＜概要/Course Content Summary＞
This course aims to train first-year graduate students to acquire the necessary skills and knowledge to write an M.A. thesis concerning ethnic and cultural studies that meets global standards. Through the interactive process of "learning by doing," which involves group activities and actual practice, students will learn the intellectual route of inquiry that will enable them to attain an original thesis, theoretical frameworks, and methodologies for data collecting.
＜到達目標/Goals,Aims＞
1) Students will learn how to come up with a research question so as to form and structure an original argument.
2) Students will read theory-based materials, following consultation with the teacher concerned.
3) Students will participate in an in-class debate, exchanging viewpoints and ideas.
4) Students will present their work in front of their peers.
5) Students will learn how to write at a level accepted by academic communities outside of Japan.
＜授業計画/Schedule＞
（実施回/
Week）
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（内容/
Contents）
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（授業時間外の学習/
Assignments）
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（実施回/ Week）
1
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（内容/ Contents）
Introduction (MCKAY, WILKINS, CAMPBELL)
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（授業時間外の学習/ Assignments）
Reading & writing assignment
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（実施回/ Week）
2
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（内容/ Contents）
What is a thesis? (MCKAY)
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（授業時間外の学習/ Assignments）
Reading & writing assignment
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（実施回/ Week）
3
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（内容/ Contents）
What is a topic and how do I find one? (MCKAY)
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（授業時間外の学習/ Assignments）
Reading & writing assignment
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（実施回/ Week）
4
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（内容/ Contents）
How do I conduct research? (MCKAY)
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（授業時間外の学習/ Assignments）
Reading assignment
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（実施回/ Week）
5
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（内容/ Contents）
What is theory? (MCKAY)
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（授業時間外の学習/ Assignments）
Reading assignment & preparation for the debate
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（実施回/ Week）
6
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（内容/ Contents）
Reading theory (WILKINS)
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（授業時間外の学習/ Assignments）
Reading assignment & preparation for the debate
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（実施回/ Week）
7
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（内容/ Contents）
Clashing views on racial equality: Debate (WILKINS)
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（授業時間外の学習/ Assignments）
Reading assignment
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（実施回/ Week）
8
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（内容/ Contents）
Clashing views on ethnicity: Debate (WILKINS)
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（授業時間外の学習/ Assignments）
Reading assignment
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（実施回/ Week）
9
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（内容/ Contents）
Interpretation of culture (1) (WILKINS)
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（授業時間外の学習/ Assignments）
Reading assignment
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（実施回/ Week）
10
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（内容/ Contents）
Interpretation of culture (2) (WILKINS)
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（授業時間外の学習/ Assignments）
Reading assignment
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（実施回/ Week）
11
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（内容/ Contents）
Conducting historical research (CAMPBELL)
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（授業時間外の学習/ Assignments）
Reading assignment
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（実施回/ Week）
12
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（内容/ Contents）
Writing convincingly (CAMPBELL)
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（授業時間外の学習/ Assignments）
Writing assignment
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（実施回/ Week）
13
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（内容/ Contents）
Presenting your work (CAMPBELL)
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（授業時間外の学習/ Assignments）
Preparation for the presentation
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（実施回/ Week）
14
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（内容/ Contents）
Student presentations (CAMPBELL)
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（授業時間外の学習/ Assignments）
Preparation for the presentation
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（実施回/ Week）
15
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（内容/ Contents）
Student presentations (CAMPBELL)
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（授業時間外の学習/ Assignments）
Preparation for the presentation
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＜成績評価基準/Evaluation Criteria＞
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平常点(出席，クラス参加，グループ作業の成果等)
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30%
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小レポート
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10%
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期末レポート試験・論文
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10%
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クラスで発表など
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30%
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クラスへの貢献度
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20%
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＜テキスト/Textbook＞
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Umberto Eco
, How to Write a Thesis
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Translation edition
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(MIT Press, 2015)
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229
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ISBN:0262527138
In-Lib only copy available in Shikokan.
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Marcel Stoetzler
, Beginning classical social theory
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(Manchester University Press, 2017)
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351
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ISBN:1784991457
This textbook may be replaced by a different textbook in the Beginnings Series or another book, as appropriate, following discussion between the course teacher and students.
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Wayne C. Booth, Gregory G. Colomb, Joseph M. Williams
, The Craft of Research
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3rd
.
(University of Chicago Press, 2008)
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336
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ISBN:0226065669
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Jeffrey Nealon, Susan Searls Giroux
, The Theory Toolbox
:
Critical Concepts For The Humanities, Arts, & Social Sciences
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2nd
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(Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, 2011)
,
296
.
ISBN:9780742570504
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