2024 Essence of Humanities and Social Sciences7:Economics

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Academic unit or major
Humanities and social science courses
Instructor(s)
Tanaka Nobuyuki 
Class Format
Lecture    (Face-to-face)
Media-enhanced courses
Day/Period(Room No.)
Wed7-8(M-124)  
Group
-
Course number
LAH.S407
Credits
1
Academic year
2024
Offered quarter
1Q
Syllabus updated
2024/3/14
Lecture notes updated
-
Language used
Japanese
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Course description and aims

Economy steadily accumulates changes. In light of it, this course takes up changes of economy until today. In particular, this course focuses on formation and changes of capitalism and market economy which characterize today's economy. The aims of this course are to understand a history of today's economy and to understand deeply characteristics of today's economy by comparing it with certain economies in past periods. Then, students will acquire the ability to think economy of today and the future from a historical perspective.

Student learning outcomes

(1) To explain a history of today's economy
(2) To explain charactaristics of today's economy

Keywords

Economic History, Pre-Modern Period, Modern and Contemporary Period, Capitalism, Market Economy

Competencies that will be developed

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

Class flow

Lectures will be maked on the basis of distributed course materials. Students will be required to comment on lectures.

Course schedule/Required learning

  Course schedule Required learning
Class 1 Introduction The Prologue and Chapter 1-2 of the textbook
Class 2 Pre-Modern Economy Chapter 3-6 of the textbook
Class 3 Transition from Pre-Modern Economy to Early Modern Economy Chapter 7-10 of the textbook
Class 4 Transition from Early Modern Economy to Modern Economy Chapter 11-14 of the textbook
Class 5 Modern Economy Chapter 15-18 of the textbook
Class 6 Contemporary Economy Chapter 19-22 of the textbook
Class 7 Conclusion and Examination Chapter 23 and the Last Chapter of the textbook

Out-of-Class Study Time (Preparation and Review)

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.

Textbook(s)

Tomoji ONOZUKA, Economic History: A Clue to know today and live the future, Yuhikaku, 2018(Japanese)

Reference books, course materials, etc.

TBA

Assessment criteria and methods

Comments: 40% Examination: 60%

Related courses

  • LAH.S109 : Economics A
  • LAH.S209 : Economics B
  • LAH.S310 : Economics C

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

High-level Japanese literacy

Contact information (e-mail and phone)    Notice : Please replace from "[at]" to "@"(half-width character).

nobuyuki-tanaka[at]main.teikyo-u.ac.jp

Office hours

Contact before and after lectures.

Other

No classes will be given on April 10(Wed).
Seven total classes will be held for this course: April 17 (Wed), April 24 (Wed), May 1 (Wed), May 8 (Wed), May 15 (Wed), May 22(Wed), May 29(Wed).

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