Population and History in Japanese Perspective K01 0201 （日本人口史）
第３学期 火, 木 曜 ２時限（２単位）	対象： １〜４ 年生
担当教員：Futoshi Kinoshita (3K423)　電話853-7458 or 853-2776 E-mail: fkinoshi@sk.tsukuba.ac.jp Office hour: Tuesday and Thursday 11:30 a.m.–3:00 p.m., or by appointment
教科書：A data book “Vital Statistics of Japan, 2006”will be required. Beside this material, this course will not use a textbook, instead of which a series of handout sheets will be distributed in class.
授業概要・教育目標：The course is designed to help students gain better understanding of Japanese society by examining its demographic traits, e.g., past population growth, changes in fertility and mortality, and aging. The course also provides information on how to accurately and objectively measure demographic events such as birth and death. The topics for measurement include calculating crude rates and total fertility rate, indirect estimation, and construction of life table. By computing various demographic indices of Japan and comparing them with those of other countries, the course intends to help students better understand Japanese demographic characteristics in a comparative perspective.

授業計画：
第1週	Introduction, demographic data, population growth rate, basic demographic equation
第2週	How to measure demographic events # 1: Measures without considering age structure
第3週	How to measure demographic events # 2 : Measures considering age structure
第4週	Demographic traits of the Tokugawa period (1600-1868) # 1: Sources, population trend, fertility
第5週	Demographic traits of the Tokugawa period (1600-1868) # 2: Morta- lity, migration, the family
第6週	Demographic traits from the Meiji period to World War �U # 1: Sources, population trend, fertility
第7週	Demographic traits from the Meiji period to World War �U # 2: Mortality, migration and the family
第8週	Demographic traits of the post-war era # 1: Population trend, fertility
第9週	Demographic traits of the post-war era # 2: Mortality, migration
第10週	Demographic issues of contemporary Japan
成績評価：Mid-term exam (35%), final exam (45%), course exercise (15%), attendance and class participation (5%)
備考：Students are expected to be regular and punctual in class attendance, and to take a careful note of lectures.

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