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- Academic unit or major
- Tokyo Tech Academy for Leadership
- Instructor(s)
- -
- Class Format
- Lecture
- Media-enhanced courses
- Day/Period(Room No.)
- Wed3-4(J221)
- Group
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- Course number
- TAL.L515
- Credits
- 1
- Academic year
- 2018
- Offered quarter
- 3Q
- Syllabus updated
- 2018/6/19
- Lecture notes updated
- -
- Language used
- Japanese
- Access Index
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Course description and aims
This course introduces Southeast Asia from various perspectives. Southeast Asia is a region with the commonality of tropical and marine Asia. At the same time, Southeast Asia, which is located at a crossroad of the Asian maritime route, has formed a society with a certain degree of diversity through exchanging such as cultures, people and goods, with various regions in the East and West. One example is coexistence of religion, such as Buddhism, Islam, Christianity etc. From the viewpoint of interactions in various forms, the course draws the figure of Southeast Asia growing in the process of incorporating foreign elements.
The aim of this course is to think about perspectives for the region. Regions, while having cohesiveness due to geographical conditions etc., are constantly changing with interactions with other regions and times of change. Southeast Asia, where diversity and liquidity are large, is a good example for learning multifaceted perspective. Such perspective will help to understand other societies, such as Japan.
Student learning outcomes
At the end of this course, students will be able to:
1) Explain how the geographical features of Southeast Asia region affects its society.
2) Explain the process of forming diverse cultures in Southeast Asia through interactions with other regions.
3) Acquire a methodology to see one region from diverse perspectives and to have own opinion on various social problems of regions in the contemporary world.
Keywords
Southeast Asia, maritime world, environment, religion, history
Competencies that will be developed
| Specialist skills | ✔ Intercultural skills | Communication skills | ✔ Critical thinking skills | Practical and/or problem-solving skills |
Class flow
Lecture is conducted using Power Point slides and handouts. At the beginning of the class, supplementary comments on the previous class will be made based on questions feedbacks.
Course schedule/Required learning
| Course schedule | Required learning | |
|---|---|---|
| Class 1 | Introduction: Southeast Asia | Understand the definition of region |
| Class 2 | Regional Society (1): Environment and basic culture | Study relations between natural environment and human society |
| Class 3 | Regional Society (2): Spread of religion | Study the spread and localization of religions such as Buddhism, Islam and Christianity |
| Class 4 | History (1): Maritime world and port polity | Study maritime Asian interrelations |
| Class 5 | History (2): Formation of modern 'nations' | Study transformation of relations between Southeast Asia and Europe |
| Class 6 | Contempurary society (1): State and economic development | Study the change of state regime and economic development |
| Class 7 | Contemporary society (2): Globalization and people's lifestyle | Study how contemporary issues such as urbanization, industrialization and enivironment affect people's lifes |
| Class 8 | Conclusion: Perspective to the region | Understand diverse perspectives to the region |
Textbook(s)
None required.
Reference books, course materials, etc.
Reference books are to be shown at the time of class. Power Point slides and materials used in the course will be distributed in advance.
Assessment criteria and methods
Students' course scores are based on normal points (reaction papers, 20%), midterm report (20%) and final exams (60%) . Students will be assessed on their ability to set up tasks themselves and find the answers (the midterm report), and the degree of comprehension of the contents of the lecture (the final exam).
Related courses
- LAH.A501 ： Area Studies: Europe
- LAH.A502 ： Area Studies: East Asia
- LAH.A503 ： Area Studies: Latin America
- LAH.A504 ： Area Studies: Middle East and Africa
- LAH.A506 ： Area Studies: North America and Oceania
Prerequisites (i.e., required knowledge, skills, courses, etc.)
No prerequisites are necessary, but interests in different cultures are desirable.
(* Limited to students belonging to ToTAL. Students who are not enrolled in ToTAL should take the equivalent course from humanities and social science courses by ILA (course code starts with LAH.))
