2024 Faculty Courses Liberal arts and basic science courses Humanities and social science courses
Essence of Humanities and Social Sciences7:Economics
- Academic unit or major
- Humanities and social science courses
- Instructor(s)
- Nobuyuki Tanaka
- Class Format
- Lecture (Face-to-face)
- Media-enhanced courses
- -
- Day of week/Period
(Classrooms) - 7-8 Wed
- Class
- -
- Course Code
- LAH.S407
- Number of credits
- 100
- Course offered
- 2024
- Offered quarter
- 1Q
- Syllabus updated
- Mar 14, 2025
- Language
- Japanese
Syllabus
Course overview and goals
Economy steadily accumulates changes. In light of it, this course takes up changes of economy until today. In particular, this course focuses on formation and changes of capitalism and market economy which characterize today's economy. The aims of this course are to understand a history of today's economy and to understand deeply characteristics of today's economy by comparing it with certain economies in past periods. Then, students will acquire the ability to think economy of today and the future from a historical perspective.
Course description and aims
(1) To explain a history of today's economy
(2) To explain charactaristics of today's economy
Keywords
Economic History, Pre-Modern Period, Modern and Contemporary Period, Capitalism, Market Economy
Competencies
- Specialist skills
- Intercultural skills
- Communication skills
- Critical thinking skills
- Practical and/or problem-solving skills
Class flow
Lectures will be maked on the basis of distributed course materials. Students will be required to comment on lectures.
Course schedule/Objectives
| Course schedule | Objectives | |
|---|---|---|
| Class 1 | Introduction | The Prologue and Chapter 1-2 of the textbook |
| Class 2 | Pre-Modern Economy | Chapter 3-6 of the textbook |
| Class 3 | Transition from Pre-Modern Economy to Early Modern Economy | Chapter 7-10 of the textbook |
| Class 4 | Transition from Early Modern Economy to Modern Economy | Chapter 11-14 of the textbook |
| Class 5 | Modern Economy | Chapter 15-18 of the textbook |
| Class 6 | Contemporary Economy | Chapter 19-22 of the textbook |
| Class 7 | Conclusion and Examination | Chapter 23 and the Last Chapter of the textbook |
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)
Tomoji ONOZUKA, Economic History: A Clue to know today and live the future, Yuhikaku, 2018(Japanese)
Reference books, course materials, etc.
TBA
Evaluation methods and criteria
Comments: 40% Examination: 60%
Related courses
- LAH.S109 ： Economics A
- LAH.S209 ： Economics B
- LAH.S310 ： Economics C
Prerequisites
High-level Japanese literacy
Contact information (e-mail and phone) Notice : Please replace from ”[at]” to ”@”(half-width character).
nobuyuki-tanaka[at]main.teikyo-u.ac.jp
Office hours
Contact before and after lectures.
Other
No classes will be given on April 10(Wed).
Seven total classes will be held for this course: April 17 (Wed), April 24 (Wed), May 1 (Wed), May 8 (Wed), May 15 (Wed), May 22(Wed), May 29(Wed).