Graduate School Academic Courses and Faculty Members of the Master’s Program
List of Academic Courses and Credits of Each Course in the Master’s Program
| Category of Subject | Name of Course | Required or Selected | Credits |
|---|---|---|---|
| Foundation Subjects | Advanced Course in Design | compulsory subject | 1 |
| Advanced Course in Innovation Design | 1 | ||
| Aesthetics | 2 credits are required to be selected | 1 | |
| Design and Legal Affairs | 1 | ||
| Form and Material | 1 | ||
| Methodology of Innovative Thinking | 1 | ||
| Sustainable Environment | 1 | ||
| Human Interface Design | 1 | ||
| Digital Technology | 1 | ||
| Design and Historical Architecture | 1 | ||
| Specialized Subjects | Art in Social Context | 4 credits are required to be selected | 2 |
| Craft Design in Cultural Context | 2 | ||
| Safety in Architecture and Urban Design | 2 | ||
| Practical Use of Historical Architecture | 2 | ||
| Landscape Architecture | 2 | ||
| Architectural Design | 2 | ||
| Creative Direction | 2 | ||
| Prototyping | 2 | ||
| Field Analysis | 2 | ||
| Project Management Workshop | 2 | ||
| Project Subjects | Advanced Seminar in PBLⅠ | compulsory subject | 4 |
| Advanced Seminar in PBLⅡ | elective | 4 | |
| Social Skill Subjects | Professional Internship | 4 credits are required to be selected | 4 |
| Business Startup Seminar | 4 | ||
| Architects Internship A | 4 | ||
| Architects Internship B | 6 | ||
| Subjects in Each Field of Study | Research in Product Design | 4 credits are required to be selected | 4 |
| Research in Visual Communication Design | 4 | ||
| Research in Arts and Crafts | 4 | ||
| Research in Architecture and Environmental Design | 4 | ||
| Research in Innovation Design | 4 | ||
| Special Research | compulsory subject | 10 | |
| Internships | Architects Internship C | elective | 4 |
| Architects Internship D | elective | 4 | |
| Architects Internship E | elective | 4 | |
Requirements for completion of the Master’s Program
All of the following requirements must be met:
- Students must be enrolled in the Master’s Program at NID Graduate School for two years or longer.
- Students must earn 30 or more credits in the Master’s Program at NID Graduate School. Furthermore, with regards to credits earned at other universities’ graduate schools, these may, depending on the contents, be accepted as credits earned in the Master’s Program at NID Graduate School.
- Students are required to submit a Master’s thesis or research results for a specific subject, and pass all the necessary examinations.
*When research results for a specific subject are submitted, the submission of a research sub-thesis is required.
List of Faculty Members in the Master’s Program
| Research Field | Name of Faculty | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Product Design | Kaneishi, Koichi *Kanazawa, Takakazu Kanayama, Masaki *Kikuchi, Kayoko |
*Saito, Kazuhiko *Sakaino, Hiroshi *Suzuki, Kinji *Tsuchida, Tomoya |
*Makabe, Tomo *Masuda, Yuzuru |
| Visual Communication Design | *Abe, Mitsuo *Amano, Makoto *Kikkawa, Kenichiro |
*Kim, Bongsu Tokuhisa, Tatsuhiko *Nagase, Kimihiko Hirahara, Mokoto *Makabe, Tomo |
*Matsumoto, Akihiko *Minorikawa, Tetsuro *Yamamoto, Atsushi *Jörg Bühler *Mizukawa, Takeshi *Yamada, Hiroyuki |
| Art and Craft | Ichikawa, Jiro *Endo, Ryotaro *Okanoya, Atsuwo |
*Kanno, Yasushi *Kobayashi, Hanako *Komatsu, Kayoko Takeda, Shingo |
*Nakamura, Kazuhiro *Hasegawa, Katsuyoshi *Yabuuchi, Kumi |
| Architecture and Environmental Designn | Kashiwabara, Nobuyuki *Kita, Yusuke Sato, Junya |
*Shiratori, Yoko *Sugahara, Hiroshi *Tsumura, Yasunori *Habara, Yasunari *Hirayama, Ikuo |
*Fukumoto, Rui *Mori, Nozomu *Yamashita, Hideyuki *Yonamine, Hitoshi *Watanabe, Seisuke |
| Innovation Desig | *Itagaki, Jumpei *Okanoya, Atsuwo |
Kanayama, Masaki *Kikkawa, Kenichiro *Saito, Kazuhiko *Tsuchida, Tomoya |
*Tsumura, Yasunori *Nakamura, Kazuhiro *Morimoto, kohei *Watanabe, Seisuke |
*Research Advisor (person in charge of research guidance and some courses in the Master’s Program as a main instructor), all others are Research Assistant Advisor (person assisting research guidance)