LABORATORY - GAS mod A

The course is framed in the minor Global Asian Studies and it aims to integrate into the Programmea methodological and contextual teaching purpose.

- To learn and understand the fundamentals of sociology
- To learn and understand some of the social aspects of Japan and China
- To be able to critically apply the learnt sociological concepts to different geographical, social, and cultural contexts
- To learn and apply the main research methods for social sciences
- To develop and support one’s own thesis and point of view on a social, cultural and political topic, through academic and informative document/material.

Intermediate level of English (B2)

The course, organized as a laboratory, completes the three-year training course by enhancing the basic knowledge acquired by the students in the minor subjects in an interdisciplinary perspective. Through the introduction to the sociological discipline, this course aims to offer the tools to understand and analyze the social contexts related to the Asian region (China and Japan). It also offers keys of interpretation for a critical approach to the core concepts of orientalism and auto-orientalism. The main analytical and methodological tools of the social sciences will also be presented as to allow students to develop and eventually present their own research implemented during the Laboratory.

Mid-term test: Single presentations of a topic selected by students (either a state of the art or of a methodological nature) and agreed on by the professor. Class discussions and debates will follow the presentations. The research and presentation carried out by the students will eventually be a precursor to realization of students’ research projects.
Final test: Presentation of students’ research projects.

The course is constituted by frontal lectures (supported by PPT materials) and seminar classes with class and group discussions. Students’ participation in discussions is warmly encouraged and will be positively evaluated.
The Laboratory also includes guest lectures as to offer students viable and virtual examples on how to carry out academic research.
Teaching materials includes bibliography, academic articles, and multimedia (e.g. films) and will be provided by the lecturer.

oral

This subject deals with topics related to the macro-area "Human capital, health, education" and contributes to the achievement of one or more goals of U. N. Agenda for Sustainable Development