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科目名 Topic Studies 2  Issues in Civil Liberties
担当教員 Fujimoto, Donna
授業の目的、または到達目標 To learn about what rights and freedoms a person has, to be able to give reasons for why people should have rights and what can be done to protect them.
At the end of the course, students:
* can understand why people have rights and freedoms in a democracy
* can compare rights in modern democracies
* can explain civil rights issues in detail
* can give rational opinions on various rights issues
授業の概要 This class will introduce students to issues in civil liberties. Students will learn about what kind of rights a citizen has in a modern democracy. Students will learn about the history of individual rights and about issues that are important in today's world. In this class students will have opportunities to select topics to focus upon. These can include: discrimination against minorities, personal autonomy issues, freedom of expression, propaganda and others.
科目群/ベンチマーク Low
授業の形態 In this course students will be expected to read assigned materials and prepare for discussions. They will select a topic of interest and gather more information to share with classmates and later write a short paper focusing on that issue. A final presentation is required at the end of the course.
時間割   概要 宿題(予習・復習等)
1
  • Introduction--Sharing what we know
  • Defining civil liberties
2
  • Free speech
  • Reading/discussion
3
  • Historical perspectives
  • Reading/discussion
4
  • Discrimination against minorities
  • Reading/discussion
5
  • Discrimination in Japan
  • Sharing information
6
  • Case study in the U.S.
  • Firsthand stories
7
  • Sharing readings
  • Finding topics of interest
8
  • Personal autonomy issues
  • Reading/discussion
9
  • More on personal autonomy issues
  • Sharing readings
10
  • Free speech
  • Sharing facts
11
  • Propaganda
  • Sharing video
12
  • Deconstruction of propaganda
  • Making our own propaganda
13
  • Ownership of our bodies
  • Reading/discussion
14
  • Individual rights
  • Final presentations
15
  • Final presentations
  • Sharing facts and opinions
準備学習 Students are expected complete reading and other assignments provided by the instructor. They must participate in discussions in class, and also search for information to share with their classmates. Each student will focus on one topic of interest to do further research and then write a short paper on it. Final presentations will be given towards the end of the course.
教科書 No text. Readings will be provided.
成績評価方法・基準 Homework and classwork = 50%
Short research paper = 40%
Final presentation = 10%

時間割

担当教員 開講学期 開講曜日 開講時限 履修クラス 単位数
Fujimoto, Donna 秋学期 火曜日 ２時限 PInt-3 2