In this class, students acquire the fundamentals of international politics and political science by reading and understanding designated books. In addition, to understand the methodology of social science.
Students will be able to obtain the basic social scientific framework by critical thinking, discussing, writing resume.
International Politics, Political Science, Social Sciences
✔ Specialist skills | ✔ Intercultural skills | Communication skills | ✔ Critical thinking skills | Practical and/or problem-solving skills |
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 | |
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Class 1 | critical reading, reporting, presentation, study camp, projects, etc. | to be instructed appropriately |
to be instructed appropriately
see Japanese
Your performance and final grade for the class will be evaluated as follows:
Discussion: 80%
Group works : 20%
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shinji.kawana[at]ila.titech.ac.jp
12:10-13:10, every Friday. required pre-contact.