Dean’s Notice
Re: Anti-Coronavirus Measures in the Fall Semester
September 18, 2020
This notice shall be valid from October 2 until another notice is given.

Educational Activities(1) Lecture Courses
・ In principle, lecture courses are conducted face-to-face, except for “Japan’s Development
Experience,” which is offered online.
・Lecture courses are also offered online through “Zoom,” “Teams,” or another platform as well as
face-to-face because some students will not be able to come to the lecture rooms.
・Students are free to choose between face-to-face and online when participating in the classes.
・Instructors are fully aware of some students participating in the lecture online.
・Online participants will be secured some time to ask questions.
・Students joining the course in the classroom must wear a mask.
・Be seated every other person. Do not take a seat with a notice “Do Not Use.” Make sure that there
are no people seated in front, back, left, or right.
・Every seat has its identification number or symbol. Students must put in the record the numberof the taken seat, the course title or number, and the date and time. The record is vital to know if
you have had close contact with an infected person of the novel coronavirus.
・Keep some windows (two or more) and doors open to ventilate.
(2) Seminars
・Seminars will be offered in the same way as lecture courses.

Entrance into the GSID building(1) Entrance to GSID
・It will be open from October 2. Do not come to GSID when your temperature is 37.5 degrees
Celsius or higher. A thermometer will be supplied to every student with a manual on how to use it.
・Avoid Three Cs (Closed spaces, Crowded places, and Close-contact settings) within the GSID
building.
・Wear a mask.
(2) Use of the Study Rooms
・Students can use their Study Room in GSID.
・Open at least two windows a little. If possible, the door is also to be open.

・In the Large Study Rooms, you are not allowed to occupy a desk with a notice “Do Not Use.”
・Keep quiet in the Study Rooms.
・Students are not allowed to take part in the online lectures or seminars in the Study Rooms.
・Go to a vacant seminar room as a WiFi spot, when you want to get supervision online.
・Students must put in the record when you come to and go out of the study room. The record isvital to know if you have had close contact with an infected person of the novel coronavirus.
(3) Supervision
・Supervision will be given face-to-face or online at the discretion of the academic supervisor
considering the student’s needs.
(4) WiFi Access Points
・Students who want to get academic advice by way of online should make access to the Internet ina vacant seminar room.
(5) Satellite Laboratory
・M2, D3 students, and other students who have special needs will be allowed to use a PC in theSatellite Laboratory during the period when an “IT supporter” is on duty. The time to open theSatellite Laboratory is announced from the GSID IT Committee.
(6) Student Lounge on the 2nd Floor
・Please refrain from chats and discussions in the Student Lounge. Do not stay there for longer than
30 minutes.
(7) Room 205
・A microwave oven is available in Room 205.
(8) Where to Take Meals
・Take meals outdoors or in the Study Room.
(9) Student Activities Other Than Research and Education
・Refrain from student activities other than research and education in the GSID building.

Doctoral Degree Examination and Presentation
・D1, D2, and D3 presentation and the oral defense by doctoral students will be conducted either
way online or in person at the discretion of the academic supervisor considering the student’s needs.