Generally, the course is designed for second-year graduate students that are about to identify topics for their master thesis. First-year students may equally join if they have sufficient prior knowledge of economics. The course consists of two parts:
(A) “Japan’s Economy between Market, State and Society” (6 Sessions)
(B) “Project Study: Topical Issues of Japan’s Political Economy ” (7 sessions)
Part (A) introduces the main issues connecting economic actors, government and society at large. The series of lectures is designed to provide an overview and motivate students to identify a research question of their own to be presented in Part (B) of the course. The sessions in the latter part of the course will come with individual presentations of research topics chosen by the students. Presentations are set between 20 and 30 mins and are meant to include the students’ current work-in-progress. By means of a 10- 15 minutes discussion presenters will have a chance to collect feedback on their work and may draw important hints as to the composition of their term paper.
Exam Type:
- Active participation
- Presentation (20-30 mins and moderation of a 10-15 minute group discussion)
- Full term paper (around 6500 words) |
