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Degree
Master
Standard Academic Year
1, 2
Course delivery methods
face-to-face
Subject
Social studies, Languages, Historical & philosophical studies
Program
School
Graduate School of Business Sciences, Humanities and Social Sciences
Department
Master's Program in International and Advanced Japanese Studies
Campus
Tsukuba Campus
Classroom
Course Offering Year
2023-2024
Course Offering Month
-
Weekday and Period
Capacity
Credits
1.0
Language
English
Course Number
01DR491

Civil Society and Politics for Global Harmony 1B University of Tsukuba

Course Overview

In this class, we aim to understand Japanese politics and civil society and to master methodology of social sciences through reading some basic literatures in English. In particular, we make much account of comparative methods. We discuss a variety of themes concerning civil society in this class.

Learning Achievement

(1)Students acquire basic knowledge of politics and civil society and can explain it.
(2)Students can examine the features of Japanese politics and civil society from comparative perspectives.
(3)Students can accurately understand previous research and envision new research based on it.
(4)Students can discuss with other students from different backgrounds and relativize their thoughts.

Competence

Generic Competencies: Leveraging Knowledge, Communication, Internationality
Degree Program Competencies: Research and Expertise

Course prerequisites

Grading Philosophy

preparation for comments in advance 20%, participate in class discussions 40%, and term papers 40%

Course schedule

The class will follow the textbook.

Course type

Lectures

Online Course Requirement

Instructor

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Link to the syllabus provided by the university