抄録
The author has been teaching a course entitled "Industry and Information Systems" since Fall Semester of Fiscal Year 2001 for junior and senior students at Tokyo Metropolitan Institute of Technology. The course attendees are requested to exhibit their own initiatives in the areas of their own interest, and are required to submit a semester report which includes a proposal of an industry information system of their own interest. The author gives briefing of a variety of industry areas, and course attendees are encouraged to discuss with their classmates and the lecturer during the course of their study and constructing a manuscript for their reports. The lecturer also coaches the students on an as needed basis. At the end of the semester, all course attendees have opportunities to present outcomes of their studies and to discuss with their classmates and lecturer on their own subjects both orally and in a written form. The students, therefore, have an opportunity to improve their own reports before the final examination, when they are requested to submit their final reports. During this process, the course attendees can widen and deepen their understanding of the course subjects of their own interest, in particular, with their enhanced motivation, leading to their finding of prospective, career opportunities and further research topics/themes.
