2024 Faculty Courses School of Environment and Society Department of Social and Human Sciences Graduate major in Social and Human Sciences
Graduate Methodologies in Politics, Law and Administration S1A
- Academic unit or major
- Graduate major in Social and Human Sciences
- Instructor(s)
- Shinji Kawana
- Class Format
- Lecture (Face-to-face)
- Media-enhanced courses
- -
- Day of week/Period
(Classrooms) - 3-4 Tue
- Class
- -
- Course Code
- SHS.P463
- Number of credits
- 100
- Course offered
- 2024
- Offered quarter
- 1Q
- Syllabus updated
- Mar 14, 2025
- Language
- Japanese
Syllabus
Course overview and goals
Understanding the methods in the fields of social science, political science, law and public administration.
Understanding basics of public survey and its research design, designing practical survey plan.
Course description and aims
About social science : discussing, understanding, expressing on recent public survey of social science. Students will be able to design research plan, make participants to understood the intention and improve the plan considering feedback by participants.
Keywords
case study, research design
Competencies
- Specialist skills
- Intercultural skills
- Communication skills
- Critical thinking skills
- Practical and/or problem-solving skills
Class flow
students can study about the methodlogy of social science.
Course schedule/Objectives
| Course schedule | Objectives | |
|---|---|---|
| Class 1 | introduction | none |
| Class 2 | epistemology | Understanding textbooks（in Japanese） |
| Class 3 | hypothesis, method, theory | Understanding textbooks（in Japanese） |
| Class 4 | explanation | Understanding textbooks（in Japanese） |
| Class 5 | induction, deduction, abduction | Understanding textbooks（in Japanese） |
| Class 6 | process tracing | Understanding textbooks（in Japanese） |
| Class 7 | case study | Understanding textbooks（in Japanese） |
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)
see Japanese
Reference books, course materials, etc.
none
Evaluation methods and criteria
class discussion(60%) and presentation(40%)
Related courses
- SHS.P441 ： Graduate Lecture in Politics, Law and Administration S1A
- SHS.P442 ： Graduate Lecture in Politics, Law and Administration S1B
- SHS.P443 ： Graduate Lecture in Politics, Law and Administration F1A
- SHS.P444 ： Graduate Lecture in Politics, Law and Administration F1B
- SHS.P462
Prerequisites
It is desirable to have certain knowledge about social science
Other
Be sure to prepare the textbooks.