Seminar on Social Sciences(Sociology of media and governance )Introduction 1

Academic unit or major

Humanities and social science courses

Instructor(s)

Ryosuke Nishida

Class Format

Exercise (Face-to-face)

Media-enhanced courses

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Day of week/Period
(Classrooms)

Intensive

Class

-

Course Code

LAH.S152

Number of credits

020

Course offered

2023

Offered quarter

1-2Q

Syllabus updated

Jul 8, 2025

Language

Japanese

Syllabus

Course overview and goals

Students will explore the theory and implementation of policy research, media research, governance research, and social problem resolution based on individual problem awareness and with a broad, interdisciplinary approach.
Moreover, students will in conjunction also deepen their problem awareness and social scientific thinking through the necessary reading of literature on sociology, political science, public administration, policy research, and media theory. Students will engage in research and implementation projects as needed. The course will generally be held Mondays from 7th to 10th periods, where students will read course literature (in English too) and engage in projects together with graduate students and research students from the graduate Nishida laboratory.

Course description and aims

Students will acquire the fundamentals of social-scientific thinking methods through reading the literature, reading in turns, creating a resume, oral presentations, and projects.

Keywords

seminar, sociology

Competencies

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

Class flow

Students will read literature, read in turns, create a resume, give an oral presentation, and have a study camp as needed. Be sure to contact the instructor in advance to take this course.

Course schedule/Objectives

Study advice (preparation and review)

Textbook(s)

TBA

Reference books, course materials, etc.

TBA

Evaluation methods and criteria

Final assignment: 50%
Contributions to the class: 50%

Related courses

• LAH.S107 ： Sociology A
• LAH.S207 ： Sociology B
• LAH.S308 ： Sociology C
• LAH.S404 ： Essence of Humanities and Social Sciences4
• SHS.U461 ： Graduate Methodologies in Culture and Arts S1

Prerequisites

nothing required.

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

ryosukenishida[at]gmail.com

Office hours

12:10-13:10, every Friday. required pre-contact.

Other

Please obtain permission to join the class by mail in advance.