Waseda University

This basic Japanese course is designed to improve reading skills. A different theme concerning Japanese culture and society is chosen for each course and students are split into groups to engage in activities, discussion, and group work concerning the selected topic. The overall goal of the class is for students to widen their perspectives and deepen their knowledge regarding various issues related to Japan and Japanese society. The program offers various theme courses and students may take multiple sections. 

Constitutional law concerns some of the most fundamental questions about the nation, society, and individuals. It is a body of law governed not only by the wording of the text itself, but also by the implementation and interpretation thereof as contained in specific laws, administrative acts, legal judgments, doctrines, etc. By providing students with the basic tools necessary, this course enables their own formulation and development of their own ideas concerning constitutional issues in Japan.  The course covers the context and history of the constitution; the renunciation of war; the emperor, and the protection of human rights.   

This course aims to understand the current situation, problems, and challenges of the Korean economy. As the population demographics in Korea changes into an aging society, economists are warning that Korea may experience a long recession like Japan’s lost decades. This course discusses various aspects of the Korean economy by examining the data of the following economic variables: GDP, GDP per capita, income disparity, demography, inflation rate, unemployment rate, interest rates, policy interest rate, money, monetary base, household debts, flow of fund, government budget, government debt, balance of payments, current account balance, trade balance, net foreign asset, and corporate earnings. 

This course studies the history of the 20th century global movement before World War II, which influenced global politics. Students are expected to examine a historical case of a local movement crossing over to global politics. 
 

This course analyzes the emergence and constructions of hybrid and transcultural cultures and identities in Spanish American societies, mainly through some of the fundamental texts that were produced in the 20th and 21st centuries. It examines where and how we can observe hybrid and transcultural phenomena in the texts and the meaning of each phenomenon within a specific socio-historic and political context.  

This course contemplates the following key questions: What significance does a hybrid and transcultural phenomenon have within the context of Spanish America? How can one define and interpret hybridity and transculturation? What are the principal factors that contribute to the production of hybrid and transcultural cultures and identities? What is the process of hybridization and transculturation?  

This course and its sequel, Econometrics 2, introduce modern econometric techniques. This course mainly focuses on classical regression analysis while Econometrics 2 discusses statistical causal inference. The statistical software R will be used occasionally in the course.  

Students who successfully complete the course will learn (i) the principles of regression analysis and (ii) how to implement regression analysis with R. 

This course deals with fundamental issues of constitutional law in postwar Japan. Japan has had two written constitutions so far. One was the Constitution of the Empire of Japan, or the Meiji Constitution, which was promulgated on February 11, 1889, and put into effect on November 29, 1890. The other is the Constitution of Japan, the current Constitution, which was promulgated on November 3, 1946, and became effective on May 3, 1947.  

The goal is to understand the basic constitutional framework in modern Japan and the constitutional practices of postwar Japan, and to attain insight into the challenges current Japanese society is facing. The course covers the following topics: a comparison between the two constitutional frameworks; judicial review and protecting rights, equality, religious freedom and separation of religion and state; voting rights and the electoral process; freedom of expression, family law, and Article 9 and the peace state. 

This course introduces the scientific study of human language. Utilizing Andrew Radford’s An Introduction to English Sentence Structure (2009), the course provides a concise and clear introduction to current work in syntactic theory, drawing on the key concepts of Noam Chomsky's The Minimalist Program. By looking at data mainly from English, it also introduces students to a few linguistic mysteries found not only in present-day English but also in languages like Japanese, Chinese, Korean, Belfast English, Elizabethan English, etc.  

This course provides the opportunity to gain analytical skills which will be a solid foundation for conducting research in the following linguistics-related fields: child language, language acquisition, computational linguistics, machine translation, sign language, pidgin and creole, comparative linguistics, historical linguistics, language and thought, speech therapy, textbook writing, etc.  
 
A companion course (CO310) focuses on more traditional ideas of generative syntax, which forms a basis of the current theory. Students are encouraged to take this course as well. 

This basic Japanese course is designed to improve speaking skills. A different theme concerning Japanese culture and society is chosen for each course and students are split into groups to engage in activities, discussion, and group work concerning the selected topic. The overall goal of the class is for students to widen their perspectives and deepen their knowledge regarding various issues related to Japan and Japanese society. Meeting three times a week, the program offers various theme courses and students may take multiple sections.  

This advanced Japanese course choses a different theme concerning Japanese culture and society to discuss each week. Students are split into groups to engage in activities, discussion, and group work concerning the selected topic. The goal of the class is for students to widen their perspectives and deepen their knowledge regarding various issues related to Japan and Japanese society. The program offers various theme courses and students may take multiple sections.