February 09, 2023

【Call for Participants】SOKENDAI Freshman Course (First Semester 2023) (three-day camp and online)

SOKENDAI Freshman Course (First Semester 2023) consisting from the three-day camp and online classes will be held from Tuesday, April 4 to Friday, April 7, 2023.

The Freshman Course is an intensive course mainly for newly-enrolled students of SOKENDAI.
This course has two objectives; (1) To acquire basic knowledge and skills required for all researchers, and (2) To understand the SOKENDAI's broad range of intellectual fields, and create a network beyond your research field.
This course consists of three sections; "Exploring Diversity in Academia (EDA)," "Researchers and Society," and "Communication Skills for Researchers."

For the detailed information of each session, please refer to " SOKENDAI Freshman Course Website ."


1. Schedule and Venue:
Date: 　　from April 4 (tue.) to April 7 (fri.), 2023
Venue: 　 from April 4 (tue.) to April 6 (thu.), 2023, at SOKENDAI Hayama Campus
on April 7 (fri.), 2023, online classes
※In addition to the above classese, there will be on-demand lectures. For the detailed schedule, please refer to " Course Description for SOKENDAI Freshman Course (First Semester 2023) " as well as " SOKENDAI Freshman Course Website ."


2. Course Description:
Number of Credits: Two (2) credits
Evaluation/Grading: Contribution to the class and submitted assignments and reports
Language: Japanese*
*If you wish to take the course in English, please register in the course in October 2023, that will be offered in English.


3. Targets:
● 2023 Newly-Enrolled Students: Elective for all new students
● Currently-Enrolled Students (1st to 5th-year students): Required Subjects for those in Schools of Physical Sciences, Multidisciplinary Sciences (except three-year doctoral course students of Department of Statistical Science), Life Science, and Advanced Sciences


4. How to Register:
How to register: please register from the following site:
>>> https://forms.gle/d4aNVEkpgVuNz15t6
Registration deadline: Noon on Friday, March 10, 2023

【NOTE】 In addition to the basic information, items below will be required for the registration. Please prepare the following information before registering.
● An image that expresses yourself as a researcher :
To prepare the image that expresses yourself as a researcher, please check the instruction in "Course Description for SOKENDAI Freshman Course (First Semester 2023)" (Attachment 1) carefully.
● Your three research keywords


5. Contact Information:
Office for SOKENDAI Freshman Course
E-mail: freshman(a)ml.soken.ac.jp * Please replace (a) with @, when sending an e-mail.
Tel: +81-46-858-1583/1647