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This course serves as an introduction to the fundamental principles and applications of marketing within the context of the hospitality and tourism industry. Students will explore the core concepts of marketing and their specific relevance to this dynamic field, gaining insight into diverse marketing strategies. The course covers essential topics such as foundational marketing principles, the marketing system, effective market segmentation, targeting strategies, and a comprehensive understanding of the 8 Ps - the marketing mix within hospitality and tourism. Beyond theoretical knowledge, this course is designed to cultivate critical thinking abilities among students, enabling them to analyze and apply marketing theories and concepts within real-world scenarios in the hospitality and tourism sector. Emphasis is placed on leveraging these marketing strategies to attain a competitive edge in the industry, equipping students with practical skills and a strategic mindset necessary for success in this dynamic field.

This website is a place for students to check various links which are necessary for the course, to upload assignments and to receive feedback. There are two websites you need to master for the course - the Q Skills Online Learning website and the AE 1-4 website on moodle. You can get the link to Q Skills online from inside the moodle website so it is easiest to start here. Please let me know if you have any questions. ehead AT miu.ac.jp

his course is an introductory course for international students studying at a Japanese university. It provides the knowledge and skills necessary for four years of university study, and also provides specific instruction on MIU’s educational policies, teaching methods, and study methods. It also provides an opportunity to learn about the mindset, rules, and lifestyle habits required to live and smoothly navigate university life in Japan, a country with a different culture, history, lifestyle, and language.

This course presents an introduction to the basic conceptual and theoretical tools for research and analysis in the field of politics. To understand the core concepts used by political scientists and political theorists, we will be addressing a broad range of issues that cover the nature of politics and the structures of authority and power within political systems. During this course, the students will also explore issues related with the rights and responsibilities in contemporary representative democracies, as well as the diversity of different contemporary political systems and ideas in a regional and global context.

The ultimate objective of CE courses is to prepare students for upper division courses at MIC. Students must achieve minimum scores on standardized exams from outside bodies in order to proceed to their junior year. This typically requires successfully taking three CE courses. By the end of each course, students will have mastered the knowledge and skills specified in the prescribed textbook as well as any supplemental materials provided by individual professors.

Philosophy is an ancient subject and an important one. The great philosophers have shaped the way we think about ourselves and the world around us. Philosophers ask fundamental questions, and while in everyday life, we take their ‘obvious’ answers for granted, in philosophy, we stop to think about them and to carefully analyse answers. This course provides an introduction to philosophy and to the kinds of questions it asks and answers. Students will examine and reflect upon some of the most central questions in metaphysics, philosophy of mind, epistemology, and ethics, such as: What is space? What is time? What is consciousness? Can computers think? What is knowledge? Can we be certain of anything? What makes an action right or wrong? Can we get morally lucky?

The aim of this course is for students (1) to gain basic knowledge of some of the most central ideas and core problems in philosophy, (2) to develop analytic and critical thinking skills through gaining familiarity with philosophical method, and (3) to be able to utilise basic philosophical terms and concepts.

This is the moodle for LAS 105. You can find resources and upload assignments here.

The course will serve as an introduction to linguistic topics such as phonology, phonetics, and speech perception and their applications to the the teaching of pronunciation.

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Academic English (AE) is a four-skills course focussing on Cognitive Academic Language Proficiency (CALP), or academic proficiency (see references below). The courses are offered every semester at different CEFR levels.

This second semester course continues to challenge students to develop their reading skills through the use of in-class timed readings and comprehension questions, intensive readings with comprehension and vocabulary building activities, and extensive reading conducted mostly outside of class time. Homework consists of reading for meaning, for pleasure, and for the purpose of vocabulary building. Students also engage with software to work on extensive reading, to develop critical reading skills, and to build and practice vocabulary.

This course introduces the literary genres – prose (short stories), poetry, and drama – with an emphasis on developing reading, speaking, and writing skills through the analysis, interpretation, and production of fictional texts. Our emphasis will be to experience literature using active, co-operative methods in order to learn how to respond to literature in ways that are both critically informed, expressive and creative.

This first semester course focuses on developing reading skills through the use of in-class timed readings and comprehension questions, intensive readings with comprehension and vocabulary building activities, and extensive reading conducted mostly outside of class time. Homework will consist of reading for meaning, for pleasure, and for the purpose of vocabulary building. The overall goals of the course are to increase reading fluency, to improve understanding of grammatical forms and vocabulary encountered in simplified written texts, and to gain skills and strategies necessary for further development of reading comprehension. It is hoped that students will also develop an increased interest in EFL reading.

This introductory course will introduce students to major terminologies, trends, theories, and perspectives necessary to understand approaches to second language acquisition. Based on their theory-informed understanding, students will describe and explain cognitive, individual, affective, and sociocultural factors in second language acquisition and learning and explore culturally-inclusive ways of applying their critical understanding to their prospective foreign language teaching practices and specific points of intersection

Contemporary Design

For 2nd-Year students submitting:

Area Studies - 7500 words
Independent Study - 3750 words
English - 3750 words

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This course examines contemporary issues in the English-speaking world. Students will learn to evaluate such issues, compare them with their own societies, assemble evidence from other sources, and express their own views in a written format. For language development, the course builds on the skills required in the academic writing course. Students learn to use sources of evidence to support their writing on common issues in the English-speaking world. They learn to use quotations and paraphrases, summarize texts and avoid plagiarism. The use of citations and references as a standard feature of academic writing is addressed. Vocabulary, grammar and written fluency are also reinforced.

This course is designed for all second year students in the fall Study Abroad on Campus program requiring a minimum TOEIC score to continue on with upper division courses at MIC. 

This course examines contemporary issues in the English-speaking world. Students will learn to evaluate such issues, compare them with their own societies, assemble evidence from other sources, and express their own views in a written format. For language development, the course builds on the skills required in the academic writing course. Students learn to use sources of evidence to support their writing on common issues in the English-speaking world. They learn to use quotations and paraphrases, summarize texts and avoid plagiarism. The use of citations and references as a standard feature of academic writing is addressed. Vocabulary, grammar and written fluency are also reinforced.

The goals of English 3 are to further develop oral fluency and accuracy in academic settings. In particular, students will complete tasks based around the topic of cultures of the English-speaking world. The course continues practice in listening skills, pronunciation practice, conversation management and fluency development. Students will also learn and practice using grammar objectives and vocabulary.

This is the moodle for 2025 Spring semester presentation and debate. We will use this site to share materials and upload assignments.