Studium Generale 2025 Spring

Lecturer	Multiple Instructors
Department	G30, 2025, Spring
Recommended for:	All Nagoya University Students, faculty members and staff

Course Overview

Studium Generale is a unique immersion program into an English-based lecture environment. The course offers exposure to various academic topics presented in an accessible way, and in English.

Videos

Five things to consider when talking to people from other countries

Date: May 2
Lecturer: David Barker
Handout: handout
Video:

Understanding and Managing Stress

Date: May 9
Lecturer: Takashi Sakai
Handout: handout
Video:

Law and Literature: the Japanese legal system as seen through literary sources

Date: May 16
Lecturer: Giorgio Fabio Colombo
Handout: handout
Video:

Connecting Maine and Aomori

Date: May 23
Lecturer: Briar Pelletier
Handout: handout
Video:

Institute of Liberal Arts and Sciences, Department of Academic Writing Education

Date: June 13
Lecturer: Mark Weeks
Handout: handout
Video:

Perceived Stress and Sleep Quality Among University Students

Date: June 27
Lecturer: Josh Brunotte
Handout: handout
Video:

Corporate Law and Economic Inequality: A Beginner's Guide

Date: July 11
Lecturer: Sean McGinty
Handout: handout
Video:

Syllabus

Date	Topic	Lecturer
4/11	COURSE INTRODUCTION
4/18	Forms of address at University	Maria Vassileva (Institute of Liberal Arts and Sciences)
4/25	Learning a Foreign Language is simple: tips from a multilingual biologist	Maria Vassileva (Institute of Liberal Arts and Sciences)
5/2	Five things to consider when talking to people from other countries	David Barker(Gifu University)
5/9	Understanding and Managing Stress	Takashi Sakai (Global Engagement Center)
5/16	Law and Literature: the Japanese legal system as seen through literary sources	Giorgio Fabio Colombo (Graduate School of Law)
5/23	Connecting Maine and Aomori	Brian Pelletier (Graduate School of Humanities)
5/30	Projects workshop
6/13	Institute of Liberal Arts and Sciences, Department of Academic Writing Education	Mark Weeks (Institute of Liberal Arts and Sciences)
6/20	Introduction to OECD	Naoko Ueda (Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development)
6/27	Perceived Stress and Sleep Quality Among University Students	Josh Brunotte (Aichi Prefectural University)
7/4	The Invisible Rainbow: Being LGBTQIA+ in Japan	Yoshi Joanna Grote (Kyoto Sangyo University)
7/11	Corporate Law and Economic Inequality: A Beginner's Guide	Sean McGinty (Graduate School of Law)
7/18	Being Good at Money	Ben Shearon (Tohoku University)
7/25	Project presentations

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Last updated

May 27, 2025