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Research paper : Graduate education for multi-disciplinary system design and management (N. Kohtake et al.)−132−Synthesiology - English edition Vol.3 No.2 (2010) 3.6 EducationAs mentioned earlier, since many faculty members have business experiences in large-scale complex systems, the education format is designed to reflect their experiences. Also, since there are many students who already have specialized knowledge and business experiences, there are several courses designed to seek ways to solve problems in industry or to systematize part of SDM science. For example, a faculty member with experience in the financial system may propose the topic, “What are the verification methods in the social system? What are the advantages and disadvantages of each method?” and the discussions are deepened during each session. In addition, the independence of the students is emphasized, and the students are encouraged to organize sessions where they invite students or exterior lecturers with some particular specialties as needed.To improve the abilities and knowledge of each faculty member, opportunities for faculty development are set several times a month. The findings and issues obtained through the education experience of the faculty members are presented, and discussions are conducted regularly to share the findings and to improve education and research.To provide learning opportunities to working students who cannot attend during office hours, the Japanese lectures of the core subjects are given on Saturdays and weekday evenings (19:00-20:30). Since most of the foreign students are full-time students who do not work, the English lectures for the core subjects are given during the weekdays. For the employees of industry who are not students, seminars and lectures for SDM science are conducted to help train the leaders of design and management of the large-scale complex systems. This is useful for the extraction of the industrial issues and the demands for graduate school education.3.7 Publication of results; Extraction of topicsThe results of the education are actively publicized, and the opportunity to be evaluated mainly by industry and the opportunity to apply the results in industry are sought. For example, in ALPS, each team proposes a service or product for a given topic in the final session. About 10 entrepreneurs, company people, and research institution people are asked to judge the proposals from the perspective of practical application in society.For the evaluation of the courses, questionnaire survey is conducted of the students at the final session for each course. The evaluations of the course can be viewed only by the faculty members and others in charge, while the students’ evaluations on overall graduate school education are shared by all faculty members, to extract the issues and the improvements are reflected in the programs next year. Also, a system is set up where five people of industry working on the development and operation of the large-scale complex systems are asked to participate as members of the external evaluation committee, to regularly conduct external evaluation of the education at the Graduate School of SDM.4 Results to present and future issuesTwo years have passed since the opening of the Graduate School of SDM. The results and evaluation to present as the students completed the program in March 2010, and the future issues will be described below.4.1 Result of group learning by diverse human resourcesIn ALPS, group projects were done by the teams over the year, and many students were able to learn the diverse ways of thinking and methods for clarifying the social demand systematically and to create and realize the ideas through experience. As a specific example, the idea and the result created by a certain team will be introduced.The team worked on the 2009 ALPS topic “Sustainable Community” and suggested a system for hydroponic Fig. 10 Ratio of newly graduated students to those with business experiencesFig. 11 Occupation distribution of students with business experiencesNewly graduated students5(11 %)Newly graduated students46(34 %)Students with business experiences89(66 %)Students with business experiences41(89 %)DoctoralprogramMaster sprogramPharmaceutical0.9Pharmaceutical0.9Foods 0.9Foods 0.9Translation 0.9Translation 0.9Sports 0.9Sports 0.9Civil servant1.9Civil servant1.9Design 1.9Design 1.9Materials 1.9Materials 1.9Teacher 1.9Teacher 1.9Education 1.9Education 1.9Logistics 1.9Logistics 1.9Legan 1.9Legan 1.9Mass media, publication 1.9Mass media, publication 1.9Medicine 1.9Medicine 1.9Systems 2.8Systems 2.8Energy 3.7Energy 3.7Construction 3.7Construction 3.7Government 3.7Government 3.7Real estate 3.7Real estate 3.7Finance 4.7Finance 4.7Aerospace 6.5Aerospace 6.5Information9.3Information9.3Consulting10.3Consulting10.3Communication11.2Communication11.2Manufacturing19.6Manufacturing19.6(%)

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