Course Name Year Term Period Faculty / Graduate School All Instructors Credits
53432:Liberal Arts Seminar (14) § 53433:Theme Study (14) 2023 Fall Wed4 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) CHOI JUNG HOON 2

Campus

OIC

Class Venue

AC436

Language

English is mainly used during the seminar, while Japanese can be also supportively used.

Course Outline and Method

[Class Theme] Analyzing Social Dilemmas

This seminar will be examining social dilemmas we have faced now, focusing on East Asia. Each seminar has a specific theme to consider by using active leaning methods, such as group presentation and discussion, thereby grasping the causes of social dilemmas and seeking how to solve them. English is mainly used while Japanese can be supportively used during each session.

All the seminars will be conducted through Zoom.

Student Attainment Objectives

1. Considering the causes and mechanisms of social dilemmas by your own.
2. Cultivating group discussion skills.
3. Conducting group presentations.
4. Improving communication skills in English.

Recommended Preparatory Course

Course Schedule

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

Introduction & Preparation for Group Works

2-3

Social Dilemma Part 1: Thinking Imperialism in Northeast Asia

a. Why has the relationship between Japan and Korea?
b. Prisoner's Dilemma
c. Comparing Shibaism, Wadaism and Munism
4

Theory of Social Dilemma 1: Thinking the Law of Jungle

What divide the line between the strong and the weak?
5-6

Social Dilemma Part 2: Thinking Imperialism in Northeast Asia

a. The Pacific War as Justice?
b. Japan's Studies on Bacteria
c. Forced Labor and Comfort Woman
7-9

Social Dilemma Part 3: Thinking the World Order after WW2 and its Compensations

a. Division of Korea and the Korean War
b. What brings about massacre? A Case-study on the Cheju 4.3 Incident (Fieldwork)
c. Treaty of Peace with Japan and Problems in its Compensations
10-11

Social Dilemma Part 4: Thinking the Complicated Form of Japan since 1945

a. Hiroshima and Nagasaki
b. Remilitarization of Japan and Geopolitics
c. Okinawa
d. The Pacifist Constitution
12

Theory of Social Dilemma 2: Thinking Meritocracy

13-15

Social Dilemma Part 5 : Thinking Nuclear Energy

a. The Beginning of Nuclear Proliferation
b. Is NPT fair?
c. What brings about nuclear crises?
d. A dilemma between non-nuclear proliferation and peaceful use of nuclear energy
e. Fukushima
Notice

The topic of classes may be changed accordingly.

Class Format

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.

All the classes will be conducted on Zoom.

*The Liberal Arts Seminar will be offered online for a total of 15 sessions.
Students may take the course from any environment where they can concentrate and participate in class.
Classrooms are prepared only at the campus where the person in charge of the class belongs.
You will need to bring your own PC and earphones if you choose to take the course in the classroom.

Recommendations for Private Study

1. Reading materials for seminar.
2. Preparing for group works
3. Writing a report about a social dilemma you are interested in.

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

Your final grade will be calculated according to the following process.

Usual Performance Score (70%): Attendance, Attitude for group discussions and presentations, and communication papers.

Reports (30%): a 2000-4000 word report about a social dilemma that you find interesting will be submitted.

Grade Evaluation Method （Note）

*Usual performance score will be gone when you are absent four times or more.
*Students will have to submit the answers for assignments, such as communication papers and quizzes, through Manaba+r. Please make sure that students should do two quizzes or more out of three ones given in this course. When students do just one quiz out of three, the 30 points for attendance and attitudes can be lost.
*A 2000-4000 word essay about a social dilemma you are interested in should be submitted.

Advice to Students on Study and Research Methods

This class is open for the students with the following English ability: a TOEFL ITP®test score between 480 and 530, a TOEFL iBT®test score between 55 and 71, a TOEIC®test score between 580 and 630, an IELTS score above 5.0, or equivalent.
＊TOEIC®, TOEFL®はEducational Testing Service(ETS)の登録商標です。

Textbooks

Textbooks （Frequency of Use, Note）

There is no textbook and some materials to support would be handed out.

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)

Communication Paper,Learning Management System （manaba+R）,Talk with Students

Other Comments

i. Please refrain from bothering other students studying hard by doing any irrelevant activities to classes, such as chatting with friends and using smartphones, tablets and laptops.

ii. Please respect the fact that we all may speak English differently.
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