Professional Career Programme (PCP) Syllabus for ... - Keio University

Faculty of Economics, Keio Universityand suggestions. Those who plan to take the fieldwork trip in summer should seekadvice early in the Spring Term, even though this class is scheduled for the AutumnTerm.Occasionally, speakers are invited from outside the faculty of economics at KeioUniversity, to lecture in English. Their lectures will be on recent developments in thespeakers' respective field of specialization. They will be employees of institutions publicand private, as well as in between. Such lectures are given from 14;45-16;00 andstudents write their summary of the lectures/presentations between 16;00-16;15.Evaluation for this class is by attendance, participation, the weekly notes, the progressreport as well as the final presentation and paper. Students who miss more than threeclasses (absent for the 4th time) will automatically receive a grade of C or lower,regardless of the quality of their progress reports or final presentation and paper. Even ifa student is absent 3 times, if he/she participates actively in class, writes a good paperthat is scientific in both form and substance, and makes impressive presentations, he/shestill has a chance of obtaining an A. A record of attendance will be kept using thenotes which students submit each week.Course Plan:During the first class, we will go over what is generally considered proper protocol,when people present themselves and their ideas in front of an audience. Many students,including Japanese students, reach university without having learned this. We will alsodecide a rough schedule for the rest of the term, during which students take turnsrendering their progress.INDEPENDENT STUDY(PCP)Lecturer :Sahoko Kaji, ProfessorRuth C. Fallon, Visiting LecturerCourse Description:This class is offered to PCP students in the 4th year, Master's level graduate studentsand exchange students.In this class, we advise each student in writing a paper. We also counsel students onhow to behave professionally and properly when presenting their paper, with emphasison what is considered proper in Japanese and international society. The paper must bewritten scientifically, and comprise at least 6,000 words. Students themselves choosethe topic and analytical method, gather the necessary information, conduct the analysisand complete the research.PCP Syllabus 27