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Research paper : Graduate education for multi-disciplinary system design and management (N. Kohtake et al.)−128−Synthesiology - English edition Vol.3 No.2 (2010) elective subject group are listed in Table 3.The basics of the four abilities that the students must learn will be taught mainly in the required subjects, and are supplemented with the recommended subjects. In the cases where the contents to be learned are different according to the student’s specialty, they could be learned through the elective or recommended subjects. Since the disciplines are diverse, the students may take courses of the universities and graduate schools outside of the Graduate School of SDM to learn the expert or basic knowledge of certain fields. Particularly, the collaborations are done with the Graduate Schools of Science and Engineering and Business Administration within the Keio University, for supplementary courses to provide educational opportunities.The credits of the courses are two credits per course for almost all courses with few exceptions. Figure 3 shows the structure of the master’s program curriculum. The numbers in the parentheses indicate the credits of the courses necessary to obtain the degree. The requirement for the master’s program is to complete 30 credits or more courses, including eight credits in core subjects, four credits in design project ALPS (active learning project sequence), and two credits in SDM research. The master’s degree can be obtained after taking six credits or more of recommended subjects of technology, two credits or more of recommended subjects of social science, or two credits or more of recommended subjects of technology, and six credits or more of recommended subjects of social science. To allow active participation of the students, the course will be 14 sessions, 90 minutes per session, with ample opportunities for group learning, hands-on practice, and discussions. To actively accept foreign students, courses will be in English as well as Japanese mainly for required subjects.The educational curriculum for the required subjects will be described. To teach the basic knowledge considered to be international standard, four textbooks are selected in accordance to the Certified Systems Engineering Professional (CSEP), which is an international qualification for systems engineering, and the Project Management Professional (PMP), which is an international qualification for project management. The textbooks included the one for core subjects[9], a book for the three courses except project management[4], a book for project management[10], and a book used in ALPS[11].Table 2 Correspondence of educational curriculum and ability/knowledgeAbilities and knowledge to be acquired by studentsRequired subject groupCore subjectIntroduction to systems engineering◎○◎System design abilitySystem management abilitySystem thinking abilityCommunication abilityExpert knowledge in a certain areaBasic knowledge in disciplines related to the specialty◎○◎System architecting and design◎○◎System integration○◎○◎Project management◎◎◎◎○○Design project ALPS◎◎◎○◎○System design and management research○○○◎△△Recommended subject group (technology, social sciences) 12 courses○○△△Elective subject group (technology, social sciences) 16 courses◎◎(Subjects of other departments and other universities)Table 3 Recommended subjects and elective subjectsSystem environment Recommended subject groupElective subject groupTechnologysubjectsSocial sciencesubjectsTechnologysubjectsSocial sciencesubjectsHuman factorRisk management of engineering systemDependable systemSystem lifeDigital manufacturing systemModel based engineering and architectingIntroduction to international affairsCommunicationsHuman relationsSystem managementEthics for system design engineersMathematical modeling and statisticsMathematical technique of prediction and optimizationMathematical technique of dynamics analysis and controlDatabase management system under network environmentSoftware safety engineering and reliabilitySoftware engineeringFundamental of accounting, marketing and economicsIntroduction to legal issues for engineersSystem simulation techniqueGlobal standardization strategyMethodology of creative decision makingBusiness intelligenceDesign philosophy for policy and regulationPolitical economy of International systemsMethodology and management of socio-critical systemSpecial lectures on system design and managementResearch of system design and managementDesign project (ALPS) (4)Recommended subjects (6/2, 2/6), Elective subjectsCore subjects (8)2nd year2nd year1st year1st yearFig. 3 Framework of master’s program curriculum

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