| Academic Year |
2024Year |
School/Graduate School |
School of Integrated Arts and Sciences |
| Lecture Code |
AQS00201 |
Subject Classification |
Specialized Education |
| Subject Name |
Issues in International Sociology （国際社会学） |
Subject Name
（Katakana） |
コクサイシャカイガク |
Subject Name in
English |
Issues in International Sociology |
| Instructor |
SHIRAKAWA TOSHIYUKI |
Instructor
(Katakana) |
シラカワ トシユキ |
| Campus |
Higashi-Hiroshima |
Semester/Term |
2nd-Year, First Semester, 1Term |
| Days, Periods, and Classrooms |
(1T) Fri7-8：IAS K109 |
| Lesson Style |
Lecture |
Lesson Style
(More Details) |
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| Credits |
1.0 |
Class Hours/Week |
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Language of Instruction |
E
:
English |
| Course Level |
2
:
Undergraduate Low-Intermediate
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| Course Area（Area） |
24
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Social Sciences |
| Course Area（Discipline） |
05
:
Sociology |
| Eligible Students |
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| Keywords |
Social class, Social status, Disparity / inequality, International research |
| Special Subject for Teacher Education |
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Special Subject |
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Class Status
within Educational
Program
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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.
Integrated Global Studies
（Knowledge and Understanding）
・The knowledge and understanding of the important characteristics and basic theoretical framework of individual academic disciplines. |
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Class Objectives
/Class Outline |
We introduce trends of research that has been conducted both in Japan and abroad, focusing on research on class mobility and social status attainment from the viewpoint of international comparison. We set the goal of this course subjects to deepen the understanding of the research tradition in this field theoretically and methodologically and to be able to read the work written using quantitative methods. |
| Class Schedule |
lesson1 Introduction
lesson2 Social mobility research methods (1)
lesson3 Social mobility research methods (2)
lesson4 Social mobility research methods (3)
lesson5 Social stratification and educational inequality (1)
lesson6 Social stratification and educational inequality (2)
lesson7 Social stratification and educational inequality (3)
lesson8 Wrap-up and examination
Final exam, or report test |
Text/Reference
Books,etc. |
Lipset, S. M. & Bendix R., 1959, Social Mobility in Industrial Society, Berkeley, CA: University of California Press.
富永健一編，1979，『日本の階層構造』東京大学出版会． |
PC or AV used in
Class,etc. |
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Text, Handout, Presentation slide |
| Learning techniques to be incorporated |
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Suggestions on
Preparation and
Review |
Participate in the activity during class seriously (reading literature, summarizing its contents, calculating various indicators used to measure social mobility by yourself, etc.). |
| Requirements |
The content of this class is equivalent to the class that has lecture code AQS00202 and is offered by Japanese in 2T. Please take care to register only one of them. |
| Grading Method |
Final examination 60%, Submission 40% |
| 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. |