Title: Family in Japan
Date: Tuesday 8:50-10:20
Room: 701
Code: L32103
Contents:
Lectures on family issues in contemporary Japanese society.
The lectures will be based on sociology and related fields:
law, economics, population studies, and so on.
Topics will be as follows:
analysis of kinship, form and institution of the family, marraige and divorce,
childbirth and childrearing, lifecourse and the family, population change and the family change.
[Materials for this class (in Japanese)]
Title: Basics of Academic Writing
Date: Friday 8:50-10:20
Room: 133
Code: L35103
Contents: An academic paper, such as a term paper or bachelor's thesis,
must fulfill some requirements.
(1) It must be based on facts and logics.
(2) Sections and paragraphs must be arranged with well-structured organization.
(3) Descriptions must be correct and can hardly be misunderstood.
(4) Author's opinions must be distinguished from findings of others' works.
(5) The author must give appropriate citations.
In this class students learn rules and techniques for academic writing
through writing term papers.
Main topics are the following:
Students also learn how to comment other's writing through a peer review.
[Materials for this class (in Japanese)]
Title: Basics of Statistical Analysis
Room: Computer Room on the 7th floor
Date: Tuesday 14:40-16:10
Code: L52504
Contents:
Students learn basic concepts and methods of statistical analysis.
Using the statistical package SPSS, they learn such methods as
crosstabulation, comparison of mean between two groups, and statistical estimation of sampling error.
[Materials for this class (in Japanese)]
Title: Basics of Questionnaire Survey
Room: Computer Room on the 7th floor
Date: Tuesday 16:20-17:50
Code: L52504
Contents:
Students learn basics of questionnaire survey
through lectures on concepts and methods and through conducting a survey based on their own theme.
[Materials for this class (in Japanese)]
Title: Basics of Statistical Analysis
Date: Thursday 10:30-12:00
Room: Computer Room on the 7th floor
Code: LM14205
Contents:
Students learn basic concepts and methods of statistical analysis.
Using the statistical package SPSS, they learn such methods as
crosstabulation and comparison of mean between two groups.
[Materials for this class (in Japanese)]
Title: How to Write Term Papers
Date: 2010-04-16 (Friday) 14:40-16:10
Room: A-200 in Kawauti Kita Campus
Code:
Contents:
A lecture to learn basics of academic writing.
[Materials for this lecture (in Japanese)]
Title: Work in Japan
Date: Tuesday 8:50-10:20
Room: 315 [Room changed]
Code: L42101
Contents:
Lectures on issues related to work in contemporary Japan.
The lectures will be based on sociology and related fields:
economics, management, law, and so on.
Topics will be as follows:
labor statistics, employment law and policies, internal and external labor market,
career and lifecourse, social stratification and social mobility, and gender and work.
Students write a term paper based on the theme of their own interest.
[Materials for this class (in Japanese)]
Title: Reading seminar on contemporary Japanese culture
Date: Friday 8:50-10:20
Room: Kansatu Situ
Code: L45102
Contents:
Papers on contemporary Japanese culture are criticized from the four viewpoints:
(a) scanning of key concepts,
(b) skimming of the structure of the paper,
(c) tables and figures, and
(d) logics.
One paper will be read around two weeks.
The goal of this class is
(1) to learn how to search and get papers,
(2) to learn how to read papers, and
(3) to acquire skills in visual presentation.
[Materials for this class (in Japanese)]
Title: Basics of Questionnaire Survey
Room: Computer Room on the 7th floor
Date: Thursday 8:50-10:20
Code: LM24101
Contents:
Students learn basics of questionnaire survey
through lectures on concepts and methods and through conducting a survey based on their own theme.
[Materials for this class (in Japanese)]
Title: Statistical analysis in practice
Date: Thursday 10:30-12:00
Room: Computer Room on the 7th floor
Code: LM24206,L64206
Contents:
We must make proper use of
a variety of statistical methods according to the focus of the analysis and properties of data.
In this class, students learn characteristics of and tips about some statistical methods,
using the statistical package SPSS.
[Materials for this class (in Japanese)]
Title: Reading seminar on contemporary Japanese studies
Date: Tuesday 14:20-16:10
Room: Kansatu Situ
Code: LM22406
Contents:
Papers (mainly in English) of contemporary Japanese studies chosen by students are criticized from the four viewpoints:
(a) scanning of key concepts,
(b) skimming of the structure of the paper,
(c) tables and figures, and
(d) logics.
One paper shall be read around two weeks.
The goal of this class is
(1) to learn how to search and get papers,
(2) to learn how to read papers, and
(3) to acquire skills in visual presentation.
[Materials for this class (in Japanese)]
Title: Labor Issues and Gender
Date: 2010-12-13 (Monday) 14:40-16:10
Room: B-200 in Kawauti Kita Campus
Code:
Contents:
Lecture on basic concepts and current debates on labor issues in Japan.
[Search Syllabus (in Japanese)]
[Materials for this lecture (in Japanese)]
Title: Family Change in Contemporary Japan
Date: Saturday 16:20-17:50
Room: 221 in the 2nd building in Izumi Campus, Tohoku Gakuin University
Code: 021
Contents:
Lecture on sociological perspectives on the family and family changes in contemporary Japan.
[Materials for this lecture (in Japanese)]
Title: Introduction to Gender Studies
Date: Saturday 16:20-17:50
Room: 256 in the 2nd building in Izumi Campus, Tohoku Gakuin University
Code: 046
Contents:
Lecture on gender and the social order with special attention to sociological imagination from daily lives of the students.
[Materials for this lecture (in Japanese)]
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