Course Name Year Term Period Faculty / Graduate School All Instructors Credits
51835:Liberal Arts Seminar (10) § 51836:Theme Study (10) 2024 Fall Tue4 College　Of　Law,College　Of　Economics,College　Of　Business　Administration,College　Of　Social　Sciences,College　Of　International　Relations,College　Of　Policy　Science,College　Of　Letters,College　of　Image　Arts　and　Sciences,College　of　Comprehensive　Psychology,College　of　Science　and　Engineering,College　of　Gastronomy　Management,College　of　Information　Science　and　Engineering,College　of　Life　Sciences,College　of　Pharmaceutical　Sciences,College　of　Sport　and　Health　Science　(tentative　name) NISHIZAWA MIKIO 2

Campus

OIC

Class Venue

AN424

Language

English

Course Outline and Method

There are great influences by German on the Japanese culture and science since Meiji period, when Prussia was a prominent country in the Europe. After the World War 2, USA occupies the priority position in the natural sciences instead of Germany. However, Germany is still significantly contributing to the science and cultre in the world. Targets of this seminar are the students who have interest on the science and culture in Germany and German-speaking regions. To deeply understand them, the lecturer gives a perspective and materials about the perspectives in each seminar. Based on them, the students discuss with other student and the leturer to archive deep comprehension. During the lectures, each student select her/his own topic or theme and prepare a report by collecting references (literature or web searches). In the final seminars, the students present their reports using slides and discuss about them with each other. A review and comments of the presentation will be provided as feedback.

Student Attainment Objectives

1. Students can explain about Germany, German, and German-speaking regions, as well as outlines of German science and culture.
2. Students can explain about the relationship between Germany and the world and German-Japanese relationship in scientific fields.

Recommended Preparatory Course

Course Schedule

Lecture/Instructor（When there are multiple instructors) Theme
Keyword, References and Supplementary Information
第１回

Germany and German-speaking regions

German,Germany,Austria, Switzerland, overview

第２回

Perspective 1: German food cuture and agriculture

Bread, ham and sausage, coffee, wine

第３回

Perspective 2: German music

Church music, symphony, oper, operetta

第４回

Perspective 3: Establishment of German and its difference from other language

Martin Luther, Luther's Testaments, typographic printing

第５回

Perspective 4: Mass media in German-speaking regions

Newspaper, radio, TV, movie, internet, vacation and work

第６回

Perspective 5: Climate, trafic, and architecture

Geography, climate, market place, beer, Autobahn, train

第７回

Perspective 6: Natural science and German influence

German words in science and Japanese, doctors

第８回

Perspective 7: Arts and sports

Middle Ages, plague, museum, Northern Renaissance

第９回

Perspective 8: German and its dialects

German, grammar, vocabulary, dialects, Swiss German

第１０回

Perspective 9: Education and research

Education, university, theology, German Empires

第１１回

Perspective 10: Religion and politics in Germany

Church, Protestants, Christmas, Carnival, Easter

第１２回

Perspective 11: German history of natural sciences

Science, World wars, EU, Chancellor Merke

第１３回

Perspective 12: Current status of German in EU

COVID-19, Ukrainian war, economy, imigrants

第１４回

Presentation 1

Reports, discussion

第１５回

Presentation 2

Reports, discussion

Class Format

第 1 回~15 回をメディア授業にて実施

Recommendations for Private Study

It is recommended to read articles of journals that are introduced by the lectures.

Grade Evaluation Method

Kind Percentage Grading Criteria etc.
Final Examination (Written)

Report Examination
(A report to be submitted by the unified deadline)

Exams and/or Reports other than those stated above, and Continuous Assessment　
(Evaluation of Everyday Performance in Class)		 100

Presentation and report (80%); Attendance and how much you are involved in the seminars (20%)

Grade Evaluation Method （Note）

Advice to Students on Study and Research Methods

Textbooks

Textbooks （Frequency of Use, Note）

Reference Books

Reference Books （Frequency of Use, Note）

Web Pages for Reference

How to Communicate with the Instructor In and Out of Class(Including Instructor Contact Information)

Learning Management System （manaba+R）,Talk with Students,Other (Separate instructions will be provided)

Other Comments

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