6947001 European History
| Numbering Code | U-LET26 46947 SJ36 | Year/Term | 2022 ・ Year-round |
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| Number of Credits | 4 | Course Type | Seminar |
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| Language | Japanese | Day/Period | Fri.2 |
| Instructor name |
KOYAMA SATOSHI (Graduate School of Letters Professor) KANAZAWA SHUUSAKU (Graduate School of Letters Professor) FUJII TAKASHI (Graduate School of Letters Associate Professor) |
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| Outline and Purpose of the Course |
Outline and Purpose of the Course In this seminar, each student is to present a paper about the graduation thesis they are planning,and it is to be examined and discussed by three professors as well as all the seminar participants. The aim of the seminar is for each student to understand further the implications of the subject, find out the problems in the ongoing research, and improve the quality of the dissertation, through the presentation and the discussion. The seminar is mandatory for all 4th-year students in the Department of European History. |
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| Course Goals |
Course Goals The graduation thesis is a compilation of the studies and researches conducted by each student in the Faculty of Letters, and accordingly it is regarded as a work of his or her academic achievement in the Department of European History as well. The aim of the seminar for students is to learn through the professors’ comments and the wider discussion, the way to write up an academically relevant dissertation. The specific goals of the seminar are as follows; understanding the nature of a subject to be taken up and a material to be used, exploring the historiography on the subject to discern the problems within it, reconstructing a particular past by examining relevant historical documents, interpreting the reconstructed past in the context of wider field of research and finally developing his or her own original argument. Moreover, since the great importance is to be attached in the graduation thesis to the ability to articulate the above process in the appropriate and decent Japanese language, it is also one of the goals of the seminar to improve the command of Japanese through advice offered by the professors. |
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| Schedule and Contents |
Course Schedule and Contents Each participant is required to present a paper on his or her research twice a year. In the first semester, the paper is expected to focus on defining the significance of the subject for the graduation thesis, exploring its historiography, uncovering the inherent problems, and proposing the research plan. In the second semester, the paper is intended to deal with the in-depth analysis of the specific issue by using some historical documents and to show the outline of the thesis. Every participant is expected not only to understand further the various research topics of European history by listening to the presentations of other participants, but also to commit him- or herself to the discussion by proposing a question to improve the graduation thesis. At the feedback period, the professors will be in their respective offices to answer any inquiries on the content of the course. |
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| Evaluation Methods and Policy |
Method, Point of View, and Attainment Levels of the Evaluation Students are evaluated as a whole, in accordance to the contents of two papers presented in the course and the contribution to the discussion. |
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| Course Requirements | None | ||
| Study outside of Class (preparation and review) |
Regarding Studies Outside of Class The seminar is for the preparation of the graduation thesis. Accordingly, it is assumed that students will continue to study and work on their research outside of class to complete the dissertation. Moreover, in each class, it is important for students to absorb any useful advice and comments to revise the contents of their thesis as needed, regardless of whether they present a paper in class. |
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