The course aims to provide you with practical knowledge and skills that will be valuable to you in your career and life overall. This knowledge allows you to understand the type of negotiation you are in, prepare for it, and tactics and strategies at your disposal to choose from to get the best outcome possible. You will also be able to better navigate and understand the role of emotions in negotiations, how to effectively communicate with your counterparts, and use power in the negotiation process. The accent is on learning about the process and tools and practicing during the semester during in-class mini-negotiation exercises and final negotiation written by Harvard Business School (Program on Negotiation).

881160 (2022)

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This course provides an understanding of basic statistical concepts and enables students to utilize basic methods and skills to analyze and interpret quantitative data. Students are introduced to the basic concepts involved in correlational and inferential approaches to statistical analysis. The course will provide students with practical skills in using spreadsheet software (Excel) and statistical software (Jamovi). 

881164 (2022)

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Japanese law presents many peculiarities. For some, it is a modern legal system and a leading democracy where the law is effectively applied under the rule of law. For others, it is a complex and impenetrable legal system. However, despite this divergence in point of view, all agree that Japanese law is a fascinating field of study. This course's main objective is to provide students with basic knowledge of Japanese law and the Japanese legal system. It discusses the current status of Japanese law, its basic structure, sources of law, actors of law, court organization, and dispute resolution. 

881183 (2023) 

English proficiency is strongly recommended so that students will be able read the teaching material and understand the contents.

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We often use the words like "design", "creativity", "innovation", which are essentially the abilities of turning new and imaginative ideas into reality from the Spoon to the City. This course deals with the cultivation of such abilities for sustainable solutions. People whom we call "designers", "creators", "innovators" often employ various methods to help them find more creative solutions. These methods make it possible to break free of the established paradigms. At the same time, there must be enough leeway for a functional, systematic and creative design conception to take place. This course focuses on the ways (methods) and processes that have been decisively shaping current creative thinking and practices. 
The course will be given with two different, but complementary focuses:

(1) Thoughts/Inspirations: Concepts and Methods (Online Seminars, Course Assignments), and

(2) Practices: Questions-Responses; Student-led Lesson Assignments-Presentations, and Course Project.

88A070 (2023) 

• Target students: All faculties except Medicine. 1st and 2nd year undergraduate students are not allowed.
• Interest in design, visualization and design management
• Motivation and enthusiasm in critical thinking and human-centered problem solving
• Basic online/offline Skills (research, editing, technological etc.) 

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As the world's population becomes increasingly urban the number of adjectives used to describe our cities has grown significantly - resilient, just, happy, healthy, sustainable, smart, and so on. However, in recent years there has been an upsurge in academic and professional interest in the notion of the ethical city? Why is this the case? In this course, we examine an ethical approach to urbanization that focuses on the question of what is the right thing to do when faced with seemingly intractable problems such as poverty, inequality, poor governance, corruption, democracy under threat, lack of social inclusion, the climate crisis and sustainability challenge? Through practical case studies we will examine how cities are adopting an ethical city orientation and trying to respond to a wide array of disruptive forces. At the end of this course students will be able to: 

• Critically analyze, synthesize, and reflect on recent trends and scholarly analysis of the effects and consequences of ethical urbanization, including the interplay of economic, political, social, environmental, and cultural factors.
• Extend and challenge your knowledge and professional practice in ethical urbanism.
• Comprehensively understand various economic linkages created at different spatial scales as part of the process of economic globalization, with particular emphasis on how we might be able to attain a more regenerative form of urban economics.

88A072 (2023) 

Basic Conversation Level required.

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This course is designed for undergraduate and graduate students (natural and social scientists) who are concerned about how best to effectively communicate their scientific knowledge and research outputs to their target audience, however defined -their peers, policymakers, journalists, and/or the public. The course offers students the opportunity to reflect upon why it is important to creatively communicate scientific knowledge, to gain awareness on the best ways to achieve this and to understand the issues and ethical dilemmas that define the process of science communication. The course provides valuable insights (drawn from practical/professional experience) on the representation, framing and expression of scientific concerns across a range of media within different cultural contexts.

88A073 (2023) 

Basic Conversation Level required.

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This course explores the evolution of design from its roots in the Industrial Revolution to its transformation by the social, professional and technological explorations. Rather than presenting a conventional chronology, the course focuses on the continuing interaction between designers, makers, users -the three essential participants in the creation of any kind of design and in the development of the role of design. Exploring these intricate relationships enable us to understand how we have impact on the world and how it, in turn, impacts us. 

The course will be given with two different, but complementary focuses: 

(1) Thoughts/Inspirations: Concepts and Methods (Online Seminars, Course Assignments), and

(2) Practices: Questions-Responses; Student-led Lesson Assignments-Presentations, and Course Project.

88A074 (2023) 

• Target students: All faculties except Medicine. 1st and 2nd year undergraduate students are not allowed.
• Interest in design, visualization and design management
• Motivation and enthusiasm in critical thinking and human-centered problem solving
• Basic online/offline Skills (research, editing, technological etc.) 

Please refer to Link to Course Syllabus / Outline.

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