Course Name Year Term Period Faculty / Graduate School All Instructors Credits
52041:[2025 Fall]Liberal Arts Seminar (8) § 52042:Theme Study (8) 2025 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

英語

Course Outline and Method

テーマ ：Culture and science in German-speaking regions

授業の概要と方法 ：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 Second World War, 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 students and the leturer to archive deep comprehension. 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 Geremany, 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

+R-Jugyo is offered before Lecture 1. Please refer to manaba+R Contents.

1

+R-Jugyo.
Perspective 1: German-speaking regions and German food cuture

German-speaking regions, bread, ham and sausage, coffee

2

Perspective 2: German music

Church music, symphony, oper, operetta

3

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

Martin Luther, Luther's Testaments, typographic (letterpress) printing

4

Perspective 4: Mass media in German-speaking regions

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

5

Perspective 5: Climate, water, and traffic

Geography, climate, water, beer, train

6

Perspective 6: Natural science and German influence

German words in science and Japanese

7

Perspective 7: Arts and architecture

Middle Ages, plague, museum, Northern Renaissance

8

Perspective 8: German and its dialects

German, grammar, vocabulary, dialects, Swiss German

9

Perspective 9: Education and religion

Education, university, theology, German Empires, Church, Protestants, Christmas

10

Perspective 10: German history of natural sciences

Science, World wars, EU, Merkel, economy, imigrants, energy

11-14

Presentation

Discussion, reports

Class Format

Media-based lectures are offered 14 times.

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) 0

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

How a student joins the discussion in the seminar (30%); how a student presents a topic (40%); and how a student describes the selected topic in the report (30%).

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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