Type of Credit: Required
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This is the required course for all IDAS PhD students. As social scientists in training, the purpose of this course is not to make you an expert, but rather to give you the tools to become one. Most importantly, this class is meant to be an introduction to how social scientists study the Asia Pacific. This course is a survey of key topics from the four main subfields within the IDAS program: Public Governance, International Relations, Political Economy, and Society and Culture. We will consider a variety of methods, disciplinary approaches, and address some of the big theoretical debates within various social science fields. Although your individual interests will differ, the contents of this course will be important for all of you to absorb regardless of your own research agendas.
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Course Expectations:
This course is meant to be rigorous and challenging. For those unfamiliar with seminar style courses, it means my lectures will be short and minimal. The majority of our time will be spent discussing our weekly readings as a group. It is my role to guide and facilitate class discussions. That means I expect you to participate actively and respectfully. Active participation means contributing in a way that demonstrates a knowledge of the readings and critically engaging withother classmates’ comments. Respectful participation means being mindful and thoughtful to your classmates. IDAS’s diversity as a program is one of our greatest strengths. We have the opportunity to learn from scholars from around the world whose perspectives, experiences, and politics will be different from our own. I expect you all to treat your classmates with the utmost respect even during moments of disagreement.
Requirements:
Each week will require a book or the equivalent of a book’s length of reading. Readings along with all assignments are mandatory. The purpose of readings are not only to help familiarize yourself with the scholarly literature, but to also get you used to consuming research on a regular basis. Student must come to class each week with a 1–2-page summary of the week’s readings. These summaries should identify the research questions, the hypotheses, the methods used, and the results. The purpose of weekly writings are to get us thinking critically about how research is conducted and our ability to neatly summarize it. At the end of the semester, you will be expected two write a research proposal and give a conference-style presentation to the class.
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