International Christian University

This course covers various concepts and theories of communication studies and how they are embedded in our everyday life. It introduces critical and analytical theory in the field of communication and considers the philosophical and theoretical perspectives in Communication Studies. 

The course covers the following topics:
-Metatheory (theories about theories)
-Interpersonal Communication (messages & relationships)
-Group and Public Communication (group & organization communication, rhetoric)
-Mass Communication (media & cultural studies)
-Cultural Context (gender & intercultural communication)

 

This course traces first language development and examines different theoretical models of learning and acquisition throughout one’s lifespan. It discusses social, psychological, and linguistic aspects of languages and focuses not only on pre-natal to pre-school language development, but also development during later years in school. 

 

This course provides a global and international overview of the history of psychology and recent developments in the field, including a focus on open science and the reproducibility crisis. It instructs on major schools of thought and trends in psychology as well as recent developments in psychological science and research methodology, including open science and reproducibility in psychological research.

The course aims to:

1) Provide an understanding of the history of psychology and major schools of thought from a global and international perspective.

2) Identify and analyze key figures and their contributions to the field from diverse cultural and historical perspectives.

3) Understand the scientific method and its role in psychological research, and the importance of recognizing and addressing issues related to post-colonialism and ontological diversity in psychological research.

4) Analyze current trends and developments in psychology, including open science and the reproducibility crisis.

This course provides students an opportunity to practice symbolic logic based on mathematical fundamentals from Boolean functions and logic circuit design including assignments in Prolog language. 

Computers built from logical circuitry are a recent invention. Logic, however, has ancient roots in the attempt to distinguish sound modes of reasoning from faulty ones. It thus deals directly with language and the mind. Mathematical logic asks what an acceptable mathematical proof is, how we can justify reasoning with the infinite, etc. The formalization of mathematics through logic has clarified these questions; given mathematics a firm foundation, and, not by accident, produced a theory of computable functions, even before there were computers.

Many famous results in mathematical logic, however, are ‘negative’: demarcations of the limits of formal methods, examples of non-computability, unprovability, etc. Unsurprisingly, these negative and abstract achievements do not easily translate into practical applications.
Nevertheless, as logic structures both human reasoning and electronic computation, it can be turned into a rather nifty programming language (PROLOG) and there is an active research community applying it to cognitive science, natural languages, data mining, machine learning, artificial intelligence, fun, and more.

The goal of the course is to provide a firm grasp of some key concepts of highly abstract logic and permit them to cross the surprisingly short bridge from this idyllic realm to practical application in [room N307] reality. The logic lectures are intended to provide a theoretical vantage point. The Prolog practice enables students to represent knowledge in a program, read and understand Prolog programs, and use Prolog to solve problems.

This course engages in media translation as a vehicle of social and cultural change. Through a variety of case studies ranging from film dubbing and the aesthetics of B-movie subtitling, to internet memes, music videos and song lyric translation, the course provides a keener understanding of the ways in which media, technology and translation influence one another (and society) as agents of cultural change.
 

Through lectures, discussions (both in-class and online), and guided practice activities, students will have the opportunity to:
1) Understand and describe theories of mass media;
2) Experience and describe what happens in the process of translating media;
3) Compare how media translation takes place in different cultural contexts;
4) Identify and critique elements of media translation in the world around them; and
5) Critically reflect on their own learning experiences as they relate to the educational goals of the University.

Utilizing Problem-based learning (PBL), students are divided into groups and study three environmental issues during a three-week cycle. The first week is devoted to working on the details of the problem; the second week is devoted to its underlying mechanisms, and the third week comprises of student presentations of their findings surrounding the issue through the lens of environmental management, environmental sciences, and environmental sociology.  

This course examines how financial markets and institutions work (and sometimes, do not work), and the role they play in the economy. Course readings will cover economic theories of money, banking, and financial markets. Students will deepen their understanding of financial markets and financial institutions and develop their ability to debate and argue by applying their knowledge to analysis of case studies and other real-world events.
 
By the end of this course, students will be able to clearly, articulately express their opinions on the following issues:

1) What are financial markets and why do we need them? 
2) What are financial institutions (a.k.a. “banks”)? Why do we need banks? 

3) What causes financial crises and what are some of the patterns that emerge when financial markets and institutions don’t work as intended?　

4) What policies can be taken to help financial markets and institutions work better?

Prerequisite: ECO101 Principles of Macroeconomics or equivalent knowledge is a prerequisite, as knowledge of macroeconomic fundamentals is required. 

 

This course introduces capital markets, namely Foreign Exchange Market, Bond Market, Equity Market, and Derivatives through case studies.  The class will monitor current events & main indexes (FX, Stock prices, and Interest Rates) to apply to the material under study. This is a prerequisite course to Corporate Finance and Valuation.

The course covers the following topics:

• The Money Markets and The Foreign Exchange Market
• Major Government Bond Markets, Bond price sensitivity, and The Yield curve
• Credit spread, Securitization, and Equity Markets & Equity Investment
• Equity Fundamental Analysis and Cash Flow Models in Equity Valuation
• Interest Rate Forwards & Futures and Bond Futures
• Interest Rate Swaps and Interest Rate Swap Valuation
• Equity Index Futures & Swaps and Fundamentals of Options
• Option Valuation Models

This course teaches various algorithms and data structures. As the basis of computer science, it is one of the problems in the Fundamental Information Technology Engineer Examination and is a topic that frequently appears in recruitment (coding interviews) for software engineers.  

Students will be able to master computational concepts such as computational complexity and be able to implement algorithms. In addition, students will be able to design algorithms.

This course provides students with the opportunity to examine the cultural aspects of human movement, as well as how to express human emotion through movement. The class includes activities such as rhythm and dance, social dance, Nihon-minzoku buyo (“Japanese folk dance''), and creative Wadaiko (`Japanese style drumming'').

The so-called creative Japanese drum style was born after the war and spread throughout Japan during a period of rapid economic growth. On the other hand, Japanese drums have lived on in traditional rituals and performing arts that have existed since ancient times. This course teaches the "Hachijo Taiko," exploring its connection to modern times.