Lecture-Class Discussions - 1.5 Hours Per Week, Mandatory, in Class Reading and Class Preparation - 1 Hours Per Week, Mandatory, Outside of Class

Syllabus Number 1
Course
Name
Religion and Society in Japan
Semester, Year
Spring Semester (Spring Quarter), 2016
Course level
3000
Instructor(s)
(Institution)
Yoshihide SAKURAI ()
Number of Credits
2 credits
Course Number
027001
Course
Objectives
This course focuses on religious movements in contemporary Japan and discusses how Japanese mind-set such as
philosophy of life, social consciousness, and spirituality correlate to social changes since the end of World War II.
Students will also learn about some sociological theories to analyze religious phenomena. Japan has
approximately 180,000 religious corporations which vary from World Religions to unorthodox religions such as
new religions, cults, and New Age. In this course we will explore various aspects of religion: religious culture,
religious organization and management, conflicts between religions and society. Besides, as a Japanese sociologist
of religion, the instructor would like to discuss with foreign students from various cultural backgrounds in the
hope of deepening our understanding of East-Asian culture.
Course Goals
1) Students are expected to gain an understanding of the relationships between religion and society in Japan from
the sociological perspective.
2) Students will be able to critically assess the cultural diversity and the way of living together.
Course
Schedule
Week 1
Introduction: Social challenges in contemporary Japan
Week 2
Japanese religiosity: What are the characteristics of Japanese religious consciousness from the perspective of
Japanese folklore theory?
Week 3
Japanese Buddhism: Why and how do Japanese monks marry and hand their religious status down to the next
generation?
Week 4
Shinto: How did Japan establish its nation state through the ideology of Shinto and Tennoism?
Week 5
Social mobility and religious movement during economic boom: Why and how did rural-urban migration increase
Japanese involvement in new religious movement?
Week 6
Social mobility and religious movement during and after bubble economy: Why and how did anomie lead to the
increase of spiritual seekers in Aum cult and New Age Movement?
Week 7
Financing religion (1): How do Shrine, Temple, and Church in Japan maintain themselves financially and secure
living costs for their priest, monks, and pastors?
Week 8
Financing religion (2): How do new religions and cults in Japan raise funds for missionary work?
Week 9
Globalization and transnational religions (1): How have Japanese traditional and new religions expanded
overseas?
Week 10
Globalization and transnational religions (2): How has Japan incorporated foreign religions and responded to their
mission strategy?
Week 11
Social change and religions (1): How have demographic, economic, and social changes influenced Japanese
religiosity/ spirituality in Japan and East Asia?
Week 12
Social change and religions (2): How have religions responded to social challenges and nurtured social capital in
Japan and East Asia?
Week 13
Conclusion: What should we do to recognize our cultural diversity and establish mutual understanding in East
Asia?
Week 14
Supplement
Week 15
Supplement
Homework
Lecture/class discussions: 1.5 hours per week, mandatory, in class

Reading and Class Preparation: 1 hours per week, mandatory, outside of class
Grading
System
Research paper: one short essay and one final essay, outside of class
Textbooks /
Reading List
Websites
Website of
Laboratory
Additional
Information
Suggest in the class
Syllabus Number 2
Course
Name
Ethics, Killing and Violence
Semester, Year
Spring Semester, 2016
Course level
3000
Instructor(s)
(Institution)
Shunzo MAJIMA ()
Number of Credits
2 credits
Course Number
027002
Course
Objectives
The purpose of this course is to introduce basic ideas and ways of thinking about moral issues regarding killing
and violence.
Course Goals
By the end of the course, students are expected to acquire broader knowledge and understanding of issues
regarding killinng and violence, and to demonstrate skills in critical reasoning and presentation.
Course
Schedule
Week 1: Introduction
Week 2: Ethical Theory I
Week 3: Ethical Theory II
Week 4: Ethical Theory III
Week 5: Euthanasia
Week 6: Abortion
Week 7: Capital Punishment
Week 8: Just War Theory
Week 9: Terrorism
Week 10: Assassination
Week 11: Torture
Week 12: Military Ethics
Week 13: Civilian Protection
Week 14: Military Occupation
Week 15: Wrap up
Homework
Students are expected to read one journal article each week. Each student is expected to make a presentation at
least once during the term.
Grading
System
Presentation and class participation.
Textbooks /
Reading List
Websites
Website of
Laboratory
Additional
Information
Syllabus Number 3
Course
Name
Phenomenology of Reason: Dialogue with Japanese Philosophy
Semester, Year
Course level
5000
Instructor(s)
(Institution)
Shigeru TAGUCHI ()
Course
Objectives
Course Goals
Number of Credits
2 credits
Course Number
027003
Reason has played an irreplaceable role in the formation of Western civilization and thought. The dawn of the
20th-century, however, witnessed an intensive debate concerning the function, limits, and meaning of reason for
human existence. Although this critique of reason extends back at least to Kants celebrated treatise, 20th-century
critiques of reason is arguably situated within a context of reflection marked by an unprecedented urgency and
need foisted onto thinking by the historical developments of war, political crisis, and cultural alienation. As
Husserl passionately argued in The Crisis of European Sciences, the problem of reason is central to the historical
development of the West; it is a problem that still stands before us as to its meaning and significance. This crisis
of reason as both opportunity and challenge does not simply implicate the Western Civilization, however, but
speaks to the condition of humanity in the 20th-century as such. Whether in Freiburg or Tokyo, creating a new
conception of reason is an unavoidable task that contemporary philosophy is facing.
In this course, the phenomenological and ethical conceptions of reason in Edmund Husserl and Emmanuel Levinas
are discussed in contrast with the respective approaches of two Japanese philosophers, Kitaro Nishida and Hajime
Tanabe. Husserl fundamentally reconsiders reason in order to overcome the dominant conception of rationality
that is overly inclined toward non-intuitive calculation. Levinas goes even further by reformulating reason as
awakening or derangement in order to transform the experience of thinking into a primarily ethical
consciousness and response. In contrast, Japanese philosophers Nishida and Tanabe attempt to give a new role to
reason by relativizing it from a religious point of view. The dominancy of reason must be criticized fundamentally
and through this critique, reason can be reintegrated into humans whole life that is centered on a religious
dimension.
In this course, the reconsiderations of reason by each of these philosophers are introduced and discussed. Lectures
are followed by a general discussion about how to overcome difficulties of the traditional understanding of reason
by its possible new conceptions. Students are expected to give short presentations on their own idea about new
conceptions of reason.
Through this course you can
1. understand Husserl's phenomenological conception of reason and Levinas' ethical redefinition of reason
2. acquire knowledge of Nishida's interpretation of reason and religion as well as Tanabe's criticism and
reinterpretation of reason
3. find clues to explore a new conception of reason that can contribute to soving problems in the contemporary
world.
Course
Schedule
1. Introduction
2. Husserl's redefinition of reason (1)
3. Husserl's redefinition of reason (2)
4. Levinas' ethical concept of reason (1)
5. Levinas' ethical concept of reason (2)
6. Reason and Phenomenology (general discussion)
7. Nishida on reason and religion (1)
8. Nishida on reason and religion (2)
9. Reason vs. religion? (general discussion)
10. Tanabe's critical revitalization of reason
11. Criticism of reason in contemporary philosophy
12. Beyond the traditional concept of reason (general discussion)
13. Student's presentation (1)
14. Student's presentation (2)
15. Toward a new conception of Reason (closing discussion)
Homework
Students need to read the texts that will be announced later (which are downloadable from the website of the
course).
Grading
System
Textbooks /
Reading List
Your grade will be determined by how well you demonstrate your achievement of the course goals through
1. participating in discussions. 30%
2. writing a short essay. 40%
3. giving a presentation about your idea. 30%
The Crisis of European Sciences and Transcendental Phenomenology Edmund Husserl Northwestern University
Press 1970
The Idea of Phenomenology Edmund Husserl Stanford University Press 1999
Of God Who Comes To Mind Emmanuel Levinas Stanford University Press 1998
Totality and Infinity Emmanuel Levinas Duquesne University Press 1969
An Inquiry into the Good Kitaro Nishida Yale University Press 1992
Last Writings Kitaro Nishida University of Hawaii Press 1987
Hajime Tanabe: Philosophy as Metanoetics, University of California Press, 1986. ISBN: 9780520069787
Websites
Website of
Laboratory
Additional
Information
http://taghoku.exblog.jp
Syllabus Number 4
Course
Name
Introduction to Logic
Semester, Year
Course level
5000
Instructor(s)
(Institution)
Tomoyuki YAMADA ()
Koji NAKATOGAWA ()
Yasushi NOMURA ()
Course
Objectives
Course Goals
Course
Schedule
Homework
Grading
System
Number of Credits
2 credits
Course Number
027004
To understand the beginning part of sentential logic and elementary logic. To understand the differences between
semantic and syntactical methods in logic. Precise understanding of the notions of structures (models) and proofs
are emphasized. To be acquainted with some basic modal notions.
To be able to give a counter example to an argument in ordinary language. To be able to translate an informal
argument in ordinary language to symbolic language. To be able to construct a structure which satisfies the
assumptions of an inference but does not satisfy the conclusion of the inference. Given a conclusion of a deductive
argument in sentential logic, and/or elementary logic, to be able to construct a formal proof having the conclusion
as its 'bottom' formula.
1. natural language and artificial language, object language and meta-language, founding furthers of modern logic since
G.Frege.
2. names, predicates and relations. terms and functions. judgements and noun phrases. sense and reference.
3. relations, partial order. examples consisting of three elements.
4. unary and binary functions. examples of monoid consisting of three elements.
5. logical connectives. conjunction, disjunction, implication and negation, with examples.
6. truth tables, tautologies and the notion of logical consequence.
7. inference rules for implication, negation, conjunction and disjunction and contradiction.
8. natural deduction and sequent calculus. classical, intuitionistic and minimal logics, followed by soundness and completene ss
of sentential logic.
9. logical operators 'for all' and 'for some'. domains and structures.a sentence ('closed formula') which holds in a structur e.
10. The notion of satisfiability. the set of sentences ('closed formulas') closed under logical consequence. theory, axiomatizability.
11. inference rules for logical quantifiers. Brief introduction for the soundness and completeness of elementary logics.
12. Examples and counter examples for sentences involving logical quantifiers. The independence of transitivity from
reflexivity and anti-symmetricity for the case of partial order.
13. Possible worlds, accessibility relations, validly of sentential modal logics.
14. inference rules of sentential and quantificational modal logics.
15. some methodological problems related to modal quantificational logics.
All notions will be introduced and explained in the lectures. Basic knowledge of naive set theory would be of some
help, but not assumed. There will be easy and short homework assignments.
1. checking whether or not a given structure satisfies a sentence
2. checking whether a given proof is correct or not.
Home work 30%, Mid term exam 30%, and Final exam 40%
Textbooks /
Reading List
Websites
Website of
Laboratory
Additional
Information
will be mentioned during the course.
Syllabus Number 5
Course
Name
Dynamic Epistemic Logic and its Applications
Semester, Year
Course level
6000
Instructor(s)
(Institution)
Tomoyuki YAMADA ()
Koji NAKATOGAWA ()
Yasushi NOMURA ()
Course
Objectives
Number of Credits
2 credits
Course Number
027005
First, to present to students the main concepts and formalism of Dynamic Epistemic Logic (DEL), including recent
developments on connections to other fields (from Epistemology and Learning Theory to Social Software,
Pragmatics of Natural Language etc). Second, to enable students to acquire some research experience, by
discussing various conceptual and/or technical issues in the field, and giving them guidance and encouragement to
tackle some of these issues in their final projects.
By the end of this course, students will be able to
Course Goals
Course
Schedule
Homework
Grading
System
Textbooks /
Reading List
1. use formal languages of the dynamic logics to describe examples,

2. derive consequences from the assumptions captured in these languages, and
3. use formal language to discuss various conceptual issues.
1. Introduction. Examples and Puzzles.
2. Epistemic and doxastic models
3. Special lecture by Johan van Benthem
4. PAL (Public Announcement Logic)
5. More on PAL
6. Event models and product updates
7. Belief revision, plausibility models, conditional beliefs
8. Belief dynamics: upgrades
9. Iteration and surprise exam problem
10. Epistemology: the nature of knowledge and Gettier challenge
11. Defeasible knowledge, varieties of knowledge
12. Multi-agent Belief Dynamics: event plausibility models; the Action-Priority update
13. Multi-agent belief dynamics: attitudes, lying, sincerity, honesty, and persuasiveness
14. Social network, influence, and cascades
15. Applications to other kinds of social interaction (speech acts)
Students will be given exercises both in the class and for homework.
Your grade will be determined how well you demonstrate your achievement of the course goals in the paper in
which you
1. use formal language(s) of the dynamic logics to describe examples you discuss (30%),
2. derive consequences from the assumptions captured in these languages (30%), and
3. discuss the conceptual issue(s) you choose for your final project (40%).
(1) A. Baltag, H. P. van Ditmarsch and ,.S. Moss, Epistemic logic and information update, in the Handbook of
Philosophy of Information (Editors: P. Adriaans and J. van Benthem), part of the series Handbook of Philosophy of
Science, vol. 8, pp. 361-455, Elsevier, 2008.
(2) A. Baltag, J. van Benthem, J. van Eijck, S. Smets, Reasoning about Communication and Action. To appear.
Websites
Website of
Laboratory
Additional
Information
A laptop or tablet will be useful to download the above materials.
Syllabus Number 6
Course
Name
Countries and Culture
Semester, Year
Course level
1000
Instructor(s)
(Institution)
LA FAY MICHELLE KAY ()
Number of Credits
2 credits
Course Number
027006
Course
Objectives
Students will explore how their countries have influenced other countries and how other countries have influenced
their own country. Students will be able to form a new picture of their own country's identity by combining
knowledge of their country with the image of their country from the outside.
Course Goals
To gain the ability to assess one's own country from a different viewpoint. To understand how countries' people
perceive one another and to what extent those perceptions can be said to be accurate.
Course
Schedule
Week 1: Let's get acquainted! Class guidelines and expectations

Week 2: Know Thy Country: Student presentations introducing their own countries.
Week 3: How the US influenced Hokkaido and how Hokkaido influenced the US
Week 4: Class Discussion: How did your country influence Japan?
Week 5: Class Discussion: How did Japan influence your country?
Week 6: How does this interrelatedness contribute to "globalisation"?
Week 7: What do we believe about our countries?
Week 8: Group work: Topic to be announced in class
Week 9: Group presentations
Week 10: Group presentations
Week 11: The value and future of mutual influence
Week 12: Pair work: Topic to be announced in class
Week 13: Pair work presentations
Week 14: Wrap-up session
Week 15: Final interviews
Homework
Preparation for presentations, including research and reading, will be conducted outside of class. Group/pair work
may also involve meeting outside of class.
Grading
System
Presentations: 30%
Group/pair work: 30%
Class participation: 20%
Final interviews: 20%
Textbooks /
Reading List
Websites
Website of
Laboratory
Additional
Information
Supplementary materials will be provided by the instructor.
Syllabus Number 7
Course
Name
Historical International Experiences
Semester, Year
Course level
1000
Instructor(s)
(Institution)
LA FAY MICHELLE KAY ()
Number of Credits
2 credits
Course Number
027007
Course
Objectives
This course will focus on Meiji era Japanese women who went abroad and on women missionaries who came to
Japan. Reading the first-hand accounts of their experiences and impressions of the countries they visited will
provide new perspectives on situations of women in the Meiji era.
Course Goals
Students will discover how women in the Meiji era influenced society. Through examining their experiences,
students will be able to discern some underlying influences in Japanese culture, including but not limited to
Christianity.
Course
Schedule
Week 1: Let's get acquainted! Class guidelines and expectations.

Week 2: Why look at historical international experiences?
Week 3: The Iwakura Mission
Week 4: The Girls of the Iwakura Mission
Weeks 5 and 6: Women missionaries
Weeks 7 and 8: Women and education
Week 9 and 10: Student presentations: Students will form groups and investigate and introduce historical international
experiences.
Week 11: Comments on presentations
Week 12 and 13: How does the international experience of the past compare to today?
Week 14: Wrap-up session
Week 15: Final interview
Homework
Students will be expected to actively participate in discussions. Reading, research, preparation for presentations
and essay composition will be conducted outside of class.
Grading
System
Presentations: 30%
Discussion and class participation: 30%
Writing (essay and reflection papers) 20%
Final interview: 20%
Textbooks /
Reading List
Websites
Website of
Laboratory
Additional
Information
Reading materials and other supplementary materials will be provided by the instructor.
Syllabus Number 8
Course
Name
Happy or anxious? Making sense of Japanese Youth
Semester, Year
Course level
3000
Instructor(s)
(Institution)
HOMMERICH CAROLA ()
Number of Credits
2 credits
Course Number
027008
Over the past two decades, Japan has seen growing inequality triggered by an increase of precarious employment,
rising numbers of unemployed and a retrenchment of company and government welfare. At the same time, social
bonds hitherto provided by family, neighbors, or the company have weakened, meaning that there is less of a
network to fall back on for support. Both phenomena have been subject to widespread academic and public
discourse. In this, the Japanese youth has been one of the main protagonists, being especially affected by
structural changes and an increase of social risks.
Course
Objectives
A growing number of young Japanese seems unable to cope with daily life. Various surveys indicate a strong
increase in anxieties, cases of clinical depression, social withdrawal, and even suicide among the young. Amidst
these developments, results of a longitudinal government survey come as a surprise, which show that the share of
20-29-year-olds who consider themselves satisfied with their life has increased since the 1970s and by the turn of
the century has outstripped that of older generations.
In this class, we will analyze this seemingly contradictive experience of young Japanese. We will look at various
social problems Japanese society is facing today from the perspective of Japanese youth.
(I am open to additional topics not included in the syllabus below. Please feel free to suggest anything you find
relevant ? you are the experts!)
Course Goals
By the end of this class, you will have learnt about various social problems Japanese society is facing today, and
will have understood the specific way they affect Japanese youth.
You will have given a class presentation in English and will have written a final report in English.
1. Overview
2. Forever young? A theoretical introduction to definitions of youth
3. Being young in an ageing society: Some dilemmas of Japanese youth
4. Happy or anxious: the mental state of Japanese youth
Childhood and early adolescence
5. An unequal start? Child poverty and educational chances
6. Problems at school: Bullying, school non-attendance
Course
Schedule
Late adolescence
7. Entering the labour market: finding a job, job security
8. Hikikomori and NEET
9. Not ready for love? Youth and love relationships
10. Political participation
11. Uchimuke: Going abroad as risk?
12. Changing communication: The impact of mobile phones
13. Youth culture
Transition to adulthood
14. Achieving financial and emotional independence
15. Final discussion
Homework
There will be required readings, which I will upload on Moodle.
Grading
System
You will be graded based on the following four aspects:

1. Class presentation (15-20 minutes) on a topic of your choice
2. Final paper on the topic of your presentation (5 to 10 pages, 12pt font).
3. Active participation in class and group discussions.
4. Class attendance: You can miss a maximum of 2 classes unexcused. If you miss more without contacting me to
excuse yourself, you fail the class.
Classroom contribution + attendance: 30%
Class presentation: 30%
Final paper: 40%
Textbooks /
Reading List
Websites
Website of
Laboratory
Additional
Information
Syllabus Number 9
Course
Name
Cultural Psychology (Frontiers in Cultural Psychology)
Semester, Year
Course level
3000
Instructor(s)
(Institution)
Masaki YUKI ()
Takahiko MASUDA ()
Susumu OHNUMA
Course
Objectives
Number of Credits
2 credits
Course Number
027009
This course presents an introduction to a number of topics in experimental cultural psychology, as well as research
relevant to some of the major problems in this field. The guest lecturer is Takahiko Masuda, Ph.D. (Associate
Professor, University of Alberta). This is an intensive course for the 2016 Summer Institute.
Course Goals
a) To understand our daily behavior from a cultural perspective.

b) To think critically about cultural customs that is otherwise taken for granted.
c) To think of various cultural differences (and similarities) in human behaviors.
The class attendance is mandatory. Students are expected to actively participate in group discussion sessions in
some of the classes (i.e. Speaking up in class).
Course
Schedule
Eight lectures will be held on Monday, June 27th (four lectures) and on Tuesday, June 28th (four lectures), followed by one-hour
long discussion among participants for each day. We will cover the issues of culture & the self, culture & cognition, and culture
& emotion. We also discuss various issues of our multi-cultural society. On Wednesday, June 29th, graduate students will orally
present their data, and lead class discussion (in English). The final exam will be held on Wednesday, June 29th.
Homework
Students will be expected to download class notes (PowerPoint slides) and read designated chapters in advance.
Grading
System
Exams will be based on lecture notes and class discussions. The class attendance is mandatory. Students are
expected to actively participate in group discussion sessions in some of the classes (i.e. Speaking up in class). Final
grades are determined after combining students' class attendance (30%), discussion participation (20%), and the
final exam (50%).
Textbooks /
Reading List
Cultural psychology, 2nd ed. Heine, Steven J. W.W. Norton 2012
Websites
Website of
Laboratory
Additional
Information
Please visit the following URL to see the class activities in 2015:
http://www.let.hokudai.ac.jp/news/2015/08/9251/
Syllabus Number 10
Course
Name
Seminar in History and Anthropology. History of U.S. Social Movements for Peace, Freedom and Justice
Semester, Year
Course level
3000
Instructor(s)
(Institution)
Katsuyuki MURATA ()
Robin D. G. KELLEY ()
Number of Credits
2 credits
Course Number
027010
Course
Objectives
To examine how U.S. social movements from the mid-19th century until the present shaped, and were shaped by,
global developments and struggles for justice, human rights, democracy, and economic transformations.
Course Goals
To understand, among other things, how movements were formed and sustained; the social and historical contexts
for their emergence and demise; their impact on national, transnational, and global conditions and forces, as well
as the various movements vision of a liberated future.
Course
Schedule
Day 1 RADICAL ROOTS: THE RISE AND DEMISE OF ABOLITION-DEMOCRACY

Radical Abolitionists and the Problem of Slavery
Reconstruction: The Defeat of Social Democracy
Day 2: DEMOCRACY AND EMPIRE
Anti-imperialism I: U.S. Empire and its Opponents, 1890 - 1919
The Paradox of Progressivism: Workers, Immigrants, Suffragists, Dissidents
Day 3: SOCIAL MOVEMENTS, GLOBAL WAR AND THE RISE OF AMERICAN HEGEMONY
Workers of the World?: Communism, Fascism, and Racism in Depression and War
Civil Rights, Cold War, and the Remaking of U.S. Democracy
FILM: FREEDOM ON MY MIND
Day 4: IN THE BELLY OF THE BEAST: REVOLUTIONARY INTERNATIONALISM
The New Lefts Global Vision: Revolutionary Movements in the 1960s and 70s
Disband the Army!: Fighting U.S. Militarism from Nuclear Disarmament to the War on Terror
Day 5: SOCIAL MOVEMENTS IN THE NEOLIBERAL ERA
Struggle for the Commons: Global Justice Movements in the 21st Century
Peoples Power, Privatization or Police State?: On the Future of Democracy
Homework
To keep up with the reading assignments listed below, be ready for participating in class discussion and write a
final paper.
Grading
System
Students are responsible for keeping up with the reading assignments and attending lecture. They will be required
to participate in discussion and write a final papers - length to be determined. The paper will make up 50% of the
final grade; participation will account for the other 50%.
Textbooks /
Reading List
No text books assigned. However, you are supposed to finish reading documents and/or articles, which are
specified in the following website and you will be able to have access to mostly in PDFs, before attending each
session.
Websites
http://hokkaidosummerinstitute.oia.hokudai.ac.jp/_demo/files/course/Reading67.pdf?1454046276
Website of
Laboratory
Additional
Information
Note that most of the reading will consist of related short primary documents made available on line, either as
PDFs or through links.
Syllabus Number 11
Course
Name
Seminar in History and Anthropology (Pacific Music Festival: Art, Politics, and Economy)
Semester, Year
Course level
3000
Instructor(s)
(Institution)
Eijun SENAHA ()
Mari YOSHIHARA ()
Yujin YAGUCHI ()
Number of Credits
2 credits
Course Number
027011
Course
Objectives
Students should be able to acquire basic knowledge on the theories of cultural studies, Pacific Music Festival, Ainu
culture, and skills of interviewing people in fields work as well as writing an academic essay in English.
Course Goals
Students are expected to achieve skills of thinking and expressing their ideas on culture, especially with
ethnographic approaches in music, along with skills of interviewing people as well as writing an academic essay in
English.
Course
Schedule
(Tentative)
7/19 (Tues) FOUNDATIONS
Session 1: What is music? What is a musical experience?
Session 2: Cultural studies approaches to music
7/20 (Wed) MUSIC, HISTORY, POLITICS
Session 3: Music and colonialism/imperialism
Session 4: Music and indigeneity
7/21 (Thurs) FIELD TRIP to Ainu Museum
7/22 (Fri) LEONARD BERNSTEIN AND THE PMF
Session 5: Bernstein: Man, Music, and Life
Session 6: The Making of the PMF
Session 7: Field trip preparation
7/23 (Sat) FIELD TRIP to PMF open rehearsal
7/24 (Sun) FIELD TRIP to PMF concert and interview
7/25 (Mon) WESTERN CLASSICAL MUSIC: THEN AND NOW
Session 8: Western music and its Others
Session 9: Writing Workshop
7/26 (Tues) MUSIC AND CONTEMPORARY LIFE
Session 10: Music and tourism
Session 11: Music and identity
Session 12: Writing Workshop
Homework
Preparation for class discussion and interviews and reading assignments of one textbook and three books in the
reading list.
Grading
System
Textbooks /
Reading List
Websites
Class participation
Final paper
50%
50%
Musicians from a Different Shore: Asians and Asian Americans in Classical Music Mari Yoshihara Temple
University Press 2007

2013
Art Worlds 25th Anniversary Edition Howard S. Becker University of California Press 2008
Leonard Bernstein: An American Musician Allen Shawn, Harvard University Press 2014
Satchmo Blows Up the World: Jazz Ambassadors Play the Cold War Penny von Eschen Harvard University Press
2004
The textbook as well as the books in the reading list below will be provided to all students before class starts.
After one is accepted to this class, s/he should visit the Research Management Office, Graduate School/Faculty of
Letters, to pick them up. S/he may request shipping, at the time of application, if s/he is unable to visit the office.
Please remember, they must be returned when the class is finished. S/he may also purchase them personally.
http://www.let.hokudai.ac.jp/news/2015/08/9219/
Website of
Laboratory
Additional
Information
This intensive summer class starts on July 19th and ends on 26th. Classes on 19th, 20th, and 25th are held in the
morning (0900-1215), 22nd and 26th will continue till 1430. There are three field trips as well, to Kitara Music
Concert Hall on 23rd and 24th both in the afternoon and to Ainu Museum in Shiraoi on 21st whole day. The
language used in class is English. Please feel free to contact Prof. Eijun Senaha regarding further information on
this class at his june@let.hokudai.ac.jp. or visit http://www.let.hokudai.ac.jp/news/2015/08/9219/
Syllabus Number 12
Course
Name
School Education and Society in Japan
Semester, Year
Course level
1000
Instructor(s)
(Institution)
MASAO MIZUNO ()
Number of Credits
1 credit
Course Number
027012
Course
Objectives
To gain a deeper understanding of important aspects and issues concerning education for sustainable development
(ESD) of the society with a particular focus upon secondary and higher education in Japan
Course Goals
To achieve a critical and constructive thinking associated with education for sustainable development (ESD) in
Japan on the basis of active learning in both lectures and visits to a secondary school
Course
Schedule
Week 1. A brief historical review of school education in Japan (OHNO)

Week 2. Secondary school education in Japan (OHNO)
Week 3. Class observation and discussion with students at a Secondary School in Sapporo (OHNO), equivalent to 2 lectures
Week 4. Physical Growth and Development of Children and Youth in Japan (Mizuno)
Week 5. Active Living in and throughout Schools for Health Promotion in Japan (Mizuno)
Week 6. Visiting a Secondary School in Sapporo to Observe Health Promoting Activities (Mizuno), equivalent to 2 lectures
Homework
Each lecturer will provide handouts
Grading
System
Evaluation will be made based on active class participation and a term paper assigned from each lecturer
Textbooks /
Reading List
Websites
Website of
Laboratory
Additional
Information
Syllabus Number 13
Course
Name
Globalization and Sustainability in Japanese School Education
Semester, Year
Spring Semester (Summer Quarter), 2016
Course level
2000
Instructor(s)
(Institution)
MASAO MIZUNO ()
Course
Objectives
Course Goals
Course
Schedule
Number of Credits
1 credit
Course Number
027013
ESD, Globalization, Indigenous people, Secondary School, Supper Global High School, Sustainability
To achieve a critical and constructive thinking associated with education for sustainable development (ESD) in a
globalizing society on the basis of active learning in both lectures and visits to a secondary school, Sapporo
Week 1. A brief review of education for sustainable development (Mizuno)

Week 2. Discussion with students at a Secondary School in Sapporo (OHNO)
Week 3. Indigenous people and sustainable development of the society (Mizuno,Ito)
Week 4. Presentation and discussion with students at a Secondary School in Sapporo (OHNO), equivalent to 2 lectures
Week 5. Group discussion and presentation (Mizuno,Ito)
Week 6. Presentation and discussion with students at a Secondary School in Sapporo (OHNO), equivalent to 2 lectures
Homework
Each lecturer will provide handouts
Grading
System
Evaluation will be made based on active class participation and a term paper assigned from each lecturer
Textbooks /
Reading List
Websites
Website of
Laboratory
Additional
Information
Syllabus Number 14
Course
Name
Introduction to Japanese Law
Semester, Year
Course level
2000
Instructor(s)
(Institution)
Koji MIZUNO ()
Kazuyori ITO
Masanori FUJIWARA
Akihiro ONAGI
Masatoshi SASAKI
Course
Objectives
Course Goals
Course
Schedule
Number of Credits
1 credit
Course Number
027014
This class aims to provide overview of Modern Japanese Law: its historical basis (adoption from Europe), Public
Law, Civil Law, and Criminal Law. How can hybrid Jananese Law contribute to today's globalized legal world?
No previous knowledge of Law is required.
Since the 2nd half of 19th century, Japan has received Modern Western Law as a whole within a very short period
and without being colonized, and applied it pretty successfully. This "reception" of Western Law into Japan is
remarkable in Modern world history, and at the same time has caused many serious problems for Japanese Law
until today. Exploring Modern Japanese Law is therefore instructive also for non- legal specialists, for example
from viewpoint of comparative culture. It will also offer possible models for non-Western countries in order to
improve their legal practices.
In this class, staffs of our Graduate School of Law try to make clear essential characteristics of modern legal
history, Public Law, Civil Law, and Criminal Law of Japan. We take up some topics to discuss importance of
comparative law in globalizing world.
Because our class is designed for participants with different backgrounds (specialty, knowledge on Japan, Law,
etc.), we take care to make our class easy to understand, for example by using e-learning method (flip teaching).
By the end of this class you will be able to
1. explain basic characteristics of Modern Japanese Law.
2. discuss problems which "reception" of foreign law might cause not only to legal system but also to whole society.
1 "Reception" of Modern Western Law (1)

2 "Reception" of Modern Western Law (2)
3 Constitutional Law
4 International Law
5 Civil Law (1)
6 Civil Law (2)
7 Criminal Law (1)
8 Criminal Law (2)
* The order above is subject to change without notice.
Homework
You need preparations by e-learning system (Thinkboard) several times, so that you should know outline of the
class beforehand.
You will be asked to write one essay at the end of the whole class.
Grading
System
1 your response to questions during classes. 50%
2 your essay about topics concerning this class. 50%
Textbooks /
Reading List
No textbook required. Handouts will be distributed.

Japanese law. 3rd Edition. Hiroshi Oda Oxford University Press 2011
Websites
Website of
Laboratory
Additional
Information
Details about classes (ex. e-learning system) will be given later on this Homepage.
Syllabus Number 15
Course
Name
Law and Politics of Human Rights in Global Culture
Semester, Year
Course level
3000
Instructor(s)
(Institution)
Ko HASEGAWA ()
Yasuo TSUJI
Ken-ichi OCHIAI
Benjamin GREGG ()
Course
Objectives
Course Goals
Course
Schedule
Number of Credits
2 credits
Course Number
027015
To understand the basic conditions for the idea of human rights in global context from the viewpoint of legal and
political theory, with referring to Japanese cases
Today we have the web of various rights protections in our legal and political systems, national and international.
This web has been shaped in the course of historical development since the late 18th century, especially after the
end of WWII. Based on the modern development of the protection of individual rights in various national
constitutions, the web of human rights protections in international context has been much extended until today.
This great movement in human history and civilization is now facing with divergent new problem situations such
as the ICT revolution, environmental crisis, population migration or genetic engineerings. How and to what extent
can the framework of the protection of human rights be effective for coping not only with traditional problems of
the protection of human freedom and equality but also with the novel problems on global scale today? In this
course, we will try to understand the normative potentials of the idea of human rights in law and politics for these
urgent tasks for all of us.
<Week 1. Introduction to the Law and Politics of Human Rights in Global Culture>
Mon, Aug 8: Introduction: the World of Law and Politics in Global Context
Tues, Aug 9: The Basis of the Idea of Rights
Wed, Aug 10: The Salient Features of the Idea of Rights
Thu, Aug 11: The Significance of Human Rights
Fri, Aug 12: Varieties of Human Rights
<Week 2. Human Rights as Social Constructs>
Mon, Aug 15: Generating Universal Human Rights out of Local Norms
Tues, Aug 16: Cultural Resources: Individuals as Authors of Human Rights
Wed, Aug 17: Emotions and Natural Altruism in Support of Human Rights
Thu, Aug 18: Translating Human Rights into Local Cultural Vernaculars
Fri, Aug 19: Advancing Human Rights through Cognitive Reframing
<Week 3. Advancing Human Rights through Persuasion not Coercion>
Mon, Aug 22: Teaching Human Rights as a Cognitive Style
Tues, Aug 23: Developing Human Rights Commitment in Post-Authoritarian Societies
Wed, Aug 24: Reconciling Human Rights and the Sovereign State: Patriotism
Thu, Aug 25: A Human Right not to Democracy but to the Rule of Law
Fri, Aug 26: Human Rights and Humanitarian Intervention
*The schedule above is still tentative; yet the basic plan of the course will not be changed.
Homework
Course materials and other related instructions are to be noticed to participants before starting the course. For an
introduction, Human Rights: A Very Short Introduction by Andrew Clapham (Oxford U. P., 2007) is nice and
concise.
Grading
System
Class participation (40%) and the submission of reaction papers for each week (20%) are to be required. Also after
the course final essay will be assigned (40%).
Textbooks /
Reading List
Course materials are basically to be provided by instructors. Other readings and related materials are to be
indicated in classes.
Reading list is to be provided by instructors at the start of the course.
Websites
Website of
Laboratory
Additional
Information
Professor Benjamin Gregg: http://www.utexas.edu/cola/government/faculty/profile.php?id=bggregg

Professor Ko Hasegawa: http://lex.juris.hokudai.ac.jp/~hasegawa/works.htm
Professor Yasuo Tsuji: http://researchers.general.hokudai.ac.jp/profile/ja.1oFUDpKBY
Professor Ken'ichi Ochiai: http://researchers.general.hokudai.ac.jp/profile/ja.n9GtSzgeajoE2P9soZkTmw==.html
Syllabus Number 16
Course
Name
Special Lectures in Bio-macromolecular Science Advanced Light Microscope in Life Science Research
Semester, Year
Course level
3000
Instructor(s)
(Institution)
Masataka KINJO ()
Vladana VUKOJEVIC ()
Number of Credits
1 credit
Course Number
027016
Course
Objectives
This practical course covers advanced fluorescence microscopy imaging techniques and fluorescence correlation
spectroscopy. These techniques are becoming indispensable research tools for investigating cellular and molecular
mechanisms underlying biological processes. Versatility of fluorescence imaging and spectroscopy techniques
comes from the possibility to characterize fluorescence emission by position, intensity, wavelength, polarization
and lifetime. Thus, fluorescence microscopy and spectroscopy based techniques allow us to quantitatively study
the cellular dynamics of molecules and the kinetics of their interaction with high spatio-temporal resolution and
ultimate, single-molecule sensitivity. Participants will learn how to derive qualitative and quantitative insights on
molecular mechanisms in live cells.
Course Goals
After the course, the student will be able to independently plan and carry out simple live cell imaging experiments
using advanced fluorescence microscopy imaging techniques and will be able to:
1. Identify elements of a fluorescent microscope and describe their function.
2. Describe the theoretical background behind different fluorescence microscopy based assays. Discuss pros and
cons in relation to the biological studies.
3. Design a fluorescence imaging assay for a biological problem of interest, especially live cell imaging.
4. Perform Fluorescence Correlation Spectroscopy measurement and evaluate the obtained results.
5. Perform Fluorescence Cross-Correlation Spectroscopy measurement and evaluate the obtained results.
7. Communicate the results in written and oral form.
8. Discuss the adequateness of the methodology used in the scientific literature concerned.
Course
Schedule
The course covers the following topics:

Light and light-matter interactions. Fluorescence, Phosphorescence, Light scattering.
Fluorophores: organic fluorescent probes and fluorescent proteins. Labeling strategies for biomedical application and live c ell
imaging.
Confocal principle. Instrumentation for fluorescence microscopy imaging (Light sources, Optical elements, Detectors).
Advanced fluorescence microscopy imaging techniques: CLSM, FCS, FRAP and single-molecule tracking.
Quantitative microscopy and factors affecting quantitative accuracy.
Homework
Preparation: The student is responsible for completing all assignments as described in the detailed course
schedule.
Grading
System
Grading will be based on student's performance during the course and proficiency shown at the final presentation.
Textbooks /
Reading List
Handouts will be distributed

Joseph R. Lakowicz, Principles of Fluorescence Spectroscopy,
Springer, 2006. http://www.springerlink.com/content/v678p85024470w77
Mary-Ann Mycek & Brian W. Pogue: Handbook of Biomedical
Fluorescence, CRC, 2003.
On-line virtual microscopy interactive Java tutorial
(http://www.olympusconfocal.com/java/index.html)
Fluorescence Correlation Spectroscopy (FCS) and Fluorescence
Cross-Correlation Spectroscopy (FCCS)
http://fcsxpert.com/classroom/
Websites
Website of
Laboratory
Additional
Information
http://ki.se/en/cns/lars-terenius-and-vladana-vukojevics-research-group
http://staff.science.nus.edu.sg/~chmwt/
http://altair.sci.hokudai.ac.jp/infmcd/English/top_eng.html
The lecture will be open as Hokkaido Summer Institute.
http://hokkaidosummerinstitute.oia.hokudai.ac.jp/
Instructor
Masataka KinjoHokkaido University,
Vladana Vukojevic (Karolinska Institute),
Tokuko Haraguchi (National Institute of Information and Communications Technology),
Yasushi Hiraoka (Osaka University),
Hiroshi Kimura (Tokyo Institute of Technology),
Ikuo Wada (Fukushima Medical University)
Syllabus Number 17
Course
Name
Calculus
Semester, Year
Course level
1000
Instructor(s)
(Institution)
Simona Settepanella ()
Course
Objectives
Course Goals
Course
Schedule
Number of Credits
2 credits
Course Number
027017
This course covers differentiation of functions in one or several variables.
Master basics of
- Sequences and functions based on intuitive definition of limit
- Differentiation of functions in one variable
- Differentiation of functions in several variables
Week 1
Week 2
Week 3
Week 4
Week 5
Week 6
Week 7
Week 8
Week 9
Week 10
Week 11
Week 12
Week 13
Week 14
Week 15
Sequences : definition of sequence, limit of a sequence

Functions : Functions, graph of a function, types of Functions, transcendental functions
Functions : limits of functions, continuity and intermediate value theorem, inverse functions
Differentiation (one variable) : definition, tangent line, the differentiation of composite and inverse functions.
Differentiation (one variable) : rules for Differentiation, derivatives of elementary functions
Differentiation (one variable) : mean value theorem, l'Hopital rule
Differentiation (one variable) : Taylor expansion, asymptotic expansion
Extreme problem (one variable) : graphs, min/max values
Extreme problem (one variable) : applications
Differentiation (two variables) : Functions of two or more variables, partial derivative, differentials
Differentiation (two variables) : Implicit Function, Jacobian, Partial derivatives using Jacobian:
Implicit function theorem
Differentiation (two variables) : Taylor expansion, directional derivative
Differentiation (two variables) : Application of Partial derivatives: tangent plane to a Surface
Extreme problem (two variables) : Hesse matrix, min/max values, saddle point
Extreme problem (two variables) : Lagrange method under constraint
Homework
Study at home at least two hours per week -- Check basic notions you learn in the course, and try to solve exercises
assigned by the teacher.
Grading
System
Students are graded accordingly to whether or not

1. he/she masters basic knowledge (definitions, theorems etc);
2. he/she can correctly answer questions;
3. he/she is able to apply the knowledge achieved during the course to given problems.
Textbooks /
Reading List
The course material will be provided by the teacher.
Websites
http://www.math.sci.hokudai.ac.jp/~s.settepanella/
Website of
Laboratory
http://www.math.sci.hokudai.ac.jp/~s.settepanella/
Additional
Information
For further details check on the on the Instructors home page: http://www.math.sci.hokudai.ac.jp/~s.settepanella/
Syllabus Number 18
Course
Name
Linear Algebra
Semester, Year
Course level
1000
Instructor(s)
(Institution)
Michele Torielli ()
Course
Objectives
Course Goals
Number of Credits
2 credits
Course Number
027018
This course covers basic knowledge on matrices, linear equations and the determinant.
We show several kinds of operations on matrices, and properties of the determinant.
We explain how to solve a system of linear equations by elementary row operations, and to compute inverse
matrices.
We also explain the relation between elementary operations and elementary matrices.
Students should have the following skills:
- to master computations on matrices (sums, inverse matrices, rank, determinant etc);
- to solve systems of linear equations;
- to understand the relation between elementary operations and elementary matrices;
- to use the co-factor expansion of the determinant and Cramer's formula.
Course
Schedule
1. Matrices -- Definitions, examples, addition, scalar multiplication, linear combinations, multiplication,

square matrices, inverses and zero divisors, transposes, partitioning of matrices and direct sums.
2. System of linear equations -- Equivalent systems of equations, row operations on matrices, row echelon form,
3. System of linear equations -- Homogeneous systems of equation, rank, arbitrary systems of equations.
4. System of linear equations -- A general solution for arbitrary systems of equations, inverses of non singular matrices.
5. Determinants -- Definition, basic properties, practical evaluation and transposes of determinants.
6. Determinants -- Cofactors, cofactor matrix, expansions.
7. Determinants -- Cramer's formula, Vandelmonte's matrix, determinants and ranks.
Homework
Study at home at least two hours per week -- Check basic notions you learn in the course, and try to solve exercises
assigned by the teacher.
Grading
System
Students are graded accordingly to whether or not

1. he/she masters basic knowledge (definitions, theorems etc);
2. he/she can correctly answer questions;
3. he/she develops a unified understanding of the basic knowledge;
4. he/she is able to apply the knowledge achieved during the course to given problems.
Textbooks /
Reading List
Websites
Website of
Laboratory
Additional
Information
To be announced in the first class.
Syllabus Number 19
Course
Name
General Biology
Semester, Year
Course level
1000
Instructor(s)
(Institution)
Maria Helena Fortunato Martins ()
Course
Objectives
Course Goals
Course
Schedule
Number of Credits
2 credits
Course Number
027019
Understand the scientific process; distinguish observation, hypothesis, test, and theory
Recognize and know properties of the major classes of biological molecules
Know the structure and function of cellular membranes and organelles
Understand how cells harvest energy from chemical substances
Understand how plants trap energy in light and use it to build biological molecules
Know the stages of the cell cycle and its role in the life of organisms
Recognize the stages of mitosis and meiosis
Know the major features of meiosis and its role in the life cycle of organisms
Know the biological costs and benefits of sexual reproduction
Understand the structure and function of nucleic acids
Understand the mechanics of protein synthesis
Understand and be able to apply the principles of Mendelian genetics and its modern extensions
Understand the chromosomal basis of heredity
Understand the basic principles of population genetics
Understand the basic principles of evolution
Be familiar with the diversity, causes, and consequences of genetic mutations
Have an appreciation for the promise and potential problems of biotechnology
Understand Darwinian evolution and its modern extensions
The course will present the fundamental principles and concepts of biology. The course will emphasize how the
concepts were originally conceived and tested and how alternatives were rejected. Students will learn and use the
fundamental concepts of biology to draw conclusions from data, to develop alternative hypotheses to explain
observations, to make predictions, and to design experiments to test hypotheses. In addition, the social and
medical implications of biological findings will be developed as classroom discussions
Week 1
Week 2
Week 3
Week 4
Week 5
Week 6
Week 7
Week 8
Week 9
Week 10
Week 11
Week 12
Week 13
Week 14
Week 15
The Science of Biology, Atoms and Molecules Ch.1 & 2

Chemical Building Blocks Ch. 3
Cell Structure (Prokaryotes and Eukaryotes) Ch. 4
Membranes and Transport Ch. 5
Energy, Enzymes , Metabolism Ch. 6
Cellular Harvest of Energy Ch. 7
Photosynthesis Ch. 8
Cell Division and Sexual Reproduction Ch. 10 & 11
Mendelian Genetics Ch. 12 & 13
DNA Ch. 14
How Genes Work, Expression and Control Ch. 15 & 16
Biotechnology and Genomics Ch. 17 & 18
Population Genetics, Evidence for Evolution Ch. 20 & 21
Origin of Species and Species Concepts Ch. 22 & 23
Comprehensive Final Exam
Homework
Students will be given home work every week. Tasks will be related to the material given in class that day.
Examples of tasks are: to compare (schematic) animal and plant cells; to compare (schematic) structure and
function of Prokaryotes and Eukaryotes; bring an example of how biotechnology can help solve modern society
problems; bring an example of evolution in action.
Grading
System
Grades will be based on the numeric average of attendance (10%), homework (30%), short daily quizzes and mid
term exam (35%) and final comprehensive exam (25%). Grades are based not on relative performance evaluation,
but on absolute evaluation.
Textbooks /
Reading List
Biology (9th ed.) P. H. Raven, G. B. Johnson, J. B. Losos, K. A. Mason and S. R. Singer William C. Brown
Publishers 2011
Websites
Website of
Laboratory
Additional
Information
http://highered.mcgraw-hill.com/sites/0073532223/student_view0/index.html
Syllabus Number 20
Course
Name
Essential Physics I
Semester, Year
Course level
1000
Instructor(s)
(Institution)
Elizabeth Tasker (
Number of Credits
2 credits
Course Number
027020
If you have ever looked at the world and asked 'why?' then Physics is the subject for you. With the laws introduced
in this course, students will be able to calculate the path of a tennis ball, rocket or 'Angry Bird' (classical
mechanics), explain how bridges can break in the wind (waves), understand how mirages and virtual images are
created (optics) and even describe how a space station can get artificial gravity (circular motion).
Course
Objectives
We will also look at recent research in Physics. Students will learn to read and summarise short (~ 1 page) news
articles on a few of the most exciting topics being investigated in institutes all over the world.
Lectures will be presented using a powerpoint presentation and clickers for in-class quizzes. All slides will be
available on the website after the lecture. Images and diagrams will be used whenever possible to help explain the
material.
Examples of slides can be found on last year's website: http://astro3.sci.hokudai.ac.jp/~tasker/teaching/ep1/
Course Goals
Course
Schedule
Homework
Grading
System
Textbooks /
Reading List
Students should be able to quantitatively describe (write in mathematical form) the motion of a particle, wave and
light ray. They should understand the origin of the equations and know their limitations. They should also be able
to explain a scientific topic clearly in written English, writing a clear and accurate summary.
Week 1: Course syllabus introduction and how to read a science article

Week 2: Mechanics: the importance of units & Motion in 1D
Week 3: Mechanics: motion in 2D and 3D
Week 4: Mechanics: circular motion and Newton's Laws
Week 5: Mechanics: forces
Week 6: Mechanics: work and energy
Week 7: Mechanics: conservation of energy
Week 8: Mechanics: momentum and rotation
Week 9: Waves: oscillatory motion
Week 10: Waves: wave motion
Week 11: Waves: fluid motion
Week 12: Optics: reflection and refraction
Week 13: Optics: mirrors and lenses
Week 14: Optics: interference and diffraction
Week 15: Exam
Students are required to complete one on-line assigned problem set per week. In addition, students must
summarize (in 3-5 sentences) 3 news articles during the semester (given in class). At the end of the semester,
students must write a short (~250 word) essay on a scientific research topic that interests them. Suggested areas
for this will be given during the course.
Grades will be based on participation (clicker questions in class) (20%), homework (40%), final exam (40%),
Distribution of grades will be approximately 20% Excellent, 30% Very good, 40% Good and 10% Pass.
Participation is mandatory and affects final grade. Students who miss class more than three times will fail
automatically. Arriving late twice is equivalent to one absence. Students sleeping through the class will also be
marked as absent. Students must inform the lecturer of missing a class in advance if planned.
Essential University Physics, Vol 1 and 2 Plus MasteringPhysics Richard Wolfson Pearson
Websites
http://astro3.sci.hokudai.ac.jp/~tasker/teaching/ep1/
Website of
Laboratory
http://astro3.sci.hokudai.ac.jp/~tasker/teaching/ep1/
Additional
Information
Please ensure that the textbook includes the 'Mastering Physics' access card package when purchasing. This is
essential for the course.
While the course is taught entirely in English, students should feel confident to take this class. Many pictures and
diagrams are used to explain concepts and the slides are available to download. Your language ability will also
improve during the course and English proficiency is important in science careers.
Syllabus Number 21
Course
Name
Maintenance Engineering
Semester, Year
Course level
3000
Instructor(s)
(Institution)
Tamon UEDA ()
Course
Objectives
Course Goals
Course
Schedule
Number of Credits
2 credits
Course Number
027021
The course outlines the basis of maintenance engineering for infrastructures. The role of maintenance for
infrastructure in the complete system of structural design, construction and maintenance is shown, followed by
the various issues on technology for inspection and assessment of structures, deterioration mechanism in
structures and technology for repair and strengthening, technology for demolishing/recycling, and life cycle cost
(LCC).
1.
Understand the significance of repair and maintenance (conservation) and its flow.
2.
Understand the objectives and technology for inspection.
3.
Understand the fundamentals of varieties of deterioration, assessment of existing structures and
service life prediction.
4.
Understand the basis of intervention technology for extending service life.
5.
Understand technologies for dismantlement and recycle/reuse.
Week1
Introduction:
Necessity of maintenance
Week2
Basis of Maintenance Engineering:
Role of maintenance, flow for maintenance works, example of maintenance and management system (bridge management
system or BMS), LCC
Week3
Inspection:
Types of inspection, items and technologies for inspection
Week4
Inspection:
Types of inspection, items and technologies for inspection
Week5
Deterioration Factors and Assessment:
Deterioration factors, deterioration mechanism, technology for investigation, prediction of deterioration
Week6
Week7
Week8
Week9
Mid-term Examination
Week10
Technology for Repair and Strengthening:
Types of repair and strengthening, technologies for repair and strengthening, evaluation of structural performance after repa ir
and strengthening
Week11
Types of repair and strengthening, technologies for repair and strengthening, evaluation of structural performance after repa ir
and strengthening
Week12
Types of repair and strengthening, technologies for repair and strengthening, evaluation of structural performance after repair
and strengthening
Week13
Technology of Demolishing and Recycling/Reuse:
Technology for demolishing and recycling/reuse
Week14
Technical Visit
Visit for maintenance works (inspection, assessment and remedial actions)
Week15
Final Examination
Homework
The students are suggested to study before and after each class based on the handout circulated at class for a
couple of hours. Students are asked to submit the answer of in-class exercise within class hours otherwise within
the same day. Students are also asked to submit a report on the technical visit.
Grading
System
[Points for Evaluation]

The evaluation is conducted in terms of all of five points shown in the above Course Goal.
[Criteria for Evaluation]
The full mark is 100%. The full mark will be given to the student who satisfies all of five points in the above
Course Goal with very high level, while 60% is to the student who satisfies just the minimum requirement of all of
the five points.
[Evaluation Method]
The grading will be done based on the results of Mid-term and Final Examinations as well as the Exercises given
in the class. Not only the conceptual understanding but also knowledge on mechanics will be examined by giving
numerical questions. The weight is 80% for the Examinations and 20% for the Exercises.
Textbooks /
Reading List
Websites
The handout will be distributed in the classroom and through the Internet.
http://www.hucc.hokudai.ac.jp/~m16120/Lecturenote/Seismic_Engineering/Seismic_Engineering.htm
Website of
Laboratory
http://www.eng.hokudai.ac.jp/labo/maintenance/
Additional
Information
The course is taught in English but the material is prepared in both English and Japanese. The course is
registered for HUSTEP and International Exchange.
Syllabus Number 22
Course
Name
Infrastructure Maintenance Engineering
Semester, Year
Course level
5000
Instructor(s)
(Institution)
Takashi MATSUMOTO ()
Number of Credits
2 credits
Course Number
027022
Course
Objectives
Fracture and fatigue are one of important degradation mechanisms in infrastructure maintenance engineering.
This course describes how to treat fracture and fatigue of construction materials with the use of fracture
mechanics. Firstly, fundamentals of linear elastic fracture mechanics are introduced. Stress approach and energy
approach are explained together with fracture criterion. Secondly, nonlinear fracture mechanics is introduced. The
use of nonlinear fracture mechanics is explained for construction materials. Finally, two approaches to fatigue are
described. Factors affecting fatigue of construction materials are explained.
Course Goals
To understand the fracture and fatigue phenomena in construction materials and to utilize fracture mechanics
theory to prevent fracture and fatigue in infrastructure maintenance.
(1) Introduction (1 class)

History and importance of fracture and fatigue accidents in infrastructure
(2) Linear elastic fracture mechanics (5 classes)
Stress field, stress approach, energy approach, stress intensity factor, energy release rate, fracture criterion, crack stability,
superposition principle
Course
Schedule
(3) Nonlinear fracture mechanics (4 classes)

Plastic zone correction, cohesive traction, J-integral
(4) Fatigue (4 classes)
Stress-life approach, fracture mechanics approach
(5) Advanced topic (1 class)
(6) Final examination (1 class)
Homework
Reviews of class materials are necessary.
Grading
System
Participation in the class (20%), results of reports given during the course (30%) and final examination (50%)
Textbooks /
Reading List
No textbooks. Handouts and references will be given in the course.

Elementary Engineering Fracture Mechanics D. Broek
Fatigue of Materials S. Suresh
Fundamentals of Metal Fatigue Analysis Julie A. Bannantine

Websites
Website of
Laboratory
Additional
Information
Basic knowledge on the subjects below is necessary: mechanics of materials, structural mechanics
This course is registered as a Core Cluster Subjects for PARE.
Syllabus Number 23
Course
Name
Medical Device and Biomaterials
Semester, Year
Course level
5000
Instructor(s)
(Institution)
Katsuhiko SASAKI ()
Number of Credits
1 credit
Course Number
027023
Course
Objectives
Understand roles of collaborations between medical practice and mechanical engineering through learning
medical devices and strength of mechanical materials and biomaterials.
Course Goals
Understanding the close relationship between medical practice and mechanical engineering. Differences in
characteristics of deformation behavior of biomatreials and engineering materials are, especially, understood.
Viscoelastic behavior, which is one of characteristic deformation of biomaterials, are also understood from both
micro and macroscopic point of view.
Course
Schedule
1.Introduction of the lecture(1)

2.Biomaterial as composite material(2)
-Introduction of composite materials
-Deformation of composite materials
3.Inelastic deformation(3)
-Viscoelastic deformation
-Plastic deformation
-Viscoplastic deformation
4.Shape memory alloy(1)
-Mechanism of shape memory alloy
Homework
Within ordinary preparation and brushup
Grading
System
Evaluation is conducted considering assignments and presentation or exam.

assignments:50%
presentation or exam: 50%
Textbooks /
Reading List
Websites
Website of
Laboratory
http://labs.eng.hokudai.ac.jp/labo/mes/english/
Additional
Information
Texts are not used.

Prints will be distributed.
Syllabus Number 24
Course
Name
Overview of Energy Technology and Policy
Semester, Year
Course level
5000
Instructor(s)
(Institution)
Takemi CHIKAHISA ()
Course
Objectives
Course Goals
Course
Schedule
Number of Credits
1 credit
Course Number
027024
One of the critical issues for human beings is global warming, and development of advanced energy technology is
strongly required. This course introduces a variety of energy technologies as well as social issues relating to
energy problems. Students will obtain general knowledge of the energy technologies and will see the difficulties
in this field due to the unique characteristics of the energy issues. The lectures are given by four instructors who
major in nuclear engineering, fluid dynamics, fuel cell, distributed energy system, and energy policy analysis.
Students will be able to hear details in these research fields. It should be noted, however, that the course
provides a general overview, thus it is not suited for the students who are expecting specific subject organized with
scientific structures. Important requirements for students in this course are attendance and active participation
in discussion.
Understanding energy and environmental issues, and having attitude to have ideas to solve these problems.
1. Environment and energy issues and their relationships

2. Advanced power plants and nuclear engineering for higher efficiency
3. Renewable energy technology
4. Energy saving technology for ocean vessels
5. Cogeneration system for distributed energy
6. Fuel cell technology and their potential
7. CCS (Carbon dioxide Capture and Storage) for zero CO2 emissions
Homework
Active participation into the class discussion is very important.
Grading
System
50%: Class participation

10%: Involvement in discussion
40%: Reports
Textbooks /
Reading List
Websites
Website of
Laboratory
Additional
Information
There is no textbook for this course. Instructors will use Power Point figures in the lecture, and they will be
provided to students in printed form as reference.
Syllabus Number 25
Course
Name
Resources, Human and the Earth
Semester, Year
Course level
5000
Instructor(s)
(Institution)
Yoshiaki FUJII ()
Course
Objectives
Course Goals
Number of Credits
2 credits
Course Number
027025
Global warming is concerned as if it was the only biggest problem for human future. However, there are such many
other problems as extinction of resources, food crises, population increase etc. This course offers information on
these problems so that students can deeply understand these problems, evaluate their severity and investigate
whether we should reduce CO2 or not. Students will be urged to investigate what they should do for human future
if it's not CO2 reduction.
To give enough knowledge so that students can deeply understand these problems, evaluate their severity and
investigate whether we should reduce CO2 or not.
Course
Schedule
(1)
(2)
(3)
(4)
(5-7)
(8-11)
(13)
(14-16)
Homework
Two hour preparation and two hour review are expected.
Grading
System
Reports 50% and presentation 50%
Textbooks /
Reading List
Websites
Website of
Laboratory
Additional
Information
Introduction
Problems for human future and population stabilization
Energy and mineral resources
Food crises and water shortage
Climate change
Global warming mitigation and adaptation
The true biggest problem for human future
Presentation by students
No textbooks. Handouts will be given.

Limits to Growth Meadows, D., Randers, J. and Meadows, D.
Snowball Earth Walker, G.
The Selfish Gene Dawkins, R.
http://rock.eng.hokudai.ac.jp/fujii/index.html
http://rock.eng.hokudai.ac.jp/index.html
Syllabus Number 26
Course
Name
Agriculture in Hokkaido
Semester, Year
Course level
2000
Instructor(s)
(Institution)
Takanori NISHIMURA ()
Course
Objectives
Number of Credits
2 credits
Course Number
027026
This lecture describes past, presen and future of Hokkaido's agriculture. Each topic has been contributed by the
professors outstanding in their respective fields in Hokkaido University.
Course Goals
Course
Schedule
On the point of natural science and social science, students can understand the general and special characteristics
of Hokkaido Agriculture.
1. 2.3., 4. 5. 6.7.
1-2 1
In each lecture we will explain a topic relating to Ecological System, Cultivation of Field Crops, Cultivation of Horticulture
Crops, Cultivation of Forage Crops, Livestock Production and its Usage, Agricultural Machinery Technology and Agricultural
Economy. A textbook written in English will be given to the students. All lectures are provided in English.
30
30
Homework
Grading
System
A textbook will be provided at the first lecture time. The students are expected to read a part of chapters relating
to each lecture previously (about 30 min.), to make questions which they cannot understand during each lecture,
and to read again after each lecture (about 30 min.)
In each lecture, students must be tested about the level of understanding, or must present a report in relation to
the lecture. Final evaluation will be done with total marks including number of attendance and a level of each
test or report.
Textbooks /
Reading List
Websites
Website of
Laboratory
Additional
Information
HUSTEP
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2
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Syllabus Number 27
Course
Name
Food Resources and Environment
Semester, Year
Course level
2000
Instructor(s)
(Institution)
Tomomichi KATO (
Course
Objectives
Course Goals
Number of Credits
2 credits
Course Number
027027
Global population grows rapidly in an unprecedented ratio, and it would lead to multiple serious food-related
issues: food shortage, environmental degradation and wars, etc. How can we feed all the human-being with still
meeting the balance between the economics and environment in future? Despite its difficulty, we anyway have to
give some kinds of the solutions and run the world.
The state-of-art technics and scientific ideas may give an answer. This lecture would give you some tips of
them from many different areas: microbiology, biotechnology, ecology, economics, pedology, environmental science,
relating to food resources. This lecture would also require you to work as a group of multi-background students to
search the recent scientific technics and knowledge for solving the issues, and form an essay and give a
presentation in English.
1.
To understand the state-of-art technics and scientific ideas to solve the problems related to both food
resources and environment on multiple spatial scales: from microbial scale to global scale.
2.
To identify the problems occurring in real society in terms of food resources under the changing world
and to try to give the possible solutions for them
3.
To learn how to work in groups to write a structured report and to do an effective presentation in
English.
Following the lectures relating to the themes for group work in first three weeks, the students work as a group on a specific
topic with the supervision by one of lecturers in English. Student has to submit an essay and give a presentation on what you
studied as a group. Each of group member has to contribute the group work positively. The time schedule of lecture is below.
Week 1: Guidance
Week 2-4: Lecture on the state-of-art technics and scientific ideas relating to food resources and environment by lecturers 1 to 4
Week 5: Choosing the theme for group work
Week 6-12: Group work for searching the recent scientific knowledge and information and summarize them
Week 13: Submission of group essay
Week 14: Preparing the group presentation
Week 15-16: Group presentation
The specialty and possible themes for group work of four lecturers are below:
Course
Schedule
Lecturer 1: Assist. Prof. Dr. Tomomichi KATO

Specialty: Ecology, Climate change, Carbon cycle
Possible themes: Global climate change and food productivity, Low carbon society in agriculture, Carbon cycling in
Agriculture and Forestry
Lecturer 2: Assist. Prof. Dr. Taichi TAKASUKA
Specialty: Genome biochemistry
Possible theme: Biotechnology for sustainable bioenergy production
Lecturer 3: Assist. Prof. Dr. Takayoshi UCHIDA
Specialty: Pedology, Soil Nutrient Science, Biogeochemistry
Possible theme: Nutrient cycles and their importance in agriculture in various scales
Lecturer 4: Assist. Prof. Dr. Kuniyuki KOBAYASHI
Specialty: Agricultural economics
Possible theme: Social aspects of food"
Homework
Students will be required to complete an essay and prepare a presentation as a group outside of lecture time if
necessary as well as inside of that.
Grading
System
Students will be evaluated based on a relative grading system

Attendance 10%
Activity in Group Work 30%
Group essay 30%
Group presentation 30%
Textbooks /
Reading List
Websites
Website of
Laboratory
Additional
Information
http://www.agr.hokudai.ac.jp/katolab/
http://www.agr.hokudai.ac.jp/takasuka/index_en.html
http://www.uchidalab.com
http://www.agr.hokudai.ac.jp/en/rfoa/ric/ric1-7.html
Syllabus Number 28
Course
Name
Advanced Seminar in Applied Veterinary Medicine: Wildlife Medicine
Semester, Year
Course level
3000
Instructor(s)
(Institution)
Toshio TSUBOTA ()
Yojiro YANAGAWA
Anna Louise MEREDITH ()
Joshua F. DEIN ()
Neil ANDERSON ()
Course
Objectives
Number of Credits
2 credits
Course Number
027028
In Hokkaido, plenty of wildlife is exsisting and knowledge of their ecology and behavior is being accumulated.
This course aims to study ecology and behavior of wildlife in Hokkaido. You can join the study tour to eastern
Hokkaido to experience some fieldworks in Hokkaido wilderness and some practices in zoo, institute and
university. Experts on wildlife biology and medicine will have some lectures in the study tour.
By the end of this course you will be able to

Course Goals
1. explain basic ecology and behavior of Hokkaido wildlife.

2. carry out fieldwork for wildlife study.
3. present science knowledge clearly.
Course
Schedule
On the first day of this class, 3 professors will have lectures on wildlife medicine and conservation medicine in view point of
global standard. From the next day, you will join the study tour to eastern Hokkaido for 10 days as following schedule:
1. Asahiyama zoo
2. Shiretoko national park
3. Shibetsu town (the base of Shiretoko Peninsula)
4. Kushiro Wildlife Conservation Center
5. Obihiro University of Agriculture and Veterinary Medicine
6. Erimo point
7. Japan Racing Association
8. Sapporo Maruyama Zoo
Homework
Students need the preparations for getting a basic knowledge on wildlife biology and medicine. You will be asked
to write a report with some pages (A4) after all of courses.
Grading
System
Your grade will be determined by how well you demonstrate your achievement of the course goals through.
1. Your stance and effort to get knowledgs and technique for wildlife biology and medicine will be judged
throughout the study tour. 40%
2. Reports to be submitted after the class. 60%
Textbooks /
Reading List
Websites
Website of
Laboratory
wildlife.vetmed.hokudai.ac.jp
Additional
Information
Wears and shoes are required for outdoor fieldwork. Additional fee for accommodation duing the study tour should
be paid by yourself.
Syllabus Number 29
Course
Name
Basic Lecture on Antarctic Science
Semester, Year
Course level
5000
Instructor(s)
(Institution)
Shigeru AOKI ()
Shin SUGIYAMA ()
Manabu FUKUI ()
Yoshinori IIZUKA ()
Fumio HASEBE ()
Masanobu YAMAMOTO ()
Number of Credits
2 credits
Course Number
027029
Course
Objectives
Cryosphere is recognized as an important element of global system through its sensitivity to climate change,
represented by the phenomena such as melting of ice sheets, frozen ground, retreat of glaciers, decrease in Arctic
sea ice coverage, and its interaction and feedback to the global environment. Based on outcomes of polar research,
this lecture provides perspective of changing states of the Antarctic and Arctic and aims at holistic comprehension
of global environment.
Course Goals
To understand basic mechanisms intrinsic to polar climate system and know the present state of their changes. To
consider global environment from the polar regions. To learn experience and feel frontier spirits of the experts of
polar expeditions and researches.
Course
Schedule
1. Polar atmosphere -general circulation and ozone hole2. Polar ocean and sea ice -deep circulation and a sensor of the global environment3. Ice sheet and glacier -ice sheet dynamics and relationship with sea level change4. Polar biology -life and ecosystem of the extreme environment5. Antarctica and humans -history of Antarctic expedition and Antarctic treatyTo be held as three-day intensive course.
Homework
Preparation and review are necessary based on lecture notes which will be provided in the class.
Preparation with reference books etc. is also advisable.
Grading
System
To be determined by attendance to lectures, attitudes (to Q and A), assignment, and reports.
Textbooks /
Reading List
Websites
Handouts will be distributed. No textbook assigned.

100 2008
C&R 2006
C&R 2011
http://wwwearth.ees.hokudai.ac.jp/IAI/
Website of
Laboratory
Additional
Information
This lecture is provided in a close cooperation with International Antarctic Institute Curriculum
(http://wwwearth.ees.hokudai.ac.jp/IAI/).
Please refer to the above homepage for the detailed minutes (such as date, time, and place) of this lecture.
Syllabus Number 30
Course
Name
Introduction to Environmental Earth Science
Semester, Year
Course level
1000
Instructor(s)
(Institution)
Shiro TSUYUZAKI ()
Course
Objectives
Course Goals
Course
Schedule
Homework
Number of Credits
2 credits
Course Number
027030
The course will address five issues in environmental earth sciences:

1) global warming and ocean ecosystems, 2) environmental changes and animal diversities, 3) plants and plant
ecosystems in Japan, 4) environmental pollution and remediation, and 5) nanotechnology for environmental
sciences
The major objective of this course is to engage students in interdisciplinary discourse by addressing each of these
issues.
Grasping issues in environmental earth science with various spatial scales, and examining the interdisciplinary
discourse by addressing each of the challenges.
(1) Introduction (Tsuyuzaki)

(2) Nanotechnology for environmental science (Kawaguchi)
(3) Biosensor for medical diagnosis and food analysis (Kawaguchi)
(4) Gas sensor for environmental monitoring (Kawaguchi)
(5) Past and present on environmental pollution in Japan (Tanaka)
(6) Case studies of pollution in China, Indonesia and Mongolia (Tanaka)
(7) Remediation technologies for water and soil (Tanaka)
(8) Strolling across the campus to see the ecosystems (flexible depending on the weather) (Tsuyuzaki)
(9) Biodiversity of the Japanese mammals (Suzuki)
(10) Biodiversity and biogeography of mammals in Hokkaido (Suzuki)
(11) Biodiversity in local ecosystems (Suzuki)
(12) Temporal and spatial patterns on ecosystems in Japan with reference to global warming (Tsuyuzaki)
(13) Earth system and global warming (Kameyama)
(14) The roles of the oceans and carbon cycles (Kameyama)
(15) Marine feedback systems on global warming (Kameyama)
Preparation hours (depending on the background of each student): Basically special preparation is not required,
but understanding basic sciences is helpful.
Essay question(s) may be provided. (Two questions in the last year)
[FYI] The averaged total homework was 2 hours in the last year. (the result of questionnaire)
Grading
System
Textbooks /
Reading List
Websites
Website of
Laboratory
Additional
Information
Class participation (60%) + essay questions (20%) + short exam (20%)
The handout will be provided and references are introduced in each lecture.
AN Inconvenient Truth: The Crisis of Global Warming Al Gore Viking Books for Young Readers 2008
The reference is a reference. Read any books you are interested in.
http://hosho.ees.hokudai.ac.jp/~tsuyu/top/lecture/hustep.html
hosho.ees.hokudai.ac.jp/~tsuyu/index.html
Syllabus Number 31
Course
Name
Gene Designing
Semester, Year
Course level
2000
Instructor(s)
(Institution)
Kenichi YAMAZAKI ()
Number of Credits
1 credit
Course Number
027031
Course
Objectives
Organism is composed of many integrated bio-devices. Bio-devices are composed of several integrated gene
functions. Gene can be constructed by fusing several genetic parts. "Gene Designing" is a lecture for understanding
basis of "Synthetic biology" through understanding of role of each important genetic part and role and position of
each genetic element required for constructing functional gene.
Course Goals
Understanding of role of each important genetic part through learning of role and position of each genetic element
required for constructing functional gene. Theoretical understanding of basic technologies of genetic
recombination
Learning of a way for manipulation of tool for gene designing
Course
Schedule
1. Opening (June 20th): What is synthetic biology? (English/Japanese), Chap 1: Gene designing (English)
2. Chap 2: Positions, roles, and structures of genetic elements (English), Browsing of genetic parts and bio -devices (English)
3. Chap 3: Construction of a gene through ligating genetic parts (English)
4. Chap 6: Construction of Biosensor using genetically modified plant (English)
5. Chap 4 & 5 Bio-device and bio-device driver (English)
6. Chap 8: Meaning of gene designing (English)
7. Training of oral presentation of research works done by previous iGEM teams (English)
8. Training of oral presentation of research works done by previous iGEM teams (English)
Homework
Reading of a textbook "Gene Designing Primer I, easy designing"

Reading of "Molecular Biology of The Cell(5th Edition)"
Two hours reading of textbook is requited each week at least.
Grading
System
All students should write comments after each lecture. All students should prepare oral presentation of research
works done by previous iGEM teams in English or Japanese. Extent of understanding of "Gene designing" will be
evaluated depending on a quality of each presentation. Ratio of A+:A:B:C will be 15:30:40:15.
Textbooks /
Reading List
Gene Designing -A Primer(written in Japanese) Ken-ichi Yamazaki Hokkaido University Press 2012
Molecular Biology of The Cel(5th edition) Bruce Alberts, Julian Lewis, Martin Raff, Peter Walter, Keith Roberts,
Alexander Johnson Newton Press 2010
Websites
Website of
Laboratory
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/genbank/
http://2014.igem.org/Main_Page
http://partsregistry.org/Catalog#Browse_user-supplied_catalog_pages
http://noah.ees.hokudai.ac.jp/emb/ymzklab/yamazaki.html
Input keywords, "Ken-ichi Yamazaki, Hokkaido University", for finding HP in Google Browsing.
"Gene designing" is for 2-4 year undergraduate students in the field of natural science.
Opening:18:30 on June 20th
Time: 18:30-20:00 pm on Monday and Thursday evening from June 20th to July 14th
Additional
Information
Place: Room 102 in Building D of Graduate School of Environmental Science
*This lecture is a part of "Summer Institute".

*This lecture should have been taken before taking "International Exchange Program", "Bio-Robot Construction"
which will start from October.
Syllabus Number 32
Course
Name
Modern Trends in Physical and Material Chemistry (First quarter)
Semester, Year
Course level
5000
Instructor(s)
(Institution)
Sadamu TAKEDA ()
Number of Credits
1 credit
Course Number
027032
Course
Objectives
Lectures on scientific research in physical chemistry and materials chemistry will be given in English. In this
course, the basic concepts and an overview necessary for understanding the advanced research are introduced,
followed by explanations of cutting-edge researches in various fields of chemistry.
Course Goals
Through a series of lectures in various fields of chemistry in English, students will learn a broad perspective and
an international sense in chemical researches.
Course
Schedule
Lectures will be provided by young assistant and associate professors in the Graduate School of Chemical Sciences and
Engineering. A schedule of lecturers and titles will be informed in the first lecture of the course.
Homework
Assignment is required for every lecture.
Grading
System
class participation and report
Textbooks /
Reading List
Websites
Website of
Laboratory
Additional
Information
Syllabus Number 33
Course
Name
Modern Trends in Organic Chemistry and Biological Chemistry(Second quarter)
Semester, Year
Course level
5000
Instructor(s)
(Institution)
Sadamu TAKEDA ()
Number of Credits
1 credit
Course Number
027033
Course
Objectives
Lectures on scientific research in Organic Chemistry and Biological Chemistry will be given in English. In this
course, the basic concepts and an overview necessary for understanding the advanced research are introduced,
followed by explanations of cutting-edge researches in various fields of chemistry.
Course Goals
Through a series of lectures in various fields of chemistry in English, students will learn a broad perspective and
an international sense in chemical researches.
Course
Schedule
Lectures will be provided by young assistant and associate professors in the Graduate School of Chemical Sciences and
Engineering. A schedule of lecturers and titles will be informed in the first lecture of the course.
Homework
Assignment is required for every lecture.
Grading
System
class participation and report
Textbooks /
Reading List
Websites
Website of
Laboratory
Additional
Information
Syllabus Number 34
Course
Name
Introduction to mathematical proofs and problem solving
Semester, Year
Course level
3000
Instructor(s)
(Institution)
Elliott Abraham GINDER ()
Number of Credits
2 credits
Course Number
027034
Course
Objectives
The course objective is to present and discuss elementary mathematical objects and ideas, using the English
language. Topics will be considered from the point of view of reading, writing, and conversation based discussions.
Course Goals
The goal of this course is to establish a fundamental ability in communicating scientific (esp. mathematical) ideas,
using the English language.
Course
Schedule
1. Mathematical objects 1 (course overview)

2. Basic grammar and vocabulary for proofs 1
3. Mathematical objects 2 (sets, functions, and proofs 1)
8. Communicating mathematical ideas 1 (logic 1)
9. Communicating mathematical ideas 2 (logic 2)
10. Mathematical objects 5 (introduction to recreational mathematics)
11. Communicating mathematical ideas 3 (mathematical thinking and exercises in recreational mathematics 1)
12. Communicating mathematical ideas 4 (mathematical thinking and exercises in recreational mathematics 2)
13. Communicating mathematical ideas 5 (mathematical thinking and exercises in recreational mathem atics 3)
14. Communicating mathematical ideas 6 (exercises in recreational mathematics)
15. Communicating mathematical ideas 7 (exercises in recreational mathematics)
Homework
Homework will be due on a weekly basis.
Grading
System
Homework, reports/exams, and participation.
Textbooks /
Reading List
Websites
Website of
Laboratory
Additional
Information
Syllabus Number 35
Course
Name
Field, Environment and Production Field practice with foreign students in HU
Semester, Year
Course level
2000
Instructor(s)
(Institution)
Hajime ARAKI ()
Number of Credits
1 credit
Course Number
027035
Course
Objectives
Learning Satellite (LS), one of the international innovating program of Hokkaido University, will be prepared in
July 2016 and bachelor students, Kasetsart University, Thailand, will come to Hokkaido University to study the
agriculture in cool region. LS programs are mainly carried out in Experiment Farm of Field Science Center for
Northern Biosphere, inside the Sapporo campus of Hokkaido University and Lecture and practice will be
performed in English. Japanese and foreign students who study in Hokkaido University will have some lectures
and practice held in LS program with Kasetsart students. Students will experience the agriculture system in cool
region like Hokkaido and international communication each other.
Course Goals
This program is focus on the experience the agriculture system in cool region and international communication.
For this purpose, students will have lecture and practice (including excursion) of 1 unit equivalency and submit
the report.
Course
Schedule
This program will be opened for 2 weeks, from July 14 to July 28, and lecture, seminar and practice including excursion on the
system of cropping and livestock keeping will be performed every day. (LS will be carried out from July 3 to July 28). Detail of
lecture, seminar and practice will be explained in the guidance held in early April. Students will have subject (lecture, seminar
and practice) of 1 unit equivalency, including more than 2 classes of lecture and seminar, and more than more than 2 classes of
practice (including the excursion).
Guidance, meeting and excursion will be planned as followings and detail of the program will be explained at the guidance.
April 12 (plan), 16:30 Guidance at Office of International Affairs
July 14, 16:30; Meeting at lecture Room, Experiment Farm
July 22, Visiting Yoich twon, near Otaru city
July 24-26, Visiting Shizunai Livestock Research station and Samani town
July 28, Presentation
Homework
Textbook on Hokkaido agriculture will be provided at the meeting in July and students will study this textbook
before the lecture and practice.
Grading
System
This program provides 1 credit. For getting 1 credit, students will have subject (lecture, seminar and practice) of 1
unit equivalency including more than 2 classes of lecture and seminar, and more than more than 2 classes of
practice including the excursion. Half day-practice (excursion) accounts for 1 class. Students have to submit a
report written in English during the program.
Textbooks /
Reading List
Websites
Website of
Laboratory
http://www.fsc.hokudai.ac.jp/farm/
Additional
Information
Working wear is desirable because practices will be performed in open field, greenhouse and live stock barn. In
excursion, students do not have to pay transportation fee, however food and staying cost (500-1000 yen/night) will
be paid by yourself. The number of seat in van (or bus) is limited and such information will be sent to students by
e-mail.
Syllabus Number 36
Course
Name
Field Seminar in Pop Cultural Event Planning and Management
Semester, Year
Course level
1000
Instructor(s)
(Institution)
Takayoshi YAMAMURA ()
Philip SEATON ()
Course
Objectives
Course Goals
Number of Credits
2 credits
Course Number
027036
This course has the following 4 purposes:

1) To introduce the latest trends in contents tourism (pop-cultural tourism) development in local communities in
Japan.
2) To attend TMAF2015 (Toyako Manga Anime Festa 2015), the biggest pop-culture and cosplay event in
Hokkaido, and conduct a field survey on Japanese pop culture.
3) To manage a part of the TMAF event program with a professional performing artist and experience the planning
and management of a pop-cultural event.
4) To discuss the possibilities and challenges of pop-cultural events in Japan based on the above-mentioned field
work.
The goals of this course are:
1) To understand the latest trends in contents tourism and the relationship between pop culture and
community-based tourism development.
2) To understand the process of event planning and management.
3) To gain a better understanding of Japanese pop culture and fandom, especially based on Anime and Manga.
4) To improve Japanese communication skills through grassroots exchanges with local residents and event
participants.
[Intensive Course]
May Introduction to Japanese Pop Culture and Tourism Development (at Sapporo Campus)
Course
Schedule
Evening of 26 June: Travel from Sapporo Campus to Toyako. Stay at Toyako Town.
27 June: Attend TMAF2015 and manage a part of the event (including a team presentation project at the event). Stay at Toyako
Town.
28 June: Attend TMAF2015 and conduct a field survey. Late in the afternoon, leave Toyako and return to Sapporo Campus.
July Discussion and report writing.
Homework
Students will be expected to read materials before attending the Toyako event.
In addition, they will prepare a team presentation project for TMAF and final oral presentations.
Grading
System
Class and event participation (30%)

Team Project (40%)
Final research paper and oral presentation (30%)
Textbooks /
Reading List
Websites
Website of
Laboratory
Additional
Information
Mediating the Tourist Experience: From Brochures to Virtual Encounters Jo-Anne Lester and Caroline Scarles
(eds) Ashgate Publishing, Limited 2013
Japanese Popular Culture and Contents Tourism, Japan Forum Philip Seaton & Takayoshi Yamamura
DOI:10.1080/09555803.2014.962568 2014
Taiga dramas and tourism: historical contents as sustainable tourist resources. Japan Forum Philip Seaton
DOI:10.1080/09555803.2014.962568 2014
Contents Tourism and Local Community Response: Lucky Star and Collaborative Anime-induced Tourism in
Washimiya, Japan Forum Takayoshi Yamamura DOI:10.1080/09555803.2014.962567 2014
The Theory and Practice of Contents Tourism Nishikawa, Katsuyuki, P. Seaton and T. Yamamura Research
Faculty of Media and Communication, Hokkaido University 2015
TMAF official web site: http://www.toyako-prj.net/tmaf/
IJCT: International Journal of Contents Tourism: http://www.cats.hokudai.ac.jp/ijct/
The Theory and Practice of Contents Tourism: http://hdl.handle.net/2115/58300
Takayoshi YAMAMURA: http://yamamuratakayoshi.com/en/
Philip SEATON: http://www.philipseaton.net/
*The maximum number in this class is 21 students. In case of oversubscription, those who can take the class will
be decided by lottery.
*Participants will be responsible for paying the cost of two nights of accommodation and for meal charges during
the Toyako stay.
Syllabus Number 37
Course
Name
Introduction to Japanese Society
Semester, Year
Course level
2000
Instructor(s)
(Institution)
Cook Emma Elizabeth ()
Number of Credits
2 credits
Course Number
027037
Course
Objectives
This course has three core aims. First this course is an introduction to Japanese society with a particular focus on
understanding social institutions and social issues within contemporary society. Second, you will be introduced to
some of the core topics of interest to anthropologists in their study of social life. Third, you will learn how to
analyse the everyday through engagement with texts on Japanese society.
Course Goals
Students will
1. Gain a clear introductory understanding of institutions and social issues within contemporary Japanese society
2. Learn how to analyse the everyday through engagement with texts on Japanese society
Course
Schedule
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
7.
8.
9.
10.
11.
12.
13.
14.
15.
Introduction
Social Structure: Class and Stratification
Kinship and Family
Education and Socialization
Labour and Employment Systems
Religion and Ritual
Disability and Illness
Gender and Identity
Minorities, Ethnicity and Status
Migration
Deviance and Crime
Social Movements and Protest
Environmental Issues
Exam Preparation
Final Exam
Homework
Weekly readings are assigned and students must submit a discussion question based on those readings each week.
Grading
System
Discussion Question: 20%

Reflection Comments: 10%
Final Exam: 70%
Textbooks /
Reading List
Websites
Website of
Laboratory
http://emma-e-cook.net/undergraduate-teaching/introduction-to-japanese-society/
Additional
Information
A strong command of English is needed to take this course
Syllabus Number 38
Course
Name
Introduction to Social Theory
Semester, Year
Course level
2000
Instructor(s)
(Institution)
Cook Emma Elizabeth ()
Number of Credits
2 credits
Course Number
027038
Course
Objectives
Social anthropology and sociology are disciplines that have developed from a long period of thinking about the
social in its myriad forms. This course aims to give an introductory overview to theories of the social ranging from
19th century thinkers to those of the 21st century, and to explore their relevance in the 21st century.
Course Goals
1. Students will gain an overview of some of the main thinkers that have influenced how we theorize the social in
both social anthropology and sociology.
2. Students will develop the ability to analyse social theories based on their historical context and apply these
theories to life in the twenty-first century.
Course
Schedule
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
7.
8.
9.
10.
11.
12.
13.
14.
15.
Introduction: What is Social Theory?

Karl Marx
Emile Durkheim
Max Weber
Structuralism / Structural-Functionalism
Critical Theory and the Frankfurt School
Exchange, Networks and Rational Choice Theory
Essay Preparation
Symbolic Interactionism
Phenomenology
Feminist Theories
Michel Foucault
Pierre Bourdieu
Globalisation
Reflections: Whats the Point of Social Theory?
Homework
Weekly readings are assigned and students must submit a discussion question based on the reading each week.
Grading
System
Discussion Questions: 35%

Reflection Comments: 15%
Essay: 50%
Textbooks /
Reading List
Websites
Website of
Laboratory
http://emma-e-cook.net/undergraduate-teaching/introduction-to-social-theory/
Additional
Information
A strong command of English is needed to take this course
Syllabus Number 39
Course
Name
Introduction to Japanese Studies II (Culture)
Semester, Year
Course level
3000
Instructor(s)
(Institution)
Susanne Klien ()
Course
Objectives
Course Goals
Course
Schedule
Number of Credits
2 credits
Course Number
027040
This course examines current issues in modern Japanese culture with a focus on sociocultural anthropology.
Students will be expected to read seminal works on Japanese culture in advance and engage in discussions with
peers, the class will be highly interactive.
0 Introduction [explanation of the course, definition of culture, position of Japanese studies, distribute reading of Stevens
Anthropology of Modern Japan]
1 Body, dress and culture [reading Goldstein-Gidoni, Chapter 10 Companion]
2 Organizational culture [reading Sedgwick, Globalisation and Japanese Organisational Culture: An ethnography of a
Japanese corporation in France]
3 Consumption and gender [Reading: Christensen Real Men dont hold their Liquor
4 Nature and Japanese culture [Reading: Martinez, Chapter 12 Companion]
5 Multiple-choice quiz plus mini-fieldwork on campus on given theme
6 Humour, gender, power and culture [Reading: Yoshida Joking, gender, power, and professional among Japanese inn workers]
7 Well-being, rituals and culture [Reading Klien Bullfighting, Self-Enhancement and Well-being in rural Japan]
8 Religious culture and everyday life [Reading Kawano, Ritual Practice in Modern Japan, Chapter 3]
9 Leisure and culture [Reading Linhart in Sugimoto]
10 The Japanese House [Reading Inge Daniels]
11 Food and sociality [Reading Traphagan, Brown Fast food]
12 Death and culture [Reading Kawano, Chapter 7, Finding Common Ground: Family, Gender, and Burial in Contemporary
Japan in Traphagan and Knight]
13 Traditional folk culture in rural Japan [Reading Thompson, Chapter 6 in Thompson and Traphagan]
14 End of term exam and final session
Students will be expected to critically read materials in advance of every session.
Homework
Grading
System
Textbooks /
Reading List
Websites
Website of
Laboratory
Additional
Information
Main references:
Jennifer Robertson (ed.) A companion to the anthropology of Japan
Sugimoto Yoshio (ed.) Modern Japanese Culture
John W. Traphagan and John Knight (eds.), Demographic Change and the Family in Japans Aging Society
Christopher Thompson and John W. Traphagan (eds.), Wearing cultural styles in Japan: Concepts of Tradition and
modernity in practice, State University of New York Press 2006
Available at Hokudai North Library, MJSP corner
Multiple choice quiz 40%
Final exam 40%
Class participation 20%
Syllabus Number 40
Course
Name
Culture I (Theory)
Semester, Year
Course level
3000
Instructor(s)
(Institution)
Susanne Klien ()
Course
Objectives
Course Goals
Course
Schedule
Homework
Grading
System
Textbooks /
Reading List
Websites
Website of
Laboratory
Additional
Information
Number of Credits
2 credits
Course Number
027041
To become familiar with the representative theoretical discourses in cultural studies and apply them to Japan.
To read, discuss and critically assess some of the seminal works in cultural theory. To develop analytical skills and
improve reading skills with regards to academic literature in general.
Week 1: Course Introduction

Week 2: Concepts of culture
Week 3: Structures of culture
Week 4: Identity and difference
Week 5: Subjects, bodies, selves
Week 6: Globalization and culture
Week 7: Tradition and culture
Week 8: Mid-term exam
Week 9: Risk
Week 10: Representation, discourse and resistance
Week 11: Consumption and agency
Week 12: Space
Week 13: Rituals
Week 14: Practice
Week 15: Final exam
Students will be expected to critically read materials in advance of each session.

A list of reading materials will be provided in the first session but students are expected to do regular readings
(books available at MJSP corner in Northern library).
Class discussions (50%), mid-term exam (25%), final essay (25%).
Syllabus Number 41
Course
Name
Energy and Environmental Issues in Japan
Semester, Year
Course level
2000
Instructor(s)
(Institution)
WINKLER CHRISTIAN ()
Number of Credits
2 credits
Course Number
027042
Course
Objectives
This course is a seminar, which will introduce students to various aspects of energy and environmental issues in
Japan. In the first part of this course, we will learn about the history of environmental issues in Japan, by
studying the Ashio Cooper Mine incident and the four great pollution cases of the 1960s and 1970s. In the second
part, we will examine postwar energy politics before and after the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear disaster and discuss
whether and if so how energy policy has changed.
Course Goals
Upon completing this course, students will understand the history of Japanese energy policy and environmental
problems. Through student debates and discussions about these issues, they will learn to critically reflect upon
problems of modern society and express their views during (group) presentations.
Course
Schedule
Week 1
Introduction and overview
Week 2
Environment, modernity and changing values
Week 3
Pollution in the pre-war period: Ashio and the struggle of Tanaka Shozo
Week 4
Postwar Pollution: The political and social background
Week 5
Postwar pollution
Week 6
Documentary Minamata: The Victims and Their World
Week 7
The political reaction to postwar pollution
Week 8
Debate 1: Material wealth or post-materialism?
Week 9
The birth of Japan's utility companies
Week 10
In nukes we do (not) trust? Nuclear (non)proliferation
Week 11
The politics of energy before 3.11
Week 12
3.11 and the meltdown at Fukushima Daiichi
Week 13
The political fall-out from 3.11
Week 14
Debate No.2: The future of energy in Japan
Week 15
Wrap-up and final discussion
Please note that the above schedule is subject to change.
Homework
Grading
System
Textbooks /
Reading List
Websites
Website of
Laboratory
Additional
Information
Students are expected to read the assigned texts in preparation for each session. The reading materials will be
provided via the course website.
Participation: 30%
Final report: 70%
The reading materials will be provided via the course website.
Syllabus Number 42
Course
Name
Constitution and Constitutionalism in Japan
Semester, Year
Course level
2000
Instructor(s)
(Institution)
Course
Objectives
Course Goals
Number of Credits
2 credits
Course Number
027043
This course will introduce students to Japans past and present constitutional framework, which has been one of
the key ideological battlegrounds of postwar Japanese politics. We will explore the question of why we are having
constitutions today and discuss the relevance of the Japanese constitution in the context of recent social issues.
By the end of this course, students will have developed a basic understanding of constitutionalism as well as the
content of the postwar Constitution. Through readings, discussions and presentations, they will have learned what
the key battlegrounds in the quest for a constitutional amendment are. Students will also learn to debate among
themselves and critically reflect upon the issues discussed in class.
1. Introduction and overview
2. The origins of constitutionalism and the social contract
3. The Meiji Constitution and constitutionalism in pre-war Japan
4. The contested birth of the Constitution of Japan in 1946
5. Documentary Showing
6. Fundamental human rights 1
7. Fundamental human rights 2
Course
Schedule
8. The symbolic Emperor system

9. The flexible Peace Clause: Article 9, pacifism and national defense
10. Democratic institutions: Legislature and executive
11. Jurisdiction: The hesitant veto player?
12. Local self government
13. Student presentations
14. Student presentations
15. Student presentations and wrap-up
The above schedule is subject to change
Homework
This course is a seminar and hence depends on students reading their assignments in preparation for each class.
Grading
System
30%: Participation, presentation

70%: Final Report
Textbooks /
Reading List
Websites
Website of
Laboratory
Additional
Information
Reading assignments will be announced during the first session.
Syllabus Number 43
Course
Name
Intellectual History of Japan
Semester, Year
Course level
2000
Instructor(s)
(Institution)
Number of Credits
2 credits
Course Number
027044
Course
Objectives
This course will provide students with an overview over postwar Japans intellectual history. In this class we will
examine major developments in postwar political thought through the critical discussion of representative texts.
We will discuss a wide variety of schools of thought such as conservatism, neoliberalism, socialism, nationalism
and feminism and discuss how they have shaped postwar Japanese society and politics.
Course Goals
The goals of this course are as follows: 1) Students will learn about intellectual history in the context of postwar
Japan and understand how various schools of thought have shaped Japan during the past seven decades. 2)
Students will also learn to debate among themselves and critically reflect upon the issues discussed in class.
Course
Schedule
Week 1: Overview and introduction

Week 2: History of political thought
Week 3: Conservatism
Week 4: Liberalism
Week 5: Socialism
Week 6: Social-democracy
Week 7: Neoliberalism
Week 8: Far-right wing
Week 9: Materialism
Week 10: Post-materialism
Week 11: Feminism
Week 12: Student presentations
Week 15: Final discussion, wrap-up
Please note that the above schedule is subject to change.
Homework
Students are expected to read assignments in preparation of their presentations and discussions.
Grading
System
30%: Participation and presentation

70%: Term paper
Textbooks /
Reading List
Reading assignments will be introduced during the first session of the course.
Websites
Website of
Laboratory
Additional
Information
Reading assignments will be introduced during the first session of the course.
Syllabus Number 44
Course
Name
Introduction to Japanese Politics
Semester, Year
Course level
2000
Instructor(s)
(Institution)
Hironori SASADA ()
Number of Credits
2 credits
Course Number
027045
Course
Objectives
This is an introductory course on contemporary Japanese politics. The course will cover the politics and
government of post-WWII Japan focusing on Japanese power structure, party politics, political culture, social
policies, and recent changes. Throughout the course, we will discuss the following themes: Who governs Japan?
How are decisions made in Japanese policymaking process? How has Japans politics changed over time?
Course Goals
By the end of the course, student are expected to develop the following skills: (1) to explain some key terms of
Japanese politics, (2) to discuss some major issues of contemporary Japanese politics from at least 2 different
points of view, (3) to discuss some recent important changes in Japanese politics and explain the contexts of the
changes.
Course
Schedule
Week 1: Introduction / Basic structure of Japanese politics

Week 2: The 1955 system and the Liberal Democratic Party
Week 3: The opposition parties
Week 4: Bureaucracy / Elitism
Week 5: Patterned pluralism
Week 6: Leadership under the 1955 system
Week 7: Structural corruption and Tanaka Kakuei
Week 8: Midterm exam
Week 9: Changes in the 1955 system / Increased roles of politicians
Week 10: The Koizumi reform and a new leadership
Week 11: Electoral campaign in Japan
Week 12: Political culture in Japan
Week 13: Gender equality and welfare system in Japan
Week 14: Postwar Japanese foreign policy
Week 15: Final exam
Homework
Download and read the reading materials before coming to the lecture.
Grading
System
Midterm exam
Final exam
Class participation
Textbooks /
Reading List
Websites
Website of
Laboratory
Additional
Information
40%
20%
40%
All reading materials are available at the course website.

Download the files and read them before the lectures.
Syllabus Number 45
Course
Name
A Roadmap to the United Nations - With Special Reference to WHO
Semester, Year
Course level
2000
Instructor(s)
(Institution)
Hidehiko TAMASHIRO (
Number of Credits
2 credits
Course Number
027046
Course
Objectives
The course seeks to provide its students with fundamental and practical knowledge and perspectives on the
United Nations, particularly the World Health Organization, in order to help guide their potential and future
engagement in the bodys activities.
Course Goals
The students can comprehend works, functions and roles of the United Nation and WHO to become future leaders
and workers for the global organization.
Course
Schedule
Lecture 1: Orientation
Lecture 2: What is Health?
Lecture 3: Organization of UN and WHO
Lecture 4: Functions and works of of UN and WHO
Lecture 5: Discussion on the Organization of UN and WHO, and their Works
Lecture 6: Exercise one
Lecture 7: Exercise two
Lecture 8: Group Presentations One
Lecture 9: Group Presentations Two
Lecture 10: Pressing UN Concern #1: Post MDGs
Lecture 11: Pressing UN Concern #2: Post MDGs
Lecture 12: Group Presentations Three
Lecture 13: Global Demography and Road Map to UN
Lecture 14: Work of JICA and NGOs/NPOs
Lecture 15: Discussion on the Road map and Course Evaluation
Homework
Nothing special in advance but some exercise in advance on works of the UN specialized Agencies.
Grading
System
Class attendance (15%)

Recitation (20%)
Group presentations (40%)
Textbooks /
Reading List
Websites
Website of
Laboratory
Additional
Information
Sekai he Tobu Kokuren Syokuin wo Mezasu Anata he Hiko

Tamashiro Sairyusya 2009
Syakai ga Byouki wo Tsukuru Jizoku Kanou na MIrai no Tameni
Hiko Tamashiro Kadokawagakugei syuppan 2010
Tomoni Ikiru tameno AIDS Toujisya to Syakai ga
Kokufuku Siteikutameni Hiko Tamashiro Sairyusya 2012
Syllabus Number 46
Course
Name
Agriculture, Education and Health in Sustainable Development - Introduction
Semester, Year
Course level
2000
Instructor(s)
(Institution)
Hajime ARAKI
Masao MIZUNO
Noriaki HOSODA
Asuna ARAI
Romeo B. LEE ()
Sandrine MOTAMED ()
Knut Peter Paul SCHMIDTKE ()
B. SHANTHAWIMALA ()
Number of Credits
1 credits
Course Number
027047
Course
Objectives
To understand agriculture, education and health as well as their interactions towards sustainable development
Course Goals
To understand the basic concept and history of sustainable development

To learn more about the role and function of agriculture, education and health towards sustainable development
To understand their interactions
Course
Schedule
1. Orientation
2. History and concept of sustainable development
3. Agriculture and health
4. Education and health
5. Agriculture, education, health, and their interactions towards sustainable development
6. What is health?
7. Issues of ageing society
8. Field trip
Homework
Nothing special but we would advise to register the advanced course to be followed.
Grading
System
Attendance records and individual/group report
Textbooks /
Reading List
Websites
Website of
Laboratory
Additional
Information
2010
Syllabus Number 47
Course
Name
Agriculture, Education and Health in Sustainable Development - Advanced
Semester, Year
Course level
2000
Instructor(s)
(Institution)
Hajime ARAKI
Masao MIZUNO
Noriaki HOSODA
Asuna ARAI
Romeo B. LEE ()
Sandrine MOTAMED ()
Knut Peter Paul SCHMIDTKE ()
B. SHANTHAWIMALA ()
Course
Objectives
Course Goals
Course
Schedule
Number of Credits
credits
Course Number
027048
Tu understand Agriculture, Education, Health, and their Interactions in Sustainable Development
To Learn History and Concept of Sustainable Development

To Understand the Role of Agriculture, Education and Health towards Sustainable Development and Society
To Lear more about their Interactions
1. Orientation
2. History and Concept of Sustainable Development - Group Discussion
3. Agriculture, Education and Health
4. Education and Health and their Interactions
5. Agriculture, Education and Health and their Interactions towards Sustainable Development and Society
6. Health and View of own Death
7. Issues of Ageing Society in Sustainable Development
8. Field Trip
Homework
Nothing special, but it would be advisable to take its Introductory course.
Grading
System
Attendance, Report and Presentation
Textbooks /
Reading List
Websites
Website of
Laboratory
Additional
Information
2010
Syllabus Number 48
Course
Name
Japanese Management
Semester, Year
Course level
3000
Instructor(s)
(Institution)
Peter FIRKOLA ()
Number of Credits
2 credits
Course Number
027049
Course
Objectives
This course introduces the Japanese management system. First, Japanese management will be examined from a
historical perspective. The key dimensions of Japanese culture and their impact on traditional management
practices will then be discussed. Next, an examination of the current situation and how these traditional practices
are changing.
Course Goals
The goal of this course is to provide students with a basic understanding of Japanese management practices as
well as insights into doing business with Japanese companies.
Course
Schedule
Week 1
Week 2
Week 3
Week 4
Week 5
Week 6
Week 7
Week 8
Week 9
Week 10
Week 11
Week 12
Week 13
Week 14
Week 15
Introduction
Management and Economics Overview
Historical / Cultural Perspective
Pillars of Japanese Style Management
Traditional Management Practices I: Recruitment
Traditional Management Practices II: Training & Promotion
Media Presentations
Field Trip: Factory Tour
Current Management Issues in Japan
An Insiders Perspective: Guest Speaker
Case Study: Successful Japanese Company
Emerging Management Trends in Japan
Presentations
Presentations
Wrap Up
Homework
A reading assignment of 10-20 pages will be given each week (1-2 hours).
Grading
System
Evaluation will be based on class attendance and participation, a media presentation, a term paper, and a
presentation of the paper. Detailed information will be provided on the first day of class.
Textbooks /
Reading List
Websites
Website of
Laboratory
Additional
Information
A detailed reading list will be provided on the first day of class.
Syllabus Number 49
Course
Name
Career Planning
Semester, Year
Course level
3000
Instructor(s)
(Institution)
Peter FIRKOLA ()
Course
Objectives
Course Goals
Course
Schedule
Number of Credits
2 credits
Course Number
027050
This course provides an introduction to the field of career development.
This course will offer students the opportunity to think about and actively plan their own careers.
Week 1
Week 2
Week 3
Week 4
Week 5
Week 6
Week 7
Week 8
Week 9
Week 10
Week 11
Week 12
Week 13
Week 14
Week 15
Introduction
Background on Careers
Key Career Concepts
Interests
Work Values
Personality Type
Aptitudes
Skills
Strengths and EQ
Visit Career Counseling Office
Creating a Career Plan
Career Trends
Presentations
Presentations
Wrap Up
Homework
Homework assignments will be given each week (1-2 hours).
Grading
System
Evaluation will be based on class attendance and participation, a career plan report, a group paper, and a
presentation of the paper. Detailed information will be provided on the first day of class.
Textbooks /
Reading List
Websites
Website of
Laboratory
Additional
Information
A suggested reading list will be provided to read about various topics in greater detail
Syllabus Number 50
Course
Name
The Age of Total War: World History: 1904-1945
Semester, Year
Course level
2000
Instructor(s)
(Institution)
GODART, GERARD RAINIER CLINTON ()
Course
Objectives
Course Goals
Course
Schedule
Number of Credits
2 credits
Course Number
027051
In this course we will investigate the global history of the first half of the twentieth century.
Gain a birds-eye view of the global history of the twentieth century

Understand the connections between the major conflicts of the twentieth century, and how they shaped our world
today, in Europe, Asia, and elsewhere.
Gain familarity with the most important questions historians face when trying to understand this period.
Week 1: Introduction to the course & lecture: The World in 1900
Week 2: The Russo-Japanese War (1904-1905)
Week 3: The First World War (1)
Week 4: The First World War (2)
Week 5: The idea of total war
Week 6: The age of ideologies: liberalism, socialism, and fascism
Week 7: Independence movements in Asia and Africa & Pan-Asianism
Week 8: Manchuria, 1931
Week 9: The China War & the Spanish Civil War
Week 10: World War 2 in Europe (1)
Week 11: The Asia-Pacific War
Week 12: World War 2 in Europe (2)
Week 13: Aftermath & decolonisation
Week 14: Documentary
Week 15: Final examination
Homework
Prepare assigned readings, attend class and participate in discussion.
Grading
System
Attendance & participation 20%

Final examination 80%
Textbooks /
Reading List
Websites
Website of
Laboratory
Additional
Information
Syllabus Number 51
Course
Name
Topics in Japanese Thought
Semester, Year
Course level
2000
Instructor(s)
(Institution)
Course
Objectives
Course Goals
Course
Schedule
Number of Credits
2 credits
Course Number
027052
Introduction to the main currents of pre-war Japanese thought, and explore in depth key questions as Japanese
thinkers posed them.
Gain a basic knowledge of the main currents of Japanese (and East-Asian) thought of the pre-war period
Explore in depth key questions in Japanese thought
Conduct a group project
Week 2: Lecture: Buddhism in Japan (1)
Week 3: Lecture: Buddhism in Japan (2)
Week 4: Lecture: Confucianism
Week 5: Lecture: Shint?
Week 6: Topic: What is the relation between Buddhism and the state?
Week 7: Topic: What is a true samurai?
Week 8: Topic: What constitutes progress?
Week 9: Topic: What is Asia?
Week 10: Topic: What is modernity?
Week 11: Topic: What is our relation to nature?
Homework
Read assigned texts, attend class, conduct a group project, and do a presentation in class.
Grading
System
Students will be graded on participation in class and the results of their group project.
Textbooks /
Reading List
Websites
Website of
Laboratory
Additional
Information
Syllabus Number 52
Course
Name
Religion and Modernity in Japan
Semester, Year
Course level
2000
Instructor(s)
(Institution)
Number of Credits
2 credits
Course Number
027053
Course
Objectives
This seminar explores the roles of religion in modern Japanese society. We will see how religion in Japan changed
throughout history, especially in the modern period. We will look at critical problems and themes in the history of
religion, such as, how did the Japanese religious landscape change through modernization? What are the relations
and tensions between religion and the modern state, nationalism, and war? What is secularization?
Course Goals
By the end of the course, students will 1/ have gained insight into the roles that religion played in modern
Japanese history, 2/ have gained an understanding of the current religious landscape of today through a historical
lens, 3/ can connect key issues in the study of Japanese religions with global phenomena of religious change.
Course
Schedule
Week 2: Questions for Religion & Modernity in Japan and the World
Week 3: Religion in Daily life
Week 4: History of Religions in Japan: Reading the Kojiki
Week 5: Tokugawa Religion & Kokugaku
Week 6: State Shinto
Week 7 Postwar Reforms
Week 8: Buddhism in Modern Japan: Nichirenism
Week 9: Buddhism in Modern Japan: Miyazawa Kenji
Week 10: Documentary Viewing
Week 11: Midterm Examination
Week 12: Yasukuni shrine
Week 13: Student project presentations
Homework
Students will read assigned readings and prepare questions for class discussion. Readings will be provided by the
instructor. Students will work in small groups or pairs and present a final project in class.
Grading
System
Participation: 25%
Midterm Exam: 25%
Presentation: 10%
Final Report: 40%
Textbooks /
Reading List
Websites
Website of
Laboratory
Additional
Information
Syllabus Number 53
Course
Name
Modern Japanese History
Semester, Year
Course level
3000
Instructor(s)
(Institution)
Philip SEATON ()
Course
Objectives
Course Goals
Number of Credits
2 credits
Course Number
027054
This course provides a broad overview of Japanese history from the 1850s to the present day.
To understand transformations in Japanese society and Japans role in the world in the modern era. To consider
the relevance of Japanese history for the broader study of world history and historiography.
Course
Schedule
This is a lecture course supplemented by readings from the course text. Each week the lecture focuses on a different period of
history. Lectures are in chronological order from the nineteenth century to the present.
1) Course Introduction
2) Japan pre-1853
3) The Bakumatsu Period, 1853-68
4) The Early Meiji Period, 1868-77
5) The Mid Meiji Period, 1877-89
6) The Late Meiji Period, 1889-1912
7) The Taisho Period, 1912-26
8) Reading Week
9) The Early Showa Period, 1926-37
10) War and Occupation, 1937-52
11) Recovery, 1952-64
12) Miracles and Shocks, 1964-79
13) The Late Showa Period, 1979-89
14) The Heisei Period, 1989-present
15) End of term test
Homework
Readings from the course text "Modern Japan" and other readings introduced on the class homepage.
Grading
System
Students will be assessed on their attendance and participation in class (30%) and on the results of their end of
term test (70%).
Textbooks /
Reading List
Websites
Modern Japan: A social and political history (3rd edition) Elise K. Tipton Routledge 2016
www.philipseaton.net
Website of
Laboratory
Additional
Information
This is a lecture course given in natural speed English and the end of term test will include a long essay written in
English. Advanced listening and writing skills in English are essential.
Syllabus Number 54
Course
Name
Introduction to Historiography
Semester, Year
Course level
3000
Instructor(s)
(Institution)
Philip SEATON ()
Course
Objectives
Course Goals
Course
Schedule
Number of Credits
2 credits
Course Number
027055
To learn the skills of being a historian through conducting a research project on a historical theme.
Students choose a historical topic (any country/period, but preferably modern Japan) and spend the whole term
developing a research paper on that topic. They start by producing a basic chronology of the period under
investigation (presented in class in week 3). Using readings from the class text (one chapter per week) and other
suggested readings, students develop their essay week by week from the perspective of the theory and practice of
history.
Each week, students will discuss in groups the key points of the required reading and how those theoretical/methodological
issues will be incorporated into their individual research projects. In three weeks (3, 8 and 13) there are refereeing weeks
during which students read and provide critical feedback on drafts of each others papers.
Week 1: Course Introduction, Writing a Chronology
Week 2: Tosh Ch. 1, Historical awareness
Week 3: Refereeing Class 1: Presenting a chronology of the research project period
Week 4: Tosh Ch. 2, The uses of history
Week 5: Tosh Ch. 3, Mapping the field
Week 6: Tosh Ch. 4, The raw materials
Week 7: Tosh Ch. 5, Using the sources
Week 8: Refereeing Class 2: Providing critical feedback on research aims and focus
Week 9: Tosh Ch. 6, Writing and interpretation
Week 10: Tosh Ch. 7, The limits of historical knowledge
Week 11: Tosh Ch. 8, History and social theory
Week 12: Tosh Ch. 9, Cultural evidence and the cultural turn
Week 13: Refereeing Class 3: Providing critical feedback on a first full draft of the paper
Week 14: Tosh Ch. 10, Gender history and postcolonial history
Week 15: Tosh Ch. 11, Memory and the spoken word, Conclusions
Homework
Students read the course text and other suggested readings, and prepare an extended research paper of 2,500
words.
Grading
System
Students are assessed on the basis of attendance and participation in class discussions (50%) and their research
paper (50%).
Textbooks /
Reading List
Websites
The Pursuit of History (fifth edition) John Tosh Routledge 2010

There will be detailed readings from the textbook each week. All students need their own copy.
Website of
Laboratory
Additional
Information
This seminar-style course runs on a very tight schedule. Students interested in taking the course are requested to
attend from week 1. Strong speaking and writing skills in English are essential.
Syllabus Number 55
Course
Name
Heritage and/or Contents Tourism
Semester, Year
Course level
3000
Instructor(s)
(Institution)
Philip SEATON ()
Number of Credits
2 credits
Course Number
027056
Course
Objectives
To research the phenomenon of heritage and/or contents tourism, defined as tourism to historical sites partially
or fully motivated by engagement with popular culture such as film, manga, anime and television dramas.
Course Goals
To achieve, through practical learning in groups, an understanding of quantitative and qualitative research
methods in tourism studies. The course divides into four blocks of three classes: 1) analyzing contents, 2) fans, 3)
analyzing tourism data, and 4) the contents business. Each block intermingles short lectures, group work, class
discussion and presentations.
Week 1:
Course Introduction: What is contents tourism? Hearing students experiences of contents tourism.
Weeks 2-4: Analyzing Contents
Lecture: Famous case studies of contents tourism.
Group work: Watch a film and analyze the contents in groups.
Discussion: Projected patterns of contents tourism for the film watched.
Weeks 5-7: Fans
Lecture: Analyzing fan behaviour.
Group work: Designing and carrying out a survey about contents tourism.
Presentations: Questionnaire results and analysis.
Course
Schedule
Week 8: Reading Week

Group Work: Read and discuss in class key academic literature.
Week 9-11: Analyzing tourism data
Lecture: Measuring levels and impacts of contents tourism.
Group Work: Students investigate and present patterns of contents tourism in a given city.
Presentations: Results of the city surveys.
Week 12-14: The contents business.
Lecture: How businesses make money through contents tourism.
Group Work: Investigations into a corporation active in the contents business.
Presentations: Results of the corporation surveys.
Weeks 15: Conclusions, submission of term papers
Homework
Students are expected to read academic literature in preparation for class discussions, as well as carry out
research and prepare materials for presentations in class.
Grading
System
Students are assessed on attendance and their contributions to class discussion (30%), their class presentations
(30%) and a 1000-word report based on their investigations during the term (40%).
Textbooks /
Reading List
Websites
Website of
Laboratory
Additional
Information
This course is in English, but group work and research projects will benefit from students having some Japanese
reading ability (although Japanese ability is not a condition for joining the course).
Syllabus Number 56
Course
Name
Practicing Basic Natural Everyday English
Semester, Year
Course level
1000
Instructor(s)
(Institution)
Williamson PIERS ()
Course
Objectives
Course Goals
Course
Schedule
Homework
Number of Credits
2 credits
Course Number
027057
To practice natural English used in everyday situations.
This course focuses on improving English language fluency. It aims to move the student from high-beginner to
intermediate level English speaker and listener. It is centred on conversational activities that simulate authentic
situations in which everyday English is used. By the end of the course, students should feel more confident
communicating in conversational English about a range of everyday topics. This should prepare them for study
and travel overseas.
1 Introduction
2 Old Friends
3 The Techno World
4 City Life
5 Time Flies
6 Did you know?
7 Review
8 If only
9 Travel Plans
10 Career search
11 Lifes choices
12 Into the Future
13 Presentations Workshop
14 Presentations
15 Final Exam
Students will work in groups and are expected to communicate as much as they can in English.
Classroom Input (20%)
Students are expected to contribute to the smooth running of the class through active participation. You will
receive points for answering questions in class. It does not matter if your answer is correct or incorrect. Just
answer. It is not difficult.
Grading
System
Homework Assignments (30%)

Homework exercises based on the class will be given frequently. They should be handed in at the beginning of the
following class.
LATE HOMEWORK WILL NOT BE ACCEPTED UNLESS YOU ARE SICK.
Presentation (20%)
Students will give a short presentation in front of the class in pairs. They will be graded on originality/effort,
pronunciation, grammar, intonation, flow.
Final Exam (30%)
A written test based on some of the grammar and vocabulary studied.
Textbooks /
Reading List
Steven Gershon and Chris Mares, New English Upgrade Student Book 3, Macmillan.
Websites
Website of
Laboratory
Additional
Information
TOEFL-ITP 500
This course is not designed for advanced and native speakers.
Syllabus Number 57
Course
Name
An Introduction to International Relations
Semester, Year
Course level
1000
Instructor(s)
(Institution)
Williamson PIERS ()
Course
Objectives
Course Goals
Number of Credits
2 credits
Course Number
027058
To introduce students to the basic concepts used in the study of International Relations (IR).
To encourage students to think about IR in English.
To encourage students to work constructively alone and with others.
To build political vocabulary skills.
Lesson 1 - Intro
Lesson 2 - Why Study IR?
Lesson 3 - Realism
Lesson 4 - Neo-Liberalism
Lesson 5 - Neo-Realism
Lesson 6 - Marxism
Lesson 7 - The English School
Course
Schedule
Lesson 8 - Constructivism
Lesson 9 - Poststructuralism
Lesson 10- War
Lesson 11 - International Law
Lesson 12 - IR in Star Trek
Lesson 13 - Presentations Workshop
Lesson 14 - Final Presentations
Lesson 15 - Final Presentations
Homework
Students are required to prepare and review each lesson. In addition to the assignments the lecturer gives, they
are expected to carry out work on their own.
Students are expected to contribute to the smooth running of the class through active participation. This involves
working alone, in pairs and in groups.
Grading
System

One homework essay based on the class will be given out in addition to weekly preparation for next lesson.
.
Presentation (30%)
Students will give a 15min presentation in front of the class in a group of four or five.
Term Paper (30%)
Students will write one term paper of 1000-1500 words. It will be typed on a computer and printed out.
Textbooks /
Reading List
Websites
Website of
Laboratory
TOEFL-ITP 500
Additional
Information
No text book required

Notebook and dictionary (electronic or book) will be needed.
Syllabus Number 58
Course
Name
Practicing Basic Business English
Semester, Year
Course level
1000
Instructor(s)
(Institution)
Williamson PIERS ()
Number of Credits
2 credits
Course Number
027059
Course
Objectives
To improve the students knowledge of business English. Students will learn about the kind of language used in
business, as well as about some fundamental business concepts. The course takes an integrated approach to cover
grammar, vocabulary, reading, listening and speaking activities. By the end of the course, students should feel
more confident about using English in a business context.
Course Goals
To introduce intermediate level English language students to some of the basic concepts and terms used in
business English. No prior knowledge of business is required.
Contents may change:
Course
Schedule
Homework
1 Introduction
2 Business Fundamentals
3 Business Fundamentals
4 Gaining Experience
5 Gaining Experience
6 Customer Satisfaction
7 Customer Satisfaction
8 Job Interviews and Career
9 Job Interviews and Career
10 Marketing and Selling
11 Marketing and Selling
12 Business Costs
13 Presentation Workshop
14 Presentations
15 Presentations
Students will be working in groups and are expected to communicate as much as they can in English.
Students are expected to contribute to the smooth running of the class through active participation. You will
receive points for answering questions in class. It does not matter if your answer is correct or incorrect. Just
answer. It is not difficult.
Grading
System

Homework exercises based on the class will be given frequently. They should be handed in at the beginning of the
following class.
LATE HOMEWORK WILL NOT BE ACCEPTED UNLESS YOU ARE SICK.
Presentation (20%)
Students will give a short presentation in front of the class in groups.
Final Exam (30%)
A written test based on some of the grammar and vocabulary studied
Textbooks /
Reading List
John Allison and Paul Emmerson, The Business 2.0 B1 Pre-Intermediate Students Book, Macmillan.
Websites
Website of
Laboratory
Additional
Information
TOEFL-ITP 500
The class is not designed for native and advanced level speakers.
Syllabus Number 59
Course
Name
Introduction to Tourism Studies A
Semester, Year
Course level
1000
Instructor(s)
(Institution)
Richard Siddle ()
Course
Objectives
Course Goals
Course
Schedule
Number of Credits
2 credits
Course Number
027060
To discuss tourism and travel in English. Reading materials will be in both English and Japanese.
The course will consist of class discussions in English on issues related to various kinds of tourism and travel in
Japan and the world, based on materials provided by the lecturer. Some of these will be in Japanese. Students will
deepen their understanding of types of tourism and tourist destinations through class presentations.
Week 1: Course introduction

Week 2: Introduction to tourism and the tourist
Week 3. Tourism and Japan
Week 4. Mass tourism and its impacts
Week 5: Cultural and heritage tourism
Week 6: World Heritage in Japan
Week 7: Responsible tourism and eco-tourism
Week 8: Adventure and mountain tourism I
Week 9: Adventure and mountain tourism II
Week 10: Contents tourism
Week 11: Alternative and Dark tourism
Weeks 12-14: Tourism and Hokkaido (presentations)
Week 15: Written examination
are expected to carry out work on their own. This will involve reading, and the research and presentation of class
presentations in Powerpoint.
Homework
Grading
System
Textbooks /
Reading List
Evaluation will be based on participation and class presentations (50%) and an examination (50%).
Materials will be provided by the lecturer in both English and Japanese.
Websites
Website of
Laboratory
Additional
Information
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Syllabus Number 60
Course
Name
Introduction to Tourism Studies B
Semester, Year
Course level
1000
Instructor(s)
(Institution)
Richard Siddle ()
Course
Objectives
Course Goals
Course
Schedule
Number of Credits
2 credits
Course Number
027061
To discuss tourism and travel in English. Reading materials will be in both English and Japanese.
The course will consist of class discussions in English on issues related to various kinds of tourism and travel in
Japan and the world, based on materials provided by the lecturer. Some of these will be in Japanese. Students will
deepen their understanding of types of tourism and tourist destinations through class presentations.

Week 2: Introduction to tourism and the tourist
Week 3. Tourism and Japan
Week 4. Mass tourism and its impacts
Week 5: Cultural and heritage tourism
Week 6: World Heritage in Japan
Week 7: Responsible tourism and eco-tourism
Week 8: Adventure and mountain tourism I
Week 9: Adventure and mountain tourism II
Week 10: Contents tourism
Week 11: Alternative and Dark tourism
Weeks 12-14: Tourism and Hokkaido (presentations)
Week 15: Written examination
are expected to carry out work on their own. This will involve reading, and the research and presentation of class
Homework
Grading
System
Textbooks /
Reading List
Evaluation will be based on participation and class presentations (50%) and an examination (50%).
Materials will be provided by the lecturer in both English and Japanese.
Websites
Website of
Laboratory
Additional
Information

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Syllabus Number 61
Course
Name
Introduction to Critical Thinking A
Semester, Year
Course level
1000
Instructor(s)
(Institution)
Twiddy Iain ()
Course
Objectives
Course Goals
Course
Schedule
Homework
Grading
System
Textbooks /
Reading List
Number of Credits
2 credits
Course Number
027062
This course aims to develop studentsability to think critically about issues affecting their lives. Each week, we
shall discuss topics taken from a variety of printed and electronic resources. This course will seek to improve
students analytical and speaking skills, and their ability to pursue independent lines of research. Students are
encouraged to bring their own materials to discuss in class: as far as possible, the seminar will be student-led.
There will be an opportunity to undertake short research projects and make presentations based on the findings.
Students should be aware that it is difficult to get a high grade on this course without making a regular
contribution to discussions.
1. To give practice in reading and understanding a variety of written forms of English.
2. To raise awareness of cultural differences and connections.
3. To give students practice in discussing a variety of international cultural issues.
4. To develop students' presentation skills in English.
5. To develop students critical thinking skills.
Each week, we shall discuss topics taken from a variety of printed and electronic resources. Materials will be provided by th e
teacher, and students will also bring materials to class.
Week 2: Economics
Week 3: Food
Week 4: Nationalism
Week 5: Sport
Week 6: Environmentalism
Week 7: Midterm assessment
Week 8: Social change
Week 9: Ethical living
Week 10: Politics
Week 11: Education
Week 12: Crime and Punishment
Week 13: Group Presentations
Week 14: Evolution
Week 15: Final Assessment
This schedule is subject to change.
Students are required to prepare and review each lesson. In addition to the assignments the teacher gives, they
Students will be expected to read class material in advance of the class each week, in order to participate actively
in discussion. Each week, review activities will include i) writing short summaries and reactions to class
discussions (maximum 100 words); and ii) occasional critical thinking exercises intended to promote
understanding of intercultural behaviour, which will be discussed at the beginning of the following class.
Week 1: Critical thinking exercise; read discussion vocabulary

Week 2: Preparatory reading; discussion response
Week 3: Preparatory reading; discussion; critical thinking exercise
Week 5: Preparatory reading; discussion response; critical thinking exercise
Week 9: Preparatory reading; discussion response, critical thinking exercise
Week 15: Self-assessment exercise
This class will be evaluated on the basis of participation (25%), and assignments (75%).
To be announced
Websites
Website of
Laboratory
Additional
Information

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Syllabus Number 62
Course
Name
Anthropology of Animal-Human-Technology
Semester, Year
Course level
1000
Instructor(s)
(Institution)
HANSEN Paul Simon ()
Course
Objectives
Course Goals
Course
Schedule
Homework
Grading
System
Number of Credits
2 credits
Course Number
027063
The objective of this seminar is for students to learn about the ways animals, humans and technology are linked.
This objective will be met through the use of weekly readings, film, and required presentations, papers, and
discussions. English is the language of instruction.
The main goal of this seminar is for students to acquaint students with a growing research fields of HAS (Human
and Animals Studies) and CAS (Critical Animal Studies) from an anthropological perspective. However, a
secondary goal of this seminar is to have students work towards improving their English communication skills.
This includes speaking, listening, reading, and writing. Further details as to how this goal is to be achieved are
outlined below in terms of homework and grading. The class will be of particular interest for students in the
humanities such as history or philosophy, the social sciences such as sociology or psychology, and applied biological
sciences such as agriculture or veterinary studies.
1. Introduction: We will cover expectations, order research groups, and discuss a number of definitions that are particular t o the
course material.
2. Boundaries: Linking Animals, Humans, and Technologies
3. Anthropology and Animals Part One
4. Anthropology and Animals Part Two
5. Friend: The Symbiotic
6. Food: The Parasitic
(First Writing assignment due)
7. Group Presentations
8. Industrial Humans / Industrial Animals
9. Rights and Questions of the Monstrous
10. Boundary Jumpers and Shape Shifters
11. Human, Animal, and Technology in Literature, Film, and Art
(Second Writing Assignment due)
12. Group Presentations
13. Introduction to a Posthuman future: Of Hybrids and Cyborgs
14. Final Individual paper, presentation and class discussion
15. Remaining presentations and discussion
Relevant materials for the course will be made available online by the course instructor. Students will be expected
to summarize (in groups) a weekly reading and prepare questions. Students are expected to prepare PowerPoint
presentations (two in groups and one individual) and prepare and edit individual papers. Please note the grading
scheme below for further details.
Students will be graded 50% on class participation: including 15% (attendance), 5% (discussion participation), 3 X
30% presentation (2 group presentations 1 Individual presentation).
Written evaluation will count for 50%: including 2 X 15% (writing assignments) and 20% (final writing
assignment).
Grades will be allotted on an 11 point scale.
Textbooks /
Reading List
Readings for the course and PPT slides will be uploaded to a shared course folder.
Websites
Website of
Laboratory
Additional
Information
Having a strong interest in the social sciences and humanities or an interest in applied bio-sciences such as
agriculture will help you to remain motivated in this seminar. This is an intermediate level seminar not beginner
level seminar and course expectations reflect this.
Syllabus Number 63
Course
Name
Music and Culture A
Semester, Year
Course level
1000
Instructor(s)
(Institution)
Course
Objectives
Course Goals
Course
Schedule
Homework
Number of Credits
2 credits
Course Number
027064
This seminar primarily focuses on classic social theory and its relationship to music very broadly understood.
also focuses on the improvement of English communication skills.
It
The main goal of this seminar is to introduce students to the field of musicology alongside applicable social
theories, in sum the study of how music is an essential part of human cultures and our everyday lives from
Afro-cuban to Zydeco. However a secondary goal of this seminar is for students to improve their English
communication skills. This includes speaking, listening, reading, and writing. Further details as to how these
goals are to be achieved are outlined below. The course may be of particular interest to students interested in the
arts, social sciences, and humanities.
1. Introduction: We will cover expectations, order research groups, and discuss a number of definitions that are particular t o the
course material.
2. How to listen to World Music: A clarification of terms and an example presentation and discussion.
3. Oceania: From Australia to Hawaii / concept of authenticity
4. South Asia: India and Pakistan
5. Southeast Asia: From Vietnam to Indonesia / concept of solidarity
6. East Asia: China and Tibet
(First writing assignment due)
7. First Group Presentations
8. The Middle East: a musical voyage from Islam to Judaism / concept of subjectivity
9. Europe: Ethic music from Spain to Bulgaria
10. Sub-Saharan Africa: moving from Ghana to The Republic of South Africa / concept of semiotics
11. The Caribbean: from Jamaica to Trinidad
(Second writing assignment due)
12. Second Group Presentations
13. Music and the Americas
The core readings for this seminar will come from the text World Music: A Global Journey (2015) the concise
edition by Terry Miller and Andrew Shahriari published by Routledge.
This would be a valuable student resource but relevant materials for the course will be made available online by
the course instructor. Readings related to social theory with also be uploaded to a shared online course folder
Students will be expected to summarize (in groups) a weekly reading and prepare questions. Students are
expected to prepare PowerPoint presentations (two in groups and one individual) and individual papers. Please
note the grading scheme below for further details.
Grading
System
assignment).
Textbooks /
Reading List
relevant texts will be uploaded
Websites
Website of
Laboratory
Additional
Information
Students who enjoy (or are interested in) a variety of music styles and cultures will find it much easier to discuss
their interests and opinions in this seminar than students who do not care much for or about music or social
theory. This course is an intermediate level seminar not a beginners level seminar coursework and expectations
will reflect this.
Syllabus Number 64
Course
Name
Multicultural Japan
Semester, Year
Course level
1000
Instructor(s)
(Institution)
Richard Siddle ()
Number of Credits
2 credits
Course Number
027065
Course
Objectives
Students will gain an understanding of multiculturalism and minority issues through the study of Japan and
other countries in English. They will present this knowledge in oral and written form.
Course Goals
To investigate the philosophy and practice of multiculturalism in Japan through an analysis of the history and
current situation of Japan's ethnic minority communities. Reference will also be made to other countries for
comparison.
Students will develop knowledge and critical awareness of the concepts of multiculturalism, race and ethnicity,
and use this knowledge to analyse multiculturalism and Japan's ethnic minorities through class discussion, oral
presentations and written reports in English.
Course
Schedule
Week 1
Week 2
Week 3
Week 4
Week 5
Week 6
Week 7
Week 8
Week 9
Week 10
Week 11
Week 12
Week 13
Week 14
Week 15
Introduction to the course

Is multiculturalism dead?
Minorities, race and ethnicity
Ethnic politics and multiculturalism
Inventing the nation - Race and empire in modern Japanese history
Ainu - Japan's indigenous people
Okinawa - Memory, bases and identity
Japan'svillage people- caste, class or race?
Citizenship and identity among oldcomer migrants
Demographic crisis and the new immigrants
Multicultural Japan in policy and practice
The future of multiculturalism
Presentations
Presentations
Final class, written examination
are expected to carry out work on their own. This will involve regular reading and the preparation of class
Homework
Grading
System
Textbooks /
Reading List
Evaluation will be based on participation and class presentations or tests (50%) and an examination (50%).
Readings will be supplied by the lecturer.
Websites
Website of
Laboratory
Additional
Information

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Syllabus Number 65
Course
Name
Music and Culture B
Semester, Year
Course level
1000
Instructor(s)
(Institution)
Course
Objectives
Course Goals
Course
Schedule
Homework
Number of Credits
2 credits
Course Number
027066
This seminar primarily focuses on classic social theory and its relationship to music very broadly understood.
also focuses on the improvement of English communication skills.
It
The main goal of this seminar is to introduce students to the field of ethnomusicology and anthropology alongside
applicable social theories, in sum the study of how music is an essential part of human cultures and our everyday
lives from Afro-cuban to Zydeco, from advertising to zeitgeist. However a secondary goal of this seminar is for
students to improve their English communication skills. This includes speaking, listening, reading, and writing.
Further details as to how these goals are to be achieved are outlined below. The course may be of particular
interest to students interested in the arts, social sciences, and humanities.
1. Introduction: We will cover expectations, order research groups, and discuss a number of definitions that are particular to the
course material.
2. How to listen to World Music: A clarification of terms and an example presentation and discussion.
3. Oceania: From Australia to Hawaii / concept of authenticity
4. South Asia: India and Pakistan
5. Southeast Asia: From Vietnam to Indonesia / concept of solidarity
6. East Asia: China and Tibet
(First writing assignment due)
7. First Group Presentations
8. The Middle East: a musical voyage from Islam to Judaism / concept of subjectivity
9. Europe: Ethic music from Spain to Bulgaria
10. Sub-Saharan Africa: moving from Ghana to The Republic of South Africa / concept of semiotics
11. The Caribbean: from Jamaica to Trinidad
(Second writing assignment due)
12. Second Group Presentations
13. Music and the Americas
The core readings for this seminar will come from the text World Music: A Global Journey (2015) the concise
edition by Terry Miller and Andrew Shahriari published by Routledge.
This would be a valuable student resource but relevant materials for the course will be made available online by
the course instructor. Readings related to social theory with also be uploaded to a shared online course folder
Students will be expected to summarize (in groups) a weekly reading and prepare questions. Students are
expected to prepare PowerPoint presentations (two in groups and one individual) and individual papers. Please
note the grading scheme below for further details.
Grading
System
assignment).
Textbooks /
Reading List
Required readings will be uploaded to a shared course folder
Websites
Website of
Laboratory
Additional
Information
Students who enjoy (or are interested in) a variety of music styles and cultures will find it much easier to discuss
their interests and opinions in this seminar than students who do not care much for or about music or social
theory. This course is an intermediate level seminar not a beginners level seminar coursework and expectations
will reflect this.
Syllabus Number 66
Course
Name
English educational media: A critical analysis A
Semester, Year
Course level
1000
Instructor(s)
(Institution)
Charles Allen BROWN ()
Course
Objectives
Course Goals
Course
Schedule
Homework
Grading
System
Number of Credits
2 credits
Course Number
027067
Objectives
This course is based upon a simple sequence of interlocking ideas. Specifically, the central notion of the course is that formal
English teaching materials entail a structured reality, that this reality may be linked to powerful discourses/ideologies held by the
creators of the materials (but not necessarily consciously inserted into these works by them), that these ideologies may be hidden
from learners and/or accepted by them uncritically, and that these ideologies may have powerful effects upon these learners. The
foregoing hinges upon the notion of ideology, the sense of which I borrow from critical theory in which ideology represents beliefs,
often accepted as common-sense, that may constrain the individual, especially by reproducing social structure and the regimes of
power/inequities that such social structure entails. In considering the issue of structure in formal English education (especially
materials) using this critical stance, we will address a number of issues specific to this field such as linguistic imperialism, the
native speaker fallacy, ideologies linking race and the nation-state concept with the ownership of English, and understandings of
local Englishes/world Englishes. In additional to such notions, coupled with a general critical stance, our analytical toolkit will
especially draw upon the idea of the hidden curriculum and the tools of semiology.
Goals
The skills thus acquired by students will form the basis for an empirical problem-based final project. This project will involve the
analysis of an English textbook of your own choosing in which you will consider several questions: 1. What is the structure of these
texts/What choices have the creators made? 2. What are the implications of this structure, especially upon the individual language
learner? 3. How might these implications matter (or not matter)? 4. How might learners and other stakeholders [teachers/policy
makers/parents/the public] react and why?
Of course, one potential reaction of learners to the sorts of text-embedded ideologies examined in this course is resistance. Thus,
simply opening a space for you as an English stakeholder to question and resist some of the most fundamental beliefs surrounding
English education by seeing how they are manifest in the practices surrounding formal English education represents one of my
most central course objectives.
Course Structure
There are ten readings in the course, a written midterm exam, and a final project/presentation. The course schedule is built around these
activities.
Course Schedule
Week 1 Students and teacher introduce themselves. Teacher distributes syllabus.
Week 2 Teacher introduces the course in detail and fields questions.
Homework: Students complete Reading #1 and prepare summary/response.
Week 3-6 Students present their summaries/responses and all engage in a class discussion.
Homework: Students compete the next reading and prepare summary/response.
Week 7 Students present their summaries/responses and all engage in a class discussion.
Discussion of midterm exam
Week 8 Written midterm exam covering the readings so far
Week 14/15 Students present their final projects via powerpoint
All students must also turn in a 2000-word explanation of their project/findings during the final class meeting (Week 15). I will discuss the final
project in MUCH greater detail later.
Homework
Students are required to prepare and review each lesson. In addition to the assignments the lecturer gives, they are expected to
carry out work on their own. Specifically, students will be expected to review class lectures on their own, to prepare a number of
readings, and to prepare for the midterm and final exams.
Course Grading
Attendance/Participation/Level of Engagement [questioning/challenging/contributing]= 30%
Presentation of responses/fostering discussion = 30%
Midterm Assessment, Final Assessment, Quizzes = 40%
Textbooks /
Reading List
Websites
Website of
Laboratory
Additional
Information
Readings [There is NO course textbook. I will provide you will copies of the readings.]
1. Pennycook, A. (2001). Critical Applied Linguistics: A Critical Introduction. Chapter 5 ? The politics of pedagogy [focus on issue of
structure and agency].
2. Phillipson, R. (1992). Linguistic Imperialism. Oxford, UK: Oxford University Press. Chapter 7: Creating a profession: The
structure and tenets of ELT.
3. Bolton, K. (2006). World Englishes Today. In B. Kachru, Y. Kachru & C. Nelson (Eds.), The handbook of world Englishes (pp.
240-269). Malden, MA: Wiley-Blackwell.
4. McKay, S. and Bokhorst-Heng, W. (2008). International English in its sociolinguistic contexts. New York & London: Routledge.
Chapter 7: Towards a socially sensitive EIL pedagogy.
5. Bourke, J. (2005). The grammar we teach. Reflections on English Language Teaching 4, 85?97.
6. Apple, M. (2004). The hidden curriculum and the nature of conflict. In Ideology and curriculum (pp. 77-97). New York: Routledge.
7. Heiligmann, R., et. al. (2005). Media literacy, visual syntax, and magazine advertisements: Conceptualizing the consumption of
reading by media literate subjects. Journal of Visual Literacy, 25(1), 41-66
8. Cheshire, J. & Moser, L. (2010). English as a cultural symbol: The case of advertisements in Frenchspeaking Switzerland.
Journal of Multilingual and Multicultural Development, 15(6), 451-469.
9. Matsuda, A. (2002). Representation of users and uses of English in beginning Japanese EFL textbooks. JALT Journal, 24(2),
182-199.
10. Brown, C. (2016). "They just have the 'foreigner face'": Ideologies of ethnicity, nationality, native-speakerism, and English in
Taiwan. In J. Alvarez, C. Amanti, S. Keyl, & E. Mackinney (Eds.), Critical perspectives on teaching and learning English around
the globe. Charlotte, NC: Information Age Publishing.
TOEFL-ITP 420 500
Syllabus Number 67
Course
Name
English educational media: A critical analysis B
Semester, Year
Course level
1000
Instructor(s)
(Institution)
Course
Objectives
Course Goals
Number of Credits
2 credits
Course Number
027068
Objectives
This course is based upon a simple sequence of interlocking ideas. Specifically, the central notion of the course is that formal
English teaching materials entail a structured reality, that this reality may be linked to powerful discourses/ideologies held by the
creators of the materials (but not necessarily consciously inserted into these works by them), that these ideologies may be hidden
from learners and/or accepted by them uncritically, and that these ideologies may have powerful effects upon these learners. The
foregoing hinges upon the notion of ideology, the sense of which I borrow from critical theory in which ideology represents beliefs,
often accepted as common-sense, that may constrain the individual, especially by reproducing social structure and the regimes of
power/inequities that such social structure entails. In considering the issue of structure in formal English education (especially
materials) using this critical stance, we will address a number of issues specific to this field such as linguistic imperialism, the
native speaker fallacy, ideologies linking race and the nation-state concept with the ownership of English, and understandings of
local Englishes/world Englishes. In additional to such notions, coupled with a general critical stance, our analytical toolkit will
especially draw upon the idea of the hidden curriculum and the tools of semiology.
Goals
The skills thus acquired by students will form the basis for an empirical problem-based final project. This project will involve the
analysis of an English textbook of your own choosing in which you will consider several questions: 1. What is the structure of these
texts/What choices have the creators made? 2. What are the implications of this structure, especially upon the individual language
learner? 3. How might these implications matter (or not matter)? 4. How might learners and other stakeholders [teachers/policy
makers/parents/the public] react and why?
Of course, one potential reaction of learners to the sorts of text-embedded ideologies examined in this course is resistance. Thus,
simply opening a space for you as an English stakeholder to question and resist some of the most fundamental beliefs surrounding
English education by seeing how they are manifest in the practices surrounding formal English education represents one of my
most central course objectives.
Course
Schedule
Course Structure
There are ten readings in the course, a written midterm exam, and a final project/presentation. The course schedule is built around these
activities.
Course Schedule
Week 1 Students and teacher introduce themselves. Teacher distributes syllabus.
Week 2 Teacher introduces the course in detail and fields questions.
Homework: Students complete Reading #1 and prepare summary/response.
Week 7 Students present their summaries/responses and all engage in a class discussion.
Discussion of midterm exam
Week 8 Written midterm exam covering the readings so far
Week 14/15 Students present their final projects via powerpoint
All students must also turn in a 2000-word explanation of their project/findings during the final class meeting (Week 15). I will discuss the final
project in MUCH greater detail later.
Homework
Homework Students are required to prepare and review each lesson. In addition to the assignments the lecturer gives, they are
expected to carry out work on their own. Specifically, students will be expected to review class lectures on their own, to prepare a
number of readings, and to prepare for the midterm and final exams.
Grading
System
Course Grading
Textbooks /
Reading List
Websites
Website of
Laboratory
Additional
Information
Readings [There is NO course textbook. I will provide you will copies of the readings.]
1. Pennycook, A. (2001). Critical Applied Linguistics: A Critical Introduction. Chapter 5 ? The politics of pedagogy [focus on issue of
structure and agency].
2. Phillipson, R. (1992). Linguistic Imperialism. Oxford, UK: Oxford University Press. Chapter 7: Creating a profession: The
structure and tenets of ELT.
3. Bolton, K. (2006). World Englishes Today. In B. Kachru, Y. Kachru & C. Nelson (Eds.), The handbook of world Englishes (pp.
240-269). Malden, MA: Wiley-Blackwell.
4. McKay, S. and Bokhorst-Heng, W. (2008). International English in its sociolinguistic contexts. New York & London: Routledge.
Chapter 7: Towards a socially sensitive EIL pedagogy.
5. Bourke, J. (2005). The grammar we teach. Reflections on English Language Teaching 4, 85?97.
6. Apple, M. (2004). The hidden curriculum and the nature of conflict. In Ideology and curriculum (pp. 77-97). New York: Routledge.
7. Heiligmann, R., et. al. (2005). Media literacy, visual syntax, and magazine advertisements: Conceptualizing the consumption of
reading by media literate subjects. Journal of Visual Literacy, 25(1), 41-66
8. Cheshire, J. & Moser, L. (2010). English as a cultural symbol: The case of advertisements in Frenchspeaking Switzerland.
Journal of Multilingual and Multicultural Development, 15(6), 451-469.
9. Matsuda, A. (2002). Representation of users and uses of English in beginning Japanese EFL textbooks. JALT Journal, 24(2),
182-199.
10. Brown, C. (2016). "They just have the 'foreigner face'": Ideologies of ethnicity, nationality, native-speakerism, and English in
Taiwan. In J. Alvarez, C. Amanti, S. Keyl, & E. Mackinney (Eds.), Critical perspectives on teaching and learning English around
the globe. Charlotte, NC: Information Age Publishing.
TOEFL-ITP 420 500
Syllabus Number 68
Course
Name
Introduction to Critical Thinking B
Semester, Year
Course level
1000
Instructor(s)
(Institution)
Twiddy Iain ()
Course
Objectives
Course Goals
Course
Schedule
Homework
Grading
System
Textbooks /
Reading List
Number of Credits
2 credits
Course Number
027069
This course aims to develop studentsability to think critically about issues affecting their lives. Each week, we
shall discuss topics taken from a variety of printed and electronic resources. This course will seek to improve
students analytical and speaking skills, and their ability to pursue independent lines of research. Students are
encouraged to bring their own materials to discuss in class: as far as possible, the seminar will be student-led.
There will be an opportunity to undertake short research projects and make presentations based on the findings.
Students should be aware that it is difficult to get a high grade on this course without making a regular
contribution to discussions.
1. To give practice in reading and understanding a variety of written forms of English.
2. To raise awareness of cultural differences and connections.
3. To give students practice in discussing a variety of international cultural issues.
4. To develop students' presentation skills in English.
5. To develop students critical thinking skills.
Each week, we shall discuss topics taken from a variety of printed and electronic resources. Materials will be provided by th e
teacher, and students will also bring materials to class.
Week 2: Economics
Week 3: Food
Week 4: Nationalism
Week 5: Sport
Week 6: Environmentalism
Week 7: Midterm assessment
Week 8: Social change
Week 9: Ethical living
Week 10: Politics
Week 11: Education
Week 12: Crime and Punishment
Week 13: Group Presentations
Week 14: Evolution
Week 15: Final Assessment
This schedule is subject to change.
Students are required to prepare and review each lesson. In addition to the assignments the teacher gives, they
Students will be expected to read class material in advance of the class each week, in order to participate actively
in discussion. Each week, review activities will include i) writing short summaries and reactions to class
discussions (maximum 100 words); and ii) occasional critical thinking exercises intended to promote
understanding of intercultural behaviour, which will be discussed at the beginning of the following class.
Week 1: Critical thinking exercise; read discussion vocabulary

Week 3: Preparatory reading; discussion; critical thinking exercise
Week 9: Preparatory reading; discussion response, critical thinking exercise
Week 15: Self-assessment exercise
This class will be evaluated on the basis of participation (25%), and assignments (75%).
To be announced
Websites
Website of
Laboratory
Additional
Information

1
Syllabus Number 69
Course
Name
Survey of approaches to language teaching A
Semester, Year
Course level
1000
Instructor(s)
(Institution)
Course
Objectives
Course Goals
Number of Credits
2 credits
Course Number
027070
Course Objectives
This course will focus on current issues in language teaching. It is especially oriented toward English teaching,
although many of the issues are important in the teaching of other languages.
Course Goals, Format, and Expectations
As a university-level seminar course, this class involves reading primary sources in the form of research articles
and writing about them/discussing them. You will be expected to read/study these materials prior to class and to be
ready to discuss them during the class. I require you to write brief summaries and responses to these readings for
each class. The total amount of writing will be 400 words or which around half should be a summary and half a
response. Although a 12-point font is standard for academic writing, please use a 16-point font for these writings to
facilitate sharing them in class using the camera/projector. This work should serve to prepare you to participate
meaningfully in class discussions.
WEEK 1
Personal Introductions/Teacher Introduction
WEEK 2
Course Introduction
Assign first reading (Text Chapter 1 and Chapter 2.)
Homework: Write a 400-word summary/response only of Chapter 2
Course
Schedule
WEEK 3-7
Class Discussion
Read next text chapter and write a summary/reaction
WEEK 8 MIDTERM EXAMINATION
WEEK 9-14
Class Discussion
Read next text Chapter and write a summary/reaction
WEEK 15 ? FINAL EXAM
Homework
are expected to carry out work on their own. Specifically, students will be expected to review class lectures on their
own, to prepare a number of readings, and to prepare for the midterm and final exams.
Homework
Grading
System
Response Homework
For almost each class, you will be required to prepare a 400-word written journal-type response to the reading(s)
for that day. This will be divided into a summary of the reading [or some part of it] of around 200 words and a
reaction of around 200 words. For the reaction, you should write about your own feelings regarding the reading. Be
sure that your response actually engages the reading in a direct way, being sure to select aspects of the reading
and responding to them clearly. I will grade you on this engagement as well as the overall thoughtfulness exhibited
in the writing. While a 12-point font is considered standard, please type your responses in a 16-point font to
facilitate using the classroom camera for sharing. Likewise, hand-written work will not be accepted. These
responses are very important since they form the basis for our class discussions as well as providing you with a
chance to study the material in preparation for the midterm and final exams. I look forward to learning about
your feelings regarding the issues in this course and how they relate to your own lived experiences.
IMPORTANT: If you do not have a printer, you may use printers in the libraries for a small fee.
Course Grading
Textbooks /
Reading List
Websites
Website of
Laboratory
Additional
Information
Textbook
Larsen-Freeman, D. & Anderson, M. (2015). Techniques and principles in language teaching. Oxford: Oxford
University Press (3rd Edition).
ISBN-13: 978-0194423601
ISBN-10: 0194423603
TOEFL-ITP 420 500
Syllabus Number 70
Course
Name
Survey of approaches to language teaching B
Semester, Year
Course level
1000
Instructor(s)
(Institution)
Course
Objectives
Course Goals
Number of Credits
2 credits
Course Number
027071
Course Objectives
This course will focus on current issues in language teaching. It is especially oriented toward English teaching,
although many of the issues are important in the teaching of other languages.
Course Goals, Format, and Expectations

As a university-level seminar course, this class involves reading primary sources in the form of research articles
and writing about them/discussing them. You will be expected to read/study these materials prior to class and to be
ready to discuss them during the class. I require you to write brief summaries and responses to these readings for
each class. The total amount of writing will be 400 words or which around half should be a summary and half a
response. Although a 12-point font is standard for academic writing, please use a 16-point font for these writings to
facilitate sharing them in class using the camera/projector. This work should serve to prepare you to participate
meaningfully in class discussions.
WEEK 1
Personal Introductions/Teacher Introduction
WEEK 2
Course Introduction
Assign first reading (Text Chapter 1 and Chapter 2.)
Homework: Write a 400-word summary/response only of Chapter 2
Course
Schedule
WEEK 3-7
Class Discussion
Read next text chapter and write a summary/reaction
WEEK 8 MIDTERM EXAMINATION
WEEK 9-14
Class Discussion
Read next text Chapter and write a summary/reaction
WEEK 15 ? FINAL EXAM
Homework
Homework Students are required to prepare and review each lesson. In addition to the assignments the lecturer
gives, they are expected to carry out work on their own. Specifically, students will be expected to review class
lectures on their own, to prepare a number of readings, and to prepare for the midterm and final exams.
Grading
System
Course Grading
Textbooks /
Reading List
Websites
Website of
Laboratory
Additional
Information
Textbook
Larsen-Freeman, D. & Anderson, M. (2015). Techniques and principles in language teaching. Oxford: Oxford
University Press (3rd Edition).
ISBN-13: 978-0194423601
ISBN-10: 0194423603
TOEFL-ITP 420 500
Syllabus Number 71
Course
Name
How We Learn Languages A
Semester, Year
Course level
1000
Instructor(s)
(Institution)
Peter RICHARDSON ()
Course
Objectives
Course Goals
Course
Schedule
Number of Credits
2 credits
Course Number
027072
The purpose of this course is to explore some of the key issues in first and second language acquisition. The
course will focus on theories about how we learn languages, the key differences between learning a first and a
second language, and many of the important issues relating to language study. These issues will include a look at
controversial topics such as what role the first language should have in the learning of a second language, as well
as a critical evaluation of the different teaching and study methods that second language learners are exposed to.
1) Develop the students listening and reading skills in order to allow them to engage with complex topics.
2) Develop the students ability to think critically and to make connections between the study of language learning
in general and their own experience of learning English.
3) Encourage students to speak out, share and listen to the ideas of others.
The schedule listed below is a provisional guide to the topics that will be covered during the course.
Week 1
Course introduction
Week 2
What is language and are humans the only ones who can use it?
Week 3
How we learn our first language
Week 4
Do we have a Language Acquisition Device inside our brains?
Week 5
Similarities and differences between first and second language acquisition, part one
Week 6
Similarities and differences between first and second language acquisition, part two
Week 7
Individual differences in second language learning
Week 8
Language learning and the work of Krashen
Week 9
The role of the first language in learning a second language
Week 10
First language interference
Week 11
Evaluating different methods for learning a second language, part one
Week 12
Evaluating different methods for learning a second language, part two
Week 13
Student presentations, part one, and final test
Week 14
Student presentations, part two
Week 15
Student presentations, part three
For homework, students will be expected to consolidate their understanding of the presented material, check
difficult vocabulary, prepare for vocabulary and comprehension tests, and prepare for their presentations.
Homework
Grading
System
Grades will be awarded according to the following framework: participation (attendance and level of participation
in class activities and discussions): 20%; presentations on topics provided by the instructor: 30%; vocabulary and
comprehension tests related to the material discussed in class: 50%.
Textbooks /
Reading List
Websites
Website of
Laboratory
Additional
Information
There is no assigned textbook for this course.

class.
Students will be provided with handouts at the beginning of each
TOEFL-ITP 420 500
Syllabus Number 72
Course
Name
How We Learn Languages B
Semester, Year
Course level
1000
Instructor(s)
(Institution)
Peter RICHARDSON ()
Course
Objectives
Course Goals
Course
Schedule
Number of Credits
2 credits
Course Number
027073
The purpose of this course is to explore some of the key issues in first and second language acquisition. The
course will focus on theories about how we learn languages, the key differences between learning a first and a
second language, and many of the important issues relating to language study. These issues will include a look at
controversial topics such as what role the first language should have in the learning of a second language, as well
as a critical evaluation of the different teaching and study methods that second language learners are exposed to.
1) Develop the students listening and reading skills in order to allow them to engage with complex topics.
2) Develop the students ability to think critically and to make connections between the study of language learning
in general and their own experience of learning English.
3) Encourage students to speak out, share and listen to the ideas of others.
The schedule listed below is a provisional guide to the topics that will be covered during the course.
Week 1
Course introduction
Week 2
What is language and are humans the only ones who can use it?
Week 3
How we learn our first language
Week 4
Do we have a Language Acquisition Device inside our brains?
Week 5
Similarities and differences between first and second language acquisition, part one
Week 6
Similarities and differences between first and second language acquisition, part two
Week 7
Individual differences in second language learning
Week 8
Language learning and the work of Krashen
Week 9
The role of the first language in learning a second language
Week 10
First language interference
Week 11
Evaluating different methods for learning a second language, part one
Week 12
Evaluating different methods for learning a second language, part two
Week 13
Student presentations, part one, and final test
Week 14
Student presentations, part two
Week 15
Student presentations, part three
For homework, students will be expected to consolidate their understanding of the presented material, check
difficult vocabulary, prepare for vocabulary and comprehension tests, and prepare for their presentations.
Homework
Grading
System
in class activities and discussions): 20%; presentations on topics provided by the instructor: 30%; vocabulary and
comprehension tests related to the material discussed in class: 50%.
Textbooks /
Reading List
Websites
Website of
Laboratory
Additional
Information

class.
TOEFL-ITP 420 500
Syllabus Number 73
Course
Name
Does God Exist? The Great Debate
Semester, Year
Course level
2000
Instructor(s)
(Institution)
Peter RICHARDSON ()
Course
Objectives
Course Goals
Course
Schedule
Number of Credits
2 credits
Course Number
027074
The possible existence of some type of God is one of the oldest, most emotional, and most controversial debate
topics. It therefore provides students with an excellent opportunity to develop their critical thinking and their
abilities to effectively interact with others at a very high level. The purpose of this course is to give students the
chance to consider a complex topic from a range of perspectives, and to develop their ability to think for themselves
and express their thoughts in the form of agreement or respectful disagreement with others.
1) Develop the students advanced listening and reading skills through exposure to native-speaker level debates in
English.
2) Develop the students ability to think critically by detecting key weaknesses and strengths in a wide range of
sophisticated arguments.
3) Encourage students to clearly and confidently express their critical evaluations through their own
presentations, their responses to the presentations of others, and group discussions.
The course will revolve around student presentations on key, well-known debates related to the issues of the origin of the
Universe, the origin of life, the notion of a possible ultimate purpose, and the existence of God. The precise schedule of t hese
presentations and the debates they will be based on will depend on the number of students. However, a provisional list of
these key debates is provided below along with a list of key topics:
Richard Dawkins talks with Biblical Scholar
The Dawkins and Krauss Debate: Life and the Cosmos
Something from Nothing: A Conversation with Richard Dawkins and Lawrence Krauss
Lawrence Krauss and William Lane Craig: Is it Reasonable to Believe there is a God (2013)
John Lennox and Richard Dawkins: Has Science buried God?
William Lane Craig and Christopher Hitchens: Does God Exist?
The Future of God Debate: Sam Harris and Michael Shermer vs. Deepak Chopra and Jean Houston
List of key topics:
Homework
Grading
System
The anthropic principle and the argument that the Universe has been fine tuned for life.
Key choices: An infinite God and creation from nothing, an infinite Universe, or something from "nothing" and the possibility of
the multiverse.
Evaluating the validity of religious experience and sacred texts.
The challenege presented by the origin of life on Earth and consciousness.
Assessing Evolution's implications for traditional and modern religious world-views.
in class activities and discussions): 20%; presentations and questions related to presentations: 30%; tests: 25%;
final essay: 25%.
Textbooks /
Reading List
Websites
Website of
Laboratory
Additional
Information

class.
TOEFL-ITP 500
Syllabus Number 74
Course
Name
Food and Nutrition in Contemporary Japan
Semester, Year
Course level
1000
Instructor(s)
(Institution)
ASSMANN STEPHANIE ()
Course
Objectives
Course Goals
Number of Credits
2 credits
Course Number
027075
Food and nutrition are mundane acts that can be investigated in wider sociological and anthropological contexts.
This course addresses Japanese society through the study of eating habits. An investigation of eating habits
reflects the close relationship between health and nutrition, allows thoughts on the formation of national and
regional identity, and permits an inspection of gender roles. This course further examines Japans agricultural
system, Japans position in international free trade, and addresses current trends such as the national food
education campaign (shokuiku) as well as the sensitive issue of food safety after the nuclear disaster of March
2011 at Fukushima Daiichi.
This course will enable students
1) to discuss current trends in food culture and nutrition in Japan, and
2) to discuss food and nutrition in wider economic-political contexts.
This is a preliminary course schedule, which may be changed according to students' needs.
1.
Introduction
Food Culture in Japan: An Overview

2.
Major Foods and Ingredients
3.
Food on Special Occasions
4.
Food and Gender
5.
Film in Class: Tampopo
6.
Discussion of Tampopo
Course
Schedule
The Food Market, Agriculture and Free Trade

7.
The Japanese Food Retail Market
8.
Agriculture and Free Trade
Food and Globalization
9.
Food and Globalization
10.
Film in Class: Sushi: The Global Catch
Food Safety
11.
12.
13.
14.
Food Additives and Genetically Modified Food

After Fukushima: Food Safety and Radiation
Food Security
The Food Education Campaign (Shokuiku)
15.
Course Evaluation and Final Discussion
Students are expected to read one reading (15-20 pages) for the preparation of every class.
Homework
Grading
System
Textbooks /
Reading List
Students are expected to prepare and present a presentation of 15 minutes.

At the end of the course, students will submit a final report of two pages in length, which contains a critical
reflection of one of the readings that were discussed in class.
1. Classroom Participation (25%)
2. Quizzes (at the beginning of every class) (25%)
3. Presentation (15 minutes) (25%)
4. Final Report (25%)
Readings will be distributed in class.

Modern Japanese Cuisine. Food, Power and National Identity Cwiertka, Katarzyna J. Reaktion Books 2006
Japanese Foodways, Past and Present Rath, Eric and Stephanie Assmann (eds.) 2010
Websites
Website of
Laboratory
Additional
Information
TOEFL-ITP 500
Syllabus Number 75
Course
Name
Political Economy of Japan and East Asia
Semester, Year
Course level
2000
Instructor(s)
(Institution)
Hironori SASADA ()
Number of Credits
2 credits
Course Number
027142
Course
Objectives
This course will explore political economy of East Asian countries including Japan, South Korea, Taiwan, and
China. The course consists of two parts. The first part analyzes similarities and differences in the developmental
paths and the systems of political economy in Japan, South Korea, Taiwan, and China. It also reviews existing
studies on East Asian political economy. The second part examines the recent development in the economic
relations among those countries focusing on such areas as trade, finance, and regional integration.
Course Goals
This course places emphasis on interaction among the instructor and students in class, and students are expected
to actively participate class discussion.
Course
Schedule
Week 1: Overview of Asian Economy and Explanations for the Asian Miracle
Week 2: Political economy of Japan (1) The bureaucracy
Week 3: Political economy of Japan (2) Industrial policies
Week 4: Political economy of Japan (3) Corporate systems
Week 5: Political economy of South Korea (1)
Week 6: Political economy of South Korea (2)
Week 7: Midterm Exam
Week 8: Political economy of Taiwan
Week 9: Political economy of China (1)
Week 10: Political economy of China (2)
Week 11: Economic relations in East Asia (1) 1980s: Foreign direct investment
Week 12: Economic relations in East Asia (2) 1990s: Regionalism
Week 13: Economic relations in East Asia (3) 1990s: The Asian financial crisis
Week 14: Economic relations in East Asia (4) 2000s: Free trade agreements and TPP
Week 15: Final exam
Homework
Read the reading materials before coming to the lecture every week.
Grading
System
Midterm exam
Final exam
Class participation
Textbooks /
Reading List
Websites
Website of
Laboratory
Additional
Information
40%
40%
20%
All reading materials will be made available at the course website.
Syllabus Number 76
Course
Name
Japanese Foreign Policy
Semester, Year
Course level
2000
Instructor(s)
(Institution)
Hironori SASADA ()
Number of Credits
2 credits
Course Number
027143
Course
Objectives
This is an introductory course on Japanese foreign policies. The course will cover Japans foreign policies in the
post-WWII period.
Course Goals
By the end of the course, students are expected to develop the following skills: (1) to explain some key terms of
Japanese foreign policies, (2) to discuss some recent important changes in Japanese foreign relations and explain
the contexts of the changes.
Course
Schedule
Week 1: Postwar Japanese foreign policy (1): The Yoshida Doctrine

Week 2: Postwar Japanese foreign policy (2): The rise and fall of pacifism
Week 3: The rise of conservatism and nationalism in Japan
Week 5: Film: Aegis (2005)
Week 6: Japans trade policies
(1)
Week 7: Japans trade policies
(2)
Week 8: Midterm Exam
Week 9: US-Japan political relations
Week 10: US-Japan economic relations
Week 11: Japans economic relationship with Asia
Week 12: Japans political relationship with Asia (1)
Week 13: Japans political relationship with Asia (2)
Week 14: Japans involvement in international organizations
Week 15: Final exam
Homework
Read reading materials before the lectures.
Grading
System
Midterm exam
Final exam
Class participation
Textbooks /
Reading List
Websites
Website of
Laboratory
Additional
Information
40%
40%
20%
All reading materials will be made available online. Download the files and read them before the lectures.
Syllabus Number 77
Course
Name
Local/global food as revitalization workshop
Semester, Year
Course level
2000
Instructor(s)
(Institution)
Susanne Klien ()
Number of Credits
2 credits
Course Number
027150
Course
Objectives
This workshop will be conducted in Sapporo as well as Shin-Totsukawa and will involve interaction with locals
with the aim of developing new food products or dishes that combine local resources and global ideas. The most
original ideas/food products will be presented at the local autumn festival on October 2. Good grasp of Japanese,
flexibility and social skills highly beneficial. Students who wish to obtain a credit for this course need to
participate in a one-day preparatory trip to Shintotsukawa (June), attend the introductory session and
preparatory lectures on revitalization, fieldwork and food (mostly in June) and preparatory sessions (twice in
June) before the workshop. During the workshop, students will have the chance to get insights into the everyday
food life of residents during a one-day homestay in Shintotsukawa. After the end of the workshop, students will
present their findings at Hokudai to the general public.
Course Goals
Students will improve their social skills, presentation skills, teamwork skills and fieldwork techniques
(interviews, participant observation).
Course
Schedule
Students who wish to obtain a credit for this course need to participate in a one-day preparatory trip to Shintotsukawa (June),
attend the introductory session and preparatory lectures on revitalization, fieldwork and food (mostly in June) and preparato ry
sessions (twice in June) before the workshop. During the workshop, students will have the chance to get insights into the
everyday food life of residents during a one-day homestay in Shintotsukawa. After the end of the workshop, students will
present their findings at Hokudai to the general public.
Detailed information on the schedule will be provided on my homepage http://susanne-klien.net
Students need to critically read the materials provided for this class and actively engage in discussion during class
sessions.
Homework
Bridget Love, Fraught Fieldsites: Studying Community Decline and Heritage Food Revival in Rural Japan,
Critical Asian Studies 39:4 (2007), 541-59.
Additional materials will be provided at introductory session.
Grading
System
Textbooks /
Reading List
Websites
Website of
Laboratory
Additional
Information
Evaluation will be based on originality, teamwork, empathy, presentation and analytical skills. Detailed
information will be provided at the introductory session.

Lecture-Class Discussions - 1.5 Hours Per Week, Mandatory, in Class Reading and Class Preparation - 1 Hours Per Week, Mandatory, Outside of Class

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Syllabus Number 1

Religion and Society in Japan

Spring Semester (Spring Quarter), 2016

Lecture/class discussions: 1.5 hours per week, mandatory, in class

Suggest in the class

Ethics, Killing and Violence

Spring Semester, 2016

Presentation and class participation.

Phenomenology of Reason: Dialogue with Japanese Philosophy

Spring Semester, 2016

Spring Semester, 2016

will be mentioned during the course.

Dynamic Epistemic Logic and its Applications

Spring Semester, 2016

1. use formal languages of the dynamic logics to describe examples,

A laptop or tablet will be useful to download the above materials.

Countries and Culture

Spring Semester, 2016

LA FAY MICHELLE KAY ()

Week 1: Let's get acquainted! Class guidelines and expectations

Supplementary materials will be provided by the instructor.

Historical International Experiences

Spring Semester, 2016

LA FAY MICHELLE KAY ()

Week 1: Let's get acquainted! Class guidelines and expectations.

Happy or anxious? Making sense of Japanese Youth

Spring Semester (Spring Quarter), 2016

There will be required readings, which I will upload on Moodle.

You will be graded based on the following four aspects:

Cultural Psychology (Frontiers in Cultural Psychology)

Spring Semester, 2016

a) To understand our daily behavior from a cultural perspective.

Cultural psychology, 2nd ed. Heine, Steven J. W.W. Norton 2012

Spring Semester, 2016

Day 1 RADICAL ROOTS: THE RISE AND DEMISE OF ABOLITION-DEMOCRACY

Spring Semester, 2016

School Education and Society in Japan

Spring Semester (Spring Quarter), 2016

Week 1. A brief historical review of school education in Japan (OHNO)

Each lecturer will provide handouts

Globalization and Sustainability in Japanese School Education

Spring Semester (Summer Quarter), 2016

Week 1. A brief review of education for sustainable development (Mizuno)

Each lecturer will provide handouts

Introduction to Japanese Law

Spring Semester, 2016

1 "Reception" of Modern Western Law (1)

No textbook required. Handouts will be distributed.

Law and Politics of Human Rights in Global Culture

Spring Semester, 2016

Professor Benjamin Gregg: http://www.utexas.edu/cola/government/faculty/profile.php?id=bggregg

Spring Semester, 2016

The course covers the following topics:

Handouts will be distributed

Spring Semester, 2016

This course covers differentiation of functions in one or several variables.

Sequences : definition of sequence, limit of a sequence

Students are graded accordingly to whether or not

The course material will be provided by the teacher.

Spring Semester, 2016

1. Matrices -- Definitions, examples, addition, scalar multiplication, linear combinations, multiplication,

Students are graded accordingly to whether or not

To be announced in the first class.