| Course title | |||||
| 社会学 [Sociology] | |||||
| Course category | Liberal Arts and Fundamental Studies | Requirement | Credit | 2 | |
| Department | Year | 1～4 | Semester | 1st | |
| Course type | 1st | Course code | 020023 | ||
| Instructor(s) | |||||
| 閻 美芳 [YAN Meifuan] | |||||
| Facility affiliation | Graduate School of Agriculture | Office | Email address | ||
| Course description |
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What is society? How can we understand society? This Course introduces the foundations of sociology to students taking this course. We examine how the common-sense created, how the various cultures related, and how our lives constructed, from the sociological point of view. In this course, I’ll give you a participative lecture, discussions between classmates, and short papers to assist you in studying sociology: 1. Develop an understanding of what society is 2. Know characteristics of Japanese society from the perspective of a nonnative 3. Motivate students toward self-directed learning This course is offered as one of the Humanities and Social Sciences courses of the Global Liberal Arts Studies. |
| Expected Learning |
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1.Analyze a society from the sociological (especially from the outside) viewpoint. 2.Evaluate their social position in terms of the sociological theories. Education for the purpose: Become responsible for their own actions 〇 Understand different cultures 〇 Improve the intellectual productivity◎ |
| Course schedule |
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Class 1 Introduction Class 2 Is Japan an eco-friendly country？ ―from the interview of MINAMATA patient ― Class 3 How to guarantee the forever safety and security of the earth ―a case study of the nuclear accident at the Fukushima No. 1 nuclear power plant― Class 4 What is prisoner’s dilemma？ ―from the viewpoint of the tragedy of commons― Class 5 What is the different between agriculture and industry？ ―referring to organic agriculture ― Class 6 Ethnicity, Minority and Discrimination ―using the sociological theory called labelling and stigma― Class 7 Do you think gender equality is implemented in Japan？ ―focusing on the number of women’s doctors― Class 8 What is causes of suicide？ ―through the perspective of anomie suicide by Emile Durkheim― Class 9 Is nuclear family ideal ? ―comparing with complex family and the ideal family in China― Class 10 What or who hides the poverty in Japan？ ―focusing on the homeless and the poverty of children in Japan― Class 11 Is the border of nation always fiction？ ―referring to the sociological theory of the nation and nationalism― Class 12 Is the Japanese style unique？ ―giving examples of the world cultural heritage and cultural authenticity― Class 13 Why has the term or concept ‘Kawaii’ been expanded into the world？ ―analyzing globalization by using some words of consumer society theory in sociology― Class 14 Is China a society of personalism？ ―giving an explanation of ‘society under the rule of man’ and the social capital― Class 15 Summary and Final exam：What kind of social power has been effective on individuals? ―from the sociological study of’ I’ and ‘me’― |
| Prerequisites |
| This course requires 30 hours (2 hours×15 times). Articles distributed each time and reference books are available for preparing and reviewing this class of up to 1 hour of each. In addition to the activities described above, student are recommended to spend the standard amount of time as specified by the University to complete the studies of this course. |
| Required Text(s) and Materials |
| Articles and reference books are available. |
| References |
| Giddens, Anthony and Sutton, Philip W. (2013) Sociology (Seventh Edition). Cambridge: Polity. |
| Assessment/Grading |
| The first short report and the final report (70％), Class Discussion and in-class contribution (30％). The final grade will be determined by the total amount of points obtained. |
| Message from instructor(s) |
| Students are expected to engage actively in this class discussion. |
| Course keywords |
| Gender, Ethnicity, Discrimination, Nationalism, Organic agriculture, Consumer society |
| Office hours |
| Taking questions by E-mail. |
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| Lecture Language |
| Japanese |
| Language Subject |
| Last update |
| 3/22/2019 5:18:05 PM |