Economics

Course Information

College	Oyama College	Year	2022
Course Title	Economics
Course Code	0110	Course Category	General / Compulsory
Class Format	Lecture	Credits	Academic Credit: 2
Department	Department of Mechanical Engineering	Student Grade	4th
Term	Second Semester	Classes per Week	2
Textbook and/or Teaching Materials	Reference Book: Onoduka, Tomoji (2018), Keizaishi (Economic History: A clue to know today and live the future), Tokyo: Yuuhikaku.
Instructor	OKADA Ichiro

Course Objectives

The goal of this course are to(1)Understand contents and a background of the news reported with a newspaper or TV, and be able to explain them to others definitely.(2)Be able to speak an opinion for oneself about the way of the economy.(3)Acquire media literacy and become able to judge it about accuracy of the information, and be able to choose information about a specific matter by oneself.

Rubric

	Ideal Level	Standard Level	Unacceptable Level
Achievement 1	The student understands contents and a background of the news reported with a newspaper or TV, and be able to explain them to others definitely enough.	The student understands contents and a background of the news reported with a newspaper or TV, and be able to explain them to others definitely.	The student doesn't understand contents and a background of the news reported with a newspaper or TV, and be able to explain them to others definitely.
Achievement 2	The student is able to speak an opinion for oneself about the way of the economy enough.	The student is able to speak an opinion for oneself about the way of the economy.	The student isn't able to speak an opinion for oneself about the way of the economy.
Achievement 3	The student acquires media literacy and become able to judge it about accuracy of the information, and be able to choose information about a specific matter by oneself enough.	The student acquires media literacy and become able to judge it about accuracy of the information, and be able to choose information about a specific matter by oneself.	The student doesn't acquire media literacy and become able to judge it about accuracy of the information, and be able to choose information about a specific matter by oneself.

Teaching Method

Outline:

This course introduces the change of the economy and the way of choice of the information to students taking this course.

Style:

Your final grade will be calculated according to the following process: Routine test 70%, Remarks and reports in class 30%.To pass, students must earn at least 60 points out of 100.

Notice:

Course Plan

			Theme	Goals
2nd Semester
	3rd Quarter
		1st	Community and mode of production	The student understands the left note contents.
		2nd	A sustainability and stagnation in pre-modern society	The student understands the left note contents.
		3rd	Market, money, capital in pre-modern	The student understands the left note contents.
		4th	A market economy and capitalism	The student understands the left note contents.
		5th	A market and economic activities in the early modern times	The student understands the left note contents.
		6th	Economy and nation in the early modern times	The student understands the left note contents.
		7th	Model of the economic development	The student understands the left note contents.
		8th	Industrial Revolution	The student understands the left note contents.
	4th Quarter
		9th	Economic system of the capitalism	The student understands the left note contents.
		10th	A nation and economy	The student understands the left note contents.
		11th	The world system of the capitalism	The student understands the left note contents.
		12th	First globalization and World War I	The student understands the left note contents.
		13th	World War II and the later economy	The student understands the left note contents.
		14th	The times of the second globalization	The student understands the left note contents.
		15th	A limit and possibility of the economic growth	The student understands the left note contents.
		16th	Final exam	The student understands the left note contents.

Evaluation Method and Weight (%)

	Examination	Presentation	Mutual Evaluations between students	Behavior	Portfolio	Other	Total
Subtotal	70	0	0	0	0	30	100
Basic Proficiency	70	0	0	0	0	30	100
Specialized Proficiency	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Cross Area Proficiency	0	0	0	0	0	0	0