UA Tokyo

This is a 4-skills (speaking, listening, reading and writing) course with a focus on learning how to research and give effective presentations about topics on economics, international relations and trade in English, as well as discussion of those topics. Topics will be selected by students and may include: US/China trade friction; US/EU trade friction; the role of the state in the economy; Brexit; territorial disputes; the growing economic and political power of China; the growth of online shopping; Bitcoin and other new currencies; Japan's
place in the world economy; the effects of present and future pandemics on the world economy and national economies; the global economy and its effect on the environment; renewable energy sources versus traditional forms of power; other topics suggested by students.

This is a course on American literature. Students will learn about a number of American authors, and will read and discuss three novels. Discussions will take place in small groups, and these group discussions will be followed by short presentations.

This course focusses on the language and culture of Britain. The course will comprise a mixture of lecture, reading, listening and discussion. There will also be opportunities to listen to music and radio broadcasts, watch clips from television programmes and films, and to read newspaper and magazine articles. Students will also be expected to do their own research on some of the topics included in the course.

In the class, we will conduct case study of representative companies and global leaders in turn. First the professor will deliver lectures regarding global leadership (corporate leadership and human leadership) and methodologies to conduct case study. Second participants organize several groups and decide their target companies or global leader, and then, conduct their group work.

This is an intermediate level lecture on exchange rates and open-economy macroeconomics. We will learn various models of exchange rate determination and the theory and application of open-economy macro model.

In this course, the latest global economic issues in varies areas such as trade, energy, national security, pandemic, new business, development, etc. will be explained and discussed. Lecturer will prepare for discussion points and take lead, while students are expected to make presentation and join the discussion proactively. In addition, company/organization visit(s) and/or lecture(s) by external expert(s) would be considered.

This course deals with the framework, rationales, and structures of Japanese criminal law and procedure. Characteristics of the administration of criminal justice will be explained in comparison with other countries. The main comparison will be between the legal system of Japan and other countries, including the United States, England, and civil law countries. In some cases, participants' countries' legal systems will be compared with that of Japan.

This courses discusses topics such as protection of privacy and personal data in AI robots, assessment of metal damage caused by personal data breach, conflict between privacy and freedom of speech, necessity of criminal punishment or administrative sanction for data breach and privacy in the area of national security with reference to the legal systems of the UK, the EU and Japan.

This class offers an ethical framework to understand the theory and practice of humanitarian intervention. In the class, we will cover pacifism, just war theory, realism and some cases of humanitarian intervention.

This courses discusses topics such as only male golf club, sexism comment by a politician, heavier punishment for ancestor killing, women's remarriage period after her divorce, Japanese nationality discrimination against halfblooded child with foreign mother, heritage discrimination against illegitimate children with reference to particular Japanese cases.

The course will deal with some of the major international law problems concerning Japan. Topics will include Japan’s historical experience with international law, International Law in Japanese Diplomacy, International Human Rights Law in Japan, International Environmental Law and Japan, International Law and culture, Law of the Sea, International Dispute Settlement and so forth.

We shall begin with a brief overview of the history of Islam and the Islamic world. This will be followed by a presentation of the main areas of Islamic thought and of the different regions of the Islamic world. In the meantime the students will be expected to choose topics of interest to them relating to Islam, carry out their own research on these topics during the course of the semester, and to present the results of their research in class towards the end of the semester.

This is an introductory course to provide opportunities for lively discussion on various issues of Japanese law from comparative perspectives. Students will explore how law affects society and vise versa.

The aim of this course is to help students acquire an understanding of the basic concepts and principles of the regulations which govern the business firms and their activities in Japan. It also enhances the development of students’ skill in making oral presentation and self-regulated learning.

In this course we consider specific case studies and laws, and every effort will be made to include discussion of the timely and relevant legal and social issues in Japan and abroad. Through the consideration of contemporary issues of law and society, students will gain a better understanding of the history and development of law and gain a critical awareness of contemporary issues of law and the legal profession.

This research and discussion course offers students an opportunity to survey contemporary legal and social issues in Japan from a variety of perspectives.

This course introduces students to the study of Phonetics, the scientific study of speech sounds. It focuses on the segmental phonetics of English, or the study of individual speech sounds, but some interaction with other properties of the English sound system will also be covered. In addition, some attention will be paid to the differences between English and Japanese.

The course introduces students to the analysis of language and language structure based on the principles of linguistic theory. We begin with the the smallest units in spoken language, the individual speech sound. We will learn to recognize specific changes to the shape of the airflow path through the mouth and nose in speech, leading to very precise descriptions of pronunciation (Phonetics). We then look more closely at how sounds are used to make words in English and in other languages, focusing on the principles that guide the organization of those sounds into recognizable sequences (Phonology). This brings us to the most basic meaningful unit in language, the word. We examine how words can be divided into smaller meaningful parts that can be reassembled to build new words, creating differences in meaning and grammatical function (Morphology). Next, we will study the principled ways in which pronunciation changes when words are put together in fluent speech and similar changes that have altered pronunciations through history (Morphophonology). Then, we will investigate the principles for grouping words together in meaningful ways into phrases and sentences (Syntax). This will bring us to the study of meaning more generally, including logical relationships between different words based on the features they
contain (Semantics). Finally, we will look briefly at how meaning changes in different contexts to gain an understanding of how much communication extends beyond vocabulary, grammar, and linguistic meaning (Pragmatics).

This is a course designed to provide the student with an overview of current issues in the world, focusing on the crises that the three regions—that is, America, Europe, and East Asia—and the world face. This course is intended to bring a promising way to understand "why the crisis occurs, why the crisis is so deep and broad, how the crisis affects our daily life, how this crisis will affect our future, and how we should respond to the crisis." Students will be exposed to a wide-range of knowledge and thought about American hegemony, inequality, Russia-Ukraine war, liberal international order, European integration, Europeanization, the rise of Euroscepticism, ‘history problem’ in East Asia, rising China as well as global pandemic and climate disaster.

This course examines the aesthetic of cuteness and the theme of children’s innocence in American literature. We will mainly focus on works from the Golden Age of children’s literature in the early twentieth century. The class format will be lecture and discussion. Class requirements include short writing assignments, two oral presentations, and a final report.

This course will teach students to do research on, write about and discuss fundamental constitutional law concepts in English. It is hoped that students will also gain a better understanding of the Japanese Constitution by comparing its key terms and rationales with similar documents in other countries. Constitutional texts in selected liberal democracies, such as the United States, the United Kingdom, New Zealand, South Africa and Canada will be considered in depth. Students will become familiar with some key areas of study in constitutional law discourse, such as: the origins and principles of constitutionalism, constitution-framing, separation of powers doctrine, separation of church and state, the place for international law in the domestic framework, and so on.

This course aims to familiarise students with a range of English language poetry from around the world. Students will study a range of English-language poetry including works from the USA, Canada, Great Britain and Ireland, Australia, and New Zealand, as well as a selection of significant English-language translations of non-English poetry.

Examine the Expressionism in American drama through Charles Chaplin's Modern Times, and Elmer Rice's The Adding Machine.

This course is suggested for non-law students with an interest in the role of law in society. Students who take this course will gain a broader view of the interaction of law and society in contemporary society and, through consideration of specific legal issues, will come to enjoy a richer understanding of how these two influence and shape the other. In addition, students will gain a clearer understanding of the practical influence of law on societies and their people, and vice versa, as well as recognize how each nation's legal system powerfully
shapes that nation's culture, history, economy and the social interactions of that nation's residents.

Japan’s ranking on the Global Gender Gap Report has been low. Japan now ranks 116 out of 146 countries in 2021 the Global Gender Gap index. In this course, we will examine how socio-cultural, economic and political changes shape gender gap in Japanese society. This course focuses on the status of women in Japanese society and explores contemporary gender-related social issues, such as marriage, family, work, reproductive health and the rights of women, and intimate partner violence.

Psychology studies all aspects of human behaviour and mental processes, and so the discipline is of particular relevance to everyone. This introductory psychology course attempts to survey some of the more interesting findings from psychological research, which provide valuable insights into human nature.

Today, about 33% of the world is Christian and about 25% Muslim, with Islam, as the world’s fastest growing religion today, set to overtake Christianity within the next 50 years. With over half the world’s population at least nominally associated with these two monotheistic religions, it is important for all of us to understand how they began and what each believes and practices.

The course will discuss the importance of both the environment and also the mutual relationship between the environment and society. First, we will look at the degree to which the environment has affected the development of human societies around the world. Next we will consider the growing recognition of how humans and the environment interact. During the course we will examine various aspects of how modern lifestyles are affecting the environment and whether this is sustainable, and consider some of the possible countermeasures. Some of the topics we will consider are the production of heat and society (global heating and the climate crisis, the heat island phenomenon); renewable energy; and the car society. We will also look at the devastating effects on society that can occur when accidents occur or when inappropriate policies are adopted (e.g. Chernobyl, the Aral Sea, etc.). Lastly we will consider ecotourism, plastic pollution and the human impact on the oceans.