| Academic Year |
2025Year |
School/Graduate School |
School of Integrated Arts and Sciences Department of Integrated Arts and Sciences |
| Lecture Code |
ASS01001 |
Subject Classification |
Specialized Education |
| Subject Name |
比較技術史 |
Subject Name
（Katakana） |
ヒカクギジュツシ |
Subject Name in
English |
Comparative History of Technology |
| Instructor |
NAKAZAWA SATOSHI |
Instructor
(Katakana) |
ナカザワ サトシ |
| Campus |
Higashi-Hiroshima |
Semester/Term |
2nd-Year, First Semester, 2Term |
| Days, Periods, and Classrooms |
(2T) Thur5-8：IAS K110 |
| Lesson Style |
Lecture |
Lesson Style
(More Details) |
Face-to-face |
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| Credits |
2.0 |
Class Hours/Week |
4 |
Language of Instruction |
J
:
Japanese |
| Course Level |
1
:
Undergraduate Introductory
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| Course Area（Area） |
23
:
Arts and Humanities |
| Course Area（Discipline） |
08
:
History of Science and Technology |
| Eligible Students |
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| Keywords |
Art, Technology, Industrial Revolutions, Modern Times, Globalization |
| 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) | Area Courses（Courses in Arts and Humanities/Social Sciences) Category：Anthropology / Geography / History |
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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.
・The knowledge and understanding to fully recognize the mutual relations and their importance among individual academic diciplines.
（Abilities and Skills）
・The abilities and skills to summarize one's own research in reports or academic papers, and to deliver presentations at a seminar or research meetings, and to answer questions. |
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Class Objectives
/Class Outline |
This course deals with the history of technology after the Industrial Revolution. |
| Class Schedule |
lesson1: Introduction: Various Industrial Revolutions
lesson2: The Reformation and the Early Industrial Revolution
lesson3: Background of the Industrial Revolution: Finance = Military State Britain and Science and Technology
lesson4: The Industrial Revolution
lesson5: The Pax Britannica
lesson6: The Development of Transportation and Communication Technologies
lesson7: Japan's modernization
lesson8: The Development of Transportation and Communication networks in the Japanese islands
lesson9: The industrial transformation after the Sino-Japanese War
lesson10: Silk and cotton industries
lesson11: Shipbuilding
lesson12: Iron manufacturing
lesson13: The Second Industrial Revolution in the Japanese context
lesson14: The Great War boom and recessions
lesson15: Summary |
Text/Reference
Books,etc. |
See the handouts. |
PC or AV used in
Class,etc. |
Handouts, Visual Materials |
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| Learning techniques to be incorporated |
Quizzes/ Quiz format, Post-class Report |
Suggestions on
Preparation and
Review |
This course is conducted in Japanese. Please see the Japanese syllabus for more detail. |
| Requirements |
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| Grading Method |
Report |
| 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. |