2025 (Current Year) Faculty Courses School of Engineering Department of Industrial Engineering and Economics Graduate major in Industrial Engineering and Economics
Affect in Social Context
- Academic unit or major
- Graduate major in Industrial Engineering and Economics
- Instructor(s)
- Hiroyuki Umemuro
- Class Format
- Lecture (Face-to-face)
- Media-enhanced courses
- -
- Day of week/Period
(Classrooms) - 7-8 Tue (W9-425) / 7-8 Fri (W9-425)
- Class
- -
- Course Code
- IEE.C533
- Number of credits
- 200
- Course offered
- 2025
- Offered quarter
- 2Q
- Syllabus updated
- Mar 27, 2025
- Language
- English
Syllabus
Course overview and goals
Affect may occur as individual experiences. However, in contexts with multiple persons, affect may play social rolls such as media or information. This class try to explore how affect may work in social contexts.
Course description and aims
Students are expected to explore various meanings of affects in social context through group and class discussions. Students learn the fundamental knowledge on affect and related topics, but this class does not emphasize learning the knowledge. Rather, students are encourage to broaden and deepen the considerations on affect in different contexts from what they have ever considered.
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)
Lecturer has some work experiences in a workplace at a private company. That experience reinforces the arguments about workplace management in this class.
Keywords
affect, social psychology, empathy, emotion contagion, workplace, social capital, social and emotional learning
Competencies
- Specialist skills
- Intercultural skills
- Communication skills
- Critical thinking skills
- Practical and/or problem-solving skills
Class flow
Emphasis is on group and class discussions to expand the topics in the class.
Course schedule/Objectives
| Course schedule | Objectives | |
|---|---|---|
| Class 1 | Introduction and guidance | Introduction to the outline of the class contents and how we conduct the class. |
| Class 2 | Psychological foundation of human affect | Understanding foundations of human affects. |
| Class 3 | Affective experiences | Understand people's affective experiences based on the results of fieldwork. |
| Class 4 | Emotional contagion | Understand the concept of emotion contagion and its meaning in social context. |
| Class 5 | Network intelligence | Understand the role of affective information in network intelligence. |
| Class 6 | Empathy | Discuss and understand the concept of empathy |
| Class 7 | Emotional intelligence | Understand the concepts of emotional intelligence, and consider its meaning in society. |
| Class 8 | Social and Emotional Learning | Understanding concept of Social and Emotional Learning (SEL). |
| Class 9 | Social and Emotional Learning: Exercise | Practice Social and Emotional Learning (SEL). |
| Class 10 | Affect and trust | Consider the relations between affect and how human trust on human. |
| Class 11 | Emotion and group behavior | Understand the role of emotion on group behavior. |
| Class 12 | Affective Climate in workplace | Understand the relations between affect shared in workplaces and objective / subjective evaluation of the workplace. |
| Class 13 | Social capital and affect | Understanding fundamentals of social capital concept and its relation with affect. |
| Class 14 | Affect and social norm | Consider the role of affect on maintenance of social norm. |
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)
Not specified.
Reference books, course materials, etc.
Delivered upon necessity in classes or through LMS.
Evaluation methods and criteria
Report: 80%
Participation in class: 20%
Related courses
- IEE.C203 ： Engineering Psychology
- IEE.C304 ： Ergonomics
Prerequisites
Nothing in particular.