AHH37001 Minority Studies Seminar

Hiroshima University Syllabus

Japanese

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) 　

Group/Class Discussion, Individual Study Project, Presentation

Credits 2.0 Class Hours/Week 　 Language of Instruction B : Japanese／English

Course Level 3 : Undergraduate High-Intermediate

Course Area（Area） 24 : Social Sciences

Course Area（Discipline） 05 : Sociology

Eligible Students

Keywords Culture; "Sociological Imagination"; Minority; Power; Stratification; Discrimination; Prejudice; Stereotype; Race; Ethnicity; Gender; Sexuality; Ableism; Ageism; Fieldwork; Intersectionality

Special Subject for Teacher Education 　 Special Subject 　

Class Status
within Educational
Program
(Applicable only to targeted subjects for undergraduate students)
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. 　

(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 　

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

Summary of Practical Experience and Class Contents based on it

Message

Other

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.

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)
Group/Class Discussion, Individual Study Project, Presentation
Credits	2.0	Class Hours/Week		Language of Instruction	B : Japanese／English
Course Level	3 : Undergraduate High-Intermediate
Course Area（Area）	24 : Social Sciences
Course Area（Discipline）	05 : Sociology
Eligible Students
Keywords	Culture; "Sociological Imagination"; Minority; Power; Stratification; Discrimination; Prejudice; Stereotype; Race; Ethnicity; Gender; Sexuality; Ableism; Ageism; Fieldwork; Intersectionality
Special Subject for Teacher Education		Special Subject
Class Status within Educational Program (Applicable only to targeted subjects for undergraduate students)
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.
(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
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
Summary of Practical Experience and Class Contents based on it
Message
Other
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.

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