授業科目名 年度 学期 開講曜日・時限 学部・研究科 全担当教員 単位数
52041:[2025 秋セメスター]Liberal Arts Seminar (8) § 52042:Theme Study(8) 2025 秋セメスター 火4 法学部,経済学部,経営学部,産業社会学部,国際関係学部,政策科学部,文学部,映像学部,総合心理学部,理工学部,食マネジメント学部,情報理工学部,生命科学部,薬学部,スポーツ健康科学部 西澤 幹雄 2

キャンパス

OIC

授業施設

AN424セミナールーム

授業で利用する言語

英語

授業の概要と方法

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.

受講生の到達目標

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.

事前に履修しておくことが望まれる科目

授業スケジュール

授業回数/
担当教員（複数担当の場合） 		テーマ
キーワード・文献・補足事項等

+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

授業実施形態

Media-based lectures are offered 14 times.

授業外学習の指示

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

成績評価方法

種別 割合(%) 評価基準等
定期試験（筆記） 0

レポート試験
（統一締切日を締切とするレポート）

上記以外の試験・レポート、平常点評価
（日常的な授業における取組状況の評価）		 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%).

成績評価方法(備考)

受講および研究に関するアドバイス

教科書

教科書(使用頻度、その他補足)

参考書

参考書(使用頻度、その他補足)

参考になるwwwページ

授業内外における学生・教員間のコミュニケーションの方法

manaba+R,学生との直接対話,その他(教員より別途指示）

備考

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