Training courses for adults
Starting in year 2008 we are offering more training courses.
You are free to choose any available course provided you pass the entrance test.
Some courses, however, have condition that you must have completed specified course(s) before
you can enroll.
Courses 101, 102, 103, 105, 106 and 107 (total approximately 340 hours or roughly one year)
are considered basic. People who have successfully completed these courses will be
able to perform properly up to the expectation of a standard international
organization or company. These people with special skill and knowledge should also
be able to set up socially responsible organization or business of their own provided
they have opportunity.
The courses aim to give students:
- basic general knowledge, skill and experience plus proper thinking mindset to solve problems and make decision
- working level communication and language skill
- desire to understand the things and events clearly in details, depth and volume honestly and without bias
- desire and ability to discover
- desire and ability to collect, manage, use and distribute information
- ability to see things and events through the barriers
- understanding of different peoples, cultures and lifes
and these will make students:
- to become responsible and useful citizens of the world
- to become self motivated, mature and independent people
General requirement for enrollment:
- older than 18 years
- non native English speaker
- more than 12 years of formal education or equivalent
Campus
We do not create own campus thus saving world resources. Classroom study
are in our office. We will also study and do research
in public areas such as national parks, villages, rivers, seas and islands.
Subject 101: Communication & Basic English 1 (80 hrs)
- Introduction to communication
- Basic grammar and beginner's English
- Basic reading, speaking and listening
- Writing
- Reading articles and stories written for students of English
- Discussion
- Argument, reasoning, thinking
- Ethics
- Information research
Subject 102: Communication & Basic English 2 (80 hrs + Reading for discovery)
You must have completed 101 or sit in entrance test.
- Grammar
- Practical English use in communication
- Local and international news and searching for news and information
- Discussion and finding out
- Report and research writing
- Cross cultural communication
- Ethics
- Natural science for everybody
- Thinking deeply and widely, and in new ways/cultural settings/world perspectives
- Problem solving
Subject 103: Study of comtemporary body of human knowledges (50 hrs)
You must have completed 101 and/or sit in entrance test.
This study will give us a good general understanding of types of knowledges we (collectively)
need for proper keeping and progress of our community. Included in the study are introduction
to and scope of each knowledge body, and progress/changes and future of each body
of knowledge.
- Common types and fields of knowledge bodies
- More introduction on selected fields
- Discussion
- Research and report writing
- Information collection anywhere anytime
- Management, distribution and use of information
Subject 104: Introduction to health and wellness (unavailable at the moment)
- Introduction
- Personal
- Community
- Life style and community design
- Information management
Subject 105: Guest lecturers' speechs and discussion on life experiences and lessons
You should have completed 101 and 102, or sit in entrance test for English.
- Listening and note taking
- Questions and answers, discussion
- Report writing
Guest lecturers are not Ph.D degree holders or professors from the Universities. They are
ordinary working people or retired citizens from around the world with decades
of working experiences.
They will lecture on volunteer basic on a choosen topic for one to two hours followed
by questions and answers and discussion. We will announce
time by time availability of these lectures/discussion classes.
Subject 106: General management (60 hrs)
You should have completed 101, 102 and 103; or sit in entrance test for
English, communication and knowledge.
- Introduction
- Small (business or organization) setup & management
- Small office management
- Project management
- Team work and individual work, their pros and cons and use
- Planning
- Problems and solutions + case studies
- Report writing
Subject 107: Introduction to solving social/communicational problems (70 to 80 hrs)
You should have completed 101, 102 and 103; or sit in entrance test for
English, communication and knowledge. Completing the course 106 is desirable but not necessary.
- Human psychology
- Cross cultural communication
- Understanding many worlds/cultures of human society
OR
(Different) Foundations, standards, platforms, and understandings
- Flow of love, respect, belief/trust, opportunities, knowledge & resources among people of world
- Misunderstanding, conflicts, emotion, and stress
- Sustainable society and environment
- Attending guest lecturers' speeches when available
- Constructing a happier society (report/essay writing)
Subject 108: Research writing (3 months)
You should have completed 101, 102 and 103; or sit in entrance test for
English, communication and knowledge.
- Introduction
- Discussion and selection of topics
- Detailed study
- Research and writing
- Publishing
Subject 109: Field trips (2 months including 1 or 2 field trips)
You should have completed 101, 102; or sit in entrance test for
English, communication and knowledge. Completing the course 103 is desirable but not necessary.
This course is quite flexible and it is possible to create a customized plan.
- Introduction
- Study of selected places and cultures
- Research
- Selection of trip
- Preparation
- Trip and field research
- Recollection and data management
- Reporting and publishing
Subject 110: Basic practical Math (60 hrs)
You should have completed 101 and 102, or sit in entrance test.
Subject 111: Basic Geography (50 to 60 hrs)
You should have completed 101 and 102, or sit in entrance test.
Subject 112: Introduction to Ecology I and II (40 hrs each)
You should have completed 101 and 102, or sit in entrance test.
Subject 113: Graphic study (60 hrs)
You should have completed 101 and 102, and sit in entrance test.
- Introduction
- Plain geometry
- Solid geometry
- Colors, lights and shades
- Sketch making
- Dimensions and calculation
- Simple drawing
- Paintworks
- Photography
- Computer works
- Generating ideas
Subject 114: Introduction to web site development (70 hrs + one website)
You should have completed 101, 102, 113, and sit in entrance test.
Subject 115: Small wind turbine machine construction (3 weeks classroom study + 3 weeks field work)
Entrance test must be passed.
- Theory study
- Basic calculation and drawing
- Problems and solutions
- Techniques of controls
- Safety and strength
- Goods and bads of each design, and wind machine as a whole
- Design of a small wind machine
- Material selection, sourcing, and budgeting
- Construction and testing
- Field assembly and testing
- Producing maintenance plan and spare parts list
- Report writing
Subject 116: Special interest tours/trips management (3 months including 1 or 2 field trips)
You should have completed 101, 102 and 109; and sit in entrance test.
Completing the courses 111 and 112 are desirable but not necessary.
- History
- Present and future
- Knowledge, skill and research
- Marketing and operation
- Trends, problems and solutions
- Attending guest lecturers' speeches when available
- Report and assignment work
Subject 117: Rural development (3 months classroom, research + 3 months fieldworks)
You should have completed 101, 102, 103, 106, 107, 111 and 112; and sit the entrance test.
- Simple yet interesting life and sustainable ecology
- Simple yet attractive design
- Rural technology
- Village community layouts
- House and firm design
- Farm and hut design
- Waste management
- Energy management
- Food management
- Tools management
- Health and wellness
- Scenery
- Report
- Essays on future sustainable society
unique adventure trip