2025 (Current Year) Faculty Courses School of Environment and Society Department of Social and Human Sciences Graduate major in Social and Human Sciences
Graduate Lecture on Science, Technology and Modern Society
- Academic unit or major
- Graduate major in Social and Human Sciences
- Instructor(s)
- Masashi Shirabe
- Class Format
- Lecture (HyFlex)
- Media-enhanced courses
- -
- Day of week/Period
(Classrooms) - at Tsinghua Univ.
- Class
- -
- Course Code
- SHS.S445
- Number of credits
- 200
- Course offered
- 2025
- Offered quarter
- 1-2Q
- Syllabus updated
- Mar 19, 2025
- Language
- Japanese
Syllabus
Course overview and goals
This lecture is for the students of Science Tokyo - Tsinghua Program, and held at Tsinghua University by the faculties of Science Tokyo and Tsinghua University. It focuses on the problems between ST and contemporary society. Special attention will be paid for the topics relating to the course of Decision Science and Technology of the Program.
Course description and aims
1) Students become to be able to explain the outline of the following disciplines: history of science & technology, philosophy of science, science & technology ethics, STS.
2) Students become to be able to argue the problems between ST and society on the basis of the disciplines above.
Keywords
science, technology, contemporary society
Competencies
- Specialist skills
- Intercultural skills
- Communication skills
- Critical thinking skills
- Practical and/or problem-solving skills
Class flow
This lecture is held at the Tsinghua University campus under the collaboration of the faculties of Science Tokyo and Tsinghua University.
Course schedule/Objectives
| Course schedule | Objectives | |
|---|---|---|
| Class 1 | 1) ST and contemporary society from the view points of decision science and technology 2) History of science and contemporary problems 3) History of technology and contemporary problems 4) Philosophy of science and contemporary problems 5) Theories of STS 6) Science and technology ethics 7) Future of ST | Students become to be able to argue contemporary societal problems based on the disciplines discussed at the each lecture. |
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)
NA
Reference books, course materials, etc.
NA
Evaluation methods and criteria
Attendance 50%, final essay 50%
Related courses
- SHS.M447 ： Graduate Lecture on Decision Science and Technology
- SHS.S461 ： Graduate Methodologies in Science, Technology and Society S1
- SHS.S462 ： Graduate Methodologies in Science, Technology and Society F1
- SHS.S441 ： Graduate Lecture in Science, Technology and Society S1A
- SHS.S442 ： Graduate Lecture in Science, Technology and Society S1B
- SHS.S443 ： Graduate Lecture in Science, Technology and Society F1A
- SHS.S444 ： Graduate Lecture in Science, Technology and Society F1B
Prerequisites
NA
Other
Inquiry should be made to the Science Tokyo - Tsinghua program office.