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科目名 Topic Studies II - 1  The Meaning of Life
担当教員 中井　弘一
授業の目的、または到達目標 Students can express their own opinion on the meaning of life through reading a variety of topics about the crisis of life.


授業の概要 Mitch Albom’s Tuesdays with Morrie is one of the main topic-giving texts this course. The book touches the topics of death， the world regrets， family， emotions， fear of aging， love， culture， money， and so on. Supplementing and expanding the ideas of these topics with other materials related to them， we’ll discuss the meaning


科目群/ベンチマーク Adv.
授業の形態 Lectures， discussion， presentations， quizzes， summaries
時間割   概要 宿題(予習・復習等)
1
  • Introduction: The meaning of Life　The Curriculum to the 1st & 2nd Tuesday　　
  • Opinion Writing 1　What is Life?　　
2
  • The 3rd Tuesday; Sorry for yourself， Regrets　Presentation :How did life begin?　　
  • Opinion Writing 2　A Baton of Life　　
3
  • The 4th Tuesday; Death 　Presentation : Why do we get sick?　　
  • Opinion Writing 3　Goodbye Grandma 　　
4
  • The 5th Tuesday; Family 　Presentation : Is culture in our genes?　　
  • Opinion Writing 4　Mt. Asama　　
5
  • The 6th Tuesday; Emotions　Presentation : How did Language Begin?　　
  • Opinion Writing 5　The Mugonkan Museum　　
6
  • The 7th Tuesday; Fear of Aging　Presentation : How can we stay healthy?　　
  • Opinion Writing 6　Plastic Surgery　　
7
  • The 8th Tuesday; Money　Presentation : Why are some countries rich and some countries poor?　　
  • Opinion Writing 7　That’s Life， “Money?”　　
8
  • The 9th Tuesday; How Love Goes on　Presentation : Why do we have consciousness?　　
  • Opinion Writing 8　A letter of Love　　
9
  • The 10th Tuesday; Marriage　Presentation : Do Genes Control our Behavior?　　
  • Opinion Writing 9　Late Childbirth　　
10
  • The 13th Tuesday; Perfect Day　Presentation : What is our fate?　　
  • Opinion Writing 10　Last Words　　
11
  • The 14th Tuesday; We say goodbye　Presentation : Will we Continue to Evolve?　　
  • Material Making　　
12
  • Consolidation: The meaning of Life　Presentation: What is the meaning of Life?　　
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13
  • Q & A Time　In-Class Final Exam　　
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準備学習 Class work: Every class， students will read the text and some other related materials on each topic. Students need to prepare for discussion and presentation on each topic.
Research paper: Students are required to give a research summary concerned with the main points of the topic of the text.
Quiz: Students are asked some questions on the topic.
教科書 Mitch Albom， “Tuesdays with Morrie”， Time Warner Paperbacks
Paul Stapleton， “New Understandings”， Kinseido
参考文献 To be announced in class
成績評価方法・基準 Class work (attendance， class participation， quizzes， assignments， presentation) 30％
Research Paper Work 40%
introduction and works cited 5%
rough draft 10%
final paper 25%
In Class Final Quiz 30%
Late assignments and papers will be penalized.

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
中井　弘一 春学期 水曜日 １時限 Adv-1 2
中井　弘一 春学期 水曜日 ２時限 Adv-1 2