Course Name Year Term Period Faculty / Graduate School All Instructors Credits
16752:[2025 Winter(Intensive)]Actual Observations of Global Society (Global Fieldwork Project)(AA) 2025 Winter(Intensive) 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) HAGAI SAORI 2

Campus

*

Class Venue

施設なし

Language

Lecture: Japanese
Fieldwork: English

Course Outline and Method

Global Fieldwork Project: Touch the World Beyond Borders!

This is an introductory course which offers a unique global experience to students interested in studying abroad. The motto of the class is “Touch the World Beyond Borders”. Students from diverse colleges will be working together, engaging group projects based on their interests and concerns in a foreign country.

The aim of the program is to acquire global perspectives through fieldwork and project-based learning. This course, you will be going to Vietnam, exotic countries located in the tropics, full of energies, addressing their issues and carrying out fieldwork with buddies in small groups while exposing yourself to local life and culture.

Also, during the preparatory and post fieldwork lectures, you will have an opportunity to present and discuss your project in English, fostering communication skills. After completion of this course, you will surely have fundamental knowledge and perspectives of globalization, connecting you to your future studies including language enhancement.

Enjoy broadening your horizons and connecting the “dots” towards your future. How you would make it useful and functional is entirely up to you!

Student Attainment Objectives

- Enrich your views on issues from macro- to micro-level, and able to explore a solution of social issues through multi-angle discussion.

- Understand the multi-facets and complex nature of the modern issues through fieldwork at overseas, and be able to launch and practice your own project from global perspective of view.

- Be able to plan fieldworks autonomously, and present your approaches, from problem-finding to its solution.

Recommended Preparatory Course

Course Schedule

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

"1-3" Preparatory lecture (1): Fieldwork Orientation and project planning","South East Asia, Global, Tropical, Politics, Economics, Western countries, , Japan, Culture, Society, Colony, Tourism, Development, Multicultural symbiosis, Food, Religion, History, War, 21st century"
"4-7" Preparatory lecture (2): Interim Presentation and discussion","Project design, Presentation, Discussion, English, Expression, Effectiveness, Outcome, Contribution"
"8-10" Overseas study in Vietnam: Lecture and Fieldwork","Cross-culture, Ethnicity, Buddy, Communication, Fieldwork, Participant observation"
"11-12" Post fieldwork lecture (1): Fieldwork reflection and group discussion","Video presentation, Expression, Media, Movie, Photo, Consideration"
"13-15" Post fieldwork lecture (2): Final presentation and discussion","Presentation, Discussion, English, Expression, Effectiveness, Outcome, Contribution"

Class Format

日本国内でのガイダンス、事前・事後講義、実習：募集要項またはmanaba+R等を通じて、担当教員より指示する。
現地での講義・実習：原則、派遣先国・地域、受入先機関・大学にて実施する。詳細はmanaba+R等にて連絡する。

Recommendations for Private Study

You are required to run and manage your own project based on interests and concerns as well as to participate in preparatory and post fieldwork lecture. You are also highly expected to conduct group work as out-of-class activity.

Grade Evaluation Method

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

- The contents and outcomes of the project.
- The contents and outcomes of the fieldwork.
- Participation, discussion and presentation at pre/post lectures.
- Submission of the required assignments.

The instructor in charge of the course at Ritsumeikan University will provide a P (Pass) or F (Fail) grade to each student."

Grade Evaluation Method （Note）

Advice to Students on Study and Research Methods

- Be careful of copyright rules during presentation.
- Do not hesitate to open up and talk both in English and Japanese.
- Take pride in your own project.

Textbooks

Textbooks （Frequency of Use, Note）

Reference Books

Reference Books （Frequency of Use, Note）

Web Pages for Reference

Host university website: http://en.hcmussh.edu.vn/

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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