| Academic Year |
2025Year |
School/Graduate School |
School of Integrated Arts and Sciences Department of Integrated Arts and Sciences |
| Lecture Code |
ASS20001 |
Subject Classification |
Specialized Education |
| Subject Name |
社会調査演習I |
Subject Name
（Katakana） |
シャカイチョウサエンシュウ１ |
Subject Name in
English |
Practical Seminar on Social Research MethodI |
| Instructor |
FUKUDA SATOSHI |
Instructor
(Katakana) |
フクダ サトシ |
| Campus |
Higashi-Hiroshima |
Semester/Term |
3rd-Year, First Semester, First Semester |
| Days, Periods, and Classrooms |
(1st) Tues9-10：IAS A704 |
| Lesson Style |
Seminar |
Lesson Style
(More Details) |
Face-to-face |
| Seminar ・Discussion・Oral presentation・Outdoor activity・Work |
| Credits |
2.0 |
Class Hours/Week |
2 |
Language of Instruction |
J
:
Japanese |
| Course Level |
4
:
Undergraduate Advanced
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| Course Area（Area） |
24
:
Social Sciences |
| Course Area（Discipline） |
05
:
Sociology |
| Eligible Students |
3.4年 |
| Keywords |
Social research, Sociology, Interview, Data gathering, Chugoku Mountains, Rural society, culture and natural resources |
| 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.
（Abilities and Skills）
・The ability and skills to specify necessary theories and methods for consideration of issues.
（Comprehensive Abilities）
・The general ability to discover issues based on the ethics in research and subjective intellectual interests, and make planning to solve them. |
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Class Objectives
/Class Outline |
The purpose of this course is to help students acquire social research methods. This field research practice will be conducted in Shimane Prefecture to clarify the socio-cultural life and natural resources in rural areas. |
| Class Schedule |
Lesson1：Guidance
Lesson2：Methods of Social Research
Lesson3：Themes of Social Research
Lesson4：Reading Sociological texts on Rural Society Part 1
Lesson5：Reading Sociological Texts on Rural Society Part 2
Lesson6：Reading Regional Data on Rural Society Part 1
Lesson7：Reading Regional Data on Rural Society Part 2
Lesson8：Decision of Research Themes Part 1
Lesson9：Decision of Research Themes Part 2
Lesson10：Research Planning Part 1
Lesson11：Research Planning Part 2
Lesson12：Research Planning Part 3
Lesson13：Research Planning Part 4
Lesson14：Research Planning Part 5
Lesson15：Oral Presentations |
Text/Reference
Books,etc. |
No textbook |
PC or AV used in
Class,etc. |
Handouts |
| (More Details) |
Handouts, visual materials (videos, PC content, etc.) |
| Learning techniques to be incorporated |
Discussions, Fieldwork / Survey, Project Learning, Post-class Report |
Suggestions on
Preparation and
Review |
Examine the unknown terms and interesting themes by sociological dictionary, references and technical thesis.
|
| Requirements |
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| Grading Method |
Research Plan and Report, Oral presentation, Assignment, Attitude toward the class.
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| 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. |