| Course Name | Year | Term | Period | Faculty / Graduate School | All Instructors | Credits |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 15352:IR18‐CA205 Bridge to International Studies II (Cooperation & Development)(RC) § 15353:IR-CA205 Introduction to International Studies in English Ⅱ(RC) | 2022 | Spring | Thu1 | College Of International Relations | WILLIS ANGELA SUE | 2 |
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Course Outline and Method
Each week the next week's assignments will be announced in class. If a student is absent from a class, the student is still responsible for that homework and for the homework for the next week. A student can contact the teacher by email to find out what the assignment is.
****KEEP IN TOUCH WITH YOUR TEACHER at sar12202@fc.ritsumei.ac.jp.
This course is an English skills-based course. The content material will be on international development.
NOTE: This is not a personal-opinion-discussion class. The class is for learning concepts and systems in international development. These are necessary concepts to know for international relations. You must know them if you are going to work with development.
The textbook is written at a native-speaker level. Students will need to read the text and analyze the reading. They must learn the concepts so that they can recognize them and explain them on quizzes in class. The teacher will provide worksheets to use for studying the textbook. In addition, the extra articles are all written for native speakers, so students will need to apply reading skills to understand them, also.
Methods will be the following: homework reading of the material using study sheets, in-class small-group study and discussion of the concepts, short lectures and explanations, answering student questions based on the text, and individual and/or small-group research and presentations.
There will be content tests to evaluate listening and reading skills.
The schedule below is flexible. It will be followed as closely as possible, but as the term goes on, it may be changed somewhat if change is needed.
Student Attainment Objectives
1) develop their comprehension of English reading materials in the field of international development,
2) develop their English listening comprehension,
3) learn and improve organization and delivery of oral presentations in English,
4) develop analytical and critical thinking skills for evaluating, summarizing, and synthesizing information in English.
Content objectives are to learn the concepts in the textbook through Chapter 5 (and 6 if there is time).
Recommended Preparatory Course
Course Schedule
| Lecture/Instructor（When there are multiple instructors) | Theme |
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| Keyword, References and Supplementary Information | |
| 1 |
NOTE: THIS CLASS WILL BE LIVE STREAMED ON ZOOM DURING THE SCHEDULED CLASS HOURS -- THURSDAYS, 9:00 TO 10:30.
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international development, development economics, reading skills, note-taking skills, listening skills
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| 2 |
Chapter 1 easy quiz (summary of teacher's points)
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international development, development economics, reading skills, note-taking skills
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| 3 | Chapter 2 |
international development, development economics, reading skills, note-taking skills, graphics
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| 4 |
Chapter 2 quiz
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international development, development economics, population growth, reading skills, note-taking skills, research skills, graphics
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| 5 | Chapter 3 |
international development, development economics, population growth, reading skills, note-taking skills, research skills, graphics
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| 6 | Chapter 3 |
international development, development economics, population growth, growth rates, reading skills, note-taking skills, graphics
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| 7 |
Chapter 3 and
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human capital, inequality, population, growth rates, reading skills, note-taking skills, graphics, Lorenz curve, Gini index
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| 8 | Chapter 4 |
human capital, inequality, population, growth rates, reading skills, note-taking skills, graphics
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| 9 | Chapter 4 |
human capital, inequality, population, growth rates, reading skills, note-taking skills, graphics
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| 10 | Chapter 5 Income Inequality |
inequality, poverty, inequality benefits, reading skills, note-taking skills, graphics
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| 11 |
Chapter 5 Income Inequality
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inequality, poverty, inequality benefits, reading skills, note-taking skills, graphics
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| 12 |
Chapter 5 quiz
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inequality, poverty, reading skills, note-taking skills
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| 13 | Presentations, 2 to 4 minutes per person |
reading skills, research skills, note-taking skills, presentation skills, listening skills
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| 14 | Presentations |
reading skills, research skills, note-taking skills, presentation skills, listening skills
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| 15 |
Presentations (if necessary)
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reading skills, research skills, note-taking skills, presentation skills, listening skills
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Class Format
Recommendations for Private Study
Homework problems? Write immediately to the teacher for help: sar12202@fc.ritsumei.ac.jp.
Grade Evaluation Method
| Kind | Percentage | Grading Criteria etc. |
|---|---|---|
| Final Examination (Written) | 0 | |
| Report Examination (A report to be submitted by the unified deadline) |
0 | |
| Exams and/or Reports other than those stated above, and Continuous Assessment (Evaluation of Everyday Performance in Class) |
100 | 60% quizzes
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Grade Evaluation Method （Note）
1) supporting classmates by respecting their ideas and by speaking to them in English only,
2) listening when it is time to listen,
3) speaking when asked for responses,
4) using only English in all interaction in from the moment of stepping foot into the classroom until the moment of stepping foot into the hallway,
5) being prepared for each class and for special assignments with the best work possible, and
6) bringing the necessary tools to class (for example, dictionary, paper, pencil/pen, notebook, text -- either hard copy or accessible soft copy).
Positive participation also means respecting the system of the classroom -- attending all classes, being on time, listening when being spoken to by any member of the class, doing outside work in order to be able to answer and contribute in class, and contributing helpful comments when asked either individually or in a group.
The Ritsumeikan attendance policy in general:
The university policy is that a student cannot receive credit for the course if he/she misses more than one-third of the classes. Also, note that attendance includes being on time. Three times of being tardy is counted as one absence. If a student is tardy, he/she is missing part of class. This adds up.
Regarding attendance in this class specifically:
The Ritsumeikan policy does not mean that someone who attends 2/3 of the classes will pass. In fact, if a student who misses more than one or two of the classes in this course, will find it very difficult to pass the course. Every class session has a lot of information that cannot be gotten without being in class. Also, missing one or two sessions may mean that a quiz is missed, and quizzes cannot be made up.
Advice to Students on Study and Research Methods
1) Keep all bibliographic information of everything you read in your research. [Bibliographic information will be explained in class.]
2) Do not only choose the easiest-to-find sources. However, don't use sources that are too difficult for you to read, either.
3) Look for dependable, strong sources with expert information.
4) Use only English sources. NOTE ON USING ONLY ENGLISH SOURCES: Though I realize that you may feel that Japanese sources are more helpful to you in content, please rememeber that this is an English class. So, gaining in English is more important than gaining content information. Japanese sources do not give you English input. If you use English sources, they will give you models of English vocabulary and models of English sentence structures. So, please use English sources only.
Textbooks
| Title | Author | Publisher | ISBN Code | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Beyond Economic Growth, 2nd ed. | Soubbotina | World Bank | This book is free online. The link is below. |
Textbooks （Frequency of Use, Note）
Reference Books
Reference Books （Frequency of Use, Note）
Web Pages for Reference
https://documents.worldbank.org/en/publication/documents-reports/documentdetail/454041468780615049/beyond-economic-growth-an-introduction-to-sustainable-development
Other material will be on Resources on manaba.
How to Communicate with the Instructor In and Out of Class(Including Instructor Contact Information)
Other Comments
URL:http://www.ritsumei.ac.jp//students/pathways-future/course/curriculum.html