proposals for social issues," participants will be able to look at social activities from the perspective of members of society from within a company and realize the significance and difficulty of fulfilling "social responsibility."
Musashi University 's Educational Philosophy and Interdisciplinary Seminar Project
Taking advantage of Musashi University 's educational philosophy and its location where all students from all four faculties - the Faculty of Faculty of Economics, Faculty of Humanities, Faculty of Faculty of Sociology, and School of Liberal Arts and Sciences study on the same campus, this project has created a system that allows students to learn about the strengths and different ways of thinking of other faculties without being bound by the boundaries of their own faculty, while also rediscovering the expertise of their own faculty.
Musashi University 's educational origins are based on The Three Founding Principles, and in accordance with the philosophy of "Liberal Arts and Sciences," the basic educational goal is to cultivate Comprehensive Knowledge, Specialized Knowledge, the ability to collaborate with others, and practical skills. By applying the knowledge learned at university and taking on assignments from companies and practicing a learning method called PBL*, students can experience firsthand how their own expertise can be useful to society and how it can be utilized.
The assignment is to make proposals for social issues. In the first half of the semester, each faculty will conduct an analysis that makes use of their unique characteristics, and report on their findings at an interim presentation. In the second half, students will form cross-faculty teams and, using the results of each faculty's survey in the first half, will collaborate to clarify the social role their assigned company has played and create a booklet proposing what kind of future should be created through the company. At the final presentation, a representative from the company will be invited to present the final results.
* PBL＝Project-based-learning
Musashi University 's educational origins are based on The Three Founding Principles, and in accordance with the philosophy of "Liberal Arts and Sciences," the basic educational goal is to cultivate Comprehensive Knowledge, Specialized Knowledge, the ability to collaborate with others, and practical skills. By applying the knowledge learned at university and taking on assignments from companies and practicing a learning method called PBL*, students can experience firsthand how their own expertise can be useful to society and how it can be utilized.
The assignment is to make proposals for social issues. In the first half of the semester, each faculty will conduct an analysis that makes use of their unique characteristics, and report on their findings at an interim presentation. In the second half, students will form cross-faculty teams and, using the results of each faculty's survey in the first half, will collaborate to clarify the social role their assigned company has played and create a booklet proposing what kind of future should be created through the company. At the final presentation, a representative from the company will be invited to present the final results.
* PBL＝Project-based-learning
The purpose of this project
By researching social issues and producing pamphlets, we aim for students to become aware of the role they themselves, as citizens, should play in building a sustainable society. In addition, by coming into contact with students from other faculties and their expertise, and working together to create something, students will learn about different ways of thinking and values, and acquire the "diverse perspectives" necessary for living in the real world. In addition, classes allow students to communicate with actual company personnel, providing an opportunity to gain a deeper understanding of the real world. In a time when the gap between university expertise and the real world is a problem, this project is designed to help students feel the expertise of the university while also serving as a "bridge" between the two, allowing them to apply it in society.
Benefits as a learning experience
This seminar was designed solely for the students' learning, and its career support aspect of providing a simulated experience of the real world is secondary. It is based on the following ideas:
In this seminar, you will be directly exposed to the "learning" of other faculties that you do not usually know much about, so mutual understanding is necessary. By learning about different fields, you can confirm the significance of your own "specialty" that you have not been strongly aware of until now. When dividing up the work, you will clearly be aware of what you can do and what you can leave to others and get help with. At Musashi University University, we want students to acquire a balanced combination of Comprehensive Knowledge, Specialized Knowledge, the ability to collaborate with others, and practical skills through a liberal arts and science education. Therefore, we do not want students to graduate with a vague sense of university "knowledge." Rather, we hope that students will confirm the significance of their own specialty and solidify their foothold with pride.
In this seminar, you will be directly exposed to the "learning" of other faculties that you do not usually know much about, so mutual understanding is necessary. By learning about different fields, you can confirm the significance of your own "specialty" that you have not been strongly aware of until now. When dividing up the work, you will clearly be aware of what you can do and what you can leave to others and get help with. At Musashi University University, we want students to acquire a balanced combination of Comprehensive Knowledge, Specialized Knowledge, the ability to collaborate with others, and practical skills through a liberal arts and science education. Therefore, we do not want students to graduate with a vague sense of university "knowledge." Rather, we hope that students will confirm the significance of their own specialty and solidify their foothold with pride.