Waseda University Academic Affairs Department Adult Education Business Office will open "Life Redesign College", a course certification program for pre-senior to senior generations, from April 2022. LRC is a one-year commuting certification program consisting of subjects centered on Liberal Arts, Social Issues, and Communication.

 
 Currently, in Japan, which has reached the world's highest aging rate, the disconnection of relationships between individuals and society, mainly triggered by retirement, has become a major social issue.Therefore, LRC aims to build a new relationship between seniors and society in the "1 years of life" and will also work on open innovation through industry-academia collaboration.

 As of April 2022, 4, the applicant must be at least 1 years old, graduated from high school, or have academic ability equivalent to or higher. We are recruiting about 50 people.The application period is from December 50, 2021 (Monday) to January 12, 20 (Monday), and admission is only for document screening.Make a comprehensive judgment based on the contents of the application form submitted at the time of application.

 As a general rule, the program offers courses three days a week at Waseda University Nihonbashi Campus. For Liberal Arts courses, depending on the course, you may attend a separate school building at the Waseda University Extension Center.It is required to complete 3 compulsory subjects, 9 elective compulsory subjects, and 3 free elective subjects per year. There is no examination, but attendance of 2/14 or more and submission of assignments are required depending on the subject. Will be.Upon completion, a certificate of study based on the School Education Law will be issued (a degree cannot be obtained).

 In the fall and winter semesters, I belong to the seminar and delve into my specialty, and summarize it in relation to my future life design.In addition, we have set up "class work" as a system aimed at promoting community formation, which is one of the important concepts of LRC, and a professor emeritus of Waseda University will be in charge of it, aiming to create a community among students throughout the year. ..

 Waseda University's Education Department for Working Adults was established in 2017 to promote various educational programs for working adults at Waseda University and to promote recurrent education within the university.In addition to developing "WASEDA NEO" mainly for business people on the Nihonbashi campus, it also operates a portal site "Manabi Compass" that sends out educational programs for working adults.

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