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ILAS Seminar-E2 :Contemporary History

Numbering Code U-LAS70 10002 SE50 Year/Term 2022 ・ First semester
Number of Credits 2 Course Type seminar
Target Year Mainly 1st year students Target Student For all majors
Language English Day/Period Tue.5
Instructor name BHATTE, Pallavi Kamlakar (Graduate School of Human and Environmental Studies Senior Lecturer)
Outline and Purpose of the Course This is an undergraduate introductory course, providing students an understanding of nationalist and independence movements.

The ultimate goal of this course is to provide a platform for students to engage in investigating significant questions and debates in Contemporary History.
Course Goals This course aims to help students:
1. Acquire various academic language skills necessary to develop reading, thinking and writing in English.
2. In using Primary and Secondary Sources effectively.
3. In areas such as acquisition of historical analysis, interpretation, and content literacy skills.
Schedule and Contents The course will cover themes relating to Nationalist and Independence movements in Africa and Asia and post-1945 Central European States.

Week 1: Introduction to the Course and Overview

Case Study on five States mentioned below:

Week 2 to Week 4: Zimbabwe
Week 5 to Week 7: India & Pakistan
Week 8 to Week 10: Vietnam
Week 11 to Week 13: Czechoslovakia
Week 14: Poland
Final week: Feedback & Summary of the Course


*Note: This syllabus will be subject to changes and/or revisions
Evaluation Methods and Policy Method:
Giving students exposure to academic writing and enabling them to understand the basic rules thereof.
1. Providing students with opportunities to receive guidance
on academic writing skills.
2. Providing students with opportunities for discussion

Evaluation:
Students are evaluated by reports(100%) submitted on any 4 Case Study topics dealt with in the Course.
Course Requirements There are no prerequisites.
Study outside of Class (preparation and review) No prior knowledge of history is required. Students are expected to participate in discussions and group activities with their classmates in English.
Textbooks Textbooks/References Readings will be introduced and distributed in class.
References, etc. MLA Handbook for Writing Research Papers, Joseph Gibaldi, (Modern Language Association of America), ISBN:978-1603290241
The Chicago Manual of Style 16th Ed, University of Chicago Press, (University of Chicago Press), ISBN:978-0226104201
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