授業科目名 年度 学期 開講曜日・時限 学部・研究科 全担当教員 単位数
13456:[2025 春セメスター]IR18‐HE301 Advanced Seminar(84) § 13457:RUIR-3303 Advanced Seminar(Research Methods)(84) 2025 春セメスター 月5 国際関係学部 YUSY WIDARAHESTY 2

キャンパス

衣笠

授業施設

諒友館RY304号教室

授業で利用する言語

English

授業の概要と方法

【+R-Jugyo】
This course will not have +R-Jugyo. The number of class hours for “+R-Jugyo” will be covered by activities related to the course.

　This seminar is designed to provide students with qualitative research skills to prepare an undergraduate thesis, especially in transnational sociology, including the crossing-border movement of people, goods, images, and popular culture. Based on the discipline of transnational sociology that avoids viewing people, things, culture, and social phenomena in the confinement of nation-states, students will learn various skills and methodologies to study global mobility and the lifeworlds of non-state actors as research subjects.
　With the basic knowledge of qualitative research methods, this course reviews various works drawn upon ethnography or interview methods on migration, cross-border marriage, the transborder flow of goods, and popular culture. In doing so, the course intends for students to gain conceptual and practical levels of understanding in qualitative research methods, such as collecting data, scaling down the research focus, and converting it into an operational level of research question or hypothesis.
　Students interested in writing an undergraduate thesis about either international labour migration and people’s cross-border mobility in and outside Japan or the flow of images, information, and popular culture across borders are welcome to take this seminar. Moreover, students keen to write an undergraduate thesis regarding a specific social phenomenon or organizations inside or outside Japan through in-depth interviews, the participatory observation method, and analysis of first-hand data (i.e. interview narratives, a questionnaire, bulletins of an organization) are also encouraged to consider joining the seminar.

受講生の到達目標

1） Students will find their fields of interest and convert their primary research interests into meaningful and concrete academic research projects.
2） Students will acquire the skills needed for qualitative research methods, which can be effectively adapted to their research subjects, guiding them to answer the research questions they have adequately formulated.
3） Students will design their thesis proposals and establish their original perspectives to conduct on-site research and data-gathering activities.
4） Students will complete an undergraduate thesis according to the basic principles instructed in the entire course.
5） Students will be able to build a safe and reciprocal learning community with their peers through, for example, the development of skills to work collaboratively with other seminar members and provide constructive feedback to them.

事前に履修しておくことが望まれる科目

No prerequisite course is required but taking the introductory course of sociology or transnational sociology will be helpful. Comprehensive skills of academic English in reading, writing, and speaking are necessary.

授業スケジュール

授業回数/
担当教員（複数担当の場合） 		テーマ
キーワード・文献・補足事項等
1-14

Seminar Management Method　

This course takes an opening seminar style. Students are expected to enroll in the course for at least four semesters to complete an undergraduate thesis. In the first two semesters, students are equipped with delimiting their research interests, developing a feasible research plan, and different qualitative research methods while immersing themselves in various academic works employing ethnography and in-depth interview methods. Students are expected to formulate detailed research proposals and mini-thesis reports in the last two semesters.
・2024, Spring Semester: Gain knowledge of qualitative research methods and familiarize oneself with academic works such as ethnography and articles employing in-depth interviews or participatory observation methods. (The preliminary research design)
・2024, Fall Semester: Determine one’s research topic and survey important academic works that present essential theoretical grounds and unique empirical findings. (Designing a more advanced research proposal cum preliminary mini-thesis report.)
・2025, Spring Semester: Complete a mini-thesis report including introduction, literature review, and data analysis sections. (Formulating the tentative structure of the thesis)
・2025, Fall Semester: Complete an undergraduate thesis according to the format and academic rules instructed in the course. (Writing up the graduation thesis by the deadline)

授業実施形態

　

授業外学習の指示

You must read the assigned texts before every meeting, even if you are not giving an oral presentation in class. Moreover, you are expected to proactively search for research topics by reading various academic articles and books that interest you the most.

成績評価方法

種別 割合(%) 評価基準等
定期試験（筆記）

レポート試験
（統一締切日を締切とするレポート）

上記以外の試験・レポート、平常点評価
（日常的な授業における取組状況の評価）		 100

Term Paper（Book Review or Thesis Proposal）：40％
・Clarity of the writing.
・Consistency of the discussion.
・Critical engagement in the academic texts based on enough literature reviews.
・Write a paper with academic integrity by following the formality and citation rules

Continuous Assessment
(Evaluation of Everyday Performance in Class)：60%
・Each student will give approximately two to three oral presentations with handouts during the semester (60%).
--Students are required to submit several concept papers related to their tentative graduation thesis themes (i.e. a tentative proposal, a list of references, and the introduction of several important ethnographic works) throughout the semester.
--Students in the final semester will report the progress of their graduation theses.
・Attendance and active participation at every meeting are the responsibilities of every student. No extra points will be given for these minimal duties.
・The details of giving oral presentations and writing a book review will be announced in the class.


成績評価方法(備考)

受講および研究に関するアドバイス

Generally, excellent research questions and hypotheses come neither out of a vacuum nor out of the blue. You need to go to the library and search for relevant readings until you come up with a specific idea for writing a thesis. Please take the time and pain to read a lot of academic texts.

教科書

書名 著者 出版社 ISBNコード 備考
Introduction to Qualitative Research (5th Edition) Uwe Flick Sage 9386062747

教科書(使用頻度、その他補足)

参考書

書名 著者 出版社 ISBNコード 備考
Reader in Qualitative Methods in Migration Research Sirkeci, Ibrahim et al (eds.) Transnational Press London 191299710X 978-1912997107
Handbook of Research Methods in Migration Valgas-Silva, Carlos Edward Elgar 978-1849803113 978-1781005422
Factory Girls: From Village to City in a Changing China Chang, Leslie T. Spiegel & Grau 0385520174 978-0385520171
The Migration Industry in Asia: Brokerage, Gender and Precarity Baas, Michel (ed.) Palgrave Pivot 9789811396946 9789811396939

参考書(使用頻度、その他補足)

*More books and articles will be announced later. All necessary reading materials will be provided.

参考になるwwwページ

授業内外における学生・教員間のコミュニケーションの方法

学生との直接対話,その他(教員より別途指示）

備考

Examples of Past Graduation Research (Graduation Thesis) Titles
None.
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