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2019　Special Lecture : Social Issues and Communication

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Academic unit or major
Humanities and social science courses
Instructor(s)
Kujira Masaya 
Class Format
Lecture     
Media-enhanced courses
Day/Period(Room No.)
Mon5-6(H101)  
Group
-
Course number
LAH.S108
Credits
1
Academic year
2019
Offered quarter
3Q
Syllabus updated
2019/3/18
Lecture notes updated
-
Language used
Japanese
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Course description and aims

Description
-This course focuses on employing ideas and communication to resolve the diverse issues troubling or improving our contemporary society. Several employees of Hakuhodo provide examples of their latest cases.
-The final output will be a "proposal report" that addresses a contemporary social issue.
Aims
-This course gives students numerous opportunities to share and discuss their impressions with other students, and then create their own ideas to resolve social issues.
-This course facilitates students’ ability to recognize a social issue, draw a vision, and make movements to resolve it.
Note
- Hakuhodo, founded in 1895, is a global top-ten integrated marketing solutions company.
https://www.hakuhodo.co.jp/

* This course is lectured only in Japanese.

Student learning outcomes

At the end of this course, students will be able to:
1) [Recognize an issue] Realize connections between social issues and our daily lives.
2) [Draw a vision] Draw an attractive vision for involving stakeholders in order to resolve the problems.
3) [Make a movement] Create an idea and action framework in order to make sustained moves towards resolution.

Keywords

society, issue, idea, business, communication, group work

Competencies that will be developed

Specialist skills Intercultural skills ✔ Communication skills ✔ Critical thinking skills ✔ Practical and/or problem-solving skills

Class flow

Topics change every two lessons. Every lesson contains not only a lecture but also group work.

Course schedule/Required learning

  Course schedule Required learning
Class 1 Introduction - How to use ideas and communication to resolve social issues. Comprehend cases involving the latest social issues and find ways to resolve them with ideas and communication.
Class 2 Recognize an issue (1) - Lecture Understand connections between social issues and our daily lives.
Class 3 Recognize an issue (2) - Group work Think and realize connections between social issues and our daily lives.
Class 4 Draw a vision (1) - Lecture Create an attractive vision in order to resolve the problems.
Class 5 Draw a vision (2) - Group work Think and draw an attractive vision in order to resolve the problems.
Class 6 Make a movement (1) - Lecture Comprehend ideas and action frameworks regarding issues and their solutions.
Class 7 Make a movement (2) - Group work Work together to create ideas and action frameworks regarding issues and their solutions.
Class 8 Presentation of proposal report - Group work Pay attention to presentations and give feedback to each other.

Textbook(s)

No textbook is set. This course places emphasis on examining the latest cases and group work discussions.

Reference books, course materials, etc.

Not specified. Some materials used in class can be found on OCW-i.

Assessment criteria and methods

1.Group work : 50％
2.Final report : 50％

Related courses

  • LAH.C101 ： Tokyo Tech Visionary Project
  • LAH.H107 ： Communication A
  • LAH.H207 ： Communication B
  • LAH.C301 ： Liberal Arts Final Report

Prerequisites (i.e., required knowledge, skills, courses, etc.)

None required.

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