Academic Year |
2024Year |
School/Graduate School |
School of Integrated Arts and Sciences Department of Integrated Arts and Sciences |
Lecture Code |
AHH37001 |
Subject Classification |
Specialized Education |
Subject Name |
マイノリティ社会文化論演習 |
Subject Name (Katakana) |
マイノリティシャカイブンカロンエンシュウ |
Subject Name in English |
Minority Studies Seminar |
Instructor |
TSUJI TERUYUKI |
Instructor (Katakana) |
ツジ テルユキ |
Campus |
Higashi-Hiroshima |
Semester/Term |
3rd-Year, Second Semester, 3Term |
Days, Periods, and Classrooms |
(3T) Thur1-4:IAS K112 |
Lesson Style |
Seminar |
Lesson Style (More Details) |
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Group/Class Discussion, Individual Study Project, Presentation |
Credits |
2.0 |
Class Hours/Week |
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Language of Instruction |
B
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Japanese/English |
Course Level |
3
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Undergraduate High-Intermediate
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Course Area(Area) |
24
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Social Sciences |
Course Area(Discipline) |
05
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Sociology |
Eligible Students |
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Keywords |
Culture; "Sociological Imagination"; Minority; Power; Stratification; Discrimination; Prejudice; Stereotype; Race; Ethnicity; Gender; Sexuality; Ableism; Ageism; Fieldwork; Intersectionality |
Special Subject for Teacher Education |
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Special Subject |
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Class Status within Educational Program (Applicable only to targeted subjects for undergraduate students) | |
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Criterion referenced Evaluation (Applicable only to targeted subjects for undergraduate students) | Integrated Arts and Sciences (Knowledge and Understanding) ・Knowledge and understanding of the importance and characteristics of each discipline and basic theoretical framework. ・Knowledge and understanding of "Japanese and Japanese culture" and "foreign languages and foreign culture" which are prerequisite abilities for communication with peoples in different culture and areas. (Abilities and Skills) ・The ability and skills to collect and analyze necessary literature or data among various sources of information on individual academic disciplines. (Comprehensive Abilities) ・The ability to conduct research proactively by combining knowledge, understanding, and skills for the tasks, based on flexible creativity and imagination. |
Class Objectives /Class Outline |
This seminar also sets out to offer the students a place for “engaged learning” regarding the history and lives of the minorities. Minority Studies Seminar is designed to allow students to move from learning about the minorities through lectures and discussions at earlier “Minority Studies” course to engagement with the minorities in the field. The students are going to plan and implement their fieldwork projects and share the project outcomes in report and oral presentation. |
Class Schedule |
This seminar is classified into the two clusters with related modules: First, the students engage in intensive group/class discussions regarding race and ethnicity, gender, sexuality, ableism, and ageism and create personal project proposals; second, the students implement their projects and share research findings and arguments through oral presentation and in written reports.
#1: Course Orientation #2-12: Discussion and Project Proposal #13-15: Research Presentation |
Text/Reference Books,etc. |
Reading materials and references are instructed or/and given. The materials that are related to projects are searched, listed, and learned by students. |
PC or AV used in Class,etc. |
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(More Details) |
Power Point Presentation, handouts, video (video/PC/other graphic materials). The students are instructed to participate in the seminar with their PC, where appropriate. |
Learning techniques to be incorporated |
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Suggestions on Preparation and Review |
A critical and meaningful discussion requires thorough reading of thematic materials. The students are expected to develop their reading comprehension skills --- grasping the essence of arguments through reading the materials “selectively.” |
Requirements |
※ Students registering in this seminar must have completed
※ This seminar is conducted "face-to-face," if not otherwise specified. In case of emergency, caused by pandemic, disaster, and like unforeseen events, it will be performed in an online format, using Teams and Bb9.
※ The language of instruction is Japanese. You may be assigned written and AV materials in English. You have to still have an incentive to prepare for in-class discussions in that case. |
Grading Method |
In this seminar, student’s performance will be evaluated based on: ● Engaged participation in and contribution to the seminar (in-class discussion based on reading assignments or comments and feedbacks to the other student’s presentations, etc.) (30%) ● Project Proposal (20%) ● Final Project Report (30%) ● Oral Presentation (20%) |
Practical Experience |
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Summary of Practical Experience and Class Contents based on it |
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Message |
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Other |
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Please fill in the class improvement questionnaire which is carried out on all classes. Instructors will reflect on your feedback and utilize the information for improving their teaching. |