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Course Code etc
Academic Year 2023
College University-wide Liberal Arts Courses (Comprehensive Courses)
Course Code cross-disciplinary studies
Theme・Subtitle Seminar on Religious and Ritual Psychology
Class Format Face to face (all classes are face-to-face)
Class Format (Supplementary Items)
Campus
Campus Niiza
Semester Fall semester
DayPeriod・Room Tue.3・N845
Credit 2
Course Number CMP2441
Language English
Class Registration Method
Grade (Year) Required 配当年次は開講学部のR Guideに掲載している科目表で確認してください。
prerequisite regulations
Acceptance of Other Colleges
course cancellation
Online Classes Subject to 60-Credit Upper Limit
Relationship with Degree Policy
Notes 2016年度以降1年次入学者対象科目
・F科目上級(外国語による総合系科目)
・定員20名
・他に特別外国人学生が履修
・この授業は英語で実施する
・履修者はTOEIC®700点相当以上の英語力を有していることを前提に授業を実施する
Text Code FD071

【Course Objectives】

The goal of this seminar is to:
- Provide students with an overview of modern research on religion and ritual, especially from the perspective of cognitive psychology and evolutionary theory.
- Teach students how to critically evaluate research and compare theoretical approaches
- Improve students' abilities to discuss research and communicate opinions
- Introduce students to ongoing debates and new methodological standards

【Course Contents】

The seminar focuses on modern research on religion and ritual, particularly research that adopts an evolutionary or cognitive perspective. Although many people in Japan and in the West do not follow any specific religion, the majority of people across the world believe in and belong to religious groups. Furthermore, rituals are important in all societies and even non-religious people often hold some supernatural beliefs. This course examines religion and ritual as a cross-culturally recurrent social and psychological phenomenon and examines modern research that explores both the effects of religious belief and ritual participation.

The course starts with lectures that introduce research skills and then moves on to examine key topics on ritual and religion. Then in the second part of the course, the focus switches to examining specific studies in depth over 2 weeks. In the first week, students focus on a key study and attempt to identify its strengths and weaknesses. Then in the second week, students are tasked with finding follow-up studies or related research, and the broader research literature is examined through group discussions and/or reaction papers. Students are required to make a presentation (15-20 mins) on one selected topic during the course and will be required to submit short reaction papers for certain weeks. Classes throughout are a combination of lectures and group discussion segments.

The course is conducted in English but the contents will be adjusted according to the level of the students. By the end of the course, students will be familiar with the key theories on religion/ritual and have gained experience in discussing research critically and presenting their opinions.

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