2022 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)
- Takeshi Okano / Tamami Ota / Atsushi Kamio / Keiji Kanda / Masahiko Hashimoto / Megumi Wada
- Class Format
- Lecture (Livestream)
- Media-enhanced courses
- -
- Day of week/Period
(Classrooms) - 3-4 Wed
- Class
- -
- Course Code
- LAH.A531
- Number of credits
- 100
- Course offered
- 2022
- Offered quarter
- 1Q
- Syllabus updated
- Jul 10, 2025
- Language
- Japanese
Syllabus
Course overview and goals
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 the topic 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, Supply chain, Climate change, SDGs
Competencies
- Specialist skills
- Intercultural skills
- Communication skills
- Critical thinking skills
- Practical and/or problem-solving skills
Class flow
Class1－Class7：Lectures
Study the course materials before each class to enhance the learning outcome.
Course schedule/Objectives
| Course schedule | Objectives | |
|---|---|---|
| Class 1 | Introduction, Economic and social trends in Japan | Grasp broad picture of economic and social trends in Japan |
| Class 2 | International relations of Japan | Understand international relations of Japan by balance of payments |
| Class 3 | Overseas expansion and supply chain | To overview overseas efforts of Japanese companies |
| Class 4 | Understanding of international circumstance | Grasp changes and trends of international circumstance |
| Class 5 | Climate change and corporate activity | To overview recent efforts based on climate change |
| Class 6 | Depopulation and regional agendas in Japan | Understand regional agendas relevant to depopulation in Japan |
| Class 7 | Social subjects and SDGs | Grasp broad picture of social subjects and SDGs |
Study advice (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 the course materials.
Textbook(s)
None specified.
Reference books, course materials, etc.
Course materials will be posted on T2SCHOLA
There will be no recording of the classes.
Evaluation methods and criteria
Short reports 60% (6 reports, 10 points each) and a final report 40%
If you are absent from a class, regardless of the reason, there will be no make-up assignments.
The classes will not be recorded, so read the course materials posted on T2SCHOLA to find out the content of the class you missed.
Details of the requirements of the reports will be explained in the first class.
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).
[Lecturer] Takeshi Okano : okano.t.ag[at]m.titech.ac.jp
When inquiring by emails, include the course title in the subject, and your student ID and name in the body of the email.
Other
No classes will be given on April 13 (Wed).
Seven total classes will be held for this course: April 20 (Wed), April 27 (Wed), May 11 (Wed), May 18 (Wed), May 25 (Wed), June 1 (Wed), June 8(Wed).
This course is 500-level course. Tokyo Tech’s “wedge-shaped style education” enables students to pursue liberal arts education in a phased manner throughout undergraduate and graduate programs. Students are encouraged to take courses in the sequence of 100, 200, 300, 400, 500, and 600 levels. As such, master's students must begin from 400-level Humanities and Social Science courses in 1Q and 2Q of the first year, then proceed to 500-level courses. And master's students entering in September must begin from 400-level Humanities and Social Science courses in 3Q and 4Q of the first year, then proceed to 500-level courses. Students can register for 500-level Humanities and Social Science courses six months after their entrance (i.e. students admitted in April can register in 3Q and 4Q, and those admitted in September can register in 1Q and 2Q).