Graduate School of Economics Course of Public/Private Partnership (Master Program)

Graduate School of Economics Course of Public/Private Partnership (Master Program)

* S stands for Spring semester and F stands for fall semester. Academic Year 2015 Graduate School of Economics Course of PPP (Master Program) 1/3 Research Seminars Subjects Credits Title Instructor Note S * F * Research Seminar I1 2 2 Professor Toru Research Seminar I2 2 2 Professor Hajime Research Seminar I3 2 2 Associate Daisuke Research Seminar I4 2 2 Professor Satoru Matsubara Research Seminar I5 2 2 Professor Kazuyasu Research Seminar I6 2 2 Professor Yuji Research Seminar I7 2 Sachiko Seki Research Seminar I8 2 2 Professor Sam Research Seminar I9 2 Takamasa Research Seminar I10 2 Manabu Research Seminar I11 2 2 Professor Yuji Research Seminar I12 2 2 Specially appointed Makoto 2 2 Professor Toru 1 2 2 Professor Hajime 2 2 2 Associate Daisuke 3 2 2 Professor Satoru 4 Matsubara 5 6 7 8 9 10 2 2 Professor Kazuyasu 2 2 Professor Yuji 2 Sachiko Seki 2 2 Professor Sam 2 Takamasa 2 Manabu Not offered in 2015 Not offered in 2015

11 2 2 Professor Yuji 2 2 Specially appointed Makoto 12 I 2 2 Professor Toru 1 I 2 2 Professor Hajime 2 I 3 2 2 Associate Daisuke I 2 2 Professor Satoru 4 Matsubara Not offered in 2015 I 2 2 Professor Kazuyasu 5 I 2 2 Professor Yuji 6 I 2 Sachiko 7 Seki I 2 2 Professor Sam 8 I 2 Takamasa 9 I 2 Manabu 10 I 11 2 2 Professor Yuji I 2 2 Specially appointed Makoto 12 Research Seminar IV 2 2 Professor Toru 1 Research Seminar IV 2 2 Professor Hajime 2 Research Seminar IV 3 2 2 Associate Daisuke Research Seminar IV 2 2 Professor Satoru 4 Matsubara Not offered in 2015 Research Seminar IV 2 2 Professor Kazuyasu 5 Research Seminar IV 2 2 Professor Yuji 6 Research Seminar IV 2 Sachiko 7 Seki Research Seminar IV 2 2 Professor Sam 8 Research Seminar IV 2 Takamasa 9 Research Seminar IV 2 Manabu 10 Research Seminar IV 11 2 2 Professor Yuji Research Seminar IV 2 2 Specially appointed Makoto

12 Graduate School of Economics Course of PPP (Master Program) 2/3 Elective Courses Subjects Credits Title Instructor Note S F PPP Theory I 2 Professor Yuji (Japanese) PPP Theory II 2 Professor Yuji (Japanese) Basic Economics 2 Professor Kazuyasu Public Economy 2 Not offered Offered every in 2015 two years (alternate with Policy analysis ) Instructor: Satoru Matsubara Policy analysis 2 Professor Satoru Offered every Matsubara two years (alternate with Public Economy ) PPP Economic Theory 2 Professor Kazuaki Kagami Basic Finance Theory 2 Professor Toru Regional finance 2 Specially appointed Makoto PPP Finance Takamasa Basic Public Finance 2 Associate Daisuke Theory Economy and Hiroshi Finances of Japan Tubouchi PPP Business 2 Not offered Theory in 2015 Financial analysis Masayoshi Sato Intellectual Property 2 Not offered Offered every in 2015 two years (alternate with ICT policy and uses ) Instructor: Hajime PPP Paper Research 2 Specially appointed Makoto PPP Methodology Toru Mihara Environment Policy 2 Professor Yoshiki

Ogawa Energy Theory 2 Professor Yoshiki Ogawa PPP Project 1 2 Professor Sam PPP Project 2 2 Professor Sam PPP Design Tetsuya Katagiri Global PPP Business Exercise 1 Global PPP Business Exercise 2 2 Part-time lecturer Yu Namba *See Registration restrictions 2 Part-time lecturer Yu Namba *See Registration restrictions * Registration restrictions for Global PPP Business Exercise I and II: 1. Students should be engaging a PPP project (including policy development, design, finance, construction, operation, management and etc.) as a staff of organizations illustrated below or contractors (consultant, suppliers, general or sub contractors, and NGO/NPO): International organizations and multilateral development banks (e.g. United Nations, World Bank, Asia Development Bank, Africa Development Bank etc.) Foreign government agencies Japan s government agencies such as Cabinet Office, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Diplomatic missions, JICA, JBIC, and other organizations engaging overseas PPP projects (e.g. DBJ, JAPIC etc.) Other organizations engaging PPP projects outside of Japan 2. Students must complete one of prerequisites ( PPP Theory I or Global PPP VII: PPP Theory ), or holds an instructor consent to enroll. 3. Students must report their PPP activities periodically through a video conference system or an e-mail and seek advices from the instructor. Students can live outside of Japan to enroll this course. Graduate School of Economics Course of PPP (Master Program) 3/3 Elective Courses (Specialization*) Specialized course: Subject Subtitle Cre dit s I II III Municipal administrati on and finance in Japan Regional leadership in the US (in S F Title Instructor Note Manabu Sachiko Seki 2 Professor Sam

Specialized course: Global PPP IV V VI Cooperation w/icma) Balancing budgets Public facility and infrastructur e management ICT policy and uses Global PPP I PPP Methodologie s around the World Global PPP II PPP trends in the World (in Cooperation w/unece) Global PPP III English Presentation Global PPP IV Global PPP V Best Proposal for RFP Asian Economy 2 Professor Sam 2 Professor Yuji 2 Professor Hajime Toru Mihara 2 Professor Sam 2 Lecturer Joseph E Ring 2 Part time lecturer Gary Miller Xuejie Jiang Offered every two years (alternate with Intellectual Property ) Global PPP VI Infrastructur e PPPs Kenichi Nakamura Global PPP VII PPP Theory 2 Part time lecturer Yu Namba Specialized course: PPP PPP Business I PPP Case studies PPP Business II PPP Business III PPP Business around the world (in Cooperation w/ncppp) PPP Business modeling 2 Specially appointed Makoto 2 Professor Sam Hitoshi Abe

PPP Business IV PPP Business V PPP Business VI PPP planning theory Urban planning business Financial planning theory 2 Specially appointed Takamasa Yoshitsugu Shimizu Makoto *Students are free to register in any of the courses listed here. Enrolled in one specialization does not keep students from registering in the courses other than their specialization.

Guidance for registration 1. Students should follow admission guidance and advices of the main research advisor for elective courses. 2. Students must complete a minimum of 30 credits is required for graduation. 3. Students can register and complete the identically-named subjects (as well as identically-named subjects with different sub-numbers such as 12) more than twice and can earn credits every time. However, if necessary, instructor may limit registrations of students who have completed the subject before. 4. Students are recommended to register and complete PPP Theory I (Global PPP VII: PPP Theory for non-japanese speakers) and II are designed to provide basic knowledge of PPP. 5. Students must choose one main research advisor from the instructors listed in PPP research seminars 1-12. Students should register to PPP research seminar instructed by their main research advisor unless they are advised by their main research advisor to take a subject which is scheduled at the same time of the PPP research seminar or other limited circumstances. 6. Students should elect one or two co-research advisor(s) with an advice of the main research advisor. Co-research advisor(s) should be elected from s, associate s or visiting s who teach at least one seminar or lecture in that academic year. 7. Students cannot register PPP research seminars 1-12, unless they elect the instructor as their main or co- research advisors. 8. Students should take PPP research seminar I for their first semester, then II, III and IV for second, third and fourth semester respectively. Students attend this master program longer than five semesters and have completed PPP research seminar I to IV should repeat PPP research seminar IV to seek advices from their main research advisors. 9. If necessary, students can change his/her main research advisor and/or co-research advisor(s) at the beginning of any semester. 10. All students must attend thesis presentation/review (interim and final), submit either a graduation thesis or a special research project (research paper) and pass the thesis defense (final examination) to be qualified for graduation. Formats must follow the table below. 11. When deemed necessary by the main research advisor, maximum of 10 credits can be earned from courses in other departments. Credits earned will be used to fulfill graduation requirements. However, credits from identically-named subjects can be

earned only once. 12. Students from other departments/courses cannot enroll in subjects offered in Course of Public/Private Partnership. Master s thesis Special research project Concept considerations of issues in PPP Purpose Comply with the Purpose Submit a proposal to encourage a stated in the Standards for the company, public authority or Establishment of the Graduate municipality for consideration Schools (Article 3) : Master s program should bestow the profound learning from wide perspective and foster research capability in the major. Evaluation criteria 1 Originality (Originality in finding and organizing challenges and solutions) 2 Logical consistency (rationality of solutions, persuasiveness and consistency of arguments) 3 Potential of theoretical development (Potential development of theories with respect to systems and methods of PPP) 4 Timeliness (Timeliness in solving challenges and meeting needs of the party who receives the proposal) 5 Application and contribution to the society (Applicability of the discussion to solve challenges and feasibility of the proposal) Style Research paper Amount More than approximately More than 40,000 words (Japanese) 60,000 words (Japanese)