OSPKYOCT 103A: Third-Year Japanese I
Preparation for function beyond basic level in a Japanese-speaking environment by developing and enhancing communicative competence through: review of basic grammar; new grammar; reading short essays and articles with help of dictionary; short writing and speaking assignments using formal style to describe, explain, and discuss sociocultural topics; enhancing listening comprehension.
Terms: Aut
| Units: 12
OSPKYOCT 103B: Third-Year Japanese II
Preparation for function beyond basic level in a Japanese-speaking environment by developing and enhancing communicative competence through: review of basic grammar; new grammar; reading short essays and articles with help of dictionary; short writing and speaking assignments using formal style to describe, explain, and discuss sociocultural topics; enhancing listening comprehension.
OSPKYOCT 104A: Fourth-Year Japanese I
Emphasis on applications of correct grammar and strengthening academic communication skills through: reading longer essays, articles, and novels with some dictionary work; reading and writing assignments in paragraph format using formal style to describe, explain and discuss sociocultural topics; developing listening comprehension.
Terms: Aut
| Units: 12
OSPKYOCT 104B: Fourth-Year Japanese II
Emphasis on applications of correct grammar and strengthening academic communication skills through: reading longer essays, articles, and novels with some dictionary work; reading and writing assignments in paragraph format using formal style to describe, explain and discuss sociocultural topics; developing listening comprehension.
OSPKYOCT 105A: Fifth-Year Japanese I
For students with advanced proficiency. Goals include advanced command of grammar, composition, and stylistics. Emphasis is on academic Japanese preparing students to audit classes at a Japanese university.
Terms: Aut
| Units: 12
OSPKYOCT 105B: Fifth-Year Japanese II
For students with advanced proficiency. Goals include advanced command of grammar, composition, and stylistics. Emphasis is on academic Japanese preparing students to audit classes at a Japanese university.
OSPKYOCT 127: Outside the Mainstream: The Minority Experience in Japan
Historical analysis of how minority communities came into existence and struggled to maintain a distinctive lifestyle in Japan's homogeneous society. Japan's 1979 ratification of UN International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights.
Terms: Aut
| Units: 6
OSPKYOCT 128: Families and Work in Post-war Japan
Factors that promoted both change and continuity in the social division of labor between the interdependent spheres of work and family. How cultural strategies for organizing contemporary Japanese social life were conditioned 1) by rapid industrialization and growth and 2) by later economic stasis. Class, gender, and regional variations; role of social psychology in Japanese responses to work-family conflicts.
Terms: Aut, Win
| Units: 6
OSPKYOCT 161: Kyoto: The Past in the Present
Exploration and observation of the city of Kyoto as a means of understanding its long and complex history; changing connections between past and present. Topics include: nature in the city; Raku tea ceramics; Kyoto street plan; survival of Genji monogatari; Buddhist cemeteries; public baths; Biwako Canal.
Terms: Aut
| Units: 6
OSPKYOCT 165: History of Architectural Space in Japan
Built environment of Kyoto and the Kansai area with a focus on housing and its historical and cultural background. Overview of major periods of Japanese history from Heian to present as framework to study characteristics of Japanese architecture: asymmetry versus symmetry, relation of inside and outside, ambiguity of space, living with the seasons.
Terms: Aut
| Units: 6
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