Syllabus Number 1
CourseName

Being Young in Super-Ageing Japan

Semester, YearFirst Semester, 2019

Number of Credits

2 credits

Course level

2000

Course Number

027001

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SystemHOMMERICH CAROLA 大学院文学研究院
Over the past two decades, Japan has seen growing inequality triggered by an increase of precarious
employment, rising numbers of unemployed and a retrenchment of company and government welfare. At thesame time, social bonds hitherto provided by family, neighbors, or the company have weakened, meaning that
there is less of a network to fall back on for support. Both phenomena have been subject to widespread academic
and public discourse. In this, the Japanese youth has been one of the main protagonists, being especially affectedby structural changes and an increase of social risks.
A growing number of young Japanese seems unable to cope with daily life. Various surveys indicate a strong
increase in anxieties, cases of clinical depression, social withdrawal, and even suicide among the young. Amidst
these developments, results of a longitudinal government survey come as a surprise, which show that the shareof 20-29-year-olds who consider themselves satisfied with their life has increased since the 1970s and by the turnof the century has outstripped that of older generations.
In this class, we will analyze this seemingly contradictive experience of young Japanese. We will look at various
social problems Japanese society is facing today from the perspective of Japanese youth.
(I am open to additional topics not included in the syllabus below. Please feel free to suggest anything you findrelevant. You are the experts!)
By the end of this class, you will have learnt about various social problems Japanese society is facing today, andwill have understood the specific way they affect Japanese youth.
You will have given a class presentation in English and will have written a final report in English.
1. Overview
2. Forever young? A theoretical introduction to definitions of youth
3. Being young in an ageing society: Some dilemmas of Japanese youth
4. Happy or anxious: the mental state of Japanese youth
Childhood and early adolescence
5. An unequal start? Child poverty and educational chances
6. Problems at school: Bullying, school non-attendance
Late adolescence
7. Entering the labour market: finding a job, job security
8. Hikikomori and NEET
9. Not ready for love? Youth and love relationships
10. Political participation
11. Uchimuke: Going abroad as risk?
12. Changing communication: The impact of mobile phones
13. Youth culture
Transition to adulthood
14. Achieving financial and emotional independence
15. Final discussion
There will be required readings, which I will upload on Moodle.
You will be graded based on the following four aspects:
1. Class presentation (15-20 minutes) on a topic of your choice
2. Final paper on the topic of your presentation (5 to 10 pages, 11-12pt font).
3. Active participation in class and group discussions.
4. Class attendance: You can miss a maximum of 2 classes unexcused. If you miss more without contacting me
to excuse yourself, you fail the class.
Classroom contribution + attendance: 30%
Class presentation: 30%
Final paper: 40%

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Syllabus Number 2
CourseName

Countries and Cultures

Semester, YearFirst Semester, 2019

Number of Credits

2 credits

Course level

1000

Course Number

027002

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LA FAY MICHELLE KAY 大学院文学研究院

Students will explore how their countries have influenced other countries and how other countries haveinfluenced their own country. Students will be able to form a new picture of their own country's identity by
combining knowledge of their country with the image of their country from the outside.

1. Students will gain the ability to see their own country from a different viewpoint.
2. Students will become able to assess how countries' perceive one another and to what extent those perceptions
can be judged accurate.
3. Students will identify a "myth" that supports their country and explain about the elements of this myth.

Week 1: Class guidelines and expectations, Let's get acquainted ice-breaking session
Week 2: What is a "myth" in this context?
Week 3: What do we believe about our countries?
Week 4: How did the US influence Hokkaido and how did Hokkaido influence the US?
Week 5: How did your country influence Japan? How did Japan influence your country?
Week 6: Our countries: Inside looking out and outside looking in
Weeks 7 & 8: Discussion: Our countries in the media
Week 9: Know Thy Country: A case study
Week 10: Group work: Identifying Your Country's "Myth"Weeks 11 & 12: Know Thy Country: Individual student presentations
Week 13: The Value of Mutual Influence
Week 14: The Future: International? Transnational? Global?
Week 15: Wrap-up session and self-evaluation

Preparation for presentations, including research and reading, will be conducted outside of class. Group/pairwork may also involve meeting outside of class.

Group work/presentations: 50%
Writing (reflection papers)and quizzes 25%
Individual presentation: 25%

The Better Nature of Our Angels Why Violence Has Declined Steven Pinker Penguin Books 2012

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Syllabus Number 3
CourseName

Historical International Experiences

Semester, YearFirst Semester, 2019

Number of Credits

2 credits

Course level

1000

Course Number

027003

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LA FAY MICHELLE KAY 大学院文学研究院

This course will focus on Meiji and Taisho era Japanese women who went abroad and on women missionaries
who came to Japan. Reading the firsthand accounts of their experiences will provide new perspectives on
situations of women in the Meiji and Taisho eras.

1. Students will see the lives of women through firsthand accounts.
2. Students will consider what kind of influence, directly and indirectly, Protestant Christianity had on womenin the Meiji and Taisho eras.
3. Students will be able to identify how these women influenced society.

Week 1: Let's get acquainted! Class guidelines and expectations.
Week 2: Why look at historical international experiences?
Week 3: The Girls of the Iwakura Mission: Life in the US
Week 4: Return of the Girls of the Iwakura Mission: Disappointment and Development
Week 5 Women Missionaries: Britain
Week 6: Women Missionaries: USA
Week 7: Women and Education
Week 8: Women's Lives in Japanese Society
Weeks 9 and 10: Student presentations: Students will form groups and investigate and introduce historicalinternational experiences.
Week 11: Comments on presentations
Week 12: How about women in your country?
Week 13: How does the international experience of the past compare to that of today?
Week 14: Wrap-up session
Week 15: Final projectStudents will be expected to actively participate in discussions. Reading, research, and preparation forpresentations will be conducted outside of class.

Class work/Presentations: 50%
Writing (reflection papers) and quizzes 25%
Final project: 25%

Daughters of the Samurai A Journey from East to West and Back Janice P. Nimura W. W. Norton Company &Inc. 2015
Unexpected Destinations: The Poignant Story of Japan's First Vassar Graduate Akiko Kuno Kodansha
International 1993

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CourseName

Inviation to Sociology

Semester, YearFirst Semester, 2019

Number of Credits

2 credits

Course level

1000

Course Number

027004

Instructor(s)(Institution)

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Yoshihide SAKURAI 大学院文学研究院

The goal of this course is to enrich social scientific perspective and concept in order to look at carefully Japanesesociety. Therefore, in this seminar we will use the fundamental text book of sociology in English and understandthe concept of sociology by the terminology of Anglo-American sociology.

This course is conducted in English and Japanese. Through these bilingual language lecture and occasional
discussion in class students will learn contemporary Japanese society and other world, including the topic ofvarious things.

In this course students will learn sociological concept and theory by reading the text book, one topic per a
week. However, in case students do not sufficiently understand the contents of assigned pages, another week
will be added for supplement class.

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1 invitation to sociology
2 culture and identity
3 families and households
4 wealth-poverty and welfare
5 education,
6 health
7 mass media
8 class
9 crime10 belief

Reading the chapter of textbook is required as a preparation.

Attendance(20%), mid-term report(30%), final exam(50%)

アンビシャス社会学 櫻井義秀編 北海道大学出版会 2015
霊と金 櫻井義秀 新潮社 2009

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https://sakurai.cambria.ac/Syllabus Number 5
CourseName

Contemporary Philosophy (Lecture)： Dynamic Epistemic Logic and its Applications

Semester, YearFirst Semester, 2019

Number of Credits

2 credits

Course level

5000

Course Number

027005

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Katsuhiko SANO 大学院文学研究院
Epistemic logic models knowledge and belief in multi-agent systems. Dynamic epistemic logic models change ofknowledge and belief. We provide a comprehensive and basic introduction into dynamic epistemic logic, going indetail into the semantics, with lots of examples and hands-on exercises, and treating topics such as expressivity,
axiomatization, and bisimulation. The course will cover: (i) knowledge and belief, and group epistemic notions
general knowledge, common knowledge, and distributed knowledge; (ii) Public announcement logic, andunsuccessful updates; (iii) Action model logic, semi-public events, fully private events; (iv) Plausibility models
and belief revision, i.e., integrated knowledge and belief change, including modellings of (the event of) lying; (v)Factual change, embeddings into temporal epistemic logic (protocol-generated forests), and various matters
involving change of distributed knowledge and common knowledge. This includes the so-called resolution of
distributed knowledge: how to make (some of it) common knowledge.
By the end of this course, students will be able to
1. use formal languages of the dynamic logics to describe examples,
2. derive consequences from the assumptions captured in these languages, and
3. use formal language to discuss various conceptual issues.
Lectures 1-3: Epistemic logic (knowledge and belief, and alternative notions of knowledge; general knowledge,
common knowledge, and distributed knowledge)
Lectures 4-6: Public announcement logic, and unsuccessful updates (including interaction with group epistemic
notions and applications to cards cryptography)
Lectures 7-9: Action model logic, semi-public events, fully private events.
Lectures 10-12: Plausibility models and belief revision, i.e., integrated knowledge and belief change, including
modellings of (the event of) lying
Lectures 13-15: Factual change, embeddings into temporal epistemic logic (protocol-generated forests),
resolving distributed knowledge
Students will be given exercises both in the class and for homework
Your grade will be determined how well you demonstrate your achievement of the course goals in the paper inwhich you
1. use formal language(s) of the dynamic logics to describe examples you discuss (30%),
2. derive consequences from the assumptions captured in these languages (30%), and
3. discuss the conceptual issue(s) you choose for your final project (40%).
There is no main textbook for this course. The principal material consists in slides of lectures, which will be
regularly made available online prior to the start of the course. In addition, we will refer to a number of textbooks
and materials. The materials listed in the following "Reading List'' will be of much help.
One Hundred Prisoners and a Light Bulb Hans van Ditmarsch, Barteld Kooi Springer 2015
Dynamic Epistemic Logic Hans van Ditmarsch, Wiebe van der Hoek & Barteld Kooi Springer 2007
Logical Dynamics of Information and Interaction Johan van Benthem 2011 2011
Handbook of Epistemic Logic Hans van Ditmarsch, Joe Halpern, Wiebe van der Hoek, Barteld Kooi (eds.) College
Publications 2015
1) Japanese translation (ISBN 9784535788282). In particular, the chapter Dynamic Epistemic Logic.
https://www.amazon.co.jp/dp/4535788286
http://personal.us.es/hvd/lightbulb.html
This course will be provided as part of the Hokkaido Summer Institute.
For more information (invited lecturers, course details, etc.), please visit the website below:
https://hokkaidosummerinstitute.oia.hokudai.ac.jp/courses/CourseDetail=G099

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You can learn how the last year's class was by visiting the following page:in Japanese: https://www.let.hokudai.ac.jp/news/2018/09/14881
in English: https://www.let.hokudai.ac.jp/en/2018/12/11/dynamic-epistemic-logic-and-its-applications-was-heldhokkaido-summer-institute-2018/
Required Equipment for a class: A laptop or tablet will be useful to download the above materials.
Recommended Course (Course highly recommended to be taken together with this course): Logic: Introduction
to Logic 201918

Syllabus Number 6
CourseName

Logic (Seminar): Introduction to Logic

Semester, YearFirst Semester, 2019

Number of Credits

2 credits

Course level

5000

Course Number

027006

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Katsuhiko SANO 大学院文学研究院

Logic is a basic tool for evaluating a reasoning. A given reasoning may be evaluated in terms of truth of a sentenceor correctness of the use of logical vocabulary. From these two perspectives, this course provides basics ofpropositional, first-order and modal logics. This course aims to provide basics of propositional logic, first-orderlogic and modal logic from both semantic and proof-theoretic perspectives. In particular, the course will cover
the following topics for each of the three logics:
1. What is a general framework of logic? What are syntax, semantics and proof theory?
2. How can we translate or formalize a given natural language sentence into a formula in a logic?
3. How can we establish a validity of a given reasoning or argument?
4. How can we falsify (or provide a counterexample against) a given reasoning or argument?
5. What is a relationship between semantic and proof-theoretic approaches, i.e., an approach based on the notionof truth and an approach based on the behavior of logical connectives?
By the end of this course, you will be able to:
1. Understand a general framework of logic.
2. Formalize a fragment of English sentences into a formula of a logic.
3. Check if a given reasoning holds in term of both tableau calculus and natural deduction calculus.
4. Provide a counterexample when a given reasoning does not hold, with the help of tableau calculus.
5. Understand the relationship between semantic and proof-theoretic approaches.
Lecture 1: A general framework of logic and semantics of propositional logic: Truth table
Lectures 2-3: Proof-theory of propositional logic: Tableau calculus.
Lectures 4-5: Proof-theory of propositional logic: Natural deduction calculus, and summary on propositional
logic
Lectures 6: Syntax of first-order logic and difficulties in multiple quantifications
Lectures 7-8: Proof-theory of first-order logic: Tableau calculus.
Lecture 9: Semantics of first-order logic: Model Theory
Lectures 10-11: Proof-theory of first-order logic: Natural deduction calculus, and summary on first-order logic.
Lecture 12: Syntax and Kripke Semantics of Modal logic
Lectures 13-14: Proof-theory of modal logic: Tableau Calculus
Lecture 15: Proof-theory of modal logic: Natural deduction calculus, and summary on modal logic.
All related notions will be introduced and explained in the lectures. To achieve the course goals, it is quite
important and necessary for you to solve exercises to check if you understand the contents property. In thisrespect, there will be exercise sessions in almost all lectures. Moreover, there will be four homework assignments
during the whole schedule.
Your grade will be determined by how well you demonstrate your achievement of the Course Goals though:1. Your contributions to exercise sessions (20%)
2. Homework assignments (80%, there will be four assignments and each is counted as 20%)
None. English handouts will be distributed in each lecture.
Will be provided during the course.
https://www.let.hokudai.ac.jp/news/2018/08/14772/
For more information (invited lecturers, course details, etc.), please visit the website below:
https://hokkaidosummerinstitute.oia.hokudai.ac.jp/courses/CourseDetail=G096

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Please visit the following URLs that show actual class activities in 2018
in Japanese: https://www.let.hokudai.ac.jp/news/2018/08/14772/
inEnglish:https://www.let.hokudai.ac.jp/en/2018/12/11/introduction-to-logic-was-held-hokkaido-summerinstitute-2018/
Recommended Course (Course highly recommended to be taken together with this course): Contemporary
Philosophy： Dynamic Epistemic Logic and its Applications 2019

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Syllabus Number 7
Regional Sciences (Lecture): General Theory of Invasive Alien Species Management

Semester, YearFirst Semester, 2019

Number of Credits

2 credits

Course level

5000

Course Number

027007

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Toru IKEDA 大学院文学研究院
Invasive Alien Species (IAS) are a concern around the world and the management of IAS is urgent problem toprevent or reduce their impacts. Many countries struggle with this problem with varying amounts of success.
New Zealand, because it has very high numbers of IAS, has very highly developed systems and tools andstrategies for IAS management. This course provides the latest information about IAS control not only in New
Zealand but also globally including recent developments for management of IAS in Japan. Course objective is tolearn the fundamental knowledge and techniques for controlling IAS and frameworks for thinking systematically
about IAS management actions and outcomes. The course will also consider social and political aspects of IAS
issues which are becoming increasingly important in influencing ability to control species and the tools that canbe used.
By the end of this course you will:
1. Have an understanding why should we eradicate or control IAS
2. Have an understanding about the basic approaches to IAS issues: Prevention, EDRR, Eradication andSustained Control
3. Have an understanding of the methods and tools available for IAS control and eradication, including
legislation
4. Know the criteria for eradication and understand the difference from sustained control
5. Have an understanding about social and political aspects of IAS issues
We will learn basic knowledge about IAS control and discuss the effective and efficient methods for
management of IAS. The course will cover following topics, providing examples from Japan, New Zealand andother countries.
1. Course introduction - Invasion curve and management responses
2. Invasive species management - principles and strategies
3. Legislation
4. Weed management
5. Disease management
6. Vertebrate pest management
7. Control Methods (1) Trapping/exclusion/shooting/etc.
8. Control Methods (2) Chemical control - toxins, repellents
9. Control methods (3) Biological control
10. Eradication
11. Surveillance and Monitoring methods
12. Social issues, non-target risks and animal welfare
13. Cost and benefits of management
14. Discussion toward the implementation of effective measures in Japan
15. General discussion of global IAS issues
Students are recommended to read the publications listed below. At the end of each lecture you will be given a
short test about the topic covered in the lecture. You will also be asked to write an essay about the eradication ofinvasive species on islands.
1. Test results: 70%
2. Essay about invasive species management: 30%
No textbook required. Handouts will be distributed
http://www.pestsmart.org.au/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/300Braysher.pdf
Veitch, C. R., Clout, M. N. and Towns, D. R. (eds.). (2011) Island invasives: eradication and management. IUCN,
Gland, Switzerland. ISBN: 978-2-8317-1291-8(Available free at http://www.issg.org/pdf/publications/Island_Invasives/IslandInvasives.pdf)
http://www.landcareresearch.co.nz/science/plants-animals-fungi/plants/weeds
This course will be provided as part of the Hokkaido Summer Institute.
For more information (invited lecturers, course details, etc.), please visit the website below:
https://hokkaidosummerinstitute.oia.hokudai.ac.jp/courses/CourseDetail=G088
https://www.let.hokudai.ac.jp/research/human-sciences/4-4regional/ [Japanese]
https://www.landcareresearch.co.nz/home
For HU students: HSI2019 'Social Ecology ：Principles of Invasion Ecology 2019' is recommended to be taken
as a foundation for invasive alien species issues.
Please visit the following website that shows actual class activities in 2018
in Japanese:
https://www.let.hokudai.ac.jp/news/2018/08/14683/
in English:
https://www.let.hokudai.ac.jp/en/2018/12/11/general-theory-of-invasive-alien-species-management-was-heldhokkaido-summer-institute-2018/20

Syllabus Number 8
CourseName

Philosophy(Lecture): Introduction to Enactivism: Moving to Know, Knowing to Move

Semester, YearFirst Semester, 2019

Number of Credits

2 credits

Course level

5000

Course Number

027008Instructor(s)(Institution)

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Course Goals

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Shigeru TAGUCHI 大学院文学研究院
According to enactivism, our experience of the “outer world” is not a “photographic” representation of the “readymade” world. Instead, the world is “made up” by our bodily action in a sense, while our body is moving in theworld and dependent on it. So there is a characteristic loop here, which is stressed by enactivism. It will be very
interesting to be involved in this strange loop by discussing enactivism in the course lectures and participating
in several experiments with devices such as “Enactive Torch.” By this experience, students can examine andmight renew their view of the world, reality, and self. In this way, they will understand why enactivism has been
making such impacts on philosophy, neuroscience, cognitive science, artificial intelligence, robotics, etc.
Through this course, students will
1. understand what is the enactive approach to experience, cognition, self, and the world.
2. acquire knowledge of a phenomenological interpretation of enactivism.
3. acquire knowledge of enactive approaches in the field of neuroscience.
4. find clues to explore a new conception of self and the world that might open new possibilities for alternative
ways of acting and knowing.
Day 1
1. Introduction
2. The history of enactivism (1)3. The history of enactivism (2)Day 2
4. What is enactivism? (1)5. What is enactivism? (2)6. Experimental practice (1)Day 3
7. Phenomenological interpretation of enactivism (1)8. Phenomenological interpretation of enactivism (2)9. Experimental practice (2)Day 4
10. Enactivism in neuroscience (1)11. Enactivism in neuroscience (2)12. Experimental practice (3)Day 5
13. Students’ presentation
14. Students’ presentation
15. Closing discussion
It is recommended to read at least a part of the literature in the following reading list.
The grades will be determined by how well students demonstrate their achievement of the course goals through1. participating in discussions and experiments. 50%
2. giving a presentation about their own idea. 50%
No textbook is required.
The Tree of Knowledge. Boston: Shambhala Maturana, HR, Varela, FJ 1987
The Embodied Mind: Cognitive Science and Human Experience. Cambridge Varela, FJ, Thompson, E, Rosch, E
MIT Press 1991
Action in Perception. Cambridge Noe, Alva 2004 2004
This course will be provided as part of the Hokkaido Summer Institute.
For more information (invited lecturers, course details, etc.), please visit the website below:
https://hokkaidosummerinstitute.oia.hokudai.ac.jp/courses/CourseDetail=G089

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HSI2018 Lecture: “Self in Phenomenology and Japanese Philosophy”
https://www.let.hokudai.ac.jp/news/2018/08/14711/
in English:
https://www.let.hokudai.ac.jp/en/2018/12/11/self-in-phenomenology-and-japanese-philosophy-was-heldhokkaido-summer-institute-2018/

Syllabus Number 9
CourseName

School Education and Society in Japan

Semester, YearFirst Semester, 2019 (Spring Term)

Number of Credits

1 credit

Course level

1000

Course Number

027009Instructor(s)(Institution)

CourseObjectives

Course Goals

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SystemMadoka TORIYAMA 大学院教育学研究院
Eizo OHNO 大学院教育学研究院
Tomoko KOMAGAWA 大学院教育学研究院

To gain a deeper understanding of important aspects and issues concerning education for sustainable
development (ESD) of the society with a particular focus upon secondary and higher education as well as childpoverty and gender equality in Japan.

To achieve a critical and constructive thinking associated with education for sustainable development (ESD) in
Japan on the basis of active learning in both lectures and visits to a secondary school.

・A brief review of school education in Japan・Curriculum and teaching materials
・Child poverty in Japan Ⅰ: Background, policy and institutions
・Child poverty in Japan Ⅱ: Research・Gender Studies in Your Lives
・Gender Equality in Employment
This course consists of the six lectures described above and a school visit.
You make a class observation and have a discussion with students at a secondary school.

Each lecturer will provide a set of handouts.

Evaluation will be made based on active class participation and a term paper.

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Syllabus Number 10
CourseName

Globalization and Sustainability: Local Knowledge and Diversity

Semester, YearFirst Semester, 2019 (Summer Term)

Number of Credits

1 credit

Course level

2000

Course Number

027010Instructor(s)(Institution)

CourseObjectives

Course Goals

Madoka TORIYAMA 大学院教育学研究院
Takashi ITOH 大学院教育学研究院
Jeffry Joseph GAYMAN 大学院メディア・コミュニケーション研究院

To understand issues and problems of sustainable development from the varied perspectives.

-To achieve to examine and discuss about relationship between indigenous peoples and sustainable development.
-To achieve to understand the specific issues Ainu people has, and examine and discuss about relationshipbetween these issues and sustainable development.

Lectures include the following contents-Issues indigenous people has and sustainable development-The present situation of Ainu people and issues of sustainable development from themCourseSchedule

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First lecture will be orientation.
On the following week of each lecture, conduct group learning on the contents of the lecture.
Conduct group learning related to Course Goals and presentation.
This course will be held jointly with ESD Pre-Learning 2019.
It is necessary to discuss with students with different cultural background and English ability.

There is a possibility to do group learning and field work outside the course hours to prepare for presentation.

Evaluation will be made based on active group learning participation and the presentation.

Syllabus Number 11
CourseNameLaw, Rights, and Legal Culture

Semester, YearFirst Semester, 2019

Number of Credits

2 credits

Course level

1000

Course Number

027011

Instructor(s)(Institution)

CourseObjectives

Course Goals

CourseSchedule

Homework

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Ko HASEGAWA 大学院法学研究科(1) Educational Objectives: a) Lecture/Seminar in English in the General Education Program of Hokkaido
University, as well as in MJSP and the Nitobe College Program; b) Introduction to the World of Law and Rights
and Its Basic Characteristics(2) Academic Objectives: a) Grasping the Key Features of Modern Law, Rights and Legal Culture; b) Learning
Important Legal Issues Today, particularly concerning the Problems of Human Rights(1) Learn basic perspective and terminologies in law, rights, human rights, and legal culture(2) Try to think in English(3) Hold collaborative spirit to discuss various points with other fellow students

Week 1 Guidance Theme, Approach
Week 2 Part I Norm in Human Life――Normative Language, Normative Thinking
Week 3 Societal Norms――Convention, Ethics, Morality, Law
Week 4 Law & Rights――Rules, Standards, Legal System
Week 5 Practice of Law――Legal Structure, Legal Process, Legal Behavior
Week 6 Legal Culture――Ingredients of the Idea of Law, Legal Traditions of the World
Week 7 Western and East Asian Law――Western Law, Japanese Law, East Asian Laws
Week 8 Interlude: Discussion with a Guest on Comparative Legal Culture
Week 9 Part II The Concept of Human Rights――Significance, Conceptual Features
Week 10 Varieties of Human Rights――Principles and Treaties, Practices
Week 11 Domestication of Human Rights――Distinctions, Tensions, Japanese Situation
Week 12 Human Rights Culture――Cultural Relativity, Limits of the Rights Talk
Week 13 Human Rights in Japan――Individual Freedom, Gender and Racial Equality
Week 14 Reconstruction of Human Rights in East Asia――Accommodations, Diversity
Week 15 Wrap-up Review and Future Perspective

See, for example, basic course materials: http://lex.juris.hokudai.ac.jp/~hasegawa/coursematerials.htm(1) Combination of Lecture, Seminar, and Q&As
(2) Reaction Papers――Two Reaction Papers after Week 5 and Week 11.
(3) Intermediate Assignment and Final Essay――After Part I and after Part II.
(4) Course Evaluation――12 weeks attendance and the submissions of (2) & (3) for pass.

None in particular

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Semester, YearFirst Semester, 2019

Number of Credits

2 credits

Course level

1000

Course Number

027012

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Introduction to Law in English (Civil Law)

Branislav HAZUCHA 大学院法学研究科･to compare differences between Common Law and Civil Law legal regimes and to deepen knowledge of private
law by reading legal documents (especially those related to the laws of contract and torts) and current news
(related to law) in English.

･ to get acquainted by English legal terminology.
･ to acquire skills to read legal articles and current news in English and to broaden knowledge of English andAmerican private law.

･ Careful reading of prepared legal documents in English. It is essential that the participants prepare
themselves beforehand.
･ Reading of suitably selected current news in English. Themes will be selected diverse topics related to
private law.

Preparation and review for each class and review of current news are required.

The assessment is based on attendance, active participation and final report.

Professional English in use, law Gillian D. Brown, Sally Rice Cambridge University Press 2007
Reading Materials (selection of articles) will be distributed later.
An Introduction to the Comparative Study of Private Law: Readings, Cases, Materials James Gordley and Arthur
Taylor von Mehren Cambridge University Press 2009
Introduction to comparative law Konrad Zweigert and Hein Kotz Oxford University Press 1998

Syllabus Number 13
CourseName

Law and Economics Ⅰ

Semester, YearFirst Semester, 2019

Number of Credits

2 credits

Course level

3000

Course Number

027013

Instructor(s)(Institution)

CourseObjectives

Course Goals

CourseSchedule

Branislav HAZUCHA 大学院法学研究科

This course introduces participants to law-and-economic analysis. It presents core methodologies used by lawand-economics analysis and applies them to main areas of private law, such as laws of property, contract andtorts.
The course goal is to provide participants with nonconvential insights into private law, which are allowed by lawand-economics analysis. They will learn basic methodologies used by law-and-economics analysis of law andtheir application on private law with the focus on property, contract and tort law. They will also be provided with
examples of applying law-and-economics analysis on specific legal controversies faced by individual branches ofprivate law.
Lectures will proceed in the following order:
1. What is Law & Economics?
2. Basic tools in Law & Economics
3. Distribution of resources and the operation of market
4. Perfect competitive market model
5. Coase Theorem
6. Economics of property rights
7. Private property and public property
8. Transfer of property
9. Property infringement
10. Legal act and intent expression
11. Public order and standard of decency
12. Efficient breach of contract
13. Economics of torts I
14. Economics of torts II
15. Economics of torts III
The lectures will be held in English with presentation slides available in English and Japanese.

Homework

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Websites

It is necessary to read assigned texts as pre-class preparation. In addition, participants are expected as part ofpost-class revision to deepen their understanding by comparing law-and-economics approaches presented duringclasses with traditional approaches to studied legal problems.

The overall assessment will be made upon attendance (10%), multiple mini-reports submitted during the course(40%) and the final report (50%). English or Japanese can be used.
数理法務概論 ハウェル・ジャクソン [ほか] 著 ; 神田秀樹, 草野耕一訳 有斐閣 2014
法と経済学―新しい知的テリトリー[第 2 版] 林田清明 信山社 2002
エコノリーガル・スタディーズのすすめ--社会を見通す法学と経済学の複眼思考 柳川隆・高橋裕・大内伸哉 編 有斐閣 2014
法と経済学 スティーブン・シャベル(著)、田中亘(翻訳)、飯田高（翻訳) 2010 2010
http://lex.juris.hokudai.ac.jp/~bhazucha/law-economics-i-jp.html
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Syllabus Number 14
CourseName

Law and Economics Ⅱ

Semester, YearFirst Semester, 2019

Number of Credits

2 credits

Course level

3000

Course Number

027014

Instructor(s)(Institution)

CourseObjectives

Course Goals

Branislav HAZUCHA 大学院法学研究科

This course introduces participants to public choice theory and its implications for legal studies. It presents the
public choice theory’s insights on the conduct of main stakeholders, such as members of legislatures, judges,
public defenders, bureaucrats and interest groups. It applies those insights to several branches of laws, such as
constitutional, environmental and family law.
The course goal is to provide participants with nonconvential insights into the operation of public law, which areallowed by the law-and-economics analysis, especially public choice theory. The participants will learn about theapplication of law-and-economics analysis on the operation of public law with the focus on the organization oflegislation, judiciary, bureaucracy and interests groups, and on its impact on the adoption, interpretation andaplication of law. They will also be provided with examples of applying public choice theory on specific legal
controversies faced by individual branches of public and private law.
Lectures will proceed in the following order:

CourseSchedule

1. Guidance
2. Collective Decision Making
3. Voting
4. Special interest groups
5. Rent-Seeking
6. Social Choice
7. Legislature I
8. Legislature II
9. Legislature III
10. Bureaucrats I
11. Bureaucrats II
12. Bureacrats III
13. Political economics of judiciary
14. Judges and legislation
15. Analysis of special cases
Lectures will be held in English with presentation slides available in Japanese.

Homework

Grading
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It is necessary to read assigned texts as pre-class preparation. In addition, participants are expected as part ofpost-class revision to deepen their understanding by comparing law-and-economics approaches presented duringclasses with traditional approaches to studied legal problems.

The overall assessment will be made upon attendance (10%), multiple mini-reports submitted during the course(40%) and the final report (50%). English or Japanese can be used.
法と経済学―新しい知的テリトリー[第 2 版] 林田清明 信山社 2002
Public Choice Concepts and Applications in Law Maxwell L. Stearns,? Todd J. Zywicki West Academic 2009
「法と経済学」による公共政策分析 常木淳 岩波書店 2012
エコノリーガル・スタディーズのすすめ--社会を見通す法学と経済学の複眼思考 柳川隆・高橋裕・大内伸哉 編 20142014
http://lex.juris.hokudai.ac.jp/~bhazucha/law-economics-ii-jp.html
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Syllabus Number 15
CourseName

CalculusⅠ

Semester, YearFirst Semester, 2019

Number of Credits

2 credits

Course level

1000

Course Number

027015

Instructor(s)(Institution)

CourseObjectives

Course Goals

CourseSchedule

Homework

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SystemRoumyana Yordanova 大学院理学研究院

Calculus is a subject giving important foundation to natural science and technology. It is also important as thebasis of data science applied to social science, medical science and so on.
Basic knowledge on sequences and functions of one variable are summarized together with new notions andtheorems. Differentiation of functions of several variables and its applications are also explained.

The skills to be achieved throughout this course are the following:- to understand sequences and functions based on intuitive definition of limit;- to master differentiation of functions in one variable and several variables;- to compute approximate values, limits, extremum.

1. Sequences: definition of sequence, limit of a sequence
2. Functions: Functions, graph of a function, types of functions, transcendental functions, continuity andintermediate value theorems, inverse functions, limits of functions
3. Differentiation (one variable): Definition, tangent line, the differentiation of composite and inverse
functions.
4. Differentiation (one variable) : Mean value theorem, l'Hopital’s rule, Taylor's theorem
5. Differentiation (two variables): Point sets, continuity, limits of functions
6. Differentiation (two variables): Functions of two or more variables, partial derivative, differentials, Taylor's
theorem, chain rule of differentiation
7. Differentiation (two variables): Implicit function, Jacobian, partial derivatives using Jacobian, implicit
function theorem
8. Differentiation (two variables): Graphs, min/max values, Hesse matrix

Study at home at least four hours per week -- Check basic notions you learn in the course, and try to solve
exercises assigned by the teacher.

Students are graded accordingly to whether or not
1. he/she masters basic knowledge (definitions, theorems etc);
2. he/she can treat typical example appropriately;
3. he/she can construct mathematical argument correctly;
4. he/she develops a unified understanding of the basic knowledge;
5. he/she is able to apply the knowledge achieved during the course to given problems.

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Syllabus Number 16
CourseName

Semester, YearFirst Semester, 2019

Number of Credits

2 credits

Course level

1000

Course Number

027016

Instructor(s)(Institution)

CourseObjectives

Course Goals

CourseSchedule

Homework

Grading
SystemMichele Torielli 大学院理学研究院

This course covers basic knowledge on matrices, linear equations and the determinant.
We show several kinds of operations on matrices, and properties of the determinant.
We explain how to solve a system of linear equations by elementary row operations, and to compute inverse
matrices.
We also explain the relation between elementary operations and elementary matrices.

Students should have the following skills:- to master computations on matrices (sums, inverse matrices, rank, determinant etc…);- to solve systems of linear equations;- to understand the relation between elementary operations and elementary matrices;- to use the co-factor expansion of the determinant and Cramer's formula.

1. Matrices -- Definitions, examples, addition, scalar multiplication, linear combinations, multiplication,
square matrices, inverses and zero divisors, transposes, partitioning of matrices and direct sums.
2. System of linear equations -- Equivalent systems of equations, row operations on matrices, row echelon form,
3. System of linear equations -- Homogeneous systems of equation, rank, arbitrary systems of equations.
4. System of linear equations -- A general solution for arbitrary systems of equations, inverses of non singularmatrices.
5. Determinants -- Definition, basic properties, practical evaluation and transposes of determinants.
6. Determinants -- Cofactors, cofactor matrix, expansions.
7. Determinants -- Cramer's formula, Vandelmonte's matrix, determinants and ranks.

Study at home at least two hours per week -- Check basic notions you learn in the course, and try to solve
exercises assigned by the teacher.

Students are graded accordingly to whether or not
1. he/she masters basic knowledge (definitions, theorems etc);
2. he/she can correctly answer questions;
3. he/she develops a unified understanding of the basic knowledge;
4. he/she is able to apply the knowledge achieved during the course to given problems.

Textbooks /To be announced in the first class.
To be announced in the first class.

Websites

https://sites.google.com/site/toriellimichelemaths/home/teaching/linear-algebra-i

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Linear AlgebraⅠ

Syllabus Number 17
CourseName

General BiologyⅠ

Semester, YearFirst Semester, 2019

Number of Credits

2 credits

Course level

2000

Course Number

027017

Instructor(s)(Institution)

CourseObjectives

Course Goals

CourseSchedule

Homework

Grading
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Maria Helena Fortunato Martins 大学院理学研究院
Understand the scientific process; distinguish observation, hypothesis, test, and theory
Recognize and know properties of the major classes of biological molecules
Know the structure and function of cellular membranes and organelles
Understand how cells harvest energy from chemical substances
Understand how plants trap energy in light and use it to build biological molecules
Know the stages of the cell cycle and its role in the life of organisms
Recognize the stages of mitosis and meiosis
Know the major features of meiosis and its role in the life cycle of organisms
Know the biological costs and benefits of sexual reproduction
Understand the structure and function of nucleic acids
Understand the mechanics of protein synthesis
Understand and be able to apply the principles of Mendelian genetics and its modern extensions
Understand the chromosomal basis of heredity
Understand the basic principles of population genetics
Understand the basic principles of evolution
Be familiar with the diversity, causes, and consequences of genetic mutations
Have an appreciation for the promise and potential problems of biotechnology
Understand Darwinian evolution and its modern extensions
The course will present the fundamental principles and concepts of biology. The course will emphasize how theconcepts were originally conceived and tested and how alternatives were rejected. Students will learn and use
the fundamental concepts of biology to draw conclusions from data, to develop alternative hypotheses to explain
observations, to make predictions, and to design experiments to test hypotheses. In addition, the social andmedical implications of biological findings will be developed as classroom discussions
Week 1
Week 2
Week 3
Week 4
Week 5
Week 6
Week 7
Week 8
Week 9Week 10
Week 11
Week 12
Week 13
Week 14
Week 15

The Science of Biology, Atoms and Molecules Ch.1 & 2
Chemical Building Blocks Ch. 3
Cell Structure (Prokaryotes and Eukaryotes)
Ch. 4
Membranes and Transport Ch. 5
Energy, Enzymes , Metabolism Ch. 6
Cellular Harvest of Energy Ch. 7
Photosynthesis Ch. 8
Cell Division and Sexual Reproduction Ch. 10 & 11
Mendelian Genetics Ch. 12 & 13
DNA 9 the Genetic Material Ch. 14
How Genes Work, Expression and Control Ch. 15 & 16
Biotechnology and Genomics Ch. 17 & 18
Population Genetics, Evidence for Evolution Ch. 20 & 21
Origin of Species and Species Concepts Ch. 22 & 23
Comprehensive Final ExamStudents will be given home work every week. Tasks will be related to the material given in class that day.
Examples of tasks are: to compare (schematic) animal and plant cells; to compare (schematic) structure andfunction of Prokaryotes and Eukaryotes; bring an example of how biotechnology can help solve modern society
problems; bring an example of evolution in action. They will also prepare 6 short research essays (about 3 pages
long including figures and references) based in a series of topics given by the teacher.
Grades will be based on the numeric average of attendance (10%), homework + research (30%), short daily
quizzes + mid term exam (35%) and final comprehensive exam (25%). Grades are based not on relative
performance evaluation, but on absolute evaluation.
Biology (10th ed.) P. H. Raven, G. B. Johnson, J. B. Losos, K. A. Mason and S. R. Singer McGraw-Hill 2014
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Syllabus Number 18
CourseName

Physics I

Semester, YearFirst Semester, 2019

Number of Credits

2 credits

Course level

1000

Course Number

027018Instructor(s)(Institution)

CourseObjectives

Course Goals

CourseSchedule

Eun-Kyung PARK 大学院理学研究院

In Physics I, students will study matter and energy, their properties and the relation between them. This course
covers Newtonian mechanics including: kinematics, the laws of motion, work and energy, systems of particles,
momentum, circular motion, waves and Optics.

The goal of this course is to provide students with understanding of principles and methods of physics by solving
problems in physics and mathematics. Students will work on various interactive examples through the course.

Week 1: Course syllabus introduction and how to read a science article
Week 2: Mechanics: the importance of units & Motion in 1D
Week 3: Mechanics: motion in 2D and 3D
Week 4: Mechanics: circular motion and Newton's Laws
Week 5: Mechanics: forces
Week 6: Mechanics: work and energy
Week 7: Mechanics: conservation of energy
Week 8: Mechanics: momentum and rotation
Week 9: Waves: oscillatory motion
Week 10: Waves: wave motion
Week 11: Waves: fluid motion
Week 12: Optics: reflection and refraction
Week 13: Optics: mirrors and lenses
Week 14: Optics: interference and diffraction
week 15 Final exam

Homework

Homework will be given every two weeks in class and there will be one exam on the final day of the course.

Grading

Grades will be based on participation (20%), homework (40%), final exam (40%). Distribution of grades will beapproximately 20% Excellent, 30% Very good, 40% Good, Pass 10%.

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Fundamentals of Physics: Mechanics, Relativity, and Thermodynamics (The Open Yale Courses Series) R.
Shankar Yale University Press
Fundamentals of Physics II: Electromagnetism, Optics, and Quantum Mechanics (The Open Yale Courses Series)
R. Shankar Yale University Press

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Lectures and quizzes are given using an audience response system (clickers).

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CourseName

Fundamental of Japanese language and culture to take part in the Inter-university exchange project between IIT and HU

Semester, YearFirst Semester, 2019

Number of Credits

1 credit

Course level

1000

Course Number

027019Instructor(s)(Institution)

CourseObjectives

Course Goals

CourseSchedule

Homework

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SystemYukinori KOBAYASHI 大学院工学研究院

This subject aims at understanding Japanese language and culture to pursue collaborative research on
sustainable transportation system and infrastructure with Japanese people. Students should consider the way
to contribute on the development in their own special fields. This is also expected to encourage students todevelop a vision for the future.

To promote understanding of Japanese language and culture to improve capability of discussion skill for problem
solution.

Objectives of STSI Project
Basic JapaneseJapanese Culture
Infrastructure projects in Japan

Students will be requested to make a report (500 words) with reference to lecture materials after each lecture.

Grades will be given based on comprehensive assessment of class attendance and reports.

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Syllabus Number 20
CourseName

Applied Mathematics for Engineering Mechanics

Semester, YearFirst Semester, 2019 (Spring Term)

Number of Credits

1 credit

Course level

2000

Course Number

027020Instructor(s)(Institution)

CourseObjectives

Course Goals

CourseSchedule

Homework

Grading
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Yukinori KOBAYASHI 大学院工学研究院

Differential equations are learned to express equations of motion of dynamic systems. Fourier transform and
Laplace transform are essential mathematics to study vibration and control theory. Linear algebra is also
important to analyze large scale engineering problem numerically. In this course, the relationship between
mathematics and physics can be studied by some applications on engineering mechanics.

1. Understandings on fundamental treatment of differential equations.
2. Understandings on Fourier transform and Laplace transform.
3. Understandings on frequency response.
4. Understandings on fundamental treatment of linear algebra.

Week1 First-order ordinal differential equation
Week2 Second-order ordinal differential equation
Week3 Nonhomogeneous differential equation
Week4 Fourier series and Fourier transform
Week5 Laplace transform
Week6 Frequency response and complex plane
Week7 Linear algebra and eigenvalue problems
Week8 Partial differential equations

One hour review about the topic of each week is recommended.

Several assignments are required to submit.
30% assignments
70% final examination

There is no one textbook that adequately responds to the goal of this lecture. Some reading materials andhandouts will be prepared for your understanding. Please contact the instructor if you need further advice.
Advanced engineering mathematics C. Ray Wylie, Louis C. Barrett McGraw-Hill 1995

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Syllabus Number 21
CourseNameIntroduction to Robotics

Semester, YearFirst Semester, 2019 (Summer Term)

Number of Credits

1 credit

Course level

2000

Course Number

027021

Instructor(s)(Institution)

CourseObjectives

RAVANKAR ANKIT 大学院工学研究院

This course will give a general introduction to the robotics field. Robotics and Artificial Intelligence are rapidlychanging the world we live in. This course will give an overview of robotics systems, applications of robotics indifferent fields, and will give a brief introduction to some of the main techniques that are used in robotics today.
Students will be introduced to the notion of mobile robots, manipulator kinematics, path planning, localization,
mapping, and sensing for robotics system. The course also includes some hands on demonstration and practice.
*This course assumes that you have no previous knowledge of robotics. However, familarity with basic
mathematical topics such as algebra, vector analysis, calculus and matrices will be helpful. Students withgeneral interest in robotics are welcome.

Course Goals

General introduction to the field of robotics. At the end of the course you will have an overview and hands on
experience on some of the important topics in robotics. The course is expected to motivate the students to pursue
advanced studies in robotics during the graduate study.
*This course assumes that you have no previous knowledge of robotics. Students with general interest in robotics
are welcome.

CourseSchedule

Homework

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Week 1
Week 2
Week 3
Week 4
Week 5
Week 6
Week 7
Week 8Introduction and history of robotics
State space systems, kinematics of mobile manipulators
Mobile robots, Sensors and Systems
Robot Path Planning
Probabilistic Filters
Introduction to Localization and Mapping
Control problems in robotics
Review and Exam

Small reading assignments on general topics in robotics will be given after every class.

Attendance: 30%
Homeworks and Quizzes: 30%
Final Exam (Presentation on a selected topic): 40%

There is no one textbook that will be followed throughout the course. Handouts will be provided whenevernecessary during the lectures.
Introduction to autonomous mobile robots Roland Siegwart, Illah R. Nourbakhsh, and Davide Scaramuzza MIT
Press 2011

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Syllabus Number 22
CourseName

Semester,Year

Courselevel

Instructor(s)(Institution)

CourseObjectives

Course Goals

CourseSchedule

Homework

Grading
SystemTextbooks /First Semester, 2019 (Spring Term)

Number of Credits

2 credits

3000

Course Number

027022

Tamon UEDA 大学院工学研究院

The course outlines the basis of maintenance engineering for infrastructures. The role of maintenance for
infrastructure in the complete system of structural design, construction and maintenance is shown, followed by
the various issues on technology for inspection and assessment of structures, deterioration mechanism instructures and technology for repair and strengthening, technology for demolishing/recycling, and life cycle cost
(LCC).
1. Understand the significance of repair and maintenance (conservation) and its flow.
2. Understand the objectives and technology for inspection.
3. Understand the fundamentals of varieties of deterioration, assessment of existing structures andservice life prediction.
4. Understand the basis of intervention technology for extending service life.
5. Understand technologies for dismantlement and recycle/reuse.
1 Introduction:
Necessity of maintenance2 Basis of Maintenance Engineering:Role of maintenance, flow for maintenance works, example of maintenance and management system (bridge
management system or BMS), LCC
3 Inspection:
Types of inspection, items and technologies for inspection
4 Deterioration Factors and Assessment:
Deterioration factors, deterioration mechanism, technology for investigation, prediction of deterioration
5 Technology for Repair and Strengthening:
Types of repair and strengthening, technologies for repair and strengthening, evaluation of structural
performance after repair and strengthening
6 Technical Visit
Visit for maintenance works (inspection, assessment and remedial actions)
7 Mid-term and Final Examination
The students are suggested to study before and after each class based on the handout circulated at class for acouple of hours. Students are asked to submit the answer of in-class exercise within class hours otherwise within
the same day. Students are also asked to submit a report on the technical visit.
[Points for Evaluation]
The evaluation is conducted in terms of all of five points shown in the above Course Goal.
[Criteria for Evaluation]
The full mark is 100%. The full mark will be given to the student who satisfies all of five points in the above
Course Goal with very high level, while 60% is to the student who satisfies just the minimum requirement of allof the five points.
[Evaluation Method]
The grading will be done based on the results of Mid-term and Final Examinations as well as the Exercises givenin the class. Not only the conceptual understanding but also knowledge on mechanics will be examined by giving
numerical questions. The weight is 80% for the Examinations and 20% for the Exercises.

Reading

教材を授業中に配布（インターネットからのダウンロードも可能）
The handout will be distributed in the classroom and through the Internet.

Websites

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Maintenance Engineering

http://www.eng.hokudai.ac.jp/labo/maintenance/team_ueda/index.html
The course is taught in English but the material is prepared in both English and Japanese.
registered for HUSTEP and International Exchange.

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CourseNameIntroduction to Inorganic Materials Science

Semester, YearFirst Semester, 2019 (Summer Term)

Number of Credits

1 credit

Course level

2000

Course Number

027023

Instructor(s)(Institution)

CourseObjectives

Course Goals

CourseSchedule

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Kiyoharu TADANAGA 大学院工学研究院
NATALY CAROLINA ROSERO NAVARRO 大学院工学研究院
Akira MIURA 大学院工学研究院

Ceramics and glass materials are used in several applications, from creating cellular phones, radio, television,and lasers to its role in medicine for cancer treatments and restoring bones, etc. The course aims have been
designed to introduce the student to many of the current applications of ceramics and glass materials. Basics
scientific concepts like atomic structure and physicochemical properties will be studied to lead the student tounderstand how these materials functions.

･ To identify current applications of ceramics and glass materials.
･ To understand the basic properties of ceramics and glass materials.
･ To use new knowledge to describe a ceramic or glass material, making a relation between application andproperties.

Lecture 1: Background and present situation of ceramics and glass materials.
Lecture 2: Ceramics and Light.
Lecture 3: Sol-gel Process. Quiz 1.
Lecture 4: Medical Miracles. Quiz 2
Lecture 5: Green ceramics. Quiz 3.
Lecture 6: Green glass materials. Final Presentation
Lecture 7: Future Applications. Final Presentation
Lecture 8: Review. Final exam

Report submission will be required.

Students have to prepare a presentation on a topic given during lectures.

Evaluation･ Quiz (20%)
･ Final report (30%)
･ Final presentation (25%)
･ Final exam (25%)

The Magic of Ceramics, 2nd Edition David W. Richerson John Wiley & Sons 2012
Instructors will provide the additional information to complement the knowledge and achieve the target of thecourse.

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Syllabus Number 24
CourseNameStrengthening Mechanisms of Materials

Semester, YearFirst Semester, 2019 (Spring Term)

Number of Credits

2 credits

Course level

6000

Course Number

027024

Instructor(s)(Institution)

CourseObjectives

Course Goals

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Seiji MIURA 大学院工学研究院

Various strengthening mechanisms have been applied for developing alloys. The dislocation theory is a powerfultool for understanding the macroscopic plastic deformation behavior of the metals from the atomic scale
viewpoint. Through this course students study mechanisms/models of the behavior of dislocation(s), which aremainly based on elastic energy. Also students study the fracture mechanisms in relation to the dislocation theory.
Students will sometimes be required to explain their homework results in this course and to debate on thesubjects addressed in the lecture.

Based on the knowledge on the dislocation theory students are required to construct their ability to be able todiscuss on mechanical properties of mainly metallic materials.

(1) Advanced elastic theory (2 weeks)
Study the definition of stress, strain, elastic energy and relation to thermodynamics(2) Fundamentals of plastic deformations (2 weeks)
Study the fundamentals of dislocation theory* Definition of dislocation based on Burgers vector* Strain field of dislocation and the energy of the system* Dislocation multiplication(3) Strengthening mechanisms (8 weeks)
Study the strengthening mechanisms and the engineering aspect of strengthening* Strain strengthening and its effect on the high temperature deformation (Creep) mechanisms* Solid solution strengthening* Precipitation strengthening* Effect of grain refinement on the strength(4) Fracture mechanisms (2 weeks)
Study the fracture of materials* Stress intensity factor* Weibull distribution(5) Special topic (2 weeks)
Study any related hot topic such as the functional materials related to the dislocation behaviors.
1 hour-home works in average.
Based on the discussion in the course as a result of homework (40%) and final examination (60%). Final
examination is the presentation and discussion on a published literature (a technical paper) related to thesubjects of this course.
入門転位論 加藤雅治 裳華房 1999

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As a fundamental knowledge (Undergraduate student level) on materials science (especially on the elastic theory,
phase diagram and microstructure control) is required, Students may be examined by a short test at the
beginning of the term.

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CourseName

Fracture Mechanics of Composite Materials

Semester, YearFirst Semester, 2019 (Spring Term)

Number of Credits

2 credits

Course level

5000

Course Number

027025

Instructor(s)(Institution)

CourseObjectives

Course Goals

Takashi MATSUMOTO 大学院工学研究院

Fracture and fatigue are one of important degradation mechanisms in infrastructure maintenance. This course
describes how to treat fracture and fatigue of construction materials and composite materials with the use of
fracture mechanics. Firstly, fundamentals of linear elastic fracture mechanics are introduced. Stress approachand energy approach are explained together with fracture criterion. Secondly, nonlinear fracture mechanics is
introduced. The use of nonlinear fracture mechanics is explained for construction materials and composite
materials. Finally, two approaches to fatigue are described. Factors affecting fatigue of construction materials
and composite materials are explained.

To understand the fracture and fatigue phenomena in construction materials and composite materials and toutilize fracture mechanics theory to prevent fracture and fatigue in infrastructure maintenance.
(1) Introduction (1 class)
History and importance of fracture and fatigue accidents in infrastructure(2) Linear elastic fracture mechanics (5 classes)
Stress field, stress approach, energy approach, stress intensity factor, energy release rate, fracture criterion,
crack stability, superposition principle

CourseSchedule(3) Nonlinear fracture mechanics (4 classes)
Plastic zone correction, cohesive traction, J-integral(4) Fatigue (4 classes)
Stress-life approach, fracture mechanics approach(5) Advanced topic (1 class)(6) Final examination (1 class)

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Reviews of class materials are necessary.

In-class exercises (20%), reports (20%) and final examination (60%)

No textbooks. Handouts and references will be given in the course.
Elementary Engineering Fracture Mechanics D. Broek
Fatigue of Materials S. Suresh
Fundamentals of Metal Fatigue Analysis Julie A. Bannantine
線形破壊力学入門 岡村 弘之

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CourseName

Computational Solid Mechanics

Semester, YearFirst Semester, 2019 (Spring Term)

Number of Credits

1 credit

Course level

6000

Course Number

027026

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CourseObjectives

Course Goals

CourseSchedule

Kosuke TAKAHASHI 大学院工学研究院

This lecture aims to teach macroscopic approaches of computational solid mechanics through basic concepts offinite element method.

1. Understanding the derivation of entire rigidity equation from finite elements in Finite Element Analysis
2. Acquiring simulation skills through assignments and a final report

1. Introduction to computational solid mechanics (1)2. Finite Element Method (4)3. Application to non-linear analysis (2)Homework

Preparation: Reading textbooks in advance. (0.5h)
Review: Working on assignments after each lecture. (1.5h)

Grading(1) Assignments and attitude in classes: 40%

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(2) Final report: 60%

Fundamentals of Finite Element Analysis David V. Hutton Mcgraw-Hill 2004

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CourseName

Soft Matter Physics

Semester, YearFirst Semester, 2019

Number of Credits

2 credits

Course level

5000

Course Number

027027

Instructor(s)(Institution)

CourseShuji FUJII 大学院工学研究院

Objectives

The aim of this course is to provide basic knowledge on rheological methods to study physical properties of soft
matter systems.

Course Goals

To understand basic concept and knowledge of the rheology of soft matter systems.

CourseSchedule

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1.Introduction of rheology
Viscoelasticity, Phenomenological model, Various rheological measurements
2.Physical properties of polymer
Gaussian chain, Radius of gyration, Random coil, Rouse chain, Thermodynamics of polymer solution
3.Polymer rheology
Rubber elasticity, Tube model
4.Brownian motion and Microrheology
Basic concept of microrheology
5.Rheology in other soft matter systems
Biopolymer, Biomembranes

Homework will be assigned several times during the course.

40％ proactive contribution to the course、60％ homeworks

No textbooks are required.
Introduction to polymer viscoelasticity John J Aklonis, William J MacNight Wiley 1983
The Theory of Polymer Dynamics M. Doi, S. F. Edwards Oxford University Press 1988

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Syllabus Number 28
CourseNameConstruction Material

Semester, YearFirst Semester, 2019 (Summer Term)

Number of Credits

2 credits

Course level

2000

Course Number

027028Instructor(s)HENRY Michael 大学院工学研究院
Takashi MATSUMOTO 大学院工学研究院(Institution)

CourseObjectives

Course Goals

This course is intended to provide students with a fundamental background on the production processes andbasic physical properties of common civil engineering construction materials: concrete, steel, asphalt, and wood.
Upon completion of this course, students should understand the applicability and selection of proper construction
materials for the construction of civil infrastructure such as roads, bridges, harbors, etc.
1. Introduction to construction materials
The first portion of the course introduces the underlying context and basic concepts of material science andengineering necessary for studying construction materials.
2. Cement and concreteThis portion will focus on understanding the importance of concrete as a fundamental material for civil
infrastructure construction. Topics include the history and domestic and international demand for concrete,cement hydration, concrete strength and structures, dimensional stability, durability, and sustainability, andhow to connect basic knowledge on required performance with economical mix design.

CourseSchedule

3. Asphalt
This portion will focus on the asphalt material used in asphalt pavement. Topics include the effect oftemperature and time on the elastic modulus (viscoelasticity), and discussion will be dedicated to theviscoelastic nature of all civil engineering materials, and how local climate affect material handling andconstruction.
4. Steel and wood
This portion will cover the steelmaking manufacturing process, steelmaking and rolling, the effects of heat
treatment on the properties of steel materials, and characteristics of steel materials such as tensile strength,
rolling strength, ductility, toughness, and low temperature behavior. In addition, the material properties,
including orthotropic characteristics, and member design of natural wood is also covered.

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It is useful for students to prepare for lectures by familiarizing themselves beforehand with the lecture contents
through information and literature on construction materials. In addition, it is important to take notes during
the lecture and, through re-review of the lecture contents, remember key words and terms.

Attendance of 2/3 of the lectures is requirement to receive credit. Students’ understanding of lecture contents
will be measured through submission of reports and a final exam. Both conceptual and quantitative
understanding will be examined. Evaluation will be based on (1) reports: 50% and (2) final exam: 50%.

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Printed handouts, slides, videos, etc. will also be used and distributed as necessary.
English translations of the textbook materials will also be provided.

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CourseName

Medical Device and Biomaterials

Semester, YearFirst Semester, 2019 (Summer Term)

Number of Credits

1 credit

Course level

5000

Course Number

027029Instructor(s)(Institution)

CourseObjectives

Course Goals

CourseSchedule

Homework

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SystemKatsuhiko SASAKI 大学院工学研究院

Understand roles of collaborations between medical practice and mechanical engineering through learning
medical devices and strength of mechanical materials and biomaterials.

Understanding the close relationship between medical practice and mechanical engineering. Differences incharacteristics of deformation behavior of biomatreials and engineering materials are, especially, understood.
Viscoelastic behavior, which is one of characteristic deformation of biomaterials, are also understood from both
micro and macroscopic point of view.

1.Introduction of the lecture
2.Biomaterial as composite material-Introduction of composite materials-Deformation of composite materials
3.Inelastic deformation-Viscoelastic deformation-Plastic deformation-Viscoplastic deformation
4.Shape memory alloy-Mechanism of shape memory alloy

Within ordinary preparation and brushup

Evaluation is conducted considering assignments or exam.

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Prints will be distributed.
[Important!]Knowledge of "Material Strength for Mechanical Engineering" is required.

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CourseName

Resources Sustainability

Semester, YearFirst Semester, 2019 (Summer Term)

Number of Credits

2 credits

Course level

5000

Course Number

027030Instructor(s)(Institution)

CourseObjectives

Course Goals

CourseSchedule

Homework

Grading
SystemYoshiaki FUJII 大学院工学研究院

Global warming is concerned as if it was the only biggest problem for human future. However, there are suchmany other problems as extinction of resources, food crises, population increase etc. This course offers
information on these problems so that students can deeply understand these problems, evaluate their severity
and investigate whether we should reduce CO2 or not. Students will be urged to investigate what they should
do for human future if it's not CO2 reduction.

To give enough knowledge so that students can deeply understand these problems, evaluate their severity andinvestigate whether we should reduce CO2 or not.

(1)
(2)
(3)
(4)
(5-7)
(8-11)(13)(14-16)Introduction
Problems for human future and population stabilization
Energy and mineral resources
Food crises and water shortage
Climate change
Global warming mitigation and adaptation
The true biggest problem for human future
Presentation by students

Two hour preparation and two hour review are expected.

Discussions 50% and presentation 50%

No textbooks. Handouts will be given.
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Limits to Growth Meadows, D., Randers, J. and Meadows, D.
Snowball Earth Walker, G.
The Selfish Gene Dawkins, R.

http://rock.eng.hokudai.ac.jp/fujii/index.html

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CourseName

Agriculture in Hokkaido

Semester, YearFirst Semester, 2019

Number of Credits

2 credits

Course level

2000

Course Number

027031

Instructor(s)(Institution)

CourseObjectives

Course Goals

CourseSchedule

Homework

Junichi KASHIWAGI 大学院農学研究院
Koichiro UEDA 大学院農学研究院
Yoichiro HOSHINO 北方生物圏フィールド科学センター（農場）Takayuki AZUMA 北方生物圏フィールド科学センター（植物園）
Toshihiko YAMADA 北方生物圏フィールド科学センター（農場）
Ryoji SAMESHIMA 大学院農学研究院
MARIA STEFANIE DWIYANTI 大学院農学研究院
Taiken NAKASHIMA 大学院農学研究院
Shigenobu KOSEKI 大学院農学研究院
Tomohiro MITANI 北方生物圏フィールド科学センター（農場）Toshiyuki HIRATA 大学院農学研究院
Tetsuya KONDO 大学院農学研究院
Jun ABE 大学院農学研究院

This lecture describes past, present and future of Hokkaido's agriculture. Each topic has been contributed by theprofessors outstanding in their respective fields in Hokkaido University.

On the point of natural science and social science, students can understand the general and special
characteristics of Hokkaido Agriculture.

In each lecture we will explain a topic relating to Ecological System, Cultivation of Field Crops, Cultivation of
Horticulture Crops, Cultivation of Forage Crops, Livestock Production and its Usage, Agricultural Machinery
Technology.
It is very important to attend the 1st day of lecture because students who are allowed to attend this lecture
will be decided on this day only (The maximum 40 students). The last turn in the lectures will be for the grouppresentations and discussions by students. All lectures are provided in English.

The students are advised to take notes about each lecture, and checking it after the lecture for deeper
understanding (about 30 min.)Grading

In each lecture, students must be tested about the level of understanding, or must present a report in relation
to the lecture. Final evaluation will be done with total marks of each test or report.

Textbooks /講義の参考資料は，http://lab.agr.hokudai.ac.jp/botagr/sakumotsu/kashiwagi.htm よりダウンロードできるようにする．

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This lecture is mainly for 2nd year student.
It is very important to attend the 1st day of lecture because students who are allowed to attend this lecture will
be decided on this day only (The maximum 40 students).

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Syllabus Number 32
CourseName

Theory and Practice of Algorithms

Semester, YearFirst Semester, 2019 (Spring Term)

Number of Credits

2 credits

Course level

5000

Course Number

027032

Instructor(s)(Institution)

CourseObjectives

Course Goals

CourseSchedule

Homework

Grading
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Thomas Zeugmann 大学院情報科学研究院

Students become acquainted with different algorithm design techniques that allow to achieve the most efficientsolution of a problem on hand. In particular, we study design techniques for deterministic algorithms,
probabilistic algorithms, parallel algorithms, anddistributed algorithms. Students will also becomeacquainted with the most significant recent breakthroughs in these fields.

Algorithmic theory and state-of-the-art algorithmic design techniques are taught. Students should acquire theability to choose the most appropriate design technique when solving the problem on hand. Students should
learn the advantages and disadvantages of the different design techniques for deterministic, probabilistic,
parallel and distributed algorithms.
1. The Master Theorem which determines the solutions of recursive equations,Introducing some important discrete structures, (finite) groups, rings, fields,
finite fields, and the ring of remainders modulo a natural number.
2. Finite Groups, Finite Rings, and Finite Fields
extended Euclidean algorithm, modular inverses, Chinese Remaindering,
Euler's phi-function
3. Properties and structure of finite fields, cyclicity
4. Field integers, and the algebraic structure of finite fields
5. Main theorem on finite fields, modular exponentiation, primes and pseudo primes
6. Testing Primality Efficiently (deterministic algorithm) - Part I: Complexity
7. Testing Primality Efficiently (deterministic algorithm) - Part I: Correctness
8. DFT plus applications (roots of unity)
9. Fast integer multiplication (Karatsuba, Schonhage--Strassen)
10. The Magic of Probability (Testing the identity of huge databases)
11. More probabilistic algorithms (Freivalds matrix multiplication checker, Solovay and Strassen Primality
Test)
12. Parallel Algorithms, Introduction, Models, Uniform Families of Circuits
13. Parallel Algorithms, Integer Addition, Iterated Integer Addition, Multiplication
14. Distributed Algorithms, Leader Election
15. Distributed Algorithms, Leader Election, Lower Bounds
For homework, original materials will be distributed, and references will be indicated in the class.

Evaluation will be carried out by exercises and the final examination.
Computational Complexity: A Modern Approach Sanjeev Arora, Boaz Barak Cambridge University Press 2009
Randomized Algorithms Rajeev Motwani, Prabhakar Raghavan Cambridge University Press 1995
Design and Analysis of Randomized Algorithms Juraj Hromkovic 2005 2005
Quantum Computing Jozef Gruska McGraw-Hill Publishing Company 1999

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Basic knowledge of discrete mathematics, probability theory and data structures is needed.
assume familiarity with linear algebra, complex analysis and Hilbert space theory.

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CourseNameIntroduction to Environmental Earth Science

Semester, YearFirst Semester, 2019

Number of Credits

2 credits

Course level

1000

Course Number

027033

Instructor(s)(Institution)

CourseObjectives

Course Goals

CourseSchedule

Homework

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Shiro TSUYUZAKI 大学院地球環境科学研究院
Sohiko KAMEYAMA 大学院地球環境科学研究院
Masaaki KURASAKI 大学院地球環境科学研究院
Hitoshi SUZUKI 大学院地球環境科学研究院
Toshikazu KAWAGUCHI 大学院地球環境科学研究院
The course will address five issues in environmental earth sciences:
1) global warming and ocean ecosystems, 2) environmental changes and animal diversities, 3) plants and plant
ecosystems in Japan, 4) environmental pollution and remediation, and 5) nanotechnology for environmental
sciences
The major objective of this course is to engage students in interdisciplinary discourse by addressing each of theseissues.
Grasping issues in environmental earth science with various temporal and spatial scales, and examining theinterdisciplinary discourse by addressing each of the challenges.

(1) Introduction (Tsuyuzaki)(2) Earth system and global warming (Kameyama)(3) The roles of the oceans and carbon cycles (Kameyama)(4) Marine feedback systems on global warming (Kameyama)(5) Past and present on environmental pollution in Japan (Kurasaki)(6) Case studies of pollution in China, Indonesia and Mongolia (Kurasaki)(7) Remediation technologies for water and soil (Kurasaki)(8) Strolling across the campus to see the ecosystems (flexible depending on the weather) (Tsuyuzaki)(9) Biodiversity of the Japanese mammals (Suzuki)(10) Biodiversity and biogeography of mammals in Hokkaido (Suzuki)(11) Biodiversity in local ecosystems (Suzuki)(12) Temporal and spatial patterns on ecosystems in Japan with reference to global warming (Tsuyuzaki)(13) Nanotechnology for environmental science (Kawaguchi)(14) Biosensor for medical diagnosis and food analysis (Kawaguchi)(15) Gas sensor for environmental monitoring (Kawaguchi)

Preparation hours (depending on the background of each student): Basically special preparation is not required,but understanding basic sciences (physics, chemistry, biology and geology) is helpful.
Essay question(s) may be provided. (Two questions in the last year)[FYI] The averaged total homework was 2 hours in the last year. (the result of questionnaire)

Activities in class participation (40%) + essay questions (30%) + short exam (30%)

The handouts will be provided and references are introduced in each lecture.
An Inconvenient Truth: The Crisis of Global Warming Al Gore Viking Books for Young Readers 2008
The reference is a reference. Read any books you are interested in.
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Syllabus Number 34
CourseName

Semester, YearFirst Semester, 2019 (Spring Term)

Number of Credits

1 credit

Course level

5000

Course Number

027034

Instructor(s)(Institution)

CourseObjectives

Course Goals

Yota MURAKAMI 大学院理学研究院

Lectures on scientific research in physical chemistry and materials chemistry will be given in English. In thiscourse, the basic concepts and an overview necessary for understanding the advanced research are introduced,
followed by explanations of cutting-edge researches in various fields of chemistry.

Through a series of lectures in various fields of chemistry in English, students will learn a broad perspective andan international sense in chemical researches.

Schedule

CourseLectures will be provided by young assistant and associate professors in the Graduate School of Chemical
Sciences and Engineering. A schedule of lecturers and titles will be informed in the first lecture of the course.

Homework

Assignment is required for every lecture.

Grading

It is required to attend at least 70% of the lectures. Evaluation as pass/fail will be based on the level of attendance(20%) and submitted reports (each time, 80% in total).

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Modern Trends in Physical and Material Chemistryなし。適宜資料を配布する。

Syllabus Number 35
CourseNameModern Trends in Organic Chemistry and Biological Chemistry

Semester, YearFirst Semester, 2019 (Summer Term)

Number of Credits

1 credit

Course level

5000

Course Number

027035

Instructor(s)(Institution)

CourseObjectives

Course Goals

Yota MURAKAMI 大学院理学研究院

Lectures on scientific research in Organic Chemistry and Biological Chemistry will be given in English. In thiscourse, the basic concepts and an overview necessary for understanding the advanced research are introduced,
followed by explanations of cutting-edge researches in various fields of chemistry.

Through a series of lectures in various fields of chemistry in English, students will learn a broad perspective andan international sense in chemical researches.

Schedule

CourseLectures will be provided by young assistant and associate professors in the Graduate School of Chemical
Sciences and Engineering. A schedule of lecturers and titles will be informed in the first lecture of the course.

Homework

Assignment is required for every lecture.

Grading

It is required to attend at least 70% of the lectures. Evaluation as pass/fail will be based on the level of attendance(20%) and submitted reports (each time, 80% in total).

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Syllabus Number 36
CourseName

Planet Earth and Environmental Footprint

Semester, YearFirst Semester, 2019

Number of Credits

2 credits

Course level

1000

Course Number

027036

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CourseObjectives

Course Goals

CourseSchedule

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BIJU VASUDEVAN PILLAI 電子科学研究所

The course objective is to use the English language for presenting and discussing the geographical and climatechanges since the birth of the earth. The course is planned from the point of view of reading, answering questions,and interactive discussions.

The goal of this course is to build an intermediate level skill in the English language - from interactive
discussions to technical writing.

Week 1
Week 2
Week 3
Week 4
Week 5
Week 6
Week 7
Week 8
Week 9Week 10
Week 11
Week 12
Week 13
Week 14
Week 15

Course introduction, and discussion about the birth of the earth
The primordial earth and atmosphere
Cooling out-gassing and the secondary atmosphere
The origin of life: theories and facts
The modern man and environmental footprint
Climate change
Global warming and carbon dioxide
Extreme weather and carbon dioxide
Interim test - (written test based on study materials)
Industry and pollution
Energy and the environment I: Fossil fuels
Energy and the environment II: Nuclear energy
Renewable energy I
Renewable energy II
Final test - (written test based on study materials)

Homework (a brief report about each class) will be due on a weekly basis.

Homework (brief report: 20%), attendance and interaction (30%), and tests (25% x 2).
Plant Earth II Stephen Moss BBC Books
The History of Earth William K. Hartman and Ron Miller Workman Publishing Company Inc. 1991
Climate change Barnaby Newbolt Oxford University Press
The sixth extinction / Elizabeth Kolbert / Henry Holt and Co / 2014
Energy and the Environment / Robert A. Ristinen / Wiley / 2005

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This course includes videos and animations. Study materials will be provided before each class.

Syllabus Number 37
CourseName

The Truth of Human Language Syntax

Semester, YearFirst Semester, 2019

Number of Credits

2 credits

Course level

3000

Course Number

027037

Instructor(s)(Institution)

CourseObjectives

Course Goals

Satoshi OKU 大学院メディア・コミュニケーション研究院

Recent (bio-)linguistic research has revealed many interesting properties of “sentence-building mechanisms”(i.e., syntax) of human language. The purpose of this course is to learn some important basics of human language
syntax in the framework of the current generative enterprise, with special reference to Japanese, English (andother languages which the participant students are native speakers of), as well as the comparison of theselanguages.

The students will understand some foundations of syntactic study of language, and will eventually appreciate
how fascinating our knowledge of language is.

This is a joint course of “English Linguistics” (Faculty of Letters), HUSTEP, Arts and Science Courses inEnglish, and Modern Japanese Studies Program. All aspects of the course (lecture, class dicsussion, class work,
homework) are conducted exclusively in English. Students are requested to actively participate in classactivities.

CourseSchedule

Homework

Grading
SystemCourse Schedule is roughly the following (subject to adjustment)
Week 1: General Introduction: From “complex visible” to “simple invisible”
Week 2: Structure dependency: From “non-existence thesis” to “existence thesis” (knowledge of language is“real”)
Week 3 - Week 6: Find patterns and try to account for them ? From description to explanation
Week 7 - Week 10: Long distance dependency (Move and Binding) ? From “local” to “global”
Week 11- Week 13: How to supply “missing” information (pro and ellipsis) ? From “invisible” to“understandable”
Week 14 - Week 15: Wrap up and General Summary

Students will have reading assignments and homework assignments every week, which are important review ofthe previous class and the preview/preparation for the next class meeting.

Grading is based on homework assisngments 50%, participation in class discussion/activities 30%, and a shortterm paper 20%.

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CourseName

Semester, YearFirst Semester, 2019

Number of Credits

2 credits

Course level

2000

Course Number

027038Instructor(s)(Institution)

CourseObjectives

Course Goals

CourseSchedule

Homework

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Introduction to Japanese Politics

Hironori SASADA 大学院メディア・コミュニケーション研究院

This is an introductory course on contemporary Japanese politics. The course will cover the politics andgovernment of post-WWII Japan focusing on Japanese power structure, party politics, political culture, social
policies, and recent changes. Throughout the course, we will discuss the following themes: Who governs Japan?
How are decisions made in Japanese policymaking process? How has Japan’s politics changed over time?

By the end of the course, student are expected to develop the following skills: (1) to explain some key terms ofJapanese politics, (2) to discuss some major issues of contemporary Japanese politics from at least 2 different
points of view, (3) to discuss some recent important changes in Japanese politics and explain the contexts of thechanges.

Week 1: Introduction / Basic structure of Japanese politics
Week 2: The 1955 system and the Liberal Democratic Party
Week 3: The opposition parties
Week 4: Bureaucracy / Elitism
Week 5: Patterned pluralism
Week 6: Leadership under the 1955 system
Week 7: Structural corruption and Tanaka Kakuei
Week 8: Midterm exam
Week 9: Changes in the 1955 system / Increased roles of politicians
Week 10: The Koizumi reform and a new leadership
Week 11: Electoral campaign in Japan
Week 12: Political culture in Japan
Week 13: Politics in rural areas
Week 14: Gender equality and welfare system in Japan
Week 15: Final exam

Download and read the reading materials before coming to the lecture.

Midterm exam
Final exam
Class participation

40%
40%
20%

All reading materials are available at the course website.
Download the files and read them before the lectures.

Syllabus Number 39
CourseNameIntroduction to Social Theory

Semester, YearFirst Semester, 2019

Number of Credits

2 credits

Course level

3000

Course Number

027039Instructor(s)(Institution)

CourseObjectives

Course Goals

CourseSchedule

Homework

Grading
SystemEmma Cook 大学院メディア・コミュニケーション研究院

Social anthropology and sociology are disciplines that have developed from a long period of thinking about thesocial in its myriad forms. This course aims to give an introductory overview to theories of the social ranging
from 19th century thinkers to those of the 21st century, and to explore their relevance in the 21st century.

1. Students will gain an overview of some of the main thinkers that have influenced how we theorize the social
in both social anthropology and sociology.
2. Students will develop the ability to analyse social theories based on their historical context and apply these
theories to life in the twenty-first century.

1. Introduction: What is Social Theory?
2. Karl Marx
3. Emile Durkheim
4. Max Weber
5. Structuralism / Structural-Functionalism
6. Critical Theory and the Frankfurt School
7. Exchange, Networks and Rational Choice Theory
8. Essay Preparation
9. Symbolic Interactionism
10. Phenomenology
11. Feminist Theories
12. Michel Foucault
13. Pierre Bourdieu
14. Globalisation
15. Reflections: What’s the Point of Social Theory?

Weekly readings are assigned and students must submit a discussion question based on the reading each week.

Discussion Questions: 35%
Reflection Comments: 15%
Essay: 50%

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Please note that the course schedule and readings are subject to change.

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Syllabus Number 40
CourseName

Gender and Sexuality in Contemporary Japan

Semester, YearFirst Semester, 2019

Number of Credits

2 credits

Course level

2000

Course Number

027040Instructor(s)(Institution)

CourseObjectives

Course Goals

CourseSchedule

Homework

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SystemEmma Cook 大学院メディア・コミュニケーション研究院

The aims of this course are to give a broad overview of gender, sexuality and society with a particular focus oncontemporary Japanese society. The classes alternate theories and ethnographies allowing students to see how
theories relate to real life. We will explore a variety of theoretical, ethnographic and documentary materials to
how gender and sexuality has been culturally constructed and experienced in the socio-historical context of
postwar Japan and will also analyse how ethnographic studies can qualify and inform questions about genderin society. Therefore the course, whilst focusing mostly on Japan, will also be inherently comparative in context
and scope.
By the end of the course students should be able to:
1. Understand and critically analyse some of the main theories of gender and sexuality.
2. Have a clear understanding of the various ways in which gender, sexuality and society intersect in Japan.
3. Be able to critically analyse the ‘everyday’: those events that initially appear so normal that they do not
warrant analysis.
4. Students will learn to ask critical questions in this course instead of focusing only on coming up with answers.
1. Introduction to the Course
2. Gender Theories: Nature/Culture Debates
3. Intersections: Japanese Feminism and Nature/Culture Debates
4. Gender Theories: Heterosexuality, Heteronormativity and the Sex-Gender System
5. Intersections: The Sex-Gender System at Home in Japan
6. Gender Theories: Hegemonic Masculinities.
7. Intersections: Gender at Work in Japan
8. Essay Preparation Week
9. Documentary: Japan: A Story of Love and Hate
10. Gender Theories: Performance and Performativity
11. Documentary: Shinjuku Boys
12. Gender Theories: Queer Theory
13. Sexualities and Sexual Rights in Japan
14. Essay Preparation Week
15. Documentary: The Great Happiness Space
Required readings are given each week. Students must submit at least one discussion question based on thesereadings each week before class.
Discussion Questions (15%)
Reflection Comments (15%)
Reading Presentation (20%)
Final Essay (50%)

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Please note that an excellent command of English is needed for this course.
Please note that the course schedule and readings are subject to change.

Syllabus Number 41
CourseName

Culture I (Theory)

Semester, YearFirst Semester, 2019

Number of Credits

2 credits

Course level

3000

Course Number

027041

Instructor(s)(Institution)

CourseObjectives

Course Goals

CourseSchedule

Homework

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SystemSusanne Klien 大学院メディア・コミュニケーション研究院

To become familiar with the representative theoretical discourses in cultural studies.

To read, discuss and critically assess some of the seminal works in cultural theory. To develop analytical skills
and improve reading skills with regards to academic literature in general.

Week 1: Course Introduction
Week 2: Concepts of culture
Week 3: Structures of culture
Week 4: Identity and difference
Week 5: Subjects, bodies, selves
Week 6: Globalization and culture
Week 7: Tradition and culture
Week 8: Mid-term exam
Week 9: Risk
Week 10: Representation, discourse and resistance
Week 11: Consumption and agency
Week 12: Space
Week 13: Rituals
Week 14: Mobility
Week 15: Final exam
A list of reading materials will be provided in the first session but students are expected to do regular readings(books available at MJSP corner in Northern library).

Class discussions (20%), presentation (30%), mid-term exam (25%), final essay (25%).

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Detailed information will be provided in the first session.

Note that this course requires advanced spoken English as the course is highly interactive. Students will be
expected to critically read academic texts in advance of each session and engage in discussion throughout thecourse.
Note that themes are subject to change.

54Syllabus Number 42
CourseNameIntroduction to Japanese Studies II (Culture)

Semester, YearFirst Semester, 2019

Number of Credits

2 credits

Course level

3000

Course Number

027042

Instructor(s)(Institution)

CourseObjectives

Course Goals

CourseSchedule

Homework

Grading
SystemSusanne Klien 大学院メディア・コミュニケーション研究院

This course examines current issues in modern Japanese culture with a focus on sociocultural anthropology.

Students will be expected to read seminal works on Japanese culture in advance of each class and engage indiscussions with peers from across the world. The class will be highly interactive.

1 Introduction [explanation of the course, definition of culture, position of Japanese studies, distribute readingof Stevens “Anthropology of Modern Japan”]
2 Entrepreneurship, gender, culture [reading Traphagan, “Entrepreneurs in rural Japan: gender, blockage, andthe pursuit of existential meaning]
3 Body, dress and culture [reading Goldstein-Gidoni, Chapter 10 Companion]
4 Consumption and gender [Reading: Christensen “Real Men don’t hold their Liquor”]
5 Gender, work and self in Japan [Reading: Kato “True Self, True Work”]
6 Nature and Japanese culture [Reading: Martinez, Chapter 12 Companion]
7 Multiple-choice quiz plus mini-fieldwork on campus on given theme
8 Well-being, toilets and culture [Reading Szczygiel “The Material Culture of Japanese Toilets”
9 Well-being, material culture and rituals [Reading: Daniels: Scooping, raking, beckoning luck: luck, agency
and the interdependence of people and things in Japan]
10 Concepts and culture: Mimesis, ‘kata’, ‘wa’ [Reading Bender “Of Roots and Race”]
11 Reading week
12 Food, consumption and convenience [Reading Whitelaw “Shelf lives and the labors of loss”]
13 Death and culture [Reading Kim: Necrosociality: isolated death and unclaimed cremains in Japan]
14 Tradition and national identity [Reading Surak, “From selling tea to selling Japaneseness”]
15 End of term exam and final session
Students will be expected to critically read texts in advance of every session.
All readings will be uploaded on my homepage.
Students will receive detailed information and the password to access materials for the course in the introductory
session.
Check the homepage regularly for updates.
Note that course readings are subject to change.
Multiple choice quiz 20%
Presentation 20%
Final exam 40%
Class participation 20%

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Detailed information will be provided in the first session.

This course requires advanced English language skills (native or close to native level) as extended readings will
be discussed in all sessions and the course is highly interactive.

Syllabus Number 43
CourseName

Regional Revitalization/Tourism work shop (Urahoro)

Semester, YearFirst Semester, 2019

Number of Credits

2 credits

Course level

3000

Course Number

027043

Instructor(s)(Institution)

CourseObjectives

Course Goals

CourseSchedule

Homework

Grading
SystemSusanne Klien 大学院メディア・コミュニケーション研究院

This workshop will be conducted in Sapporo (Hokudai) as well as in Urahoro Town (east Hokkaido) and will
involve interaction with locals with the aim of developing ideas about new forms of working in the town.
Activities will involve the inspection of various local sites and interviews with local residents as well as thepresentation of ideas to the local residents on the last day of the workshop. Good grasp of Japanese, flexibility,
teamwork and social skills are necessary for participation. Students who wish to obtain a credit for this course
need to participate in the two preparatory classes apart from the workshop itself. During the workshop, students
will have the chance to get insights into the everyday life of residents and issues of a small town in central
Hokkaido. Detailed information on the schedule will be provided in the preparatory lectures that will take place
on 27 June (Thur) and 11 July (Thur) from 6.15-7.45pm at Active Learning Room 325 (IIC). The workshop itself
will take place on 13-15 July in Urahoro.

Students will improve their social skills, presentation skills, teamwork skills and fieldwork techniques(interviews, participant observation, time management).

This is not a regular term course on campus but an intensive workshop. The workshop will take place from 1315 July 2019 in Urahoro Town.
Preparatory sessions (Hokudai): 27 June (Thur) 18.15-19.45 IIC 325 and 11 July (Thur) 18.15-19.45 IIC 325.
Students who wish to obtain a credit for this course need to participate in the two preparatory classes apartfrom the workshop itself.

Students need to critically read the materials provided for this class and actively engage in discussion duringclass sessions.

Teamwork, analytical skills, presentation skills, engagement with local community, final essay. Detailed
information will be provided in the first preparatory session.

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Detailed information will be provided in the first preparatory session.

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Good grasp of Japanese, flexibility, teamwork and social skills highly beneficial.
The working language in the workshop will be English but discussions and all interaction with locals will takeplace in Japanese.
Note that advanced English language skills and solid Japanese language skills are required for this workshop.

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Syllabus Number 44
CourseName

Semester, YearFirst Semester, 2019

Number of Credits

2 credits

Course level

2000

Course Number

027044

Instructor(s)(Institution)

CourseObjectives

Course Goals

CourseSchedule

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Introduction to Japanese History I: Between War and Peace

Michael Schiltz 大学院メディア・コミュニケーション研究院

Japan’s experience with modernity was ridden with conflicts, outright wars, and the continuous threat to thenation’s survival in a voracious, Hobbesian world. This introductory course outlines the international dimensionsof that experience, and demonstrates the ways in which this experience inexorably shaped the contours of thepolicy debates with regards to the country’s international positioning. Concretely, we study the dynamics behindand meaning of the ambition to ‘leave Asia’ (脱亜論 datsu-a ron), become the ‘Great-Britain of the East’; and yetlater, to return to Asia as the region’s savior (the ‘yellow burden’).

The important hallmark of this course is its explicitly anti-humanist or sociological stance. Rather than focusing
on key historical figures and their decisions, we will identify social forces that extend far beyond the limited
scope of human agency. Instead, we focus on the ways in which technologies (of warfare, telecommunications,transport, finance etc.) possess a self-propelling dynamic: they reinforce their importance, so to speak, andbecome both tools and objectives of modern development. Taken together, they demonstrate the inherently
international outlook of modern society, while paradoxically employing a vocabulary of segregation: thesemantics of the ‘nation state’ and ‘national culture’. How the latter relates to and interacts withinternationalization, and how this interaction produces regimes of rewards and punishment are core themes inall sessions. In this course, a truly international perspective on Japanese history (‘Japan in Asia’ / ‘Japan andthe West’) is paramount. As a reference guide to existing debates in a host of interdisciplinary fields (medium
theory, systems theory, and so on), each session provides links to broader secondary sources.

1. Wake-up call: the Opium wars
2. Gunboat diplomacy and the ‘imperialism of free trade’3. The threat of irrelevance and annihilation: the bakumatsu currency crisis
4. Rebellion and its aftermath: inflation and induced deflation
5. The Sino-Japanese War
6. The Boxer rebellion: victory of Western technologies
7. The Anglo-Japanese alliance: Japan as a linchpin in the Great-Britain led world order
8. The Russo-Japanese War as World War Zero9. Japan in World War I
10. The Siberian Intervention
11. Japan returns to Asia
12. The Manchurian incident
13. Militarism and Japanese Lebensraum in Manchuria
14. ‘Use the war to feed the war’: the road to World War II
15. The total defeat of blocism and the Pax Americana

From session 2 on, small student groups will be assigned to introduce topics to be discussed. This may include
both historical matter and/or their contemporary implications.
Students are expected to:
1. to participate in the course as a whole: doing the essential reading for each week’s topic, and coming prepared
to question and intervene.
2. To provide written and oral comments.
3. To Research, write, present, and defend your argument and choice of topic to be discussed.
4. When presenting, students should go beyond the narrow content of the reading to be presented; develop anargument as a coherent whole, e.g. by focusing on theoretical issues (e.g. the relationship between (political)
power and violence, methodological ones (for instance the nature of the relationship between ‘ideas’ and thematerial/technological/… contexts in which they are shaped)

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Grading
System

Evaluation will be based on: reading notes, class discussions (other means of evaluation may be discussed withthe students).
There is no paper to be written; instead, students are asked to make ‘smart’, elaborate and interactive
presentations (these are a must). They are responsible for putting the presented reading in context, and act as‘moderator’ for the follow-up discussion. Although all grading is characterized by an inherent opacity (if only forthe simple reason that every presentation pertains to different material and a different session), here are some
simple rules:- students presenting on several occasions will receive a higher grade- students making elaborate presentations (including audiovisual material, links to primary sources etc.) will be
rewarded for the extra effort- showing that you mastered the readings by partaking actively in the discussions is a plus.
As this class is an example of problem-based learning and the 'flipped classroom', it strongly encourages andrewards participation; vice versa, it penalizes a passive or absent behavior. Concretely, 80 percent of your grade
is based on class discussion; the remaining 20 percent is reserved for presentations.

Textbooks /Reading List
Websites
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Information

https://github.com/michaelschiltz/Japanese_History_1/blob/master/README.md

Introductory reading:Gordon, Andrew. 2013. A Modern History of Japan: From Tokugawa Times to the Present. 3 edition. New York:
Oxford University Press.
Some basic rules: whereas attendance is considered crucial, merely being present in class is insufficient to pass.
Active participation is prerequisite. Checking social media or constantly looking at your phone during class is
discouraging and even disturbing for your peers, so should be avoided. This class demands a considerable degreeof commitment; do not take this class if you are not motivated.

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Syllabus Number 45
CourseName

Mindhacks: Organizing your Resources and Research in the Internet Era

Semester, YearFirst Semester, 2019

Number of Credits

2 credits

Course level

3000

Course Number

027045

Instructor(s)(Institution)

CourseObjectives

Course Goals

CourseSchedule

Michael Schiltz 大学院メディア・コミュニケーション研究院

Thanks to the groundbreaking works of historians, anthropologists, sociologists and researchers in related
interdisciplinary fields (medium theory, cybernetics), it has by now become accepted wisdom that not only theamount, but also the nature of scientific knowledge is a function of the constraints and opportunities that are
hard-wired into the communication technologies that contain it. We are nowadays experiencing yet another sea
change in information production and dissemination, conveniently summarized as the ‘digital revolution’.
Exploring the disruptive impact of the latter on the production of scientific knowledge is the mainstay of thiscourse and project. As this course does not believe in the usefulness of the traditional lecture (and neither shouldyou), the approach is ‘hands-on’: through the concrete manipulation of a wide range of (scholarly) tools, students
will gradually be made aware of how conceptual domains and knowledge categories are shifting and emerging,
and what types of attention will be indispensable when doing research in the aftermath (and mirror) of the‘Gutenberg Galaxy’....

This course will take students on a digital journey which includes the management of bibliographic sources,
alternative methods of writing and publication, tools for integrating writing and data analysis, etcetera. We also
look into contemporary debates on preservation, data visualization, the relevance of academic debate in modern
society, and what else. At all times will we be reminded of the fact that the medium is the message. Eventually-and thereby even going against Marshall McLuhan's famous dictum, we discover that what we refer to as 'man'
may well be the extension of technologies and communication media, rather than the other way around.

Session 1: bibliographic management
Session 2: more research within the browser window
Session 3: the science of search
Session 4: collaborative work and reproducible research
Session 5: organizing knowledge and classification systems
Session 6: about OpenAccessSession 7: sustainable writing -publishing - preservation
Session 8: licensing your work
Session 9: data and data visualization
Session 10: big data & social network analysis
Session 11: encryption - anonymity - safety - whistleblowing
Session 12: where do we go from here?

From session 2 onwards, small student groups will be assigned to introduce topics to be discussed. This may
include both historical matter and/or their contemporary implications. Students are expected to:Homework59- participate in the course as a whole: doing the essential reading for each week’s topic, and coming prepared toquestion and intervene.
- provide written and oral comments;- research, write, present, and defend your argument and choice of topic to be discussed.
- When presenting, students should go beyond the narrow content of the reading to be presented; develop anargument as a coherent whole, e.g. by focusing on theoretical issues (e.g. the relationship between (political)
power and violence, methodological ones (for instance the nature of the relationship between ‘ideas’ and thematerial/technological/… contexts in which they are shaped), and...
- ...most importantly, to **bring their laptops into class**!

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Grading
SystemAs this course (just as my other courses) does not believe in the usefulness of final grades, the evaluation will bebased on: reading notes, class discussions (other means of evaluation may be discussed with the students), andso in. There is no paper to be written; instead, students are asked to make ‘smart’, elaborate and interactive
presentations. They are responsible for putting the presented reading in context and act as ‘moderator’ for thefollow-up discussion. Although all grading is characterized by an inherent opacity (if only for the simple reason
that every presentation relates to different material and takes place in a different session), here are some simple
rules:
1. students presenting on several occasions will receive a higher grade
2. students making elaborate presentations (including audiovisual material, links to primary sources etc.) will
be rewarded for the extra effort
3. showing that you mastered the readings by partaking actively in the discussions is a plus.
As this class is an example of problem-based learning and the 'flipped classroom', it strongly encourages andrewards participation; vice versa, it penalizes a passive or absent behavior. Concretely, 80 percent of your grade
is based on class discussion; the remaining 20 percent is reserved for presentations.
Some basic rules: whereas attendance is considered crucial, merely being present in class is insufficient to pass.
Active participation is prerequisite. Checking social media or constantly looking at your phone during class is
discouraging and even disturbing for your peers, so should be avoided. This class demands a considerable degreeof commitment; do not take this class if you are not motivated.

Textbooks /Reading List
Websites
Website ofLaboratory

https://github.com/michaelschiltz/bit-by-bit/blob/master/README.md

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Syllabus Number 46
CourseNameJapanese History (Theory & Practice) I

Semester, YearFirst Semester, 2019

Number of Credits

2 credits

Course level

3000

Course Number

027046

Instructor(s)(Institution)

CourseObjectives

Course Goals

CourseSchedule

Homework

Grading
System

BULL JONATHAN EDWARD 大学院メディア・コミュニケーション研究院

This course examines the collapse of the Japanese Empire and the legacies for post-war society. We will focus on
the situation in the Japanese Empire’s ‘Far North’ meaning Hokkaido and Karafuto (Sakhalin). We will also
consider the Japanese empire’s collapse in comparison with the end of other empires in the twentieth century.
The questions the class will address include the following: 1) what does ‘decolonization’ mean in the case of theend of the Japanese Empire? 2) how did the collapse of the empire affect Japanese living in the colonies? 3) how
have the memories of former colonial settlers impacted Japanese society since 1945?

By the end of the course students should be able to:1) Understand how scholars have examined the topic of the end of empire2) Identify historical arguments and evaluate an author’s claims by examining evidence and alternative
explanations
3) Express their own interpretations of historical developments by reading primary and secondary sources

Week 1: Introduction - overview of themes and readings
Week 2: Introduction - overview of themes and readings (2)Week 3: Contemporary theories of empire and the Japanese Empire
Week 4: Settler colonialism and the Japanese Empire
Week 5: Hokkaido and the Japanese Empire
Week 6: Karafuto and the Japanese Empire
Week 7: Review week
Week 8: Collapse of the Japanese Empire
Week 9 : Karafuto/Sakhalin and the empire’s collapse
Week 10: Documentary
Week 11: The Occupation and American views of decolonization
Week 12: Making the transition from empire to nation
Week 13: Post-war legacies of empire (1)Week 14: Post-war legacies of empire (2)Week 15: End of term exam

There will be a weekly reading assignment.
Class participation (evaluated by reading assignment tests and reflection comments) 20%
Primary source study 40%
End of term exam 40%

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Please note that the information in this online syllabus is subject to change. I will provide a full syllabus in thefirst class.

Syllabus Number 47
CourseName

Intercultural Communication and Language Issues

Semester, YearFirst Semester, 2019

Number of Credits

2 credits

Course level

5000

Course Number

027047

Instructor(s)(Institution)

CourseObjectives

Course Goals

CourseSchedule

Etsuko YAMADA 大学院メディア・コミュニケーション研究院

This course aims to investigate the sociolinguistic reality of languages and intercultural communication. It also
aims to explore how international common languages ought to be co-created in today's multicultural settings.

1) To gain knowledge of sociolinguistic issues in the world.
2) To gain comprehension of Intercultural Communicative Competence(ICC).
3) To study the concept of 'Lingua Franca (international common language)'.
Week 1: Culture
Week 2: Intercultural Communicative Competence(ICC)
Week 3: Language and Power
Week 4: Presentation 1
Week 5: Language and Identity
Week 6: Native speakers/Non-native speakers/World Englishes
Week 7: English as a Lingua Franca(ELF) Theories
Week 8: ELF Skills
Week 9: Language Policies
Week 10: Language Teaching Methodology
Week 11: Mid-term Test
Week 12: やさしい日本語 (1)Week 13: やさしい日本語 (2)Week 14: Presentation 2 (1)Week 15: Presentation 2 (2)*The schedule is subject to change depending on conditions.

Homework

Grading
SystemTextbooks /Reading ListStudents will be expected to read assigned reading materials in advance of the classes.
Further details are provided in the course.

Mid-term Test(40%), Presentation 1 & Essay 1(20%), Presentation 2 & Essay 2(20%), Reflection Diary(20%)
Handouts are provided in the course.
Global Englishes A resource book for students JENKINS, Jennifer Routledge 2015
From Foreign Language Education to Education for Intercultural Citizenship Essays and Reflections BYRAM,
Michael Multilingual Matters 2008
相互文化的能力を育む外国語教育ーグローバル時代の市民性形成をめざして バイラム, マイケル、（監訳）細川英雄
2015 2015
Routledge Encyclopedia of Language Teaching and Learning
Second Edition BYRAM, Michael & HU,
Adelheid Routledge 2017

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1)A good command of oral English and the experience of having studied academic subjects in English areessential.
2)For international students, basic or upper basic level Japanese language skills would be useful, although notcompulsory.
3)The course is offered as a Code-Shared course with the Graduate School of Media and Communication Studies.

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Syllabus Number 48
CourseName

Practicing Basic Natural Everyday English

Semester, YearFirst Semester, 2019

Number of Credits

2 credits

Course level

1000

Course Number

027048Instructor(s)(Institution)
CourseObjectives

Course Goals

CourseSchedule

Homework

Grading
SystemTextbooks /Reading List

Williamson PIERS 大学院メディア・コミュニケーション研究院

To practice natural English used in everyday situations.
This course focuses on improving English language fluency. It aims to move the student from high-beginner tointermediate level English speaker and listener. It is centred on conversational activities that simulate authentic
situations in which everyday English is used. By the end of the course, students should feel more confident
communicating in conversational English about a range of everyday topics. This should prepare them for study
and travel overseas.
*Some parts may be changed*
1 Introduction
2 Old Friends
3 The Techno World
4 City Life
5 Time Flies
6 Did you know?
7 Review
8 If only…
9 Travel Plans
10 Career search
11 Life’s choices
12 Into the Future
13 Presentations Workshop
14 Presentations
15 Final ExamStudents will work in groups and are expected to communicate as much as they can in English.
積極的かつ主体的な準備学習（予習・復習）が求められる。準備学習への取り組み方全般については、学期はじめに担当教員から説明があるほか、各回の授業で求められる準備学習の具体的内容については、学期中随時教員から指示がある。また履修者が自ら主体的に計画と目標を立て、自律的に準備学習に取り組むことも強く期待される。準備学
習を十分に行わなければ、身につけるべき内容を消化できず、単位も取得できなくなる可能性があるので、真剣かつ計画的に取り組んでほしい。
Classroom Input (20%)
Students are expected to contribute to the smooth running of the class through active participation. You will
receive points for answering questions in class. It does not matter if your answer is correct or incorrect. Just
answer. It is not difficult.
Homework Assignments (30%)
Homework exercises based on the class will be given frequently. They should be handed in at the beginning of
the following class.
LATE HOMEWORK WILL NOT BE ACCEPTED UNLESS YOU ARE SICK.
Presentation (20%)
Students will give a short presentation in front of the class in pairs. They will be graded on originality/effort,
pronunciation, grammar, intonation, flow.
Final Exam (30%)
A written test based on some of the grammar and vocabulary studied.
Steven Gershon and Chris Mares, New English Upgrade Student Book 3, Macmillan.

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この授業は英語中級者（目安として TOEFL-ITP 試験の成績が 420 点以上 500 点未満）を主な対象者とする。この授業は国際交流科目等との合同開講科目です。
**This course is NOT designed for advanced and native English speakers. **Syllabus Number 49
CourseName

Interpersonal Communication

Semester, YearFirst Semester, 2019

Number of Credits

2 credits

Course level

1000

Course Number

027049Instructor(s)(Institution)

CourseObjectives

Course Goals

CourseSchedule

Homework

Reggy Capacio Figer 大学院メディア・コミュニケーション研究院

Our relationships are fundamental aspects to our existence. Through our communication with others, we areable to cultivate our sense of identity and in the process understand ourselves better. It is said that our everyday
relationships are integral elements of our happiness, over and above the building blocks of our civil societies.
These on-going connections that we create, establish, maintain or end are essentially determined in ourinterpersonal communication. This course provides an in-depth coverage of interpersonal communication that
integrates theory and research on the one hand and practical skills on the other. It highlights the importance offostering and nurturing relationships by being receptive, sensitive, and mindful of others. The primary focus of
this course is to study live, face-to-face communication but also includes the overwhelming influence of digitaland Internet technology on relating with others. It is hoped that through this course, students will have an
enhanced understanding of how interpersonal communication is an important element in knowing oneself,
valuing others and recognizing relationships/connections as foundations, cornerstones for better friendships,
families, and societies.

･ To learn and understand the characteristics of competent communication in interpersonal relationships･ To develop skills in using appropriate communication strategies and responses based on different situational
contexts･ To interpret verbal and nonverbal messages with accuracy･ To practice effective interpersonal conflict principles･ To recognize the role of communication in determining the nature and quality of interpersonal relationships,
as well as how and why relationships developThis schedule is tentative and topics may change based on student needs. Any changes as well as the mostcurrent information on activities, assignments, and due dates will be discussed in class. Readings andassignments must be completed prior to the class period.
Week 1 Course orientation
Week 2 Introduction to Interpersonal Communication
Week 3 Perception and Communication
Week 4 Listening and Responding to Others
Week 5 Verbal and Nonverbal Communication Skills
Week 6 Group Report
Week 7 Interpersonal Conflict and How to Manage it
Week 8 Understanding Interpersonal Relationships
Week 9 Group Report
Week 10 Power in Interpersonal Relationships
Week 11 Developing Interpersonal Relationships
Week 12 Group Report
Week 13 Managing Relationship Challenges
Week 14 Interpersonal Relationship at Home, on the Internet and at Work
Week 15 Review and Feedback

積極的かつ主体的な準備学習（予習・復習）が求められる。準備学習への取り組み方全般については、学期はじめに担当教員から説明があるほか、各回の授業で求められる準備学習の具体的内容については、学期中随時教員から指示がある。また履修者が自ら主体的に計画と目標を立て、自律的に準備学習に取り組むことも強く期待される。準備学
習を十分に行わなければ、身につけるべき内容を消化できず、単位も取得できなくなる可能性があるので、真剣かつ計画的に取り組んでほしい。
Students are required to read and understand the readings before theclass. They are also expected to hand-in assignments/reports/projects on the due date.

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Grading
SystemTextbooks /Reading List

40% Oral and Written Group Report (Improving an Interpersonal Relationship Project - You will research a
specific area of interpersonal communication that can be improved in a specific relationship and submit a writeup about it. Also, you will present your research findings in class.
20% Class Participation (Discussions will take a lot of bulk in each session. Students are expected to engage inclass dynamics.)
10% Personal Reflection Paper (You will complete one graded paper that applies course concepts to yourinterpersonal communications interactions. A full description of the paper will be given as we proceed with thesemester.)
30% Final Exam (A written exam will be conducted to assess students’ knowledge of the course.)

Necessary materials will be distributed in class.

Websites
Website ofLaboratory

Additional

Information65

この授業は英語上級者（目安として TOEFL-ITP 試験の成績が 500 点以上）を主な対象者とする。この授業は国際交流科目等との合同開講科目です。
*This is an English for Academic and Professional Purposes course. It is recommended for Japanese students
and non-native speakers in English who want to improve further their language skills through the study of aparticular discipline or field, in this case, Interpersonal Communication.

CourseName

Syllabus Number 50
Approaches to Second Language Teaching: Reading and Writing

Semester, YearFirst Semester, 2019

Number of Credits

2 credits

Course level

1000

Course Number

027050Instructor(s)(Institution)

CourseObjectives

Course Goals

CourseSchedule

Homework

Grading
SystemTextbooks /Reading List

Jay Tanaka 大学院メディア・コミュニケーション研究院
This course provides an overview of the theoretical and practical issues involved in the teaching of second or
foreign language (L2) reading and writing. The theoretical and empirical perspectives are integrated withpractical experiences. As such, preparation and execution of micro-teaching practice sessions based on teachingapproaches, as well as presentations on the ideas behind those teaching approaches, are important parts of thecourse. The knowledge gained in this course is applicable to the teaching of any language. However, as English
is the shared language of the classroom, examples will be in the context of L2 English teaching. Student projects
and presentations may be on L2 Japanese teaching or other language teaching, provided that the content is at
the most basic proficiency level.
･ Become familiar with approaches for teaching reading and writing, based on current thinking regarding goodpractice･ Learn and practice specific instructional techniques for developing various aspects of reading and writing･ Evaluate the usefulness of educational materials for developing reading and writing･ Explain and justify opinions on teaching using appropriate academic frameworks
Week 1 Frameworks for second language teaching
Week 2 Principles of teaching reading
Week 3 Language difficulty and vocabulary
Week 4 Vocabulary learning
Week 5 Extensive Reading
Week 6 Assessing reading proficiency
Week 7 Principles of teaching writing
Week 8 The writing process
Week 9 Genres and writing
Week 10 Giving written corrective feedback
Week 11 Teaching materials review
Week 12 Teaching materials review II
Week 13 Class Review and Wrap-Up
Week 14 Final Examination
Week 15 Final Examination
Students will be expected to positively engage in preparation for and review of lesson material. In addition to a
general explanation regarding preparations for the course to be given at the beginning of the semester,
instructors will be providing specific instructions at appropriate times throughout the semester regarding
preparation for individual classes. Students will additionally be expected to proactively establish their own goals
and learning plans and to autonomously engage therein.
If students do not prepare adequately, they may failto master the content and consequently there is a possibility that they be unable to gain credit for the course. It
is therefore heartily recommended that students earnestly and systematically engage in preparation for classes.
Participation (40%), Oral Presentations (20%), Reflection Papers (20%), Final Examination (20%)
Participation (40%)
Students who positively participate in class discussions and are well prepared for class will receive higher marks.
Oral Presentations (20%)
Students will be required to give an oral presentation at least once during the course from a list of weekly(sectional) topics. Additionally, students in the audience will be encouraged to actively ask questions to thepresenters. Content and number of questions from students in the audience will be weighted heavily whencalculating their participation grade.
Reflection Papers (20%)
Students will be required to write one-page reflection papers, to be submitted at the beginning of class the nextday. Further details and guidelines regarding length and how to compose these written assignments will be given
in class.
Final Examination (20%)
The final examination will be comprised of essay questions related to the content of the course. It consists of twoquestions, one a take-home question to be re-written during class during the examination period, and the second
a general essay question to test student's absorption of the course's themes.
Teaching ESL/EFL Reading and Writing I.S.P. Nation Routledge 2008

Websites
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Information

This course is open to students with an Intermediate English ability (a score of 420-500 on the TOEFL-ITP), andwill be also opened as a code-shared subject of “International Exchange Program”.

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CourseName

Practicing Basic Natural Everyday English

Semester, YearFirst Semester, 2019

Number of Credits

2 credits

Course level

1000

Course Number

027051

Instructor(s)(Institution)
CourseObjectives

Course Goals

CourseSchedule

Homework

Williamson PIERS 大学院メディア・コミュニケーション研究院

To practice natural English used in everyday situations.
This course focuses on improving English language fluency. It aims to move the student from high-beginner tointermediate level English speaker and listener. It is centred on conversational activities that simulate authentic
situations in which everyday English is used. By the end of the course, students should feel more confident
communicating in conversational English about a range of everyday topics. This should prepare them for study
and travel overseas.
*Some parts may be changed*
1 Introduction
2 Old Friends
3 The Techno World
4 City Life
5 Time Flies
6 Did you know?
7 Review
8 If only…
9 Travel Plans
10 Career search
11 Life’s choices
12 Into the Future
13 Presentations Workshop
14 Presentations
15 Final ExamStudents will work in groups and are expected to communicate as much as they can in English.
積極的かつ主体的な準備学習（予習・復習）が求められる。準備学習への取り組み方全般については、学期はじめに担当教員から説明があるほか、各回の授業で求められる準備学習の具体的内容については、学期中随時教員から指示がある。また履修者が自ら主体的に計画と目標を立て、自律的に準備学習に取り組むことも強く期待される。準備学
習を十分に行わなければ、身につけるべき内容を消化できず、単位も取得できなくなる可能性があるので、真剣かつ計画的に取り組んでほしい。
Classroom Input (20%)
Students are expected to contribute to the smooth running of the class through active participation. You will
receive points for answering questions in class. It does not matter if your answer is correct or incorrect. Just
answer. It is not difficult.

Grading
SystemHomework Assignments (30%)
Homework exercises based on the class will be given frequently. They should be handed in at the beginning of
the following class.
LATE HOMEWORK WILL NOT BE ACCEPTED UNLESS YOU ARE SICK.
Presentation (20%)
Students will give a short presentation in front of the class in pairs. They will be graded on originality/effort,
pronunciation, grammar, intonation, flow.
Final Exam (30%)
A written test based on some of the grammar and vocabulary studied.

Textbooks /Reading List

Steven Gershon and Chris Mares, New English Upgrade Student Book 3, Macmillan.

Websites
Website ofLaboratory
Additional

Information67

この授業は英語中級者（目安として TOEFL-ITP 試験の成績が 420 点以上 500 点未満）を主な対象者とする。この授業は国際交流科目等との合同開講科目です。
**This course is NOT designed for advanced and native English speakers. **Syllabus Number 52
CourseName

Ideas: Discussing Contemporary Social Issues

Semester, YearFirst Semester, 2019

Number of Credits

2 credits

Course level

1000

Course Number

027052

Instructor(s)(Institution)
CourseObjectives

Course Goals

HANSEN Paul Simon

大学院メディア・コミュケーション研究院

To better understand contemporary social problems and perspectives.
To listen and discuss issues and opinions.
To summarize topics for a general audience and present a viewpoint.
This seminar style course primarily focuses on discussing contemporary social issues based on a series of popular
podcasts called "Ideas" from the Canadian Broadcast Corporation (CBC). Examples of potential topics are laborprecarity, indigeneity, technology and the posthuman etc. As such, the main focus will be on developing listening
and discussion skills (although occasionally transcripts are also available for the programs).
Each one hour episode will be discussed over a two week period with the expectation that topics and questions
build from one week to the next. Students will also be expected to summarize and present on an episode of theirchoice near the end of the course.

CourseSchedule

Homework

Grading
SystemTextbooks /Reading List

The following outline will depend upon student interest and enrollment. Topics listed here are potential
topics:
1. Self / Course Introduction
2. Topic 1a Making a Better World with a Culture of 'Citizen Eaters'
3. Topic 1b
4. Topic 2a Less Work More Leisure: Utopian Visions and the Future of Work
5. Topic 2b
6. Topic 3a Dr. Taylor Owen on How Internet Monopolies Threaten Democracy (The Dalton Camp Lecture)
7. Topic 3b
8. Mid-term Student Presentations
9. Topic 4a Autonomy: The Unexpected Implications of Self-Driving Vehicles.
10. Topic 4b
11. Topic 5a "Fighting at the Table: Conflict as Successful Integration" Migration issues.
12. Topic 5b
13. Preparation Class14. Final Paper Presentations and Discussion
15. Final Paper Presentations and Discussion

Students are expected to keep up with weekly listening projects, develop terminology lists, and produce questions
and topics for discussion.
There is also a mid-term summary / presentation and a final paper and presentation.
Grades are allotted via Hokkaido University's 11 point GPA system15%
daily assignment
15%
participation (daily contribution to discussions)20%
a mid-term program summary and presentation
20%
final presentation
30%
final paper
There is no reading list but the following website offers numerous examples of the type of programs to be
discussed.
http://www.cbc.ca/radio/ideas

Websites
Website ofLaboratory
Additional

Information

All students are welcome, including MJSP and HUSTEP students. The goal is to have a vibrant atmosphere of
discussion. And so, an interest or curiosity about social issues and an openness to diverse viewpoints isessential.
Please note, this is not a beginner level seminar. Given that the focus of the seminar is on listening and discussion
it should be obvious that 'shy' or reserved students are unlikely to score well.

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CourseName

Semester, YearFirst Semester, 2019

Number of Credits

2 credits

Course level

1000

Course Number

027053

Instructor(s)(Institution)

CourseObjectives

Course Goals

CourseSchedule

Homework

Grading
System69

World Cultures and Anthropology

Paul Capobianco 大学院メディア・コミュニケーション研究院
The aim of this course is twofold: to introduce some students to some of the key concepts in cultural anthropology
and to introduce students to different cultural practices around the world. Cultural anthropology is an academic
field that studies people and their cultures and languages. This class will involve reading of academic articles,
writing summaries, and giving presentations. Students will also work in groups during class and are thus
expected to communicate in English.
To introduce students to the key concepts in anthropology and to different cultural practices around the world.

The content may change depending on the students' progress.
Lesson 1･ Course Introduction and What to Expect
Lesson 2･ What is Anthropology and Cultural Anthropology
Lesson 3･ World Cultures Overview, Ethnography
Lesson 4･ Asian Cultures, Culture, Data
Lesson 5･ European Cultures, Languages and Linguistic Anthropology
Lesson 6･ American Cultures, Regional Differences
Lesson 7･ Japanese Culture, Regional Differences, Topics in Japan Anthropology
Lesson 8･ Practicum: Researching Cultures
Lesson 9･ African Cultures, Religion
Lesson 10 ･ Presentation 1: Present Findings about Culture
Lesson 11 ･ Latin American Cultures, Travel Diaries
Lesson 12 ･ Practicum: Researching Cultures, Contemporary Issues
Lesson 13 ･ Practicum: Research and Presenting about Culture
Lesson 14 Tuesday 19 July ･ Final Test
Lesson 15 Tuesday 26 July ･ Presentation 2: Present Findings

Students will be expected to positively engage in preparation for and review of lesson material. In addition to a
general explanation regarding preparations for the course to be given at the beginning of the semester,
instructors will be providing specific instructions at appropriate times throughout the semester regarding
preparation for individual classes. Students will additionally be expected to proactively establish their own goals
and learning plans and to autonomously engage therein.
If students do not prepare adequately, they may failto master the content and consequently there is a possibility that they be unable to gain credit for the course. It
is therefore heartily recommended that students earnestly and systematically engage in preparation for classes.
Students are expected to attend all classes. That is your job. But you can be absent (欠席) for TWO classes!
However, if you are absent, you still have to hand in homework on time by email on the day of the deadline. If
you are sick, you can hand homework in at the start of the next class. BUT YOU CANNOT BE ABSENT INWEEKS 13, 14, 15.
A third absence in the course will result in - 10% of the students’ final grade and a fourth absence will result in
the automatic failure of the course.
Coming late to class will result in a - 5% of students’ overall grade.
There is only one reason I will accept for extra absences = Sickness.
If you are sick, then you must produce evidence at the next class. For example, a prescription (処方箋) from thechemist with DATES on. Sending me an email saying “I am sick” is NOT proof.
Use your two free absences wisely.
If you have forgotten your textbook, tell me before the class starts. You can then make a photocopy. But you will
have to pay for the copy.
Participation (20%)
Students are expected to participate in the class. This includes doing all in class activities, answering questions,and paying attention. It does not matter if your answer is correct or incorrect. Just answer and pay attention.
Homework (30%)
Students will be given homework assignments. These include reading, writing, and short answer assignments.
There will be several research and writing assignments that students are expected to complete. LATEHOMEWORK WILL NOT BE ACCEPTED UNLESS YOU ARE SICK.
Homework will be graded with an A, C, or F. An “A” grade means the homework assignment has been done
acceptably. A “C” grade means that the homework needs to be improved and the student will receive partial
credit. An “F” grade means that no credit will be given for the assignment, either because the student did not doSyllabus Number 53

the assignment correctly or did not submit the assignment.
Final Test (20%)
There will be a final test in the class, given on week 14. Students will be expected to answer questions based on
the topics covered in class. This test will be in the form of essays and short answer questions. The most important
thing to passing is to pay attention in class and take notes.
Presentations (10% each)Students will be required to give two formal presentations in the class. The first will be worth 10% and thesecond will be worth 10%. Students will be graded on their overall presentation habits, their ability tocommunicate their message, and their overall preparedness. Students will NOT be graded on their ability to
speak perfectly, although this will be looked upon favourably. Students are encouraged to focus on communicationand delivering their message with fluency rather than speaking like a native English speaker. Mistakes areencouraged.
Final Research Summary (10%)
Students will be required to write a final research summary of the culture that they have research throughout
the year. This will be a 1,000 word paper that explains the language, culture, customs, and beliefs of a culturethat students will select in class.

Textbooks /Reading List

There will be no textbook for this class. Instead, students will receive weekly reading they are expected tocompete before coming to class. These readings will be related to the topics discussed in the class that particularweek.

Websites
Website ofLaboratory

Additional

Information

Students are required to have their course notebook with them each week. These will occasionally be collected
to check students’ progress. Failure to bring the notebook to class will result in loss of participation points.
This course is open to students with an Intermediate English ability (a score of 420-500 on the TOEFL-ITP), andwill be also opened as a code-shared subject of “International Exchange Program”.

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CourseName

Practicing Basic Natural Everyday English

Semester, YearFirst Semester, 2019

Number of Credits

2 credits

Course level

1000

Course Number

027054

Instructor(s)(Institution)
CourseObjectives

Course Goals

CourseSchedule

Homework

Grading
SystemTextbooks /Reading List

Williamson PIERS 大学院メディア・コミュニケーション研究院

To practice natural English used in everyday situations.
This course focuses on improving English language fluency. It aims to move the student from high-beginner tointermediate level English speaker and listener. It is centred on conversational activities that simulate authentic
situations in which everyday English is used. By the end of the course, students should feel more confident
communicating in conversational English about a range of everyday topics. This should prepare them for study
and travel overseas.
*Some parts may be changed*
1 Introduction
2 Old Friends
3 The Techno World
4 City Life
5 Time Flies
6 Did you know?
7 Review
8 If only…
9 Travel Plans
10 Career search
11 Life’s choices
12 Into the Future
13 Presentations Workshop
14 Presentations
15 Final ExamStudents will work in groups and are expected to communicate as much as they can in English.
積極的かつ主体的な準備学習（予習・復習）が求められる。準備学習への取り組み方全般については、学期はじめに担当教員から説明があるほか、各回の授業で求められる準備学習の具体的内容については、学期中随時教員から指示がある。また履修者が自ら主体的に計画と目標を立て、自律的に準備学習に取り組むことも強く期待される。準備学
習を十分に行わなければ、身につけるべき内容を消化できず、単位も取得できなくなる可能性があるので、真剣かつ計画的に取り組んでほしい。
Classroom Input (20%)
Students are expected to contribute to the smooth running of the class through active participation. You will
receive points for answering questions in class. It does not matter if your answer is correct or incorrect. Just
answer. It is not difficult.
Homework Assignments (30%)
Homework exercises based on the class will be given frequently. They should be handed in at the beginning of
the following class.
LATE HOMEWORK WILL NOT BE ACCEPTED UNLESS YOU ARE SICK.
Presentation (20%)
Students will give a short presentation in front of the class in pairs. They will be graded on originality/effort,
pronunciation, grammar, intonation, flow.
Final Exam (30%)
A written test based on some of the grammar and vocabulary studied.
Steven Gershon and Chris Mares, New English Upgrade Student Book 3, Macmillan.

Websites
Website ofLaboratory
Additional

Information71

この授業は英語中級者（目安として TOEFL-ITP 試験の成績が 420 点以上 500 点未満）を主な対象者とする。この授業は国際交流科目等との合同開講科目です。
**This course is NOT designed for advanced and native English speakers. **Syllabus Number 55
CourseName

Personal Stories and Religion

Semester, YearFirst Semester, 2019

Number of Credits

2 credits

Course level

1000

Course Number

027055

Instructor(s)(Institution)

CourseObjectives

Course Goals

CourseSchedule

Homework

Grading
SystemPeter RICHARDSON 大学院メディア・コミュニケーション研究院
Why is it that there are so many different ideas and experiences about religion? Why is it that these ideas are
so different and yet everyone is so certain that their idea is correct? What can this tell us about our minds andthe way we think? The purpose of this course is to discuss these questions by introducing the students to awide-ranging collection of authentic personal stories related to religion. These stories relate to some of the mainworld religious, such as Christianity, Islam, and Buddhism, while also covering the rejection of religion in theform of atheism.
1) Develop the students’ reading skills in order to allow them to confidently tackle authentic English texts.
2) Develop the students’ ability to think critically and detect key similarities and differences in a range of texts,
as well as to look for connections between texts that may at first look unrelated.
3) Encourage students to speak out, share and listen to the ideas of others.
Week 1: Course introduction
Week 2: A framework for analyzing religious language, part one.
Week 3: A framework for analyzing religious language, part two.
Week 4: Introducing Christianity, Islam and Buddhism, part one.
Week 5: Introducing Christianity, Islam and Buddhism, part two.
Week 6: “Everything became clear”: A Christian’s story.
Week 7: The language of Christians.
Week 8: “I’d finally found the truth”: A Muslim’s story + midterm short presentations
Week 9: The language of Muslims.
Week 10: “At last, it dawned on me”: A Buddhist’s story.
Week 11: The language of Buddhism.
Week 12: Are there similarities between the language of religious believers and the language of atheists? +Student presentations
Week 13: Student presentations
Week 14: Student presentations
Week 15: Student presentations and final test
Students will be expected to positively engage in preparation for and review of lesson material. In addition to a
general explanation regarding preparations for the course to be given at the beginning of the semester,
instructors will be providing specific instructions at appropriate times throughout the semester regarding
preparation for individual classes. Students will additionally be expected to proactively establish their own goals
and learning plans and to autonomously engage therein.
If students do not prepare adequately, they may failto master the content and consequently there is a possibility that they be unable to gain credit for the course. It
is therefore heartily recommended that students earnestly and systematically engage in preparation for classes.

Grades will be awarded according to the following framework: participation (level of participation in classactivities and discussions): 20%; presentations on a religion of choice: 30%; vocabulary and comprehension test
related to the principles and texts discussed in class: 50%.

Textbooks /Reading List
Websites
Website ofLaboratory
Additional

Information

There is no assigned textbook for this course.
class.

Students will be provided with handouts at the beginning of eachThis course is open to students with an Intermediate English ability (a score of 420-500 on the TOEFL-ITP), andwill be also opened as a code-shared subject of “International Exchange Program”.

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Syllabus Number 56
CourseName

Semester, YearFirst Semester, 2019

Number of Credits

2 credits

Course level

1000

Course Number

027056

Instructor(s)(Institution)

CourseObjectives

Course Goals

CourseSchedule

Homework

Grading
System73

World Cultures and Anthropology

Paul Capobianco 大学院メディア・コミュニケーション研究院

The aim of this course is twofold: to introduce some students to some of the key concepts in cultural anthropology
and to introduce students to different cultural practices around the world. Cultural anthropology is an academic
field that studies people and their cultures and languages. This class will involve reading of academic articles,
writing summaries, and giving presentations. Students will also work in groups during class and are thus
expected to communicate in English.

To introduce students to the key concepts in anthropology and to different cultural practices around the world.

The content may change depending on the students' progress.
Lesson 1･ Course Introduction and What to Expect
Lesson 2･ What is Anthropology and Cultural Anthropology
Lesson 3･ World Cultures Overview, Ethnography
Lesson 4･ Asian Cultures, Culture, Data
Lesson 5･ European Cultures, Languages and Linguistic Anthropology
Lesson 6･ American Cultures, Regional Differences
Lesson 7･ Japanese Culture, Regional Differences, Topics in Japan Anthropology
Lesson 8･ Practicum: Researching Cultures
Lesson 9･ African Cultures, Religion
Lesson 10･ Presentation 1: Present Findings about Culture
Lesson 11･ Latin American Cultures, Travel Diaries
Lesson 12･ Practicum: Researching Cultures, Contemporary Issues
Lesson 13･ Practicum: Research and Presenting about Culture
Lesson 14 Tuesday 19 July ･ Final Test
Lesson 15 Tuesday 26 July ･ Presentation 2: Present Findings

Students will be expected to positively engage in preparation for and review of lesson material. In addition to a
general explanation regarding preparations for the course to be given at the beginning of the semester,
instructors will be providing specific instructions at appropriate times throughout the semester regarding
preparation for individual classes. Students will additionally be expected to proactively establish their own goals
and learning plans and to autonomously engage therein.
If students do not prepare adequately, they may failto master the content and consequently there is a possibility that they be unable to gain credit for the course. It
is therefore heartily recommended that students earnestly and systematically engage in preparation for classes.
Students are expected to attend all classes. That is your job. But you can be absent (欠席) for TWO classes!
However, if you are absent, you still have to hand in homework on time by email on the day of the deadline. If
you are sick, you can hand homework in at the start of the next class. BUT YOU CANNOT BE ABSENT INWEEKS 13, 14, 15.
A third absence in the course will result in - 10% of the students’ final grade and a fourth absence will result in
the automatic failure of the course.
Coming late to class will result in a - 5% of students’ overall grade.
There is only one reason I will accept for extra absences = Sickness.
If you are sick, then you must produce evidence at the next class. For example, a prescription (処方箋) from thechemist with DATES on. Sending me an email saying “I am sick” is NOT proof.
Use your two free absences wisely.
If you have forgotten your textbook, tell me before the class starts. You can then make a photocopy. But you will
have to pay for the copy.
Participation (20%)
Students are expected to participate in the class. This includes doing all in class activities, answering questions,and paying attention. It does not matter if your answer is correct or incorrect. Just answer and pay attention.
Homework (30%)
Students will be given homework assignments. These include reading, writing, and short answer assignments.
There will be several research and writing assignments that students are expected to complete. LATE

Syllabus Number 56

HOMEWORK WILL NOT BE ACCEPTED UNLESS YOU ARE SICK.
Homework will be graded with an A, C, or F. An “A” grade means the homework assignment has been done
acceptably. A “C” grade means that the homework needs to be improved and the student will receive partial
credit. An “F” grade means that no credit will be given for the assignment, either because the student did not do
the assignment correctly or did not submit the assignment.
Final Test (20%)
There will be a final test in the class, given on week 14. Students will be expected to answer questions based on
the topics covered in class. This test will be in the form of essays and short answer questions. The most important
thing to passing is to pay attention in class and take notes.
Presentations (10% each)Students will be required to give two formal presentations in the class. The first will be worth 10% and thesecond will be worth 10%. Students will be graded on their overall presentation habits, their ability tocommunicate their message, and their overall preparedness. Students will NOT be graded on their ability to
speak perfectly, although this will be looked upon favourably. Students are encouraged to focus on communicationand delivering their message with fluency rather than speaking like a native English speaker. Mistakes areencouraged.
Final Research Summary (10%)
Students will be required to write a final research summary of the culture that they have research throughout
the year. This will be a 1,000 word paper that explains the language, culture, customs, and beliefs of a culturethat students will select in class.
Textbooks /Reading List

There will be no textbook for this class. Instead, students will receive weekly reading they are expected tocompete before coming to class. These readings will be related to the topics discussed in the class that particularweek.

Websites

Website ofLaboratory

Additional

Information

Students are required to have their course notebook with them each week. These will occasionally be collected
to check students’ progress. Failure to bring the notebook to class will result in loss of participation points.
This course is open to students with an Intermediate English ability (a score of 420-500 on the TOEFL-ITP), andwill be also opened as a code-shared subject of “International Exchange Program”.

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Syllabus Number 57
CourseName

Theories and Methodologies of Second Language Teaching

Semester, YearFirst Semester, 2019

Number of Credits

2 credits

Course level

1000

Course Number

027057

Instructor(s)(Institution)

CourseObjectives

Course Goals

CourseSchedule

Homework

Grading
SystemTextbooks /Reading List

Jay Tanaka 大学院メディア・コミュニケーション研究院
This course surveys approaches and theories in second and foreign language teaching. Through lectures,
readings, discussions, and activities you will build your theoretical and practical knowledge of second language(L2) education. Among the topics we examine are traditional L2 teaching approaches and theories, classroom
management, lesson planning, teaching materials, and classroom testing. You are expected to reflect on yourown beliefs and assumptions about L2 teaching practices.
･ Link historical development of theories, and methodologies in L2 teaching to recent trends;･ Discuss and evaluate theories and approaches in L2 language teaching;･ Analyze and evaluate L2 teaching materials;･ Practice L2 teaching skills;･ Discuss the purposes and roles of assessment and evaluation in L2 teaching;
Week 1 History of language teaching
Week 2 Grammar translation method
Week 3 Audio-lingual method and Total physical response
Week 4 Communicative language teaching
Week 5 Communicative language teaching II
Week 6 Task-based language teaching
Week 7 Content-based instruction
Week 8 Speaking and listening activities
Week 9 Reading activities
Week 10 Writing activities
Week 11 Teaching materials review
Week 12 Teaching workshop session
Week 13 Class Review and Wrap-Up
Week 14 Final Examination
Week 15 Final Examination
Students will be expected to positively engage in preparation for and review of lesson material. In addition to a
general explanation regarding preparations for the course to be given at the beginning of the semester,
instructors will be providing specific instructions at appropriate times throughout the semester regarding
preparation for individual classes. Students will additionally be expected to proactively establish their own goals
and learning plans and to autonomously engage therein.
If students do not prepare adequately, they may failto master the content and consequently there is a possibility that they be unable to gain credit for the course. It
is therefore heartily recommended that students earnestly and systematically engage in preparation for classes.
Participation (40%), Oral Presentations (20%), Reflection Papers (20%), Final Examination (20%)
Participation (40%)
Students who positively participate in class discussions and are well prepared for class will receive higher marks.
Oral Presentations (20%)
Students will be required to give an oral presentation at least once during the course from a list of weekly(sectional) topics. Additionally, students in the audience will be encouraged to actively ask questions to thepresenters. Content and number of questions from students in the audience will be weighted heavily whencalculating their participation grade.
Reflection Papers (20%)
Students will be required to write one-page reflection papers, to be submitted at the beginning of class the nextday. Further details and guidelines regarding length and how to compose these written assignments will be given
in class.
Final Examination (20%)
The final examination will be comprised of essay questions related to the content of the course. It consists of twoquestions, one a take-home question to be re-written during class during the examination period, and the second
a general essay question to test student's absorption of the course's themes.
There is no textbook for this course. Handouts of relevant texts will be provided each class.

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This course is open to students with an Intermediate English ability (a score of 420-500 on the TOEFL-ITP), andwill be also opened as a code-shared subject of “International Exchange Program”.

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CourseName

How We Learn Languages

Semester, YearFirst Semester, 2019

Number of Credits

2 credits

Course level

1000

Course Number

027058Instructor(s)(Institution)

CourseObjectives

Course Goals

CourseSchedule

Homework

Grading
SystemPeter RICHARDSON 大学院メディア・コミュニケーション研究院
The purpose of this course is to explore some of the key issues in first and second language acquisition. The
course will focus on theories about how we learn languages, the key differences between learning a first and asecond language, and many of the important issues relating to language study. These issues will include a lookat controversial topics such as what role the first language should have in the learning of a second language, as
well as a critical evaluation of the different teaching and study methods that second language learners are
exposed to.
1) Develop the students’ listening and reading skills in order to allow them to engage with complex topics.
2) Develop the students’ ability to think critically and to make connections between the study of language
learning in general and their own experience of learning English.
3) Encourage students to speak out, share and listen to the ideas of others.
The schedule listed below is a provisional guide to the topics that will be covered during the course.
Week 1 Course introduction
Week 2 What is language and are humans the only ones who can use it?
Week 3 How we learn our first language
Week 4 Do we have a Language Acquisition Device inside our brains?
Week 5 Similarities and differences between first and second language acquisition, part one
Week 6 Similarities and differences between first and second language acquisition, part two
Week 7 Individual differences in second language learning
Week 8 Midterm short presentations
Week 9 Connectionism and socio-cognitive development approaches, part one
Week 10 Connectionism and socio-cognitive development approaches, part two
Week 11 The crucial importance of constructions in language development, part one
Week 12 The crucial importance of constructions in language development, part two + student presentations,part one
Week 13 Student presentations, part two
Week 14 Student presentations, part three
Week 15 Completing student presentations and final test
Students will be expected to positively engage in preparation for and review of lesson material. In addition to a
general explanation regarding preparations for the course to be given at the beginning of the semester,
instructors will be providing specific instructions at appropriate times throughout the semester regarding
preparation for individual classes. Students will additionally be expected to proactively establish their own goals
and learning plans and to autonomously engage therein.
If students do not prepare adequately, they may failto master the content and consequently there is a possibility that they be unable to gain credit for the course. It
is therefore heartily recommended that students earnestly and systematically engage in preparation for classes.
Grades will be awarded according to the following framework: participation (level of participation in classactivities and discussions): 25%; presentations on topics provided by the instructor: 25%; final test related
based on the material discussed in class: 50%.

Textbooks /Reading List
Websites
Website ofLaboratory

Additional

Information

There is no assigned textbook for this course. Students will be provided with handouts at the beginning of eachclass.
This course is open to students with an Intermediate English ability (a score of 420-500 on the TOEFL-ITP), andwill be also opened as a code-shared subject of “International Exchange Program”.

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CourseName

Intermediate: Ideas: Discussing Contemporary Social Issues

Semester, YearFirst Semester, 2019

Number of Credits

2 credits

Course level

1000

Course Number

027059Instructor(s)(Institution)

CourseObjectives

Course Goals

HANSEN Paul Simon

大学院メディア・コミュニケーション研究院

To better understand contemporary social problems and perspectives.
To listen and discuss issues and opinions.
To summarize topics for a general audience and present a viewpoint.
This seminar style course primarily focuses on discussing contemporary social issues based on a series of popular
podcasts called "Ideas" from the Canadian Broadcast Corporation (CBC). Examples of potential topics are laborprecarity, indigeneity, technology and the posthuman etc. As such, the main focus will be on developing listening
and discussion skills (although occasionally transcripts are also available for the programs).
Each one hour episode will be discussed over a two week period with the expectation that topics and questions
build from one week to the next. Students will also be expected to summarize and present on an episode of theirchoice near the end of the course.

CourseSchedule

Homework

Grading
SystemTextbooks /Reading List

The following outline will depend upon student interest and enrollment. Topics listed here are potential
topics:
1. Self / Course Introduction
2. Topic 1a Making a Better World with a Culture of 'Citizen Eaters'
3. Topic 1b
4. Topic 2a Less Work More Leisure: Utopian Visions and the Future of Work
5. Topic 2b
6. Topic 3a Dr. Taylor Owen on How Internet Monopolies Threaten Democracy (The Dalton Camp Lecture)
7. Topic 3b
8. Mid-term Student Presentations
9. Topic 4a Autonomy: The Unexpected Implications of Self-Driving Vehicles.
10. Topic 4b
11. Topic 5a "Fighting at the Table: Conflict as Successful Integration" Migration issues.
12. Topic 5b
13. Preparation Class14. Final Paper Presentations and Discussion
15. Final Paper Presentations and Discussion
Students are expected to keep up with weekly listening projects, develop terminology lists, and produce questions
and topics for discussion.
There is also a mid-term summary / presentation and a final paper and presentation.
Grades are allotted via Hokkaido University's 11 point GPA system15%
daily assignment
15%
participation (daily contribution to discussions)20%
a mid-term program summary and presentation
20%
final presentation
30%
final paper
There is no reading list but the following website offers numerous examples of the type of programs to be
discussed.
http://www.cbc.ca/radio/ideas

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All students are welcome, including MJSP and HUSTEP students. The goal is to have a vibrant atmosphere of
discussion. And so, an interest or curiosity about social issues and an openness to diverse viewpoints isessential.
Please note, this is not a beginner level seminar. Given that the focus of the seminar is on listening and discussion
it should be obvious that 'shy' or reserved students are unlikely to score well.

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Syllabus Number 60
Indigenous Peoples and Education

Semester, YearFirst Semester, 2019

Number of Credits

2 credits

Course level

1000

Course Number

027060Instructor(s)(Institution)
CourseObjectives

Course Goals

CourseSchedule

Homework

Grading
SystemTextbooks /Reading List

Jeffry Joseph GAYMAN 大学院メディア・コミュニケーション研究院
The purpose of this course is to deepen students’ intercultural understanding through focusing on the topic ofeducation as it relates to Indigenous Peoples and their aspirations and needs. Students will be introduced to theunique position of Indigenous Peoples in world history, general issues of Indigenous peoples as related to culturaltransmission and education, and Indigenous responses to the educational challenges that they face.
○ To understand the unique position of Indigenous Peoples in world history, and through doing so to gain adeeper understanding of the relation between majority and minority peoples.
○ To critically reflect on the role of the environment, and of education, in cultural transmission andmaintenance, and to become aware of the special needs of Indigenous peoples with regard to education.
○ To increase cultural sensitivity.
○ To critically reflect on power relations in society.
○ To increase knowledge and awareness of Indigenous peoples lives, issues and values, with a focus on the
Indigenous Peoples of New Zealand/Aotearoa, Alaska, Hawaii, Scandinavia, and Japan.
○ To critically reflect on the relation between language, culture and identity, and on how we acquire andtransmit our Native as well as second languages.
Week 1 Native Knowledge Systems
Week 2 Native Knowledge Systems CONT Stories and the Oral Tradition Imperialism, Colonialism and‘Indigenous Peoples’
Week 3 Native Knowledge Systems CONT Stories and the Oral Tradition
Week 4 Review and Discussion
Week 5 Imperialism, Colonialism and ‘Indigenous Peoples’
Week 6 The Nation-State and Schooling/Assimilatory Education
Week 7 Language Shift and Loss of Tradition
Week 8 Stirrings of Educational Discontent -The Indigenous Response to Mainstream Education “CulturallyResponsive Education”
Week 9 The Maori Education Initiative
Week 10 The Hawaiian Education Initiative
Week 11 Saami Educational Initiatives
Week 12 Native Alaskan Education
Week 13 The World Indigenous Peoples’ Conference on Education / Indigenous Higher Education
Week 14 The Ainu People, Cultural Transmission and Education I
Week 15 The Ainu People, Cultural Transmission and Education II
Students will be expected to positively engage in preparation for and review of lesson material. In addition to a
general explanation regarding preparations for the course to be given at the beginning of the semester,
instructors will be providing specific instructions at appropriate times throughout the semester regarding
preparation for individual classes. Students will additionally be expected to proactively establish their own goals
and learning plans and to autonomously engage therein.
If students do not prepare adequately, they may failto master the content and consequently there is a possibility that they be unable to gain credit for the course. It
is therefore heartily recommended that students earnestly and systematically engage in preparation for classes.
Participation and Preparation (40%), Oral Presentations (20%), Journal/Final Paper (40%)
Participation and Preparation (40%)
Students who positively participate in class discussions and are well prepared for class with examples and/or
questions regarding the material will receive higher marks.
Oral Presentations (20%)
Students will be required to give a 5-10 minute oral presentation from a list of weekly topics. More details will
be given in the first class.
Journal or Final Paper (40%)
Students will be required to compose a final assignment in either a journal or a final paper format based on thecourse materials, class discussions, or other related material. Journal entries must address four (4) different
topics addressed in class. Further details and guidelines regarding length and how to compose these written
assignments will be given in class.
Materials will be distributed by the instructor in class.

Websites
Website ofLaboratory

Additional

Information

This course is open to students with an Intermediate English ability (a score of 420-500 on the TOEFL-ITP), andwill be also offered as a code-shared subject of the “International Exchange Program”. When writing the journal
entries or final report, it is very important that you do not plagiarize. If you do not write the final report using
your own words, as well as do not reference the sources (websites, books, newspaper articles accessed, etc.) thatyou use, your report will not be accepted and there is a possibility that you may fail the course. Guidelines
regarding original thinking and critical discussion will be provided by the instructor during class.
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Syllabus Number 61
CourseName

How We Learn Languages

Semester, YearFirst Semester, 2019

Number of Credits

2 credits

Course level

1000

Course Number

027062

Instructor(s)(Institution)

CourseObjectives

Course Goals

CourseSchedule

Homework

Grading
SystemPeter RICHARDSON 大学院メディア・コミュニケーション研究院
The purpose of this course is to explore some of the key issues in first and second language acquisition. The
course will focus on theories about how we learn languages, the key differences between learning a first and asecond language, and many of the important issues relating to language study. These issues will include a lookat controversial topics such as what role the first language should have in the learning of a second language, as
well as a critical evaluation of the different teaching and study methods that second language learners are
exposed to.
1) Develop the students’ listening and reading skills in order to allow them to engage with complex topics.
2) Develop the students’ ability to think critically and to make connections between the study of language
learning in general and their own experience of learning English.
3) Encourage students to speak out, share and listen to the ideas of others.

The schedule listed below is a provisional guide to the topics that will be covered during the course.
Week 1 Course introduction
Week 2 What is language and are humans the only ones who can use it?
Week 3 How we learn our first language
Week 4 Do we have a Language Acquisition Device inside our brains?
Week 5 Similarities and differences between first and second language acquisition, part one
Week 6 Similarities and differences between first and second language acquisition, part two
Week 7 Individual differences in second language learning
Week 8 Midterm short presentations
Week 9 Connectionism and socio-cognitive development approaches, part one
Week 10 Connectionism and socio-cognitive development approaches, part two
Week 11 The crucial importance of constructions in language development, part one
Week 12 The crucial importance of constructions in language development, part two + student presentations,part one
Week 13 Student presentations, part two
Week 14 Student presentations, part three
Week 15 Completing student presentations and final test

Students will be expected to positively engage in preparation for and review of lesson material. In addition to a
general explanation regarding preparations for the course to be given at the beginning of the semester,
instructors will be providing specific instructions at appropriate times throughout the semester regarding
preparation for individual classes. Students will additionally be expected to proactively establish their own goals
and learning plans and to autonomously engage therein.
If students do not prepare adequately, they may failto master the content and consequently there is a possibility that they be unable to gain credit for the course. It
is therefore heartily recommended that students earnestly and systematically engage in preparation for classes.

Grades will be awarded according to the following framework: participation (level of participation in classactivities and discussions): 25%; presentations on topics provided by the instructor: 25%; final test related
based on the material discussed in class: 50%.

Textbooks /Reading List
Websites
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There is no assigned textbook for this course.
class.

Students will be provided with handouts at the beginning of eachThis course is open to students with an Intermediate English ability (a score of 420-500 on the TOEFL-ITP), andwill be also opened as a code-shared subject of “International Exchange Program”.

Syllabus Number 62
CourseName

Anthropology: History and Debates

Semester, YearFirst Semester, 2019

Number of Credits

2 credits

Course level

1000

Course Number

027063

Instructor(s)(Institution)

CourseObjectives

Course Goals

CourseSchedule

HANSEN Paul Simon

大学院メディア・コミュニケーション研究院

The objective of this seminar is for students to learn about the philosophical, political and social history ofanthropological thought. This objective will be met through the use of weekly readings, film, and requiredpresentations, papers, and thinking through dialectics and discussion. Students are also encouraged to improvetheir English language abilities.

The main goal of this seminar is to acquaint students with the complex and nuanced history of anthropologicalthought. Thus, the course will be of particular interest to students in the social sciences and humanities;
notably anthropology, folklore, area studies, sociology, social theory, cultural studies, philosophy, history, etc.
However, a secondary goal of this seminar is for students to improve their English communication skills. This
includes thinking critically, speaking, listening, reading, and writing.
Further details as to how this goal is to be achieved are outlined below. Please be aware that this course will betaught presuming the same level of English proficiency as would be expected in the UK, the US, Canada,
Australia etc. Nitobe students, Hustep students, and MJSP students are very welcome.

1. Introduction: We will cover expectations, order research groups, and discuss a number of definitions that are
particular to the course material.
2. Proto-Anthropology? : A clarification of terms and an example presentation and discussion.
3. Social Science and the Victorian period
4. Foundations of a modern anthropology Part One
5. Foundations of a modern anthropology Part Two
6. Impact of the Second World War on Anthropology
7. The Posts: postmodern, postcolonial, and post-structural thought
8. Presentations (first Assignment due review of a theorist)
9. Anthropology and Film (review assignment given)
10. New angles in anthropology (related to student interests)
11.Readings and seminar style discussion (participation essential)(Second Assignment due)
12. New angles in Anthropology
13. Readings and seminar style discussion (participation essential)
14. Final Individual paper, presentation and class discussion
15. Remaining presentations and discussion
A useful reference text would be:

Homework

Erikson, Thomas and Finn Neilsen. 2013. A History of Anthropology 2nd ed. London: Pluto Press( Other reference texts will be discussed in the seminar).

Grading
SystemStudents will be graded 50% on class participation: including 20% (effort and discussion participation), 3 X 30%(presentation 1 or 2 group presentations dependent on the enrollment levels of the class and 1 individual
presentation.
Written evaluation will count for 50%: including a 20 % film review and 30% final exam or assignment.
Grades will be given on an 11 point system

Textbooks /Readings will be uploaded to a shared course folder.
research and search for relevant texts.

Websites

http://www.alanmacfarlane.com/ancestors/audiovisual.html

Reading List

However, students will also be required to do their own

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An interest in the history of anthropology or the social sciences in general will prove to be motivating. Students
are encouraged to note that this is an advanced seminar.
The course is taught at a level of English equal to taking a similar course in North America or Europe.
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CourseName

Semester, YearFirst Semester, 2019

Number of Credits

2 credits

Course level

3000

Course Number

027064

Instructor(s)(Institution)

CourseObjectives

Course Goals

CourseSchedulePeter FIRKOLA 高等教育推進機構

This course provides an introduction to the field of career development.

This course will offer students the opportunity to think about and actively plan their own careers.

Week 1
Week 2
Week 3
Week 4
Week 5
Week 6
Week 7
Week 8
Week 9Week 10
Week 11
Week 12
Week 13
Week 14
Week 15

Introduction
Background on Careers
Key Career Concepts
Interests
Work Values
Personality Type
Aptitudes
SkillsStrengths and EQ
Visit Career Counseling Office
Creating a Career Plan
Career Trends
Presentations
Presentations
Wrap Up

Homework

Homework assignments will be given each week (1-2 hours).

Grading

Evaluation will be based on class attendance and participation, a career plan report, a group paper, and apresentation of the paper. Detailed information will be provided on the first day of class.

SystemTextbooks /Reading List

Websites

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Career Planning

A suggested reading list will be provided to read about various topics in greater detailSyllabus Number 64
CourseNameJapanese Management

Semester, YearFirst Semester, 2019

Number of Credits

2 credits

Course level

3000

Course Number

027065

Instructor(s)(Institution)

CourseObjectives

Course Goals

CourseSchedulePeter FIRKOLA 高等教育推進機構

This course introduces the Japanese management system. First, Japanese management will be examined froma historical perspective. The key dimensions of Japanese culture and their impact on traditional management
practices will then be discussed. Next, an examination of the current situation and how these traditional
practices are changing.

The goal of this course is to provide students with a basic understanding of Japanese management practices aswell as insights into doing business with Japanese companies.

Week 1
Week 2
Week 3
Week 4
Week 5
Week 6
Week 7
Week 8
Week 9Week 10
Week 11
Week 12
Week 13
Week 14
Week 15

Introduction
Management and Economics Overview
Historical / Cultural Perspective
Pillars of Japanese Style Management
Traditional Management Practices I: Recruitment
Traditional Management Practices II: Training & Promotion
Media Presentations
Field Trip: Factory Tour
Current Management Issues in Japan
An Insider’s Perspective: Guest Speaker
Case Study: Successful Japanese Company
Emerging Management Trends in Japan
Presentations
Presentations
Wrap Up

Homework

A reading assignment of 10-20 pages will be given each week (1-2 hours).

Grading

Evaluation will be based on class attendance and participation, a media presentation, a term paper, and apresentation of the paper. Detailed information will be provided on the first day of class.

SystemTextbooks /Reading List

A detailed reading list will be provided on the first day of class.

Websites

Website ofLaboratory

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CourseName

Semester, YearFirst Semester, 2019

Number of Credits

2 credits

Course level

1000

Course Number

027066

Instructor(s)(Institution)

CourseObjectives

Course Goals

CourseSchedule

Osamu SETO 高等教育推進機構

The objective of this course is to let any student, regardless of his and her major, to learn wide and rich scientificknowledge and to be a well-educated person. It is expected that students will establish scientific literacy on
various natural phenomena and be able to deal with the scientific aspects of problems in public debate.

The goal of this course are for student to
1. Not just have collections of knowledge but be able to explain facts and those scientific reasons.
2. Have numeracy and able to develop discussions based on quantitative estimation.
3. Study subjects properly and make reports in ethically correct manner.
1. The Nucleus of the Atom
2. The Ultimate Structure of Matter
3. Star
4. Cosmology
5. Earth and Planets
6. Earth
7. Rocks Cycle
8. Plate Tectonics
9. Atmospheric Cycle
10. Meteorology
11. Paleontology
12. The Hydrologic Cycle
13. Ecology, Ecosystems, and the Environment

Homework

If the tutor gives an assignment, students are supposed to give presentations about it in the next class.

Grading

Grades will be based on assignments and classroom activities (questions and answers, participation to
discussion, presentations about questions and homework) (100%).

SystemTextbooks /Reading List

Websites

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Integrated Science II

Science Matters: Achieving Scientific Literacy Robert M. Hazen and James Trefil Anchor Books 2009The Sciences: An Integrated Approach James Trefil and Robert M. Hazen Wiley 2010
Global Geomorphology Michael A. Summerfield 2015 2015
Earth: Portrait of a Planet Stephen Marshak W. W. Norton & Company 2015
Introducing Physical Geography Alan H. Strahler Wiley 2013
Additional reading list will be informed in class.