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OSPKYOTO 2K: First-Year Japanese Language, Culture, and Communication, Second Quarter

Continuation of JAPANLNG 1. First-year sequence enables students to converse, write, and read essays on topics such as personal history, experiences, familiar people. Prerequisite: JAPANLNG 1 if taken 2012-13 of later ( JAPANLNG 7 if taken 2011-12 or earlier)
Terms: Win | Units: 5

OSPKYOTO 3K: First-Year Japanese Language, Culture, and Communication, Third Quarter

(Formerly OSPKYOTO 9K). Continuation of 2K. First-year sequence enables students to converse, write, and read essays on topics such as personal history, experiences, familiar people. Fulfills University Foreign Language Requirement. Prerequisite: JAPANLNG 2 or OSPKYOTO 2K if taken 2012-13 or later ( JAPANLNG 8 if taken 2011-13 or earlier)
Terms: Spr | Units: 5 | UG Reqs: Language

OSPKYOTO 12: Governing Japan: A Comparative Perspective

Research project on aspects of Japanese government and politics. Goal is to understand Japanese system in comparative perspective, using evidence on Japan, the U.S., and other countries, along with relevant political theories, to explain why key aspects of Japanese government and politics look and perform as they do.
Terms: Spr | Units: 2-5
Instructors: Moe, T. (PI)

OSPKYOTO 13: Contemporary Japanese Religion

Japanese attitudes to religion and popular forms of religiosity. Syncretic nature of beliefs and practices drawn on a variety of interwoven concepts, beliefs, customs and religious activities of native Japanese, Korean, Chinese, and Indian origins as background. Topics include: pursuit of worldly benefits, religion and healing, fortune-telling, ascetic practices, pilgrimage, festivals (matsuri), new religions and their image, impact of the internet, response of religion in times of crisis.
Terms: Win | Units: 4-5 | UG Reqs: GER:DB-Hum, WAY-A-II
Instructors: Ludvik, C. (PI)

OSPKYOTO 14: The Japanese Education System: A Model for the U.S.?

Basic aspects of both the Japanese and American education systems, from how they are structured and funded to how the schools operate from day to day. Emphasis on understanding schools as government agencies, which they are, and thus on understanding how, in both countries, politics shapes the most fundamental features of schooling. Does politics work differently in Japan than in the U.S. and if so, how does it affect the schools, their performance, and their prospects for improvement?
Terms: Spr | Units: 4-5 | UG Reqs: GER:DB-SocSci
Instructors: Moe, T. (PI)

OSPKYOTO 15: Postwar Japanese Society

Changes in Japan from a defeated nation to an economic superpower. Social and cultural changes during this transformation. Topics: legacy of wartime experience; impact of American occupation; postwar radicalism and social unrest; turn to conservatism; dynamics of rapid economic growth; emergence of middle class society; urbanization and environmental change; consumerism and popular culture; changes in family structure, youth culture and gender relations.
Terms: Spr | Units: 4-5 | UG Reqs: GER:EC-GlobalCom, GER:DB-SocSci
Instructors: Duus, P. (PI)

OSPKYOTO 16: Minorities and Immigrants in Contemporary Japan

Japanese society, its historical development, social transformation and challenges in an age of globalization as seen through study of minorities and immigrants in contemporary Japan. Issues of labor markets and economic vitality, citizenship, identity, and human rights in the face of Japan¿s declining and aging population. Visits to minority communities; individual and group field research on the lives of Japan's domestic and foreign minorities, policy initiatives, and issues of individual, group and national identity.
Terms: Win | Units: 4-5 | UG Reqs: GER:DB-SocSci, GER:EC-GlobalCom

OSPKYOTO 17R: Religion and Japanese Culture

Major religious traditions of Japan. Topics include: relation between religion and culture; ancient Japanese religion and Shinto; Buddhist schools of Heian Japan; Zen Buddhism as it flourished in the Kamakura period; Confucianism, as originally conceived in ancient China and as transmitted to Japan in the Edo period in its neo-Confucian form; characteristic modern practices. Field trips to religious centers to observe current religious practices.
Terms: Spr | Units: 4-5 | UG Reqs: GER:DB-Hum, GER:EC-GlobalCom
Instructors: Ludvik, C. (PI)

OSPKYOTO 21K: Second-Year Japanese Language, Culture, and Communication, First Quarter

(Formerly OSPKYOTO 17K.) Goal is to further develop and enhance spoken and written Japanese in order to handle advanced concepts such as comparison and contrast of the two cultures, descriptions of incidents, and social issues. 800 kanji, 1,400 new words, and higher-level grammatical constructions. Readings include authentic materials such as newspaper articles, and essays. Prerequisite: JAPANLNG 3 if taken 2012-13 or later ( JAPANLNG 7 if taken 2011-12 or earlier)
Terms: Spr | Units: 5 | UG Reqs: Language
Instructors: Eguchi, K. (PI)

OSPKYOTO 22K: Second-Year Japanese Language, Culture, and Communication, Second Quarter

(Formerly OSPKYOTO 18K). Continuation of JAPANLNG 21. Goal is to further develop and enhance spoken and written Japanese in order to handle advanced concepts such as comparison and contrast of the two cultures, descriptions of incidents, and social issues. 800 kanji, 1,400 new words, and higher-level grammatical constructions. Readings include authentic materials such as newspaper articles, and essays. Prerequisite: JAPANLNG 21 if taken 2012-13 or later ( JAPANLNG 17 if taken 2011-12 or earlier)
Terms: Win | Units: 5
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