Japan

This course offers a thorough introduction to the theory, empirics, and practice of monetary policy and central banking. Basic understanding of microeconomics, macroeconomics, and statistics is required. 
 

This course surveys ancient and medieval Europe, from ancient Greece to the Reformation. The ancient and medieval world may seem to be a remote society, but there are many connections with and influences on the contemporary world. Thinking about democracy, politics, religion, liberty, and sciences, the past society gives us clues to see our contemporary world from different perspectives. This course analyzes various primary sources, such as the texts of Herodotus and Thucydides; Res Gestae Divi Augusti (The Deeds of Deified Augustus); Suetonius' Life of Roman Emperors; Pliny the Younger's Letters; Eusebius' Life of Constantine; the forged document of the Donation of Constantine; and the Travels of Ibn Jubayr, to understand how history has been made and interpreted. This process develops one's basic ability in historical study and source criticism. 

In addition to the 320 kanji characters taught up to K250, students will learn to read, write and type 192 new characters. Utilizing a variety of kanji learning methods, they will expand their vocabulary of words that contain kanji.
Eligibility: Students who have learned about 320 kanji characters and are at least A2.1 level in the CEFR/JF Standard for Japanese-Language Education (N4 in the JLPT).
Learning Objectives: 
・Understand the meanings and readings of 512 kanji and words using those kanji.
・Be able to write the 512 kanji vocabulary words with the help of example models.
・Be able to type short sentences containing the 512 kanji on a smartphone or PC.
・Understand the radicals (bushu) and sound parts (onpu) of kanji, and infer the meaning and reading of kanji compound.

This class covers standard topics in macroeconomics with a focus on short-run macroeconomic issues. The course consists of two big components: first, the course explains the basic theoretical framework for understanding business-cycles as well as monetary and fiscal policies. The course also consists of presentations and discussion sessions. Students will be assigned short papers on good examples of applications of theories of actual macroeconomic problems.

This course covers the molecules that constitute living organisms and their control mechanisms, as well as biotechnologies and the principles of aging and disease. Students are expected to acquire the abilities to understand and explore biological systems at the molecular and cellular level.

Course topics include:

• Cells: The Fundamental Units of Life and Chemical Components of Cells
• Protein structure and function
• DNA and Chromosomes
• DNA Replications and Repair
• From DNA to Protein: How Cells Read the Genome
• Analyzing the Structure and Function of Genes 
• How Cells Obtain Energy from Food and Energy Generation in Mitochondria and Chloroplasts
• Cell Signaling
• Cytoskeleton
• The Cell-Division Cycle
• Cell Communities: Tissues, Stem Cells, and Cancer