Center for Graduate School Innovation
The Center for Graduate School Innovation is a university-wide organization
that plans, prepares, and coordinates common education, career support,
and study/research environment improvements for graduate school students.
What are Common Graduate School Subjects?
The Graduate School of Tohoku University has been offering "Common Graduate School Subjects" since 2022.
The purpose of this program is to cultivate in-depth education, learn about contemporary social issues, and acquire transferable skills in order to develop creative and dynamic researchers and highly specialized personnel who can transcend all boundaries.
Common Graduate School Subjects (FY2024)
| Course Title | Credits | curricula |
|---|---|---|
| Intellectual Property seminar | 2 | MC |
| Lectures on Interdisciplinary Researches | 2 | MC |
| Internship for Master Course Students A | 1 | MC |
| Internship for Master Course Students B | 2 | MC |
| Teaching Development in Higher Education | 2 | DC |
| Special Lectures on Interdisciplinary Researches Ⅰ-Ⅱ | 1each | DC |
| Special Exercise on Interdisciplinary Researches Ⅰ-Ⅳ | 1each | DC |
| Special Exercise for Frontier Research in Interdisciplinary Sciences | 1 | DC |
| Basic PhD Literacy | 2 | DC |
| Doctoral Internship | 1～2 | DC |
| Renewable energy : Biomass circulation | 2 | MC/DC |
| Special Seminar on Multicultural Understanding PBL | 2 | MC/DC |
| Special Seminar on Career and Skill Development | 2 | MC/DC |
| Intercultural Collaborative Learning and Communication Seminar | 2 | MC/DC |
| Global Studies of International Education | 2 | MC/DC |
| ILAS Special Lecture A | 2 | MC/DC |
| ILAS Special Lecture B | 2 | MC/DC |
| ILAS Special Seminar | 2 | MC/DC |
Syllabus Search Engine
Please check the syllabus for each class from the link below.
1.Search for syllabi from the Student Affairs Information System [*Includes faculty contact information].
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2.Tohoku University Syllabus Full-text Search System (QuickSyllabus) [*Faculty contact information not provided].
*No need to log in with your Tohoku University ID
3.List of Syllabi for Common Graduate School Subjects
List of Syllabi for Common Graduate School Subjects (PDF)
※Change of lecture period：「Intercultural Collaborative Learning and Communication Seminar：Practicing Language Communication Education withPerformance」2nd Term, Tue., 3 → 4
List of Common Graduate School Subjects
Please click on the link below to check the class schedule and registration method for each class.
List of Common Graduate School Subjects (PDF)
※Change of lecture period：「Intercultural Collaborative Learning and Communication Seminar：Practicing Language Communication Education withPerformance」2nd Term, Tue., 3 → 4
【For courses that use Google Classroom】
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Course Guide
Please refer to the following link for guidance on taking Common Graduate School Subjects.
Guide to Common Graduate School Subjects (PDF)
【Canceling Registration in Common Graduate School Subjects (AY 2024, 2nd Term)】
If you wish to drop a Common Graduate School Subjects in which you are registered for the 2nd term of 2024, you should first contact the instructor
by email to ask for their approval of canceling the class. Then enter a Cancellation of Registration Form by the appropriate deadline shown below.
Subjects that you have canceled will initially be entered as a "D" grade, but this will be changed to "E (canceled)" around mid-March. However,
if you do not submit this cancellation form, and do not earn credit for the class (because you do not attend it etc.), your grade will be entered as
"D (did not attend)."
Cancellation of Registration Form 【 Submission Period ：October 31(Thu.) 17:00(JST)】
*Make sure to log in to the form using your DC Mail account.
*Attach a screenshot of the email from the instructor that proves their approval of cancellation of class.
【Announcement of Grades】
・Announcement of the first semester results for FY2024
To be announced by Thursday, February 13, 2025.
Please use the Student Affairs Information System to check your grades and credits
earned in Common Graduate School Subjects after Friday, February 14, 2025.
・Appeals regarding grades
If students have questions about their grade for the semester, they may obtain an explanation
from the instructor of the class about your grade by submitting a petition to the Educational
Affairs Division within the specified period (within two weeks) after your grades are announced.
⇒How to file a petition
Common Graduate School Subjects Questionnaires
Tohoku University Graduate School Common Subjects Regulations（Japanese Only）
Cross-Graduate School Subjects
Courses offered by each graduate school that are highly common to all graduate schools and recommended
for students of other graduate schools are grouped together as "Cross-Graduate School Subjects“.
List of Cross-Graduate School Subjects
Please click on the link below to check the class schedule for each class.
In principle, prior permission from the student to the instructor of the course in question is not required.
However, if there are instructions in the class schedule or syllabus, please follow those instructions.
Syllabus for Cross-Graduate School Subjects
Please check the syllabus for each class from the link below.