2020 Faculty Courses Liberal arts and basic science courses Humanities and social science courses
Understanding and Analyzing Social Trends
- Academic unit or major
- Humanities and social science courses
- Instructor(s)
- Atsushi Kamio / Keiji Kanda / Masahiko Hashimoto / Yusuke Imai / Tamami Ota / Takeshi Okano
- Class Format
- Lecture (Zoom)
- Media-enhanced courses
- -
- Day of week/Period
(Classrooms) - Intensive
- Class
- -
- Course Code
- LAH.A531
- Number of credits
- 100
- Course offered
- 2020
- Offered quarter
- 2Q
- Syllabus updated
- Jul 10, 2025
- Language
- Japanese
Syllabus
Course overview and goals
[Important]
(Updated July 9th, 2020)
Because this year's classes are offered live via Zoom, there will be some changes to assessment criteria and methods, etc.
Details will be announced, as soon as it is decided, to the registered students by OCW-i emails.
(Updated June 15th, 2020)
If the number of registered students exceeds the capacity by 2 pm on June 18th, a lottery system will be used to determine which students are admitted.
The registered students will receive emails notifying whether or not such lottery took place by noon, June 22nd.
If you were given approval for this course through the pre-registration procedure, then you are officially approved and you will not be included in the lottery.
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This course is designed for students to understand the outline of social trends, even without preliminary knowledge. The lecturers will explain broad pictures and recent trends of topics in each class, as shown below.
Course description and aims
This course aims to develop ability of each student to be more successful in the real world with knowledge and views regarding domestic and international social trends.
Student learning outcomes
実務経験と講義内容との関連 (又は実践的教育内容)
Each lecturer will give a class based on specialized knowledge and/or business experience.
Keywords
Economic and social trend, Balance of payments, Globalization, FinTech, SDGs
Competencies
- Specialist skills
- Intercultural skills
- Communication skills
- Critical thinking skills
- Practical and/or problem-solving skills
Class flow
Class1 - Class6：Lectures, Class7：Lecture and Final Report
This is a three-day intensive course, and dates and time periods are as follows:
August 11th: Class 1(Period 3-4), Class 2(Period 5-6), Class 3(Period 7-8)
August 12th: Class 4(Period 3-4), Class 5(Period 5-6), Class 6(Period 7-8)
August 19th: Class 7 + Writing up final report (Period 3-4)
Students are required to attend all classes throughout the three days.
Course schedule/Objectives
| Course schedule | Objectives | |
|---|---|---|
| Class 1 | Introduction, Economic and social trends | To grasp broad picture of economic and social trends in Japan |
| Class 2 | International relations of Japan | To understand international relations of Japan by balance of payments |
| Class 3 | US and Japanese economies | To review general knowledge of the US and to understand relation with Japan |
| Class 4 | Asian countries and Japan | To review general knowledge of Asian countries and to understand relation with Japan |
| Class 5 | Globalization and recent trends | To understand the impact of globalization on the world and recent trends |
| Class 6 | FinTech and Society | To understand technological background of FinTech business and the impact upon society |
| Class 7 | Social Subjects and SDGs/Report | To grasp broad picture of social subjects |
Study advice (preparation and review)
Textbook(s)
None required
Reference books, course materials, etc.
Materials will be provided on OCW-i in advance and projected in the class room.
Evaluation methods and criteria
Assessment will be based on attendance and contribution to classes (60%), and report at the end of the course (40%).
If you are absent from a class, regardless of the reason, points are subtracted from the evaluation portion of the "attendance and contribution to classes."
There are no make-up assignments.
Read the course materials posted on OCW-i to find out the content of the class you missed.
Details of the requirements of the report will be explained in the first class meeting.
Related courses
- LAH.S438 ： Essence of Humanities and Social Sciences43:Financial/Economic Activities and Corporate Strategy
Prerequisites
Prospective students should have interests in social torends.
Contact information (e-mail and phone) Notice : Please replace from ”[at]” to ”@”(half-width character).
Professor Takehiro Inohara, inostaff[at]shs.ens.titech.ac.jp
[Important]
(Updated July 9th, 2020)
Because this year's classes are offered live via Zoom, there will be some changes to assessment criteria and methods, etc.
Details will be announced, as soon as it is decided, to the registered students by OCW-i emails.
(Updated June 15th, 2020)
If the number of registered students exceeds the capacity by 2 pm on June 18th, a lottery system will be used to determine which students are admitted.
The registered students will receive emails notifying whether or not such lottery took place by noon, June 22nd.
If you were given approval for this course through the pre-registration procedure, then you are officially approved and you will not be included in the lottery.