Systems Engineering and Science

Overview

Problems in modern society do not fall only into a single specialized field. Under the prospects for the future, methods to solve these problems are formed comprehensively by linking them with various technologies and scientific elements, whilst placing harmony to limit the environmental problems and resource problems, and with traditional culture and values at its base.

Mission

This Systems Engineering and Science course at Shibaura Institute of Technology has set the goal that students will be able to establish the issues in modern society in a flexible manner based on science and technology, culture and values, society and the environment, and the ethics for engineering practice. As their basis, they will use the specialized knowledge, which will become their core knowledge, as well as the background knowledge beyond the disciplinary framework and system thinking. They will also acquire the skills to identify cross-disciplinary problems and comprehensive problem-solving skills. Shibaura Institute of Technology will confer the Master’s degree in System Engineering to those who have registered with the Master’s Program for the prescribed period, when the above-described objectives are judged to have been achieved through completing the compulsory subjects, research guidance and specialized subjects, elective subjects and common subjects in the program as well as completing a Master’s thesis.

The requirements for completion to achieve the goals above are specifically determined as follows.

Students will acquire:

• System thought, theories and methods of system engineering, design theory, and system management skills required for resolving social problems by studying the compulsory subjects of this course.

• Communication and leadership skills through “special exercises,” which is one of the compulsory subjects of this course necessary to realize a successful hybrid project involving different academic fields.

• The skills to solve specialized problems by deepening their specialized knowledge and experiences through studying specialized subjects and elective subjects.

• Background knowledge beyond the disciplinary frameworks through studying technologies from other fields, and will have an ability to accurately utilize such background knowledge in society by combining it with the specialized knowledge, which forms the core of their research.