Japanese

Academic Year	2024Year	School/Graduate School	Graduate School of Humanities and Social Sciences (Master's Course) Division of Humanities and Social Sciences Humanities Program
Lecture Code	WMBZ1164	Subject Classification	Specialized Education
Subject Name	特別研究
Subject Name （Katakana）	トクベツケンキュウ
Subject Name in English	Special Research
Instructor	NOJIMA HISASHI
Instructor (Katakana)	ノジマ　ヒサシ
Campus	Higashi-Hiroshima	Semester/Term	1st-Year,  Second Semester,  Second Semester
Days, Periods, and Classrooms	(2nd) Fri3-4：LET A202
Lesson Style	Seminar	Lesson Style (More Details)
			Face-to-face teaching, but Microsoft Teams will be used. (Please check your "posts (chats)", "files", and "assignments" in Teams as they are posted in class).
Credits	1.0	Class Hours/Week		Language of Instruction	J : Japanese
Course Level	7 : Graduate Special Studies
Course Area（Area）	23 : Arts and Humanities
Course Area（Discipline）	09 : Archaeology/Cultural Heritage
Eligible Students	1st and 2nd-year Master's degree students
Keywords	Archaeology, Dissertation、Research
Special Subject for Teacher Education		Special Subject
Class Status within Educational Program (Applicable only to targeted subjects for undergraduate students)	Discussion, Presentaiton
Criterion referenced Evaluation (Applicable only to targeted subjects for undergraduate students)
Class Objectives /Class Outline	This class provides individual guidance on Master’s thesis in the field of geo-environmental studies and specialist research. This includes establishing research themes, arranging and sorting subjects of examination, methods of gathering sources, source analysis, understanding the direction of one’s research, progress reports, learning how to present one’s work etc. We provide coaching for these points individually.
Class Schedule	Class 1; Report on the progress of the master's thesis, and provide guidance in response. Confirmation of methods for collecting materials. Class 2; Report on the results of continued collection of materials. Class 3; Preparation of illustrations and tables (location maps of archaeological sites, distribution maps, etc.) Class 4; Preparation of illustrations and tables (maps of archaeological sites, etc.) Class 5; illustration and table (site location map, distribution map, etc.). Class 6; Illustrations and charts (artifact maps, etc.). Class 7; Preparation of illustrations and charts Class 8; Preparation of illustrations and tables (analytical diagrams, etc.) Class 9; Examination of the structure of analysis and discussion. Class 10; Confirmation of the structure of analysis and discussion and the logicality of historical narrative. Class 11; Composition of discussion and conclusion. Class 12; Confirmation and reexamination of the discussion and conclusion. Class 13; Confirmation and review of the overall structure. Class 14; Preparation and review of table of contents and other related data. Class 15; Preparation and review of table of contents and other related data. Final proofreading of the text.
Text/Reference Books,etc.	Indicate some specialized books along with your theme in class.
PC or AV used in Class,etc.
	(More Details)	Whiteboard
Learning techniques to be incorporated
Suggestions on Preparation and Review	Class1; Presentation of your masuter's thesis in progress. Class2; Same as above. Class3; Same as above. Class4; Same as above. Class5; Same as above. Class6; Same as above. Class7; Same as above. Class8; Same as above. Class9; Same as above. Class10; Same as above. Class11; Same as above. Class12; Same as above. Class13; Same as above. Class14; Same as above. Class15; Same as above.
Requirements	none
Grading Method	Practical evaluation by your process of dissertation (40%), and contents of your research (60%).
Practical Experience
Summary of Practical Experience and Class Contents based on it
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