KIC

RYOYUKAN　RY304

English

  This advanced seminar is designed to provide bachelor students with an in-depth study of issues related to development and/or the environment in the developing world. Driven by the forces of globalization, the 21st century humanity has been facing a series of global challenges such as uneven distribution of wealth, the expansion of economic crisis, overpopulation, terrorism, nuclear threats, climate change, infectious diseases, and so forth. Social sciences are particularly suited to analyzing a multitude of social factors and mechanisms leading to such global challenges, and also apt for thinking of possible solutions to them. In the seminar, students are encouraged to engage in at least one social science disciplinary literature/perspective. In doing so purposefully, they can gain multifaceted perspectives/thinking on the complex and intertwined repercussions among actors, objects, issues, and venues involved in a topic of their interests.
    Students receive research guidance from their academic adviser to pursue their graduation thesis research. Presentations and discussions will be held in class.

By completion of the course, students will be able to:
- develop the ability to establish a good research plan;
- acquire the skills to base research on at least one social science disciplinary approach;
- acquire and address their data in a fruitful manner, according to the framework they have built;
- present their research in an effective manner; and
- accomplish a valuable final bachelor thesis.

Students must be clear about what topic of interest they would like to pursue in the field of development/environmental studies, on what social science discipline(s) they would like to base their research, and which research methods (e.g., interview, statistical analysis, document survey) they would like to employ.

Lecture/Instructor（When there are multiple instructors)	Theme
	Keyword, References and Supplementary Information
1-15	Seminar Management Method
	Year 3 (1st semester): In the first several seminars, participants will present a summary of the article of their interest. After that, they will develop and present their research plan based on the reading of relevant literature. At the end of the semester, participants will submit a term report on the chosen topic of the graduation thesis. Year 3 (2nd semester): While continuing with the reading of relevant literature, participants will further polish their research plan and begin to write up papers that will be the building blocks of their gradation thesis. Year 4 (3rd semester): Participants will carry out the research plan while further developing graduation thesis chapters. Year 4 (4th semester): Participants will complete the writing of their graduation thesis, based on their research findings.

BCP停止の場合は、BCPレベル0～2の記載どおりに授業が行われます。
During the suspension period of BCP, classes will be as described in BCP levels 0-2.

The class Format for each class will be announced on manaba+R’s course news. Also, the class format for the first class will be notified on manaba+R’s course news before the first class(*).
For “Special Consideration”, please check manaba+R’s College of IR Student Page and the “Study Support Site”.

College of IR Student Page：https://ct.ritsumei.ac.jp/ct/course_1728150
Study Support Site：https://www.ritsumei.ac.jp/pathways-future/eng/

(*)To check the class format for the first class of the course, you will need to apply for the “early use request function.” Refer to the Registration Guidebook AY 2023 for details. Please be careful that applying for the early use request does not sign you up for the course. You will need to register for courses during the designated period separately.

It is the participant students’ responsibility to identify relevant literature which fits to their research interests, read them to come up with key ideas, and present their research progress. When needed and considered capable, students also conduct fieldwork to obtain primary information that supports the main claim of their thesis.

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	Term Paper 40%   Quality of ideas (16%)   Organization (8%)   Conventions (8%)   Format and appearance (8%) Continuous Assessment 60% (Evaluation of Everyday Performance in Class)

English/Japanese will be acceptable in oral communication/mail communication/communication paper.

http://www.ritsumei.ac.jp/gsir/eng/faculty/article.html/?id=73

Talk with Students,Other (Separate instructions will be provided)

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