Undergraduate
The purpose of this course is to introduce students to the basic elements of international economic theory in order to better appreciate how relevant concepts of international economics can be used in the study of international political economy. No prior training in the discipline of economics is required. The first half of the course covers international economics relevant to trade relations, the second half the economics of international monetary and financial relations.
The course aims to make international economics accessible by applying theory to issues in actual international economic policy-making.
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The course is designed to complement the Global Political Economy course. This course introduces students to the study of sociology. The goal of the course is to provide students with the analytical tools to better understand the social world around them. To reach this goal, the class will ask some specific questions, such as how did each student come to be at Ritsumeikan University at this moment in history?
The United Nations and International Politics
What social forces helped guide you here, and what can those forces tell us about the social world? The class will start by examining our understandings of our individual identities and our interactions with the people around us. The class will then move to more macro-level analyses, looking at the various groups we belong to, including our gender, race, ethnicity, and social class. The class will examine various social institutions, such as religion, education, and the family. The class will end by looking at social change.
In this unique course, students take on roles such as the UN Secretary General, heads of state and government, NGO officials and media representatives and debate environmental degradation, development issues and other key international topics. Through this course, students have the opportunity to learn about the workings of international politics and the world economy and also develop presentation and negotiation skills.
Introduction to law is a rewarding area of study. We live in a society in which everyday life is touched by rules more than at any other period in history. This course is designed for undergraduate students to introduce most of the foundational legal concepts. Students will be familiar with both common law and civil law systems.
The Japanese legal system itself evidences a rich history and vivid present. Students will be introduced to the Japanese legal system along with a comparative study of the major legal systems of the world. In our age of globalization, international law is playing an important role in harmonizing different legal systems and domestic laws. Students will benefit from the knowledge of emerging dynamics and linkages between domestic laws and international laws. The aim of the course is to introduce students to the crucially important relations between Japan and the West.
These relations can be said to have basically transformed a Far Eastern country into a modern industrialized nation, decades before any other State in Asia.
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History, economics, human and cultural exchanges will be studied. A comprehensive survey of the intimate relationship between the ancient capital and the birth and development of Japanese art, with an emphasis on architecture, garden, performing arts and the culture of the tea ceremony. Kinugasa campus being at walking distance from several places of world interest in the artistic field, some classes will include short excursions on the spot. The aim of this course is to provide historical context to the practice of international relations today, through the development and expansion of international society.
By studying for this course, students should be able to make historically nuanced and sensible judgments about contemporary international debates. This course is an introduction to the United Nations System: The central objective of the course will be to bring students to critically reflect on the changing roles of the organization and its contemporary challenges.
How has the UN coped with such paradoxes embedded in its very founding Charter? Has its ideals systematically been hijacked by power politics? Can the UN today meet the challenges of globalization?
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What reforms should be promoted to ensure that the organization meets such challenges? This course is designed to introduce students to the emerging field of Peace Studies - the systematic, interdisciplinary study of the causes of violent conflicts and the conditions of peace. Students are expected to engage in critical discussion of assigned readings in a book of Peace and Conflict Studies which chronicles many important global topics from prehistory to the present and aims to respond to current challenges.
Students are also required to select the ideas and achievements of one Nobel Peace Prize laureate and present their findings within a group, or as an individual, oral presentation. This assignment provides a 20th century dimension to the course, reveals the diversity of contemporary peace thought and peace activism, and gives opportunities to link the present to the past philosophies of peacemaking. In this course, students study topics involving international organizations. Students will also come to understand the roles and history of international organizations that act as public enforcement bodies.
This course will go over the framework of human rights protection institutions including the UN and historical details about international human rights. From economical and political standpoints, students study global environmental issues like global warming and biodiversity and also the policies that aim to resolve these issues. While considering the causes of development problems within developing countries, such as frequent poverty and food problems, students also empirically examine the role of foreign and development aid from advanced countries. Classical, Early, and Medieval Plays and Playwrights: Classical, Early, and Medieval Poetry and Poets: Classical, Early, and Medieval Prose and Writers: Classical, Early, and Medieval World History: Civil War American History: Users without a subscription are not able to see the full content.
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