| Course title | |||||
| 応用分子化学基礎演習Ⅰ [Basic Exercise in Applied Chemistry Ⅰ] | |||||
| Course category | Requirement | Credit | 2 | ||
| Department | Year | ～ | Semester | Spring | |
| Course type | Spring | Course code | 106t0051 | ||
| Instructor(s) | |||||
| 夏 恒 [NATSU Wataru] | |||||
| Facility affiliation | Graduate School of Bio-Applications and Systems Engineering | Office | Email address | ||
| Course description |
| This course aims to introduce students in science and technology to various studies in humanities and social sciences and to provide them with an opportunity to develop comprehensive, interdisciplinary knowledge on language and social life. First, students will learn how knowledge of language is organized in human brain from the perspective of linguistics. Second, they will be familiar with a variety of topics and approaches in sociolinguistics. Third, they will learn how different media shape the way people communicate through various findings in the field of socio-informatics studies. Fourth, they will understand the yet unclarified relationship among world/body/mind from the perspective of western philosophy. Finally, they will learn key concepts, theories, and research methodologies on culture, language, and nature in anthropology. |
| Expected Learning |
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Students should be able to do the following: 1. To understand how knowledge of language is organized for humans 2. To understand the composition of knowledge and language for native Japanese and English speakers 3. To think critically about a variety of topics in the field of sociolinguistics 4. To critically read academic articles in the field of sociolinguistics 5. To understand the differences between human communication and machine communication 6. To understand historical transformations of social structures and how different media affects them 7. To understand how western philosophers have illustrated the nature of human recognition 8. To think critically about the relationship between human consciousness and the external world 9. To understand the integrative view across socio-cultural sciences and natural sciences 10. To understand the ethnographic research methodology on culture, language, and nature |
| Course schedule |
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1. Topic 1: Japanese linguistics 2. Topic 2: English linguistics 3. Topic 3: Japanese and English pop songs 4. Topic 1: Language and gender 5. Topic 2: Language and strategy 6. Topic 3: Language and identity 7. Topic 1: Information and communication 8. Topic 2: History of information and society 9. Topic 3: Changes in information and society 10. Topic 1: Western philosophical notion of “Idea” and our phenomenal world 11. Topic 2: Human consciousness and phenomenology 12. Topic 3: Maurice Merleau-Ponty’s phenomenological understanding of the world 13. Topic 1: Culture, language, nature 14. Topic 2: Relativism and ethnocentrism 15. Topic 3: Fieldwork / Ethnography |
| Prerequisites |
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This course is elective. Students should make adequate preparation before each class, spending the standard amount of time as specified by the university to achieve the credit as well as 30 hours of class attendance. |
| Required Text(s) and Materials |
| Handouts/Materials will be provided in class. |
| References |
| References will be shown to students in class. |
| Assessment/Grading |
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Class Participation (20%) Assignments and Exams (80%) Students’ performances are evaluated through short quizzes, class assignments, and exams on linguistics, sociolinguistics, socio-informatics, philosophy, and anthropology. |
| Message from instructor(s) |
| Through this course, we hope students will better understand language, communication, society, and culture. |
| Course keywords |
| society, culture, language, communication, linguistics, sociolinguistics, socio-informatics, philosophy, anthropology |
| Office hours |
| Office hours are to be announced in class. |
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| Lecture Language |
| English |
| Language Subject |
| Last update |
| 3/10/2023 4:20:12 PM |