2023 Faculty Courses Liberal arts and basic science courses Humanities and social science courses
Seminar on Humanities(Culture, Society and Humanity)5
- Academic unit or major
- Humanities and social science courses
- Instructor(s)
- Noriyuki Ueda
- Class Format
- Exercise (Face-to-face)
- Media-enhanced courses
- -
- Day of week/Period
(Classrooms) - Intensive
- Class
- -
- Course Code
- LAH.H352
- Number of credits
- 020
- Course offered
- 2023
- Offered quarter
- 1-2Q
- Syllabus updated
- Jul 8, 2025
- Language
- Japanese
Syllabus
Course overview and goals
Each student will select a theme related to self-discovery or the search for society, culture, or humanity and present it to be discussed. This course will take place over the first and second quarters. Several seminars will be held together on Wednesday afternoons, and an overnight presentation camp will be held before summer break.
Guidance: Guidance will be hold on April 12, 12:45-13:15 at Room 707, West Bldg. 9, 7th floor.
Course description and aims
At the end of this course, students will be able to:
1) Obtain knowledge on various issues.
2) Improve the ability for presentation.
3) Enhance the ability for empathetic and logical discussion.
Keywords
culture, society, humanity, divesity, presentation, discussion
Competencies
- Specialist skills
- Intercultural skills
- Communication skills
- Critical thinking skills
- Practical and/or problem-solving skills
Class flow
discussion-based seminar
Course schedule/Objectives
| Course schedule | Objectives | |
|---|---|---|
| Class 1 | Introduction | Gain the basic instruction on seminar procedure and presentation |
| Class 2 | presentaiton and discussion 1 | presentaiton and discussion |
| Class 3 | presentaiton and discussion 2 | presentaiton and discussion |
| Class 4 | presentaiton and discussion 3 | presentaiton and discussion |
| Class 5 | presentaiton and discussion 4 | presentaiton and discussion |
| Class 6 | presentaiton and discussion 5 | presentaiton and discussion |
| Class 7 | presentaiton and discussion 6 | presentaiton and discussion |
| Class 8 | presentaiton and discussion 7 | presentaiton and discussion |
| Class 9 | seminar camp 1 | presentaiton and discussion at seminar camp |
| Class 10 | seminar camp 2 | presentaiton and discussion at seminar camp |
| Class 11 | seminar camp 3 | presentaiton and discussion at seminar camp |
| Class 12 | seminar camp 4 | presentaiton and discussion at seminar camp |
| Class 13 | seminar camp 5 | presentaiton and discussion at seminar camp |
| Class 14 | seminar camp 6 | presentaiton and discussion at seminar camp |
| Class 15 | Conclusion | presentaiton and discussion at seminar camp |
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 textbooks and other course material.
Textbook(s)
No textbook is set.
Reference books, course materials, etc.
All materials used in class will be shown in the lecture.
Evaluation methods and criteria
Attendance, presentation and discussion
Related courses
- not in particular
Prerequisites
None required.