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- Instructor(s)
- Kawana Shinji
- Class Format
- Exercise
- Media-enhanced courses
- Day/Period(Room No.)
- Intensive ()
- Group
- -
- Course number
- LAH.S255
- Credits
- 2
- Academic year
- 2018
- Offered quarter
- 3-4Q
- Syllabus updated
- 2018/3/20
- Lecture notes updated
- -
- Language used
- Japanese
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Course description and aims
In this class, we consider Japan's security and various problems of the international community through the problem of the US military bases in Japan.
The following are the main questions to consider in the class.
1) What is the military bases for U.S. and Japan?
2) What are the characteristics of the US military bases in Japan?
3) What are the merits and demerits of the bases?
4) What is the base problem in Okinawa?
Student learning outcomes
Students will be able to obtain the basic social scientific framework by critical thinking, discussing, writing resume.
Keywords
International Politics, Japan's security, military bases, Okinawa
Competencies that will be developed
| ✔ Specialist skills | ✔ Intercultural skills | Communication skills | ✔ Critical thinking skills | Practical and/or problem-solving skills |
Class flow
The course will consist in a series of seminar sessions with pre‐assigned readings. Students are expected to do all the readings prior to each session, as well as attend and participate in all sessions. The weekly sessions will focus on laying out the main arguments of the assigned readings and critically discussing them. In general, students should focus on key arguments or perspectives provided by each reading. Think about how readings relate to each other and other concepts we
have discussed. What evidence does the author use, and do you find the argument convincing?
Course schedule/Required learning
| Course schedule | Required learning | |
|---|---|---|
| Class 1 | introduction | none |
| Class 2 | TBD | TBD |
| Class 3 | TBD | TBD |
| Class 4 | TBD | TBD |
| Class 5 | TBD | TBD |
| Class 6 | TBD | TBD |
| Class 7 | TBD | TBD |
| Class 8 | TBD | TBD |
| Class 9 | TBD | TBD |
| Class 10 | TBD | TBD |
| Class 11 | TBD | TBD |
| Class 12 | TBD | TBD |
| Class 13 | TBD | TBD |
| Class 14 | TBD | TBD |
| Class 15 | TBD | TBD |
Textbook(s)
none
Reference books, course materials, etc.
see Japanese
Assessment criteria and methods
Your performance and final grade for the class will be evaluated as follows:
Discussion: 80%
Group works : 20%
Related courses
- LAH.S104 ： International Relations A
- LAH.S204 ： International Relations B
- LAH.S305 ： International Relations C
Prerequisites (i.e., required knowledge, skills, courses, etc.)
none
Contact information (e-mail and phone) Notice : Please replace from "[at]" to "@"(half-width character).
shinji.kawana[at]ila.titech.ac.jp
Office hours
12:10-13:10, every Friday. required pre-contact.
