Understanding the methods in the fields of social science, political science, law and public administration.
Understanding basics of public survey and its research design, designing practical survey plan.
About social science : discussing, understanding, expressing on recent public survey of social science. Students will be able to design research plan, make participants to understood the intention and improve the plan considering feedback by participants.
case study, research design
✔ Specialist skills | Intercultural skills | Communication skills | ✔ Critical thinking skills | ✔ Practical and/or problem-solving skills |
students can study about the methodlogy of social science.
Course schedule | Required learning | |
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Class 1 | introduction | none |
Class 2 | epistemology | Understanding textbooks(in Japanese) |
Class 3 | hypothesis, method, theory | Understanding textbooks(in Japanese) |
Class 4 | explanation | Understanding textbooks(in Japanese) |
Class 5 | induction, deduction, abduction | Understanding textbooks(in Japanese) |
Class 6 | process tracing | Understanding textbooks(in Japanese) |
Class 7 | case study | Understanding textbooks(in Japanese) |
To enhance effective learning, students are encouraged to spend approximately 100 minutes preparing for class and another 100 minutes reviewing class content afterwards (including assignments) for each class.
They should do so by referring to textbooks and other course material.
see Japanese
none
class discussion(60%) and presentation(40%)
It is desirable to have certain knowledge about social science
Be sure to prepare the textbooks.