▎TEACHING & LEARNING

This year, D-School D-DAY, an end-of-semester sharing session, drew nearly 500 participants. Themed “D-DAYDREAMER,” the event attracted people to realize their dreams and ignited a spark in everyone’s heart.

The band that performed at the university’s commencement ceremony was invited to play at the opening ceremony of D-School D-Day, drawing an impressive crowd to dance around the stage. The Trans-disciplinary Bachelor Degree Program spotlighted 25 students who had broken away from the disciplinary silos of traditional higher education to create new fields of their own, such as creativity education, long-term care for the elderly, and animal rights. The trans-disciplinary program gives students the opportunity to “explore and learn” with a high degree of flexibility and freedom. The students can take courses in any field they wish during the program. By taking advantage of every resource inside and outside the university, they can explore every possibility in pursuit of their dreams.

At the venue of the Trans-disciplinary Bachelor Degree Program presentation, the participants could pick up gold coins to invest in the projects that were interesting to them. Many students in the program were on hand to share details about the process of working on their projects with the participants, while expressing their ideas through self-media campaigns and workshops to expand their influence.

Lastly, the highlight of the event was unveiled in the D-School course presentation area. The participating students marveled at such projects as Food Design and Social Innovation, Active Aging in Place: Home Culture, Design for Well-being: Redefining Health from a Multi-Dimensional Perspective, as well as a variety of cross-disciplinary courses focusing on the practical aspect of projects. The participants all took photos and notes while exclaiming, ” I really want to take this course next term!”