経済学部Faculty of Economics

This seminar provides you with a good learning environment to improve your study skills. You practice various activities such as critical thinking, data analysis, leading small groups, presenting your research findings, and more. Through these activities, you acquire the knowledge and ability to write your graduation thesis and plan successfully your career.

The goals of the seminar are to improve students’ abilities and skills to analyze the data, write academic essays and thesis, develop critical thinking, and deepen their knowledge of economics. Additionally, to develop their leadership skills in a multicultural workplace.

ディプロマポリシーのうち、経済学科・現代ビジネス学科は「DP8」「DP9」「DP10」「DP11」に関連。国際経済学科は「DP9」「DP10」「DP11」に関連。

日本語・英語併用 / Japanese & English

During the academic year of 2022, I use the hybrid method that combines both online lectures through zoom and face-to-face lectures in the classroom at the Tama Campus. All students are expected to prepare their individual presentations, group presentations, group conversations, and more.

あり / Yes

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授業形態/methods of teaching：対面/face to face

※各回の授業形態は予定です。教員の指示に従ってください。

Lecture 1[対面/face to face]：Introduction to seminar

Self-introduction;
guidelines;
The writer of graduation thesis;
leadership and planning.

Lecture 2[対面/face to face]：Introduction
Global economic history

Northern Europe 1;
Choosing a research topic;
How to write the title;
The 3 parts of thesis.

Lecture 3[対面/face to face]：College writing Workshop Global economic history 1

Northern Europe 2
Use of library resources;
Individual presentations 1;

Lecture 4[対面/face to face]：Global economic history 2

College writing Workshop 2

Southern Europe
Bibliographical essay;
Group presentations 1
Individual presentations 1

Lecture 5[対面/face to face]：College writing Workshop 3
Global economic history

Eastern Europe;
Plagiarism and academic honesty;
Individual presentations 1

Lecture 6[対面/face to face]：Global economic history 3
Critical thinking 1

The United States;
The basics of citation
Self-understanding;
Individual presentations 2

Lecture 7[対面/face to face]：Global economic history 4
Critical thinking 2

Canada
APA citations for the social sciences;
Design your life;
Individual presentations 2

Lecture 8[対面/face to face]：Global economic history 5
Critical thinking 3

Latin America
All reference styles
The standard for thinking;
Individual presentations 2
Group presentations 2

Lecture 9[対面/face to face]：Global economic history 6
Critical thinking 4

Japan;
The art of making intellectual decisions;
Individual presentations 3

Lecture 10[対面/face to face]：Global economic history 7
Critical thinking 5

China;
The parts of thinking;
Individual presentations 3

Lecture 11[対面/face to face]：Global economic history 8
Critical thinking 6

MENA;
Becoming a fair-minded thinker;
Individual presentations 3

Lecture 12[対面/face to face]：Global economic history 9
Critical thinking 7

South Asia and Australia;
Analyzing and evaluating thinking;
Individual presentations 3

Lecture 13 [対面/face to face]：Global economic history 10
Critical thinking 8

Sub-Saharan Africa
Strategic thinking
Group presentations 3

Lecture 14[対面/face to face]：Global economic history 11

Concluding remarks

Lecture 15[対面/face to face]：Global economic history

Guidelines;
Leadership and planning

Lecture 16[対面/face to face]：Global economic history
Workshop 1

Group presentations 1
Individual presentations 1

Lecture 17[対面/face to face]：Global economic history
Workshop 2

Individual presentations 1
Group conversations 1

Lecture 18[対面/face to face]：Academic writing 1
World Development1

College research
The three parts of a thesis;
Economic growth;
Individual presentations 1

Lecture 19[対面/face to face]：Academic writing 2
World Development2

The writer;
Individual presentations 2;
Macro-Measurement

Lecture 20[対面/face to face]：Academic writing 3
Western Europe and the Transformation 1

College writing 1
Group presentation 2
The Driving Forces;
Individual presentations 2

Lecture 21[対面/face to face]：Academic writing 4
Western Europe and the Transformation 2

College writing 2;
Individual presentations 2

Lecture 22[対面/face to face]：Academic writing 5
The Interaction Between Asia and the West1

College writing 3
Group conversations 2;
European–Asian Interaction;
Individual presentations 2

Lecture 23[対面/face to face]：Academic writing 6
The Interaction Between Asia and the West2

College writing 4
International trade agreements;
Individual presentations 2

Lecture 24[対面/face to face]：Academic writing 7
The Pioneers of
Macro-Measurement

Writing well1
Individual presentations 3

Lecture 25[未定/undecided]：Academic writing 8
The Pioneers of
Macro-Measurement

Writing well 2
Macro-Measurement in the 19th and 20th centuries;
Individual presentations 3

Lecture 26[対面/face to face]：Modern Macro-Measurement

Tool of Economic Policy;
Writing well 3;
World Economic Growth;
Individual presentations 3

Lecture 27[対面/face to face]：The World Economy in 2030

Projections of Population
Writing well 4
Per capita GDP
Group presentations 3

Lecture 28[対面/face to face]：Final evaluation

Concluding remarks

Students are encouraged to prepare outside class some group presentations, reading assignments, and partial thesis presentations, approximately five hours per week.

Joerg Baten, A history of the global economy 1500 to the present, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2016.

Gregory Clark, A Farewell to Alms: a brief economic history of the world, Princeton, New Jersey: Princeton University Press, 2007

1. Bassham et al., Critical thinking: a student’s introduction, 4th ed., New York: McGraw-Hill, 2011
2. Charles Lipson, Doing honest work in college: how to prepare citations, avoid plagiarism, and achieve real academic success, Chicago: The University of Chicago Press, 2004.
3. Richard Paul and Linda Elder, Critical Thinking: Tools for taking charge of your professional and personal life, New Jersey: Pearson Education Inc., 2014.

The final evaluation is based on the following: attendance and contributions to seminar activities: 30%; partial thesis presentation: 30%; group presentations: 40%; total: 100%.

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Please prepare a Personal Computer with a good internet connection and webcam. You must turn on the web camera when attending online lecture through zoom.

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