Numbering Code	G-ECON31 6A914 SE44 G-ECON31 6A914 SE43	Year/Term	2022 ・ Intensive, Second semester
Number of Credits	1	Course Type
Target Year		Target Student
Language	English	Day/Period	Intensive
Instructor name	HISANO SHUJI (Graduate School of Economics Professor) YANO GO (Graduate School of Economics Professor)
Outline and Purpose of the Course	The purpose of this seminar is to encourage students to actively participate in seminars and workshops designed for PhD students, post-doc researchers as well as faculty members with the aim of exchanging ideas and enhancing academic quality through presentation and discussion on specific research topics.
Course Goals	Students are expected to acquire higher-level of academic presentation and discussion skills and expand academic networks.
Schedule and Contents	Throughout the academic year, there are many seminars and workshops organised according to specific research areas. Students taking this course are required to participate in more than 6 seminars/workshops (not necessarily on the same research area) and present a research paper more than once to receive feedback from other participants. Target seminars/workshops include: GSE seminar series offered in Applied Microeconomics, Applied Macroeconomics, Asian Economic Development, International Economics, Economic and Business History, Management, Accounting Research, and Institutional Economic Dynamics; PhD workshops managed by several GSE's faculty members (the list can be found in the Study Guideline, though available only in Japanese); BBL; AGST-related seminars/workshops including those coordinated at the Graduate School of Agriculture (Division of Natural Resource Economics) and the Graduate School of Letters; and other types of seminars/workshops organised by GSE's faculty members.
Evaluation Methods and Policy	Grading will be conducted on the basis of the quality and appropriateness of seminars/workshops the students attended as well as the quality of the Presentation Form (i.e. presentation summary and accomplishment report) submitted by the students.
Course Requirements	Students are required to use the official Application Form and Attendance Forms. For the former, students are required to consult with their supervisors beforehand and get a confirmation signature. This is important to make a feasible plan to participate in relevant seminars/workshops and present a research paper on a right occasion. For the latter, students are required to get a confirmation signature each time from an organiser/coordinator of the seminar/workshop. Also, students are required to fill in, get a signature on, and submit a Presentation Form after presenting their research paper at one of the seminars/workshops. At the completion (or at the end of academic year) students are required to submit all the Attendance Forms as well as the Presentation Form.
Study outside of Class (preparation and review)	The purpose of this course is to encourage students not only to attend a series of seminars/workshops, but to actively participate in discussion and learn effectively and productively from presentation. Therefore, students are strongly recommended to well prepare seminars/workshops (e.g. by reading relevant materials and handouts distributed beforehand, if any) and their own presentation.