DP①

Practical language

proficiency and basic
Numbering cordeClass Title（For students who entered
Hosei University after 2017

capability such as
Goalfall.）information processing,subscription reading andwriting, andcommunication are

DP②

Students

acquire a wide varietyof liberal arts
education on asustainable society.

DP③Students acquire aninterdisciplinary andcomprehensive expertise ona sustainable society.

DP④Students are able to consider

DP⑤

Students acquire theconcrete issues concerning

ability to sympathize withsustainability, make an appropriate

diverse people and the attitude

judgment and express them throughto learn autonomously from thesentences and dialogue.

field site◎◎acquired.
This course is designed for two main purposes. Firstly, it aims allow students tothink and imagine about the complexities of what is known as “sustainability.”
Secondly, it seeks to guide students for further study or courses offered in theIntroduction to Sustainability Studies

BSP100HASCOPE.

◎Through this course, students are expected to be ready to take various courses in
the SCOPE curriculum and to start building their own values and attitudes
towards a sustainable future.

Seminar

OTR400HA【Several different courses are offered.】

ThesisOTR400HA

Students chooses his/fer own theme and submit the thesis.

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Students are expected to learn essential elements of legal and administrative
framework of environmental policy to protect air, water and soil environment.

Japanese Environmental Policy

SES300HA◎

Students are also expected to learn the cause of environmental pollution, study
how to tackle specific problems and gain ability to find effective and feasible
solutions through case studies.
Through this class, you will be expected to critically engage with both scholarly

Japanese Society and Sustainability 1

SOC300HA

discussions as well as media portraits on Japanese culture and society, and◎demonstrate your understanding through your assignments, an individual research
paper, and participation in class.
By taking this course, students will be able to:
1. Identify and critically engage with social issues pertaining to the family;

Japanese Society and Sustainability 2

SOC300HA

2. understand the connection between individual experiences in family and◎broader socio-historical contexts; and3. discuss issues surrounding the family with a comparative perspective.

Japanese Society and Sustainability 3

SOC300HA

Business and Sustainability in Japan 1

MAN300HA

Upon completion of the course, students are expected to have a richer
understanding of the diversity and complexity of Japanese society.

◎In this course, we aim at (1) understanding the basic theory and global trend of
corporate sustainability, and (2) mastering analytical methodologies to critically◎review companies’ efforts on sustainability.

In this course, by discussing various topics, student will be able toBusiness and Sustainability in Japan 2

MAN300HA

understand the importance of integrating CSR into corporate◎

management, and its actual methodology.
The purposes of this course are to acquire knowledge about ecosystems
and biodiversity in Japan, and to understand efforts to solve the conflict
Bio-diversity and Nature Conservation in
Japan

SES300HA

between human beings and wildlife. Through these, students areexpected to deepen their interest in biodiversity in their home countries,◎

and to acquire the ability to explore a society in which people and nature
live sustainably together.
Students will be able to understand sustainability in a broader way with examples

Social Development and Sustainability 1

SOC300HA

from Southeast Asia. Students will be able to enrich their perspectives of the◎concept of sustainability.
Through this course, students will be able to;Social Development and Sustainability 2

SOC300HA- understand the basic theories of area studies and its fieldwork methods- enhance their academic writing skills- enhance their research planning skills◎DP①

Practical language

proficiency and basic
Numbering cordeClass Title（For students who enteredHosei University after 2017

capability such asGoalfall.）information processing,subscription reading andwriting, andcommunication are

DP②

Students

acquire a wide varietyof liberal arts
education on asustainable society.

DP③Students acquire aninterdisciplinary andcomprehensive expertise ona sustainable society.

acquired.
The purpose of this class is to provide students with a basic and systematic
understanding of how the environment is intertwined with the economy and how

Practice of Environmental Economics andJapanthe environmental problems could be tackled. Students will learn the advantages

ECN300HA◎

and limitations of the regulatory measures which have been widely put in
operation in Japan. Students will also learn various forms of “economicinstruments” such as environmental taxes and emissions trading to solve theglobal environmental problems in the decades to come.
Completing the course, students are expected;

Japan's International Development
Cooperation and Sustainable Society1) to better understand poverty and inequality in the current globalized world,ECN300HA◎2) to acquire basic knowledge on international development efforts,
3) to understand each actor's role and responsibility in development efforts, and
4) to have an idea for more equal world structure.
Through this course, students will be able to;- understand Japan's history and its relationship with Asian countries- understand the history of conflicts between Japan and other Asian countries

Asian Societies and Japan

ARS200HA- understand the Japanese history from broader, international, and relational◎

perspectives- use these understandings above and discuss trans-regional issues in morethoughtful and critical manners
In this course, students will acquire concepts and knowledge on the following
aspects:
1. Tools and concepts devised for use in the analysis of economic development 2.

Japanese Rural Society

ARS300HA

Economic history of Japanese rural society◎

3. Transformation of rural population from backward peasants into small-scale
producers
4. Rural changes that accompanied modern industrialization
In this course, students will acquire various concepts and knowledge on
community-based natural resource management. They will develop a broad viewon natural resources preservation and community development. By the end of theSubsistence, Resource Use and Sustainability

ARS300HA

course, students should be able to develop their own thinking on sustainable◎community-based natural resource management and collective action. They
should be able to elaborate their ideas using the theoretical concepts and casestudies introduced to them throughout the course.
Through the course, students will be able to;
1 understand the issues the world is facing as well as the interconnection amongissues.

Civil Society and NGOs

SOC300HA

2 understand the history and present situation of NGOs.
3 understand the linkage of people all over the world from a global citizens' pointof view.
4 acquire positive attitudes to tackle the world issues as a global citizen.

◎DP④Students are able to consider

DP⑤

Students acquire theconcrete issues concerning

ability to sympathize withsustainability, make an appropriate

diverse people and the attitude

judgment and express them throughto learn autonomously from thesentences and dialogue.

field siteDP①Practical language

proficiency and basic
Numbering cordeClass Title（For students who entered
Hosei University after 2017

capability such as
Goalfall.）

information processing,subscription reading andwriting, andcommunication are

DP②

Students

acquire a wide varietyof liberal arts
education on asustainable society.

DP③Students acquire aninterdisciplinary andcomprehensive expertise ona sustainable society.

acquired.

This course aims to provide students with advanced and integrated knowledge ofintercultural communication theories and skills for research and professional
practice. The course will analyze critically the key role that communication plays
in developing intercultural relations and in managing intercultural conflict, using
various case studies from different cultures/countries. In addition, students will
be able to evaluate how media and culture intersect as contested zones toStrategies for Intercultural Communication

EDU200HA

influence cultural change. These contents will provide opportunities for students◎

to become aware of diversity of cultures, become familiar with cultural variations,and to develop skills in monitoring personal behavior and responding nonjudgmentally to the unexpected behaviors encountered in diverse educational andworkplace situations. After successfully completing this course, students shouldbe able to engage sensitively and confidently with individuals, groups, andcommunities in local, national and international communication environments.
This class aims to learn why GHR has been actively discussed in Japan in the past

Global Human Resources ManagementSOC200HA

several years, and help students understand GHR as part of their career plan and◎make their own job careers in the global business area.
We aim at achieving following goals:

Business Communication

MAN200HA(1) Learn background and basic methodologies for effective businesscommunication◎(2) Have basic understanding about unconscious bias and how to cope with them.
Students will learn the following concepts: 1) how our every-day commodities (inthis case, garments) are deeply related to the global economy, consumerism,

Arts and Society

ART200HApoverty, and environmental problems, 2) how we can critically think about theimpact our every-day activities (e. g., purchasing clothes, wearing clothes, etc.)◎have on the sustainability of our society and environment, and 3) what kinds ofmeasures can be taken to tackle sustainability-related issues in fashion.
The goal of this course is not to teach solutions to environmental problems, but toprovide tools to think critically about such issues. In order to accomplish this, itwill be important for students to remain engaged not only toward readingmaterials but also other class participants. I expect students to read and work

Human and Environment

CUA200HA

through the arguments, debates, themes, and perspectives of the class readings;◎the key point here is “critical engagement.” By critical engagement, I mean thatstudents are to carefully read and consider the texts, and to understand anddiscuss the intentions of the author, whether or not they agree with his/her
opinions or conclusions.
Students will understand outlines of history and culture of Southeast AsianArea Studies

ARS200HA

countries, how the current Southeast Asian countries have been established and◎changed, and what kinds of problems they are currently facing.
Students will understand basic science of climate change and resource issues.

Environmental Science

ENV200HA◎

They will also understand how to deal with them by learning advantages anddisadvantages of Japanese policy.
After this course, students will:
1. Recognize the complexity of environmental issues and the human element
inherent in them.

Studies for Environment and Society

SOC200HA

2. Be alert to the interrelationship of local and global in environmental problems
and issues.
3. Recognize the local and global social sources of conflicts and inequalities ofissues such as natural resource use, food/agricultural practices, wilderness
preservation, population and climate change.

◎DP④Students are able to consider

DP⑤

Students acquire theconcrete issues concerning

ability to sympathize withsustainability, make an appropriate

diverse people and the attitude

judgment and express them throughto learn autonomously from thesentences and dialogue.

field siteDP①Practical language

proficiency and basic
Numbering cordeClass Title（For students who enteredHosei University after 2017

capability such asinformation processing,Goalsubscription reading andfall.）writing, andcommunication are

DP②

Students

acquire a wide varietyof liberal arts
education on asustainable society.

DP③Students acquire aninterdisciplinary andcomprehensive expertise ona sustainable society.

acquired.
Students are aiming at understanding various topics and theories related toBusiness and Society

MAN200HA◎

business and business management, and eventually able to analyze actual
business cases with analytical frameworks students learn in the class.
The points considered as achievements in this course are (i) to acquire statisticalskills for the investigation on resource and energy development, (ii) to understandIntroduction to Energy and Resources

INE200HA◎

the characteristics of various resources and the energy conversion systems fromthe view points of thermodynamics and renewables, and (iii) to obtain theknowledge on energy issues in Japan.
Students may learn the legal framework of the international society andInternational Society and Environmental
IssuesPOL200HA

environmental issues, and will also learn the legal process of peace making.

◎Students will get how to achieve the peaceful settlement of international
environmental disputes as well.
Upon successful completion of this course, students will be able to:1) Understand the basic history and theory of globalization.

Global Society 1

POL200HA

2) Display a familiarity with the arguments and ideas of key concepts and thinkers◎

introduced in the class.
3) Apply a range of arguments and concepts discussed in class to reflect oncontemporary issues of globalization.
By the end of the course, students will be able to:１） Demonstrate familiarity with key concepts and theories of political
geography.

Global Society 2POL200HA◎２） Understand how geography has shaped politics, forming and transforming
national identities.
３）

Use concepts and perspectives of political geography to critically reflect oncontemporary international relations issues.
Through this class, students will learn techniques for qualitative research.
Although this is an introductory course on methods and students do not conduct
actual social research, they will be familiarized with various methods throughResearch Methods １

SOC200HA◎lectures, in-class exercises, as well as listening to stories by an experienced
fieldworker. Students are also expected to demonstrate their comprehension of
the materials by writing a research proposal and give an oral presentation on theproject at the end of the semester.
Upon successful completion of this course, students will be able to:
1. Explain basic concepts of social statistics.
2. Summarize numeric data by computing descriptive statistics and by creatingtables and graphs by using SPSS program.

Research Methods 2

SOC200HA◎

3. Compute various inferential statistics using computer methods.
4. Test hypotheses applying probability theory.
5. Explain the differences among various statistical techniques and identify anappropriate technique for a given set of variables and research questions.
6. Explain the basic concepts and interpretation in regression analysis.
By the end of the semester, students should be able to:Co-creative Workshop AⅠ

OTR200HA(1) identify and analyze sustainability problems,(2) interact proactively and collaborate among diverse participants◎

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(3) reach and design collaborative solutions
By the end of the semester, students should be able to:1) identify and analyze sustainability problems in given cases,

Co-creative Workshop AⅡOTR200HA

2) interact proactively and collaborate with diverse participants,
3) reach and design collaborative solutions and present in the class,4) share various solutions in the class for further discussion of the issues.

DP④

Students are able to consider

DP⑤

Students acquire theconcrete issues concerning

ability to sympathize withsustainability, make an appropriate

diverse people and the attitude

judgment and express them throughto learn autonomously from thesentences and dialogue.

field siteDP①Practical language

proficiency and basic
Numbering cordeClass Title（For students who entered
Hosei University after 2017

capability such as
Goalfall.）information processing,subscription reading andwriting, andcommunication are

DP②

Students

acquire a wide varietyof liberal arts
education on asustainable society.

DP③Students acquire aninterdisciplinary andcomprehensive expertise ona sustainable society.

DP④Students are able to consider

DP⑤

Students acquire theconcrete issues concerning

ability to sympathize withsustainability, make an appropriate

diverse people and the attitude

judgment and express them throughto learn autonomously from thesentences and dialogue.

field siteacquired.
By the end of the semester, students are expected to able to:Co-creative Workshop BⅠ

OTR200HA

a.identify and analyze sustainability problems.
b.interact proactively and collaborate among diverse participants.

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◎

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c.propose prescriptions based on academic research.
By the end of the semester, students are expected to able toCo-creative Workshop BⅡ

OTR200HA

a. identify and analyze sustainability problems.
b. interact proactively and collaborate among diverse participants.
c. propose prescriptions based on academic research

Field Workshop

OTR200HA

Students will be able to understand better how to relate classroom knowledge
and skill to real-life agenda through a field workshop.

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