The College of Policy and Planning Sciences (CPPS)
Study Planning Guide AY2024

Table of Contents

Message on the Publication of the CPPS Study Planning Guide AY2024 ······················ 2
Goals of Education and Characteristics of Education Planning at CPPS ······················

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College of Policy and Planning Sciences Competence List ··········································· 6College of Policy and Planning Sciences Curriculum Map ············································ 7Timetable······················································

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Three majors
Social and Economic Sciences······················································ 15Management Science and Engineering······················································ 19

Urban and Regional Planning······················································ 23

Schedules
Graduation Thesis Schedule in AY2024 [for 4th-year Students] ······························· 32
The Process of Determining Graduation Thesis Topics andSupervisors in AY2025 [for 3rd-year Students] ··················································· 33
Major Assignment Schedule in AY2024 [for 2nd-Students] ····································· 34
Supplement to the CPPS Curriculum······················································ 35

Q&A about Courses/Advancement······················································ 37

Curriculum for the Qualification to Take KENCHIKUSHI License Examinations ············· 39

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Message on the Publication of the CPPS Study Planning Guide AY2024

The CPPS Study Planning Guide is a reference material for students to systematically take courses
at the College of Policy and Planning Sciences toward major assignment and the graduation thesis.
Therefore, it provides information related to areas and available courses, in addition to major
assignment and the graduation thesis. For the details of each course, please also refer to the latest
KdB information and the “Course Catalog for Undergraduate Student”.
We expect that it will help you have a fruitful time at this college.

April 2024
SATO-ILIC Mika
Chair, College of Policy and Planning Sciences,
University of Tsukuba
MURAKAMI Akinobu
Chairperson of the Curriculum Committee,
College of Policy and Planning Sciences2

Goals of Education and Characteristics of Education Planning at CPPS
1) Educational purpose
To develop global human resources with the extensive knowledge needed to realize asustainable society and specialties from the basics to applications of science and technology,
flexible thinking, competencies for intellectual creation and problem identification/-solving, broad
perspectives, rich humanity, and collaboration skills to work in teams, in order to contribute to theinternational society.

2) Educational purposes and desired students(Educational purposes)
We develop human resources with a thinking ability integrating arts and sciences and skills ofanalyzing and utilizing data, needed for engineering, practical, and strategic analyses of various
social problems, where human behaviors are intricately intertwined, and the skills to design systems
for comprehensive problem-solving.
(Desired students)
Acquiring the interdisciplinary thinking needed to recognize and manage a wide variety of social
problems that occur in society/economy, companies/management, and cities/regions; and desiring
to contribute to the international society.

3) Diploma Policy
We confer a bachelor’s degree (of policy and planning sciences) to students, who have acquired
the knowledge and skills (general competences) specified based on the goals of education inundergraduate courses at the University of Tsukuba, and have achieved the following goals,
meeting the purposes of human resource development at the College of Policy and Planning
Sciences, School of Science and Engineering.
• Having a basic understanding and insight into social systems, such as economy, enterprises, andcities, and being able to propose specific policies to reduce uncertainty in the social environment
based on evidence.
• Being able to use one’s knowledge of mathematics (calculus/linear algebra), statistics (dataanalysis), and information technology (programming) as a tool to solve various problems facing
complex societies.
• Being able to identify the essences of global problems in modern society.
• Being able to flexibly fulfill social demands from multiple perspectives, such as economics,
management science and engineering, and urban and regional planning.
• Being able to comply with professional ethics as an expert/engineer in the field of economics,
management science and engineering, or urban and regional planning.
• Having objective and persuasive communication skills.
• Having skills for basic communication using English.
• Being able to act cooperatively as a member whenever team collaboration is required.
• Being able to explore issues autonomously, and learn independently and continuously.

4) Curriculum Policy
As a program to obtain academic achievements related to the bachelor’s degree (in policy andplanning sciences), we plan education and implement these plans based on the following policies.
(General policy)
The complex and diverse problems facing modern society are no longer manageable forindividual areas of traditional scholarship on their own. With a view to addressing such a situation,3

we organize 3 majors, Social and Economic Sciences, Management Science and Engineering, andUrban and Regional Planning, and help students acquire both specialized and interdisciplinary skills.
We place an emphasis on the scientific and empirical aspects of policy- or project-related
decision-making processes for the national government, local governments, corporate
organizations, and communities as a goal. Therefore, at this college, students decide on a major toacquire more specialized knowledge and skills not at the time of enrolment, but during the fallsemester of the second year after taking various courses from the first year to the spring semester ofthe second year. It is also possible for them to choose a minor, in addition to these majors.
(Course sequence policy)• Until the spring semester of the second year, students mainly take basic courses (foundations)required for advanced learning (major subjects) at this college, including those serving as
introductory to the 3 majors.
• From the fall semester of the second year, they belong to one of the 3 majors, and take major
subjects. To show the structure of each specialized field in an easy-to-understand manner, we
divide major subjects in each major into groups of courses called “areas”, and encourage
students to acquire interdisciplinary skills. This program also allows students with excellent
academic performance to graduate in their third year.
• After advancing to the fourth year, students conduct research for their graduation thesis
throughout the year. They select supervisors from researchers in various specialized fields, suchas engineering, economics, management, statistics, psychology, and sociology, to conduct
theoretical and practical studies.
(Implementation policy)
To help students autonomously learn theories and practices, seminars are held in all areas ofeach major. Thoroughly practicing presentation and discussion skills through these seminars, they
can also acquire the skills needed to develop engineering, practical, and strategical solutions tovarious problems that occur in society.
(Policy for evaluation of learning outcomes)
We have also defined criteria for the acquisition of the 9 skills listed in the Degree Conferral
Policy, and show skill acquisition goals in the syllabus for each course. With regard to the evaluationof skill acquisition, we measure the achievement level based on the credit acquisition status in thesecourses. We decide whether or not to confer a degree comprehensively based on the results ofgraduation thesis evaluation and the status of acquiring credits required for graduation.
(Characteristics)
We provide opportunities for real-world problem-solving activities in cooperation with national andlocal governments, private companies, and local communities. In addition, for each major, we havedeveloped specialized exercises to help students develop their skills in analyzing and utilizing data.

5) Guaranteeing and improving the quality of education• We present course descriptions, course goals, and schedules/course plans in the CPPS Syllabi,
while objectively assessing academic performance to guarantee the achievement of sufficientlevels of specialty and interdisciplinarity by the time of graduation.
• We also evaluate all lectures and seminars, and share the results with students, in addition to all
faculty, requiring the submission of improvement plans by the faculty in charge oflectures/seminars scored 40 or less (full score: 100). Furthermore, as a measure for faculty
development, we also hold a meeting to exchange opinions with students during each term, andimprove the contents and methodologies of lectures/seminars.
• When several faculties are in charge of the same course, we minimize variations in assessment
4results among these faculty by adjusting the level of difficulty/progress of learning among theirclasses and adopting common questions for examinations.

Structure of curriculum

1st-year

4th-yearFoundation Subjects

Major Subjects
Major in Social and Economic Sciences- Mathematics Literacy 1/2- Seminar in Policy and Planning- Linear Algebra 1/2/3

Sciences

Econometric Analysis System Area (lectures & seminar)- Calculus 1/2/3- Policy and Planning Sciences in

Public System area (lectures & seminar)- Statistics

EnglishStrategic Behavior System Area (lectures & seminar)- Graduation Thesis- Introduction to Economic Theory

Major in Management Science and Engineering- Introduction to Quantitative

Management Area (lectures & seminar)

Economics

Information Technology Area (lectures & seminar)- Accounting and Management

Mathematical Engineering Area (lectures & seminar)- Optimization in Practice- Graduation Thesis- Introduction to Urban and Regional

Major in Urban and Regional Planning

Planning

Common Courses for URP (lectures & seminar)
Environment and Community Development Area (lectures &- Urban Analytics

seminars)- Introduction to Programming A/B

Urban Structure/Social Infrastructure Area (lectures & seminar)
Regional Science Area (lectures & seminar)- Graduation Thesis

General Foundation subjects(common/related subjects)

Fig.1 Curriculum structure at CPPS

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College of Policy and Planning Sciences Competence List
＜Bachelor of Policy and Planning Sciences＞
Generic Competences (Bachelor Program)No.

Knowledge and abilities

1 Communication ability

Content
Communication ability to use the mother tongue and foreign
languages properly and make presentations, etc. using various
media

Ability for critical and creative
thinking

Ability to think critically and creatively based on systematic
understanding of general and specialized knowledge

3 Data and information literacy

Ability to properly analyze and process various events andinformation using quantitative methods, computers, etc.

2

Broad perspective andinternational character

Ability to broadly understand culture, society, nature, andmaterials and understand and respect different cultures and be
not only involved in one’s own expertise

Mental and physical health,5
humanity and ethics

Ability to maintain mental and physical health through theunderstanding, practice, etc. of arts and sports and be consciousof one’s responsibility and put it into practice as a citizen withhumanity and ethics

4

6

Cooperative, independent andautonomous attitudes

Ability to keep learning and act autonomously while dealing witha situation through team work and leadership and practicing
self-management

Specific CompetencesNo.
1

Knowledge and abilities
Basic understanding and insight
into social systems

Content
Basic understanding and insight into social systems

Mathematics, statistics, and2 information technology for solving
complex social problems

Knowledge of mathematics, statistics, and information
technology as a tool to solve various problems facing complex
societies

3 Ability to analyze global issues

Ability to identify the essences of global problems in modern
society

4 Ability to fulfill social demands

Ability to flexibly fulfill social demands from multiple perspectives

5 Communication skills

Objectively persuasive communication skills

6 Problem-solving skills

Ability to explore issues autonomously, and learn independently
and continuously

6Problem-solving skills○

6

Communication skills○

5

Ability to fulfill social demands○

Specific Competences
3
4
Ability to analyze global issues

Mathematics, statistics, andinformation technology forsolving complex social problems○

2

Basic understanding and insight
into social systems○

1

Cooperative, independent, andautonomous attitudes

Broad perspective andinternational character

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6

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1.0
3.0
4.0

2nd Foreign Language

0.0

Information Literacy

4.0Japanese Language

0.0
0.0
6.0

20.0

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3.0

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Introduction to Programming B

3.0

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Introduction to Economic Theory
Introduction to Quantitative
Economics
Accounting and Management

1.0

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1.0

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1.0

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Optimization in PracticeIntroduction to Urban and Regional
Planning
Urban Analytics

1.0

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1.0

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1.0

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Mathematics Literacy 1

1.0○

Mathematics Literacy 2

1.0○

Linear Algebra 1

1.0○

Linear Algebra 2

1.0○

Linear Algebra 3

1.0○

Calculus 1

1.0○

Calculus 2

1.0○

Calculus 3

1.0

Statistics

2.0

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27.0
Seminar in Social and Economic
Planning:Quantitative Systems
Econometrics

2.0

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2.0

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Macro-econometrics
Money, Financial System andEconomyFinancial Risk Management

2.0

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2.0

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2.0

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Time Series Analysis

2.0

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2.0

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Japanese Economy
Public System Area Seminar in Social and Economic
Planning:Public System Area
Macroeconomics

Strategic Behavior
System Area

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2.0

5

2.0

1st Foreign Language(English)

Subtotal

Area

3.0

Credits

Physical Education

Art
Specific Foundation Subjects that are offered by other
Subjects
Schools and Colleges as specified
Extracurricular
activities
Subtotal
Seminar in Policy and PlanningFoundation
Sciences
Subjects
Policy and Planning Sciences infor Major
EnglishIntroduction to Programming A

Major Econometric
Subjects Analysis System

Data and information literacy

Multidisciplinary Subjects(inc.
General Common
Freshmen Seminar and Invitation toFoundation Foundation Subjects Multidisciplinary Subjects(exc.
Subjects
Freshmen Seminar and Invitation toGeneric Competences
3
4

Ability for critical and creative
thinking

Course Name

2

Communication ability

Course Category1

Mental and physical health,humanity, and ethics

Curriculum Map of the College of Policy and Planning Sciences <Bachelor of Policy and Planning

2.0

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2.0

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International Finance

2.0

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Public Economics

2.0

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Public Finance

2.0

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Network Science
Seminar in Social and Economic
Planning:Strategy and Behavior
Microeconomics

2.0

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Game Theory

2.0

Decision Theory

2.0

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Evolutionary Game Theory

2.0○

Behavioral Economics

2.0

Empirical Microeconomics
common courses for Special Lectures on SocioEconomic Systems I (Introduction to
SES
International Trade
Industrial Organization

2.0

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2.0

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2.0

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1.0

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2.0

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2.0

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7

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Ability to analyze global issues

Ability to fulfill social demands

Communication skills

Problem-solving skills

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2.0

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2.0

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Management
Production and Quality
Management
Seminar on Information Technology

2.0

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2.0

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Computer Science

2.0

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Simulation

2.0

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Information Networks

2.0

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○

Data Analysis

2.0

○

○

Machine Learning for Management
Seminar on MathematicalEngineering
Mathematical Optimization

2.0

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2.0

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Applied Probability

2.0

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Discrete Mathematics

2.0

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2.0

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Credits

Seminar on Management Science
Industrial and Organizational
Psychology
Marketing

2.0

Finance

2.0

2.0

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2.0

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6.0

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2.0

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Design of Urban SpaceLandscape and Environmental
Planning
New Wave of Urban Planning

2.0

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2.0

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2.0

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Urban Multicultural Planning

2.0

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Urban
Seminar in Urban Masterplan
Structure/Social
Infrastructure Area Urban Land Use Planning

6.0

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Evaluation of Urban Environment

2.0○

Urban Disaster Management

2.0○

Transportation Planning
Seminar in Urban and Regional
Economics
Urban Economics
Regional Management and Public
Administration
Policy and Public Works Evaluation

2.0○

Urban and Regional Analysis
Theory and Practice ofEnvironmental Policy
common courses for Internship on Urban and Regional
Planning
URP
Seminar in Information
Systems:Urban and Regional
Principles of Urban Planning

2.0

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History of Urban Planning
Independent Study : Related laws
and regulations on building
Independent Study : Building
EconomyBuilding Construction

2.0

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1.0

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1.0

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○

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○

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1.0

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History of Urban Planning Thought

2.0

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○

Practice for Facility Design
Seminar in Urban and Regional
Planning
Empirical Studies on Urban
Regional Planning
Fundamental Drawing
Practice for Architecture and Urban
Design I
Graduation Thesis in Policy andCommon for CPPS
Planning Sciences A
Graduation Thesis in Policy andPlanning Sciences B
Special Graduation Thesis in Policy
and Planning Sciences
Independent Study A

2.0

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4.0

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3.0

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Independent Study B

Total

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2.0

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2.0

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2.0

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3.0

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2.0

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2.0

2.0

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3.0

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1.0

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2.0

Subtotal

6○

Course Name

Mathematical Statistics
common courses for Workshop on Finding Problems and
MSE
Solutions
Seminar in Living Environment
Environment and
DesignCommunity
Development Area Planning of Housing and Habitat

Regional ScienceArea

5

Basic understanding and insight
into social systems

Specific Competences
3
4

Cooperative, independent, andautonomous attitudes

2

Mental and physical health,humanity, and ethics

1

Broad perspective andinternational character

6

Data and information literacy

5

Ability for critical and creative
thinking

MathematicalEngineering Area

Generic Competences
3
4

Communication ability

Information
Technology Area2

2.0

Course Category

Management Area

1

Mathematics, statistics, andinformation technology forsolving complex social problems

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215.0

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Standard Class Schedule in AY2024: General Foundation/Foundation Subjects (1st-year)
Spring Term (1st-year)
MondaymoduleA

Tuesday
moduleB

C

A

B

Wednesday
moduleC

A

ThursdaymoduleB

C

Foreign Language(1st-year)

12
3

English (1st-year)4

Foreign Language(1st-year)

B

C

Mathematics
Literacy 1

6Mathematics
Literacy 2

B

First Year
SeminarLinearAlgebra 1

Mathematics
Literacy 1

Introduction toInvitation to
Urban and
Arts andRegional
Sciences
PlanningCPE(1st-year)

Introduction
to Economic
Theory5

A

Information Information
Literacy
Literacy(Exercises) (Lectures)

English(1st-year)

Calculus 1

A

FridaymoduleAccounting
andManagement

Fall Term (1st-year)
MondaymoduleA

Tuesday
module

B

C

B

C

A

ThursdaymoduleB

C

Foreign Language(1st-year)

1
LinearAlgebra 3

2
3

English(1st-year)4

Foreign Language(1st-year)

5A

Wednesday
moduleEnglish(1st-year)
Optimizationin PracticeUrban
Analytics

Linear Algebra 2

6

9

LinearAlgebra 3
Calculus 3

A

B

FridaymoduleC

B

CPE(1st-year)

Data Science

IntroductiontoQuantitative
Economics

Introduction to
Programming A

A

Calculus 2

Introduction to
Programming B

Statistics

Calculus 3

Standard Class Schedule in AY2024: General Foundation/Foundation Subjects (2nd-year)
Spring Term (2nd-year)
MondaymoduleA
1
2

B

Tuesday
moduleC

A

B

Wednesday
moduleC

A

B

ThursdaymoduleC

A

B

FridaymoduleCABCHistory of
Urban Planning(URP)

Principles ofUrban Planning(URP)PE(2nd-year)3

Foreign Language(2nd-year)

4

English (2nd-year)

5

Seminar in Policy andPlanning Sciences

6

Fall Term (2nd-year)
MondaymoduleA

B

Tuesday
moduleC

A

B

Wednesday
moduleC

A

B

ThursdaymoduleC

A

B

Fridaymodule
C

A

B

1
2
3
4
5

Seminar in Urban andRegional Planning(URP)

Seminar in Information
Systems:Urban andRegional Planning

Fundamental
Drawing(URP)PE(2nd-year)

(URP)

6
Note: It is available to substitute the Seminar of SEP for the Workshop on Information Systems: Social and Economic Planning which has been closed since 2019.

10

Policy and Planning
Sciences in English

CStandard Class Schedule in AY2024: Major Subjects (2nd-4th-year; Major in Social and Economic Sciences)
Spring Term (2nd-4th-year)
MondaymoduleA

B

Tuesday
moduleC

1

A

B

Wednesday
moduleC

Seminar in SEP:
Strategy and Behavior
Area

2
PE
(3rd-year)

3

A

B

ThursdaymoduleC

A

B

FridaymoduleC

ATime Series Analysis

6

Evolutionary Game
TheoryC

Seminar in SEP:
Quantitative Systems
Analysis Area

Econometrics

Behavioral
Economics

International Finance

4
5

B

Microeconomics

Fall Term (2nd-4th-year)
MondaymoduleA

B

Tuesday
moduleC

A

B

Wednesday
moduleC

A

B

ThursdaymoduleC

A

B

FridaymoduleC

A

B

1Network Science

Macroeconomics

Game Theory

Macro-econometrics

2
3

PE(3rd-year)

4
5
6

Money, Financial System
and Economy

Industrial Organization

Financial Risk
Management

Industrial Organization/
Seminar in SEP: PSA

Empirical
Microeconomics

Seminar in SEP:
Public System Area

Intensive class: "Japanese Economy", "Public Economics", "Public Finance", "Special Lectures on Socio-Economic Systems I" and "III".
*: "Decision Theory","Public Economics", "Industrial Organization" and "Decision Theory and Special Lectures on Socio-Economic Systems II"are not opend in AY2024.

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CStandard Class Schedule in AY2024: Major Subjects (2nd-4th-year; Major in Management Science and Engineering)
Spring Term (2nd-4th-year)
MondaymoduleA

B

Tuesday
moduleC

A

B

Wednesday
moduleC

A

B

FridaymoduleThursdaymodule
C

A

B

C

A

B

C

1
Finance2PE(3rd-year)

3

Production
and Quality
Management

Mathematical
Optimization

4
5

Discrete Mathematics

Seminar on MathematicalEngineering

Information Networks
6

Production
and Quality
Management

Mathematical
Optimization

Applied Probability

Fall Term (2nd-4th-year)
MondaymoduleA

B

Tuesday
moduleC

A

B

Wednesday
moduleC

A

B

ThursdaymoduleC

A

B

Fridaymodule
C

A

B

C

1
Data Analysis

Mathematical Statistics2
3

PE (3rd-year)
Management

Simulation

4
5
6

Seminar on Information
Technology

Seminar on Management
Science

Machine Learningfor Management

Computer Science

Intensive class: "Industrial and Organizational Psychology" and "Marketing"

12

Workshop on Finding
Problems and Solutions

Standard Class Schedule in AY2024: Major Subjects (2nd-4th-year; Major in Urban and Regional Planning)
Spring Term (2nd-4th-year)
MondaymoduleA
1

B

Tuesday
moduleC

Principles of Urban
Planning

B

Policy and Public Works
Evaluation

2
3

A

Wednesday
moduleC
History of
Urban
Planning
Thought

A

B

ThursdaymoduleC

Evaluation of Urban
Environment

4

A

B

C

History of
Urban
Planning
Thought
Practice forArchitectureand Urban
Design I

Seminar in Living
Environment Planning(Seminar in Living
Environment Design)

New Wave of Urban
Planning

Seminar in Urban and Regional
Economics

6

C

Planning of Housing and
HabitatTransportation Planning

Urban Land Use Planning

B

History of Urban Planning

PE (3rd-year)

5A

FridaymoduleFall Term (2nd-4th-year)
MondaymoduleA
1
2
3

B

Landscape andEnvironmental Planning

PE (3rd-year)

4

Tuesday
moduleC

A

B

Urban Multicultural
Planning

Wednesday
moduleC

A

B

Regional Management
and Public Administration

Theory and Practice ofEnvironmental Policy

ThursdaymoduleC

A

B

Urban Economics

FridaymoduleCABCDesign of Urban SpaceUrban and Regional
Analysis
Seminar in Urban Masterplan

56Practice for Facility
Design(Practice for Architectureand Urban Design II)

Urban Disaster
Management

Empirical Studies on
Urban Regional Planning

Intensive class: Related laws and regulations on building, Building Economy, Building Construction, Internship on Urban and Regional Planning

13

Fixed Class Schedule for Collage of Policy and Planning Sciences in AY2024
MondayDay
PeriodSpr.-A

Spr-.B

Spr.-C

Tuesday

Fall-A

Fall-B

Fall-C

Spr.-A

Spr-.B

Spr.-C

Fall-A

Wednesday
Fall-B

Fall-C

Spr.-A

Spr-.B

Spr.-C

Foreign Language(1st-year)

1st

Fall-A

Thursday
Fall-B

Fall-C

Foreign Language(1st-year)

Spr.-A

Spr-.B

Spr.-C

Informaiton Literacy

The Ideal
and TheReal of
Education

Subject Teaching
Methods

Informaiton Literacy

Fall-A

FridayFall-B

Fall-C

Data Science

Developmentof Child andYouthSubject
Teaching
Methods

Subject Teaching
Methods

Subject
Teaching
Methods

The Ideal
and TheReal of
Education

Data Science

Developmentof Child andYouthSpr.-A

Spr-.B

Spr.-C

Fall-A

Fall-BPE

PEFirst Year Seminar

Teaching Profession
II

Fall-C

2nd

1

Practice of
EducationalCounseling

3rd

Subject Teaching
Methods

Subject
Teaching
Methods

Subject Teaching
Methods

Subject
Teaching
Methods

4th
English (1st-year)

1st
2nd

2

Museology I

English (1st-year)

SpecialActivities

Museology II
Practice of
EducationalCounseling

3rd

Subject Teaching
Methods

Subject
Teaching
Methods

Subject Teaching
Methods

Subject
Teaching
Methods

Subject Teaching
Methods

PE

Teaching
Profession II

Moral Education

Subject
Teaching
Methods

Subject Teaching
Methods

Subject
Teaching
Methods

Moral Education

SpecialActivities

4th
1st

English (1st-year)

2nd

Museology III

Introduction
to History of
Education

English (1st-year)

Psychology
of Learning

Museology II

PE

3
3rd

PE

PE

Foreign Language(1st-year)

Foreign Language(1st-year)

Foreign Language(2nd-year)

Foreign Language(2nd-year)

4th
1st

Introduction
to History of
Education

Introduction to School
Management

Psychology
of Learning

Introduction to
Philosophy BII

Teaching
Profession II

2nd

4

English(2nd-year)

English(2nd-year)

3rd
4th
Invitaiotn
toArts andSciences

1stSpecialActivities

2nd

5
3rd

Career GuidanceFoundation of
EducationalCounselingFoundation of EducationalCounseling/
Career Guidance

Career Guidance

Introduction to
Philosophy CI

SpecialActivities
Foundation of EducationalCounseling/
Career GuidanceCurriculum and the
Course of Study

Subject Teaching
Methods

Museum Exhibition I

Conservation
for Museums I

Conservation forMuseums II

Publicity andinformation
science forMuseology

Conservation

Fundamentals ofMuseum Education

Publicity andinformation
science forMuseology

Subject Teaching
Methods

4th
1st

Teaching Profession I

Education Law and
System

2nd

Moral Education I

Moral Education II

6
3rdFoundation of
EducationalCounseling

Invitaiotn
toArts andSciences

SpecialActivities

Curriculum and the
Course of Study

Museum Exhibition II for Museums I
Special Needs Education/
Foundation of EducationalCounselingFoundation of
EducationalCounseling

Subject Teaching Methods/
Teaching Methods andTechniques

Curriculum and the
Course of Study

4th* "Constitutional Law": intensive class for 2nd-year students

14

Subject Teaching
Methods

Special Needs
Education

Major in Social and Economic Sciences
This major defines social economics as systems, and it helps students understand the structures ofsocio-economic systems and conditions for these to smoothly function using economic andengineering approaches, find socio-economic problems, and learn appropriate policies forproblem-solving.
For this purpose, it consists of the following 3 areas:[Econometric Analysis System Area]
Students explore solutions to socio-economic problems, adopting quantitative approaches.
They discuss financial issues by analyzing data mainly using econometric techniques.
[Public System Area]
Students discuss appropriate socio-economic systems in contemporary economics. They learn
about the political role of the public sector in addressing market failures and income inequality.
[Strategic Behavior System Area]
Students learn about the most important elements of a socio-economic system: human decisionmaking and strategic behaviors, as a basis for policy assessment/ formulation to solve socioeconomic problems.
1st-year

2nd-yearIntroduction to
Programming A/B

3rd-year

4th-year
Graduation Thesis A
Graduation Thesis B

Seminar in PPS
PPS in English

Econometric Analysis System Area

Mathematics Literacy 1
Mathematics Literacy 2

Seminar in SEP: Quantitative Systems Analysis Area

Linear Algebra 1
Linear Algebra 2
Linear Algebra 3

Econometrics
Macro-econometrics
Money, Financial System and Economy

Calculus 1
Calculus 2
Calculus 3

Statistics
Introduction to Economic Theory
Introduction to Quantitative Economics
Accounting and Management
Optimization in PracticeIntroduction to Urban and Regional Planning
Urban Analytics

Financial Risk Management
Time Series Analysis
Japanese Economy

Public System Area
Seminar in SEP: Public System Area
International FinancePublic Economics
Public Finance

Macroeconomics
Network Science

Strategic Behavior System Area
Seminar in SEP: Strategy and Behavior Area

Game Theory
Behavioral Economics
First Year Seminar
Decision Theory
Microeconomics
Invitation to Arts andEvolutionary Game Theory
Empirical Microeconomics
Sciences
Foreign Language (English)
Subjects in other majors
Information
General Foundation subjects (common/related subjects)

15

Econometric Analysis System Area
The Econometric Analysis System area helps students explore solutions to various problems insocio-economics, adopting quantitative approaches. Knowledge of mathematics is indispensable forall of the courses listed below, as they are based on data analysis. It is also desirable for students tohave learned basic economics as a basis for logically grasping real society, and performing effective
analysis. We particularly recommend that students in this area take [Econometrics] as a core course.
Course name
Seminar in SEP:
Quantitative
Systems Analysis
Area
Econometrics

Course description
In this course, students will learn the theory of statisticalanalysis and measurement techniques used in empiricalresearch through data analysis.

This course will give lectures on the theory of regression
analysis that is the basis of econometrics, presupposing
knowledge of statistics (statistical estimation/
hypothesis-testing) and calculus (partial differentiation).
Macro-econometrics This course will explain the econometric methods needed for
economic time-series data analysis. It will also give someexamples of application to macroeconomics and financial
analysis, as necessary.
Money, Financial
In this course, students will discuss the roles of finance andSystem andmonetary policies in the economy by theoretically andEconomyempirically analyzing financial systems using analyticalmethods called micro-/macroeconomics.
Financial Risk
In this course, students will learn corporate finance.
Management
Specifically, they will systematically discuss the connections
among corporate financing, investment decisions, investor
returns, and corporate governance.
Time SeriesThis course will provide an overview of various time-series
Analysisanalytical methods used for empirical analysis. Students will
also learn specific application methods through data analysis
using statistical software.
Japanese Economy In this course, students will deepen their understanding of thecurrent state and challenges of the Japanese economy using
various economic indicators.

16

Target year
2–4

2–4

2–4

2–4

2–4

2–4

2–4

Public System Area
Externalities, imperfect competition, and public goods supply may lead to market failures in theeconomy. Market mechanisms do not result in fair income distribution generally. In the Public Systemarea, students will discuss the role of the public sector in correcting these market failures and income
inequality from socio-economic perspectives, and comprehensively learn through multiple lectures andseminars. It is particularly recommended that students in this area take [Macroeconomics] and [Public
Economics] as core courses.
Course name
Seminar in SEP:
Public System Area

International
FinancePublic Economics

Public Finance

Macroeconomics

Network Science

Course description
Target year
In this course, students will learn methods often used for
2–4
empirical research in the field of public economics. They will
analyze socio-economic phenomena using actual data andcomputers.
In this course, students will first learn national economic
2–4
calculation and balance of payments accounting as basic
knowledge indispensable for understanding international
finance, and then about the relationship between foreignexchange and financial markets, which is key to analysis.
They will also deepen their understanding of the determinantsof short/long-term exchange rates and the mechanism ofinteraction between international finance and fiscal/monetary
policy.
Appropriate interventions by government are essential to deal
2–4
with malfunction of market such as environmental problems,
undersupply and differential of public goods and existence of
inequality. Students will learn main topics of public economics
which consider what kind of intervention should be operated,on both sides of theory and actual proof.
This course will give lectures on the basic themes of “finance”,
2–4
such as fiscal systems, government expenditure, taxation,budget deficit and government debt, social security, and fiscal
policy, from both theoretical and institutional perspectives.
In this course, students will observe how the gross domestic
2–4
product, interest rate, and growth rate are determined in theeconomy of a country. They will also discuss how fiscal andmonetary policies implemented by the government and central
banks influence economic activities.
In this lecture, students will learn network science, which deals
2–4
mathematically with "relationships" that exist everywhere, fromsocial to natural phenomena. The lecture will include practical
exercises using Python with concrete examples.

17

Strategic Behavior System Area
Human beings are the constituent member of society, and “human decision-making/strategic
behaviors” are the basis of all social sciences. In the Strategic Behavior System area, students learn
the theory of human decision-making/strategic behaviors from various angles. They also experience
human strategic behaviors in socio-economics using computers during seminars. It is particularly
recommended that students in this area take [Microeconomics] and [Game Theory] as core courses.
Course name
Seminar in SEP:
Strategy and
Behavior Area
Game Theory

Decision Theory

Evolutionary Game
TheoryBehavioral
Economics
Microeconomics

Empirical
Microeconomics

Course description
Target year
In this course, students will learn the basic concepts and
2–4
methods of statistical processing using the statistical analysis
program SPSS through seminars.
In this course, where society is defined as a system consisting
2–4
of multiple selfish agents, students will learn arithmetic andmathematical basics to analyze situations involving thedecision-making of multiple people.
In this course, students will learn the basic concepts needed
2–4
to model various decision-making problems insocio-economic issues, including utility models, risk attitudes,
trade-offs, social and group decision-making.
This course will provide an overview of Darwin’s evolution
2–4
theory and learning theories, which have had a great impact
on social science. Students will study some example cases tolearn the basics of evolutionary game theory, and pursue themechanism, by which human evolution and learning(adaptation) produce familiar social phenomena.
This course will deal with human economic behavior from
2–4
psychological perspectives, and provide an overview of theidea of economic behavior and each factor influencing it.
This course will give lectures on resource allocation in a
2–4
perfectly competitive market.
The goal of this course is to acquire the skills needed for
micro-empirical analysis and policy evaluation.

18

2–4

Major in Management Science and Engineering
Management is the discipline to study human activities in society from the perspectives ofcompanies and other organizations, and management science and engineering addresses this issue
using engineering/mathematical/scientific methods. To develop human resources withinternational-level “mathematical ability × IT skills × practical competencies”, the following 3 areas areorganized in the Major in Management Science and Engineering: [Management area], [MathematicalEngineering area], and [Information Technology area]. The Management area helps students learn
how management is performed in actual settings, and methods to solve problems that occur in suchsettings through management science and engineering. The Mathematical Engineering area
introduces a wide range of engineering and mathematical methods used in management science andengineering. Furthermore, the Information Technology area provides knowledge related to information
technology, which is one of the important foundations for modern management activities. Thus, theMajor in Management Science and Engineering extensively and comprehensively deals with various
fields related to management, mathematical engineering that provides tools to approach these fields,
and information technology that supports management. One of the features of this major is [Workshop
on Finding Problems and Solutions], a compulsory subject that serves as a pre-stage of graduation
thesis for third-year students.
1st-year

2nd-yearIntroduction to
Programming A/B

3rd-year

4th-yearWorkshop on Finding
Problems and Solutions

Seminar in PPS
PPS in English

Graduation Thesis A
Graduation Thesis B

Management Area

Mathematics Literacy 1
Mathematics Literacy 2

Seminar on Management Science

Linear Algebra 1
Linear Algebra 2
Linear Algebra 3

Management
Finance
MarketingCalculus 1
Calculus 2
Calculus 3

Industrial and Organizational Psychology
Production and Quality Management

Information Technology Area

Statistics

Seminar on Information Technology

Introduction to Economic Theory
Introduction to Quantitative Economics
Accounting and Management
Optimization in PracticeIntroduction to Urban and Regional Planning
Urban Analytics

Computer Science
Simulation
Information Networks

Data Analysis
Machine Learning for Management

Mathematical Engineering Area
Seminar on Mathematical Engineering

Mathematical Optimization
Mathematical Statistics
First Year Seminar
Applied Probability
Discrete Mathematics
Invitation to Arts andSciences
Foreign Language (English)
Subjects in other majors
Information
General Foundation subjects (common/related subjects)

Compulsory course
Course nameCourse description

Workshop on
Finding
Problems andSolutions

In this workshop, students will determine their themes using the basic
knowledge acquired in the Major in Management Science andEngineering, and experience a series of processes consisting ofmodeling, deriving solutions, and examining solutions, as well as
holding discussions and practicing presentations. To help them develop
insight into out-of-school activities, case study lectures given by invited
people, who are active in society, and exchange presentation meetings
with students from other universities are also scheduled.

Target year

19

3–4

Management Area
The educational goal of the Management area is to develop human resources with the ability to
grasp problems occurring in the actual settings of management, and solve them. To achieve this goal,
it provides major subjects that represent the field of “management”, as well as management scienceand engineering. It also helps students acquire the ability to apply their specialty in the actual settingsof management, and make appropriate decisions at appropriate times through [Seminar on
Management Science].
Course name
Seminar on
Management
ScienceIndustrial andOrganizational
Psychology

Marketing

Finance

Management

Production andQuality
Management

Course description
Target year
Japan’s first industry-academia collaborative seminar with
2–4
Accenture Japan Ltd addresses AI development for
management support by dealing with real problems and data.
Students will develop and introduce an AI approach to support
the management of Welcia Pharmacy and resolve thechallenges faced by this pharmacy using actual POS data.
In this course, students will extensively review various
2–4
theories of work motivation using examples of application in
actual industrial organizations. They will also deepen theirbasic understanding of factors that activate and direct humanbehaviors in organizations.
Marketing is one of the core areas of business administration
2–4
and has developed through a combination of theory andpractice. Students will study traditional theories in the first halfof this course and modern practices in the second half.
Important contents of finance will be widely picked up and
2–4
taught, such as financial statement analysis, method ofinvestment decision making, bond and stock valuations,mean-variance portfolio theory, capital asset pricing model,
estimation of capital cost, option theory, and risk
management.
In this course, students will learn representative management
2–4
theories, while understanding the most advanced theories andpractice. Through such learning, they will develop insight into
the unchangeable in management.
This course will provide an overview of production and quality
2–4
control. It will also explain statistical quality control methods,
inventory theory, and reliability engineering.

20

Information Technology Area
Information technology supports today’s management science and engineering in various situations
as a fundamental technology for e-commerce and business information systems, and as a calculation
tool for data analysis and simulations. The Information Technology area provides various courses forlearning from the theoretical basis of this fundamental technology to examples of its application in
management science and engineering.
Course name
Seminar on
Information
Technology
Computer Science

Simulation

Information
Networks

Data Analysis

Machine Learningfor Management

Course description
Target year
In this course, introductory training on object-oriented
2–4
programming and data base technology (RDB and SQL)
computer simulation will be provided during the first andsecond 5 class sessions, respectively.
In this course, students will learn the basics of data structures,
2–4
algorithms, and computational complexity. They will also
study some example cases of application on computer
networks.
In this course, students will learn techniques to obtain
2–4
unbiased data through the minimum possible experiments(experimental designs) and computational techniques forexperiments on computers (computer simulations).
This course will explain the basic configurations and forms of
2–4
networks, as well as protocols and data transmission methods
using actual application examples such as e-mail and WWW.
It will also explain network security threats andcountermeasures, cryptosystems and authentication
methods, and key management systems.
In this course, students will learn the basic principles of
2–4
statistics, and actually use various techniques for data
analysis. They will also practice data analysis through specificprogramming coding.
Machine learning methods useful in business data analysis
2–4
will be widely picked up and taught, such as linear regression,
logistic regression, principal component analysis, clustering
methods, cross-validation, bootstrap, regularization, decision
trees, support vector machines, and deep learning.

21Mathematical Engineering Area
With the development of computers, it has become possible to manage a large amount of
information in a short time. On the other hand, more advanced mathematical analysis methods are
required to present problems, and provide solutions based on this information. In the MathematicalEngineering area, students learn various engineering tools (models) that are powerful weapons in thepractice of “proposing scientific management methods”, which is the purpose of management scienceand engineering. They learn the basic theory of each model through class sessions, and become able
to utilize it as “practical knowledge” through seminars.
Course name
Seminar on
MathematicalEngineering
Mathematical
Optimization

Applied Probability

Mathematical
Statistics
Discrete
Mathematics

Course description
Target year
The goal of this course is to establish the basic knowledge of
2–4
various engineering tools (models) acquired in each course of
the Mathematical Engineering area as “usable” knowledge
through exercise problem-solving and practical training.
This course will deal with some themes in mathematical
2–4
programming (such as linear programming, nonlinear
programming, graph theory, and combination optimization),and provide an overview of typical algorithms and basic
theories.
This course will outline the basics of probability theory and
2–4
Markov chains. It will mainly explain: probability space,random variables, probability distribution, conditional
probability, expected values, conditional expected values,
simultaneous probability distribution, convergence of randomvariables, law of large numbers, central limit theorem, andMarkov chain.
In this course, students will acquire a basic knowledge of
2–4
mathematical statistics using multivariate data through applied
methods and applications.
This course will give introductory/general lectures on discrete
2–4
mathematics and combinatorics, which are the basis ofmodeling/analysis of various discrete systems and information
processing technology in policy and planning sciences.

22

Major in Urban and Regional Planning
The curriculum for the Major in Urban and Regional Planning consists of 3 areas: [Environment andCommunity Development area], [Urban Structure/Social Infrastructure area], and [Regional Sciencearea], in addition to [Common Courses for Urban and Regional Planning].
[Common Courses for URP] help students learn the basics and techniques needed for urban andregional planning generally. The [Environment and Community Development area] deals with from
relatively familiar aspects, such as housing and living environments, to town development/urban andregional planning. Students learn space design/town development methods and about the relationshipbetween urban space development and the environment. The [Urban Structure/Social
Infrastructure area] approaches to urban and regional planning on an extensive scale. Students learn
about infrastructure such as land and city structures and transportation. Lastly, the [Regional Sciencearea] is an area for learning urban and regional planning mathematically and economically.
Basic training courses in urban and regional planning called “Seminar in Urban and Regional
Planning”, “Internship on Urban and Regional Planning”, and “Empirical Studies on Urban Regional
Planning”, as well as those for the qualification to take architect licensure examinations, are available
in this major.
1st-year

2nd-yearIntroduction to
Programming A/B

Calculus 1
Calculus 2
Calculus 3

Graduation Thesis A
Graduation Thesis B

Common Courses for Urban and Regional Planning
Seminar in URP

Seminar in Information Systems: URP

Principles of Urban Planning
Empirical Studies on URP
History of Urban Planning
Internship on URP
History of Urban Planning Thought * Fundamental Drawing
Practice for Architecture and Urban Design I Practice for Facility Design

Statistics
Introduction to Economic Theory
Introduction to Quantitative Economics
Accounting and Management
Optimization in PracticeIntroduction to Urban and Regional Planning
Urban Analytics

4th-yearWorkshop on Finding
Problems and Solutions

Seminar in PPS
PPS in English

Mathematics Literacy 1
Mathematics Literacy 2
Linear Algebra 1
Linear Algebra 2
Linear Algebra 3

3rd-year

Environment and Community Development Area
Seminar in Living Environment Planning
Planning of Housing and Habitat
New Wave of Urban Planning
Design of Urban SpaceUrban Multicultural Planning *Landscape and Environmental Planning

Urban Structure/Social Infrastructure Area
Seminar in Urban Masterplan
Urban Land Use Planning
Evaluation of Urban Environment

Urban Disaster Management
Transportation Planning

Regional Science Area
Seminar in Urban and Regional Economics
Urban Economics
Regional Management and Public Administration
First Year Seminar
Urban and Regional Analysis
Policy and Public Works Evaluation
Invitation to Arts andTheory and Practice of Environmental Policy *Sciences
Foreign Language (English)
Subjects in other majors
Information
General Foundation subjects (common/related subjects)

Compulsory course
Course name*: Provided by collaborative staff (from the College of International Studies)
Course description

Seminar in Urban and Regional Planning(See the next page)

Seminar in Information Systems: Urban
and Regional Planning(See the next page)

23

Target year

2–4
2Common Courses for Urban and Regional Planning[Common Courses for Urban and Regional Planning] help students acquire the basic knowledge
and techniques needed for urban and regional planning generally. There are 4 basic/applied courses
based on lectures on urban and regional planning, 3 courses providing seminars to learn methods forfinding and solving problems in urban and regional planning, and 3 courses providing seminars toacquire architectural design skills; a total of 10 courses.
Course nameCourse description
Target year
In this course, students will acquire extensive knowledge andPrinciples of Urban
2–4
wisdom of the nature and challenges of cities, infrastructure(recommended
Planning
and buildings that make up cities, methods for their planning, in 2nd-year)
and their future development through diverse cases in Japanand other countries.
This course will provide an overview of the history of cities andHistory of Urban
2–4
architecturefromancient
times
to
the
present,
andclarify
the(recommended
Planning
characteristics of various types of space in each era, as wellin 2nd-year)
as their relationships with political, economic, social, andtechnical backgrounds. It will also discuss the preservation of
the historical environment.
In this course, students will work for specific areas or cities.
Seminar in Urban
2–4
Throughfindingproblems
withcity/regional
planning
andand Regional
preparing drawings, they will understand the current
Planning
challenges of regional arrangement.
In this course, students will learn basic methods for creating
Seminar in2
and analyzing spatially expansive information (such as maps
Information
Systems: Urban and and drawings) using specialized applications (CAD, GIS).
Regional Planning
In this course, students will address basic topics on urban andHistory of Urban
2–4
regional planning, and discuss the ideas and words of the
Planning Thought*
people involved in such planning in detail.
Internship on Urban In this course, students will acquire practical problem-finding
3–4
and-solving
abilities
throughtraining
atgovernment
offices,and Regional
research institutes, companies, or non-profit organizations
Planning
related to urban and regional planning.
Empirical Studies on In this course, students will study various cases of urban and
2–4
regionalplanning
andtown
development
tounderstandthe(3rd & 4th-year
Urban Regional
processes
andmethods
of
urban
and
regionalplanning
intheprioritized)
Planning
real world, and discuss necessary insights and conditions for
success.
This course aims to have the students acquire basic
Fundamental
2knowledge related to the drawing of essential architectural
Drawingplans necessary for the designing of houses.
This course aims to have the students acquire the basic
Practice for
3–4
knowledge and technique of house designing and planning by
Architecture andlearning the basics of wooden buildings through designing
Urban Design I
wooden houses.
Students will acquire advanced design methods using
Practice for Facility
3–4
advanced information processing technology based on the
Designbasic methods of design drafting that they have learned so far.
*: Provided by collaborative staff (from the College of International Studies)24

Common Courses for URP
Introduction to URP

Principles of Urban
Planning

Urban Analytics

History of Urban
Planning

Subjects in- Environment and Community Development
Area- Urban Structure/Social Infrastructure Area
- Regional Science Area

Seminar in Information
Systems:URP
Fundamental Drawing

Seminar in URP
Practice for Architectureand Urban Design I

Necessary to take consecutively

Seminar in Living
Environment Planning

Recommended to take consecutively

25

Empirical Studies on
URP
History of Urban
Planning ThoughtInternship on URP
Practice for Facility
DesignI

Desirable to take consecutively

Environment and Community Development Area
The Environment and Community Development area consists of: 5 courses based on lectures tolearn practical theories, and study example cases of environmental maintenance and town
development, involving cities, houses, and green areas as well as [Seminar in Living Environment
Planning] to acquire the thinking, design, and presentation skills needed for specific planning; a total of
6 courses.
Course name
Seminar in Living
Environment
Planning(Seminar in Living
Environment Design)

Planning of Housing
and Habitat

Design of Urban
Space

Landscape andEnvironmental
Planning

New Wave of Urban
Planning

Urban Multicultural
Planning＊

Course description
Target year
This seminar aims to improve students’ ability to design urban
3–4
and architectural spaces. Students, who have completed
design-related courses ([Fundamental Drawing] and [Practicefor Architecture and Urban Design I]) during or before thesecond year, will learn methods and techniques to designcollective houses, applying the basic methods of design
drafting that they have learned so far.
This course will explain the history of housing, impact of
2–4
post-war social and lifestyle changes on houses and living
environments in urban and rural areas, and current challengesof housing in Japan.
This course will outline recent trends in architectural and
2–4
urban design, while introducing various vocabularies to create
attractive spaces. Subsequently, it will explain their functional
structures and building-related regulations such as the
Building Standards Act (for individual buildings). Students will
also acquire basic competencies for space design throughdesign tasks.
This course will systematically discuss ideal urban/regional
2–4
planning based on the conservation of the naturalenvironment, historical resources, and open spaces, giving
concrete examples to illustrate historical development,
contemporary issues, and future directions.
This course will critically review the planning theories of the
2–4
20th century as the theoretical background of modern town
(recommended
development, and mainly discuss the planning process,in 2nd-year)
participation, planning administration and methods, andplanning regulations. Furthermore, to help students
understand modern town development in actual settings, it will
explain various topics such as the revitalization of central
urban and urban-rural areas and sustainable
environment-friendly town development.
In this course, students will observe urban spatial structure in
2–4
Asian countries based on history and using videos. They will
also discuss necessary ideas and methods for multiculturalurban and regional planning, with the current situation, where
Asian spaces are being disseminated in non-Asian cities,
taken into consideration.
*: Provided by collaborative staff (from the College of International Studies)

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Environment and Community Development Area

Design of Urban Space

Seminar in Information
Systems:URP

Urban Multicultural Planning

Fundamental Drawing
Practice for Architectureand Urban Design I

Landscape and Environmental
Planning
Planning of Housing and
Habitat
New Wave of Urban Planning

Necessary to take consecutively

Recommended to take consecutively

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Seminar in Living Environment Planning

History of Urban Planning

Practice for Facility DesignI

Desirable to take consecutively

Urban Structure/Social Infrastructure Area
This area provides the following 4 courses to help students acquire basic perspectives, knowledge,
and analytical techniques indispensable for considering legal systems, planning methods, and policies,
involving cities and land, and [Seminar in Urban Masterplan] for them to acquire practical skills forplanning:
Course nameCourse description

Seminar in Urban
Masterplan

In this course, students will learn the process of formulating
master and comprehensive plans for cities, towns, andvillages, specifically the southern area of Ibaraki Prefecture,including Tsuchiura City, through materials preparation andpresentations using traffic forecasting and land use
forecasting software and geographic information systems(GISs)
This course will provide an overview of the forms, purposes,
and functions of land use planning from the national/regional
to district level, mainly in urban areas. Students will acquirebasic knowledge of urban district development measures,
including district planning as a method of urban and regional
planning and the Building Standards Act (for groups ofbuildings).
This course will provide an overview of urban water
environment, climate, land use and ecosystem, basic
knowledge of life and lifestyles, and methods for quantitatively
measuring and evaluating urban environment (e.g.,assessment methods). Students will deepen theirunderstanding of the relationship between global and urban
environmental problems through comprehensive discussions
in the final week.
This course will first analyze the characteristics of urban
disasters, and then show the mechanisms of occurrence andexpansion of various types of disaster in cities and methods toprevent them, presenting some example cases. It will explainthese preventive measures and those for urban disaster
preparedness planning in relation to urban and regional
planning.
In this course, students will acquire basics such as demand
forecasting, network analysis, cost-benefit analysis, and traffic
accident analysis for transportation planning anddevelopment. We also provide and discuss current policy
issues such as mobility management, tourism planning, andpublic transportation planning.

Urban Land Use
Planning

Evaluation of Urban
Environment

Urban Disaster
Management

Transportation
Planning

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Targetyear/years
3–4

3–4

2–4

2–4

2–4

Urban Structure/Social Infrastructure Area
Introduction to URP
Urban Disaster Management

Statistics

Transportation Planning
Urban Land Use Planning
Evaluation of Urban
Environment

Recommended to take consecutively

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Evaluation of Urban Environment

Principles of Urban Planning

Desirable to take consecutively

Regional Science Area
In the Regional Science area, students acquire scientific analysis techniques using mathematicaland economic methods for cities, regions, and environments. They learn the basics of the theories
needed for policy proposals to address various problems in society. This area consists of the following
5 lecture-based courses and [Seminar in Urban and Regional Economics ]:Course nameCourse description

Seminar in Urban
and Regional
Economics

In this course, students will perform empirical analysis using
urban, regional, and environmental economic methods,
themes, and data to acquire viewpoints and techniques foranalyzing policy issues.
In this course, students will learn the basics of analysis
2–4
methods in urban economics and location theory, and acquire
knowledge of policies on urban, regional, and international
trading.
In this course, students will acquire abilities to determine,
2–4
implement, and evaluate public policies, and discussappropriate future urban/regional revitalization by studying
some example cases of national land planning, housing, andurban area policies, with recent new global trends related tochanges in public policies and leaders and differences from
Western countries considered.
This course will explain: the current status of policy evaluation,
2–4
specifically in cities, regions, and lands; and economic(recommended
analysis (cost-benefit analysis), financial analysis, and finance in 2nd-year)
related to projects, specifically social capital development
projects.
Abstracted from a certain point of view, cities may be
2–4
regarded as patterns of dots, lines, and surfaces. This course
will discuss the mathematical basis needed for analyzingthese patterns in terms of urban functions.
In this course, students will observe policy measures for
2–4
environmental conservation and methods for their evaluation
mainly from economic perspectives. They will also examine
the relationships between various values/disciplines andpolicy implications to develop diverse perspectives on“environmental problems” and “environmental policies”.
Furthermore, they will deepen their understanding of specificenvironmental issues, such as global warming and waste.

Urban Economics

Regional
Management andPublicAdministration

Policy and Public
Works Evaluation

Urban and Regional
Analysis

Theory and Practiceof Environmental
Policy *Targetyear/years
3–4*: Provided by collaborative staff (from the College of International Studies)30Regional Science Area

Microeconomics
Macroeconomics
Urban Analytics

Policy and Public Works
Evaluation
Urban and Regional Analysis

Liner algebra
Calculus
Statistics
Necessary to take consecutively

Regional Management andPublic Administration
Theory and Practice ofEnvironmental Policy

Recommended to take consecutively

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Seminar in Urban and Regional Economics

Urban Economics

Desirable to take consecutively

AY2024 Graduation Thesis Schedulefor 4th-year Students
2024

April

Early

Determining the graduation thesis-related scheduleCollege Education Conference

NovemberMid

Ordering graduation thesis files

The Chair

Arranging to secure classrooms for graduation thesis presentations

Instructor in charge of the
fourth-year class

DecemberMid

Preparing and posting “Graduation Thesis Submission and Presentation” (forDepartment of School Affairs

students/faculty)Distributing graduation thesis files/graduation thesis reception tables

Department of School Affairs(original/copy)
2025

JanuaryMid

Requesting the submission of a draft graduation thesis presentation schedule

Chair→Instructor in charge ofthe fourth-year class

Late

21st (Tue)Adjusting the draft and creating the final graduation thesis presentation

Instructor in charge of theschedule

fourth-year class/Chair

Posting “Graduation Thesis Presentation Schedule”

Department of School Affairs

Graduation thesis submission
Classifying the received graduation theses based on faculty, and sending

Department of School Affairs“Graduation Thesis B Evaluation” using an electronic file
Notifying the receipt of graduation theses

February

Chair→Each instructor

28th (Tue)

Graduation thesis presentations

29st (Wed)Determining the graduation thesis-related schedule

All faculty

5th (Wed)

Deadline for reporting results of "Graduation Thesis in Policy and Planning

Each instructor→Chair

Sciences B"
Mid

Preparing and posting "Graduation Thesis in Policy and Planning Sciences B"

Department of School Affairs(for students/faculty)
Note: A more detailed schedule will be posted on the CCPS bulletin board as soon as it is fixed.
Approved by the Curriculum Committee on March 19, 2024.

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Process of Determining Graduation Thesis Topics and Supervisors in AY2025
for 3rd-year Students
2024

April

Early

Determining the graduation thesis supervisor-related scheduleCollege Education Conference

OctoberMid

Preparing and reporting “Graduation Thesis Supervision Schedule”

Chair/Curriculum Committee
members/Faculty

Distributing “Graduation Thesis Supervision Schedule” to faculty and posting it

Chair/Department of School
Affairs

Preparing and distributing “Graduation Thesis Application Form”

Department of School Affairs

Period for interviews and coordination with faculty
December

6th (Fri)

Deadline for the submission of “Graduation Thesis Application Form”

Department of School Affairs(Each supervisor’s stamp of approval is required = determination of graduation
thesis supervisors)
2025

March

Early

Creating a list of graduation thesis supervisors in each major / holding a

Chair/Curriculum Committee

decision-making meeting
April

Early

Determining and notifying the laboratory assigned to each student forCollege Operations Committee

graduation thesis
Note: A more detailed schedule will be posted on the CCPS bulletin board as soon as it is fixed.
Approved by the Curriculum Committee on March 19, 2024.

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Major Assignment Schedule in AY2024
for 2nd-year students
2024

April
July

Early
Mid
26th (Fri)

AugustDetermining the major assignment-related scheduleCollege Education Conference

Posting a notification on major assignment guidance

Department of School Affairs

Holding an orientation to provide major assignment guidanceCurriculum Committee

Creating, posting, and distributing “Major Assignment Application Form”

Department of School Affairs

Deadline for the submission of “Major Assignment Application Form”

Department of School Affairs

Tabulating the submitted application forms and creating a summary sheet

Department of School Affairs

Reporting the status of application for major assignment

College Operations Committee

Confirming the status of fulfilling the major assignment requirements (such as

Department of School Affairs

the number of credits earned)(Entering the contents of grading reports in students’ report cards)
September Early

Determining major assignment (preparing documents to specify the

Curriculum Committee

courses/credits each unsuccessful applicant lacked)
Notifying (posting) major assignment results after the Curriculum Committee

Department of School Affairs

meeting
Determining and notifying (posting) the major assigned to each student

College Operations
Committee/Department of
School Affairs

Note: A more detailed schedule will be posted on the CCPS bulletin board as soon as it is fixed.
Approved by the Curriculum Committee on March 19, 2024.

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Supplement to the CPPS Curriculum
Created on March 15, 2009
Revised on March 15, 2011
Revised on March 31, 2013
Revised on October 1, 2014
Revised on April 1, 2015
Revised on April 1, 2019
Revised on April 1, 2020

CPPS Curriculum Committee

1) Course requirements for graduation thesis[students enrolled in and after AY2019]
The requirements to start the graduation thesis are as follows (See the “Handbook for
Undergraduate Students” of the year when you were enrolled):
・ The total number of credits earned must be 84 or more, including 14 or more from compulsory
and elective courses of foundations.
[students enrolled before AY2018]
The course requirements to start the graduation thesis are as follows (See the “Handbook for
Undergraduate Students” of the year when you were enrolled):
・ The total number of credits earned must be 84 or more, including 20 or more from compulsory
courses of major subjects and those from compulsory and elective courses of foundations.
・ You should also have taken TOEFL or TOEIC (also substitutable by ITP) while belonging to theuniversity．
If you meet these requirements in an intermediate year due to repeating a year or other causes,
and wish to start the graduation thesis from the next semester, please contact the instructor in
charge of each major for fourth-year students. In that case, follow the instructor’s instructions onlaboratory assignment.

2) Acquisition of qualifications
Students who wish to acquire qualifications, such as those to take teacher or architect licensure
examinations (Major in Urban and Regional Planning), need to start planning their course
schedules early, in order to complete the prescribed courses. Please carefully consider your course
plan from an early stage.

3) Early graduation
If the conditions are met, you can apply for early graduation at the end of the second year. If you
wish to make such an application, please contact Curriculum Committee members or the instructor
in charge of your class for consultation as soon as possible.

4) Courses at the graduate school
There is a system for students with especially excellent academic achievements to take somecourses at the graduate school while belonging to this college, depending on their document
screening results, and acquire credits from these courses after advancing to the graduate school.
The active use of this system is particularly recommended to students who wish to advance to thegraduate school.

355) Application for minor subjects
Students can also have another major at the College of Policy and Planning Sciences accredited
as their minor. If you wish minor accreditation, please be sure to make an application for it to the
Department of School Affairs by the deadline specified separately during the semester when you
take [Graduation Thesis in Policy and Planning Sciences A]. Application for minor accreditation
requires the acquisition of a sufficient number of credits for a major to be accredited.

6) Retaking courses
In principle, retaking courses, from which credits were earned (re-taking the same courses), is
not permitted.

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Q&A about courses/advancement
Q. Is there a limit to the number of credits that can be registered in one year?
A. The total number of courses students can register in one year is up to 45 credits. However, coursesthat meet any of the following conditions are not counted as subject to this upper limit:(a) Courses on the teaching profession or museums(b) Courses intensively provided during the summer, winter, or spring vacation(c) Among “Other qualifications” in the Course Catalog, courses listed in Table 2: “Available
Courses Corresponding to the Designated Courses of the Major in Urban and Regional
Planning at the College of Policy and Planning Sciences, School of Science and Engineering”
for the qualification to take 1st-Class, 2nd-Class and MOKUZO” KENCHIKUSHI license
examinations, and provided at colleges/schools other than the College of Policy and Planning
Sciences.
Q. Is there any possibility for the maximum number of credits that can be registered in one year toincrease?
A. Only students meeting the following requirements and transfer students will become able to register
up to 55 credits in one year beyond the upper limit (45 credits per year) by making the prescribed
application:
・ Having acquired 35 credits or more by completing graduation requirement courses in theprevious year, and;・ Having achieved “A” or a higher grade in 80% or more of these courses
However, courses corresponding to (a) or (b) in the previous Q&A section are not counted as
subject to this measure (allowing to register up to 55 credits in one year).
Q. How many courses should I take in the first year?
A. The standard number of credits to be acquired in the first year is about 40.
Q. Can first-year students take courses of major subjects targeting second to fourth-year students?
A. Yes, they can. However, in terms of learning effects, some courses are not available for first-year
students. Even if you take such courses, please be careful not to make your learning plan too hard.
Q. Can I add or delete courses to be registered at any time?
A. Students cannot add or delete courses to be registered at any time, but must complete the course
registration procedure on TWINS by the course application deadline. Please read the instructions
presented on TWINS carefully, and follow them.
Q. Can I count credits from courses in remedial mathematics ([Analysis (Calculus) Basics] and [Linear
Algebra Basics] as common courses at the School of Science and Engineering) to fulfill mygraduate requirements?
A. No, you cannot.
Q. Can I decide on my major freely?
A. Yes, you can.
Q. Can I change my major after major assignment? Are there any conditions for this?
A. Yes, you can, and there are no conditions for this. However, you will need to submit a notification ofchange of major.
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Q. In case a student is absent from some classes or final examination due to club activities, can he/she
get a permission of absence or take a supplementary examination?
A. In the courses offered by CPPS, any special measures including permission of absence andsupplementary examination will NOT be taken for any student’s absence from the class(es) or
examination(s) due to their club activities.
[Students enrolled in or after AY2019]
Q. Is there any timing for major assignment other than the beginning of the fall semester of the second
year?
A. Students who do not belong to any major yet are assigned to a major only at the beginning of thefall semester of the second year.
[Students enrolled in or after AY2019]
Q. When should I decide on my major?
A. It is usually July (scheduled) of the second year when students must submit a request form for
major assignment. Therefore, you should decide on your major by then. (Having submitted arequest form for major assignment in July of the second year, you will be notified of your classaround September after confirmation of whether you meet the requirements of your major.)[Students enrolled in or before AY2018]
Q. Are there any courses at other colleges/schools accredited/not accredited as free choice courses?
A. There is no distinction between courses at other colleges/schools accredited and not accredited as
free choice courses. All courses are accredited. However, you should note the restrictions on taking
these courses specified in the remarks column of the List of Available Courses, if any.
[Students enrolled in or before AY2018]
Q. The course numbers of special lectures on policy and planning sciences are FH63***. Does thismean these courses will be accredited both as elective courses of foundations (FH62/63) and as
free choice courses (FH605, 606, 607, 62, 63)? (In the column beneath “Elective Courses”, only
these courses do not have a course name.)
A. Special lectures on policy and planning sciences will be accredited only as free choice courses.
[Students enrolled in or before AY2018]
Q. If I take specialized introductory courses newly available from AY2019 (FH61***), will credits fromthem be counted to fulfill my graduation requirements?
A. Even if students enrolled before AY2018 take specialized introductory courses available at theCollege of Policy and Planning Sciences, credits from these courses will not be counted fulfill theirgraduation requirements.

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Curriculum for the Qualification to Take KENCHIKUSHI License Examinationsin the Major in URP at the CPPS
The qualification to take KENCHIKUSHI (Japan’s qualified and registered architect) License
Examinations is given to those who have graduated after completing the courses related toarchitecture designated by the Minister of Land, Infrastructure, Transport, and Tourism (MLIT). Details
are shown in Table 1.
Students in the Major in Urban and Regional Planning of the College of Policy and Planning
Sciences can achieve the qualification to take 1ST/2ND-Class and MOKUZO(wooden)
KENCHIKUSHI License Examinations after graduation by acquiring the prescribed number of credits
or more in courses corresponding to those listed in Table 2.
However, in order to obtain an KENCHIKUSHI license, it is necessary for applicants to have theexperience specified by an Ordinance of the MLIT (having worked in architecture for the prescribedperiod or longer), in addition to passing these examinations. Courses available at othercolleges/schools can also be counted to fulfill graduation requirements as related free choice courses.
It is advisable for students who wish to achieve the qualification, to take courses according to thecurriculum shown in Table 2.
Please pay attention to notifications, as the courses available at the university listed in Table 2 may
be revised every year.
Table 1 Requirements for taking Architect Licensure Examinations and for license registration
Exam for 1ST-CLASS KENCHIKUSHI

Exam for 2ND-CLASS/MOKUZOKENCHIKUSHI

1) Architectural Design Drawing

7 credits

3 credits

2) Architectural Planning

7 credits

3) Building Environmental Engineering

2 credits

4) MEP Systems

2 credits

5) Structural Dynamics

4 credits

6) General Structure of Building

3 credits

7) Building Materials

2 credits

8) Building Construction

2 credits

1 credit

9) Building-related Laws and Regulations

1 credit1 credit

Designated subjects

2 credits

3 credits

Subtotal from 1) to 9)(a)30 credits

10 credits

10) Compound or Related Subjects(b)suitablesuitable(a)＋(b)
Essential experience years in architectonic
business to take the exam
Essential experience years in architectonic
business for license registration

60 credits

50 credits

40 credits

40 credits

0 year after graduation
2 years after
graduation

3 years after
graduation

4 years after
graduation

Recommended to aim
at 60 credits or more.

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30 credits

20 credits

0 year after graduation
0 year after
graduation

1 years after
graduation

2 years after
graduation

Necessary to aim at 40
credits at the least.

Table 2 Major in URP’s Courses Correspondent to the Designated Subjects
Categories of the Designated Subjects
1ST-CLASS
Architectural Design
Drawing(7 credits or more)

2ND-CLASS/MOKUZO
Architectural Design
Drawing(3 credits or more)

Courses at University of Tsukuba

MEP Systems(2 credits or more)
Structural Dynamics(4 credits or more)

Structural Dynamics,
General Structure of
Building or
Building Materials(3 credits or more)

General Structure of
Building(3 credits or more)

Building Materials(2 credits or more)

Categories of the Designated Subjects

Offered byArchitecture Planning2

College of Policy andPlanning Sciences
College of Policy andPlanning Sciences
College of Policy andPlanning Sciences
College of Policy andPlanning Sciences
College of Policy andPlanning Sciences
College of Policy andPlanning Sciences
School of Art and Design

Architectural Design Theory

2

School of Art and Design

Architectural History

1

School of Art and Design

Global History of Architecture2

Architectural Environmental Engineering

2

Environmental Planning in Architecture2

Architectural Equipments

2

Workshops on Environmental Control System in Architecture

2

Introduction to Materials Engineering

1

Materials Engineering I

1Advanced Materials Engineering II

2Structural Mechanics I

2Structural Mechanics II

1

Theory of Vibration

3

Soil Mechanics

2

Geotechnical Engineering

1

Structural Mechanics in Architecture

2

School of Art and Design
College of Engineering
Systems
School of Art and Design
College of Engineering
Systems
School of Art and Design
College of Engineering
Systems
College of Engineering
Systems
College of Engineering
Systems
College of Engineering
Systems
College of Engineering
Systems
College of Engineering
Systems
College of Engineering
Systems
College of Engineering
Systems
School of Art and Design

Structural Planning in Architecture2

Reinforced Concrete Structure

1

Disaster Reduction Engineering

2

Steel Structure

1

Building Construction

2

Seminars: Building Constructions

1

Concrete Engineering

2

Introduction to Material Science for Engineers

1

Advanced Material Science for Engineers

1

Mechanics of Composite Materials

2

Building Materials

2

School of Art and Design
College of Engineering
Systems
College of Engineering
Systems
College of Engineering
Systems
College of Engineering
Systems
School of Art and Design

Credits

Offered by

Fundamental Drawing

1

Seminar in Living Environment Design

6

Practice for Facility Design

2Architectural Planning Architectural planning, Design of Urban Space(7 credits or more) Building Environmental
Engineering or
Planning of Housing and Habitat
MEP System(2 credits or more)
History of Urban Planning

Building Environmental
Engineering(2 credits or more)

Credits

Courses at University of Tsukuba

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2
2
2

School of Art and Design
College of Engineering
Systems
College of Engineering
Systems
College of Engineering
Systems
School of Art and Design

1ST-CLASS
Building Construction(2 credits or more)
Building-related Laws
and Regulations(1 credit or more)
Others(suitable)

2ND-CLASS/MOKUZO
Building Construction(1 credit or more)
Building-related Laws
and Regulations(1 credit or more)
Others(suitable)

Independent Study: Building Economy

1

Building Construction

1

College of Policy andPlanning Sciences
College of Policy andPlanning Sciences

Independent Study: Related laws and regulations onbuilding

1

College of Policy andPlanning Sciences

New Wave of Urban Planning

2

Seminar in Information Systems: Urban and Regional
Planning

3

Principles of Urban Planning2

Landscape and Environmental Planning

2

Urban Disaster Management

2

Urban Land Use Planning

2

Introduction to Urban and Regional Planning1

Ethics for Engineers

1

Landscape Design2

College of Policy andPlanning Sciences
College of Policy andPlanning Sciences
College of Policy andPlanning Sciences
College of Policy andPlanning Sciences
College of Policy andPlanning Sciences
College of Policy andPlanning Sciences
College of Policy andPlanning Sciences
College of Engineering
Systems
School of Art and Design

Introduction to Architectural Design

1

School of Art and Design

Introduction to Environmental Design

1

School of Art and Design

Introduction to World Heritage Studies

1

School of Art and Design

General Lectures on Design History A

1School of Art and Design

General Lectures on Design History B

1

School of Art and Design

Design Studies

1

School of Art and Design

Urban Design

2

School of Art and Design

Architectural design and society

1

School of Art and Design

Community based Social Action

2

School of Art and Design41