printer friendly pageOSPKYOTO 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: Aut
| Units: 5
Instructors:
Tanaka, K. (PI)
;
Tsujino, R. (PI)
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: Aut, Spr
| Units: 5
| UG Reqs: Language
Instructors:
Tanaka, K. (PI)
;
Tsujino, R. (PI)
OSPKYOTO 5B: News Shaping Japan Today
Examine a wide range of topical themes affecting Japan and its society through selected stories from news media as these stories emerge. As such, this course is entirely reactive to national events as they unfold. Students have a significant amount of choice of topics they address, as they are able to select stories that interest them from a list of news articles, which changes each week.
Terms: Aut, Spr
| Units: 1
Instructors:
Hugh, M. (PI)
OSPKYOTO 13: Contemporary Religion in Japan's Ancient Capital: Sustaining and Recasting Tradition
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: Spr
| Units: 4
| UG Reqs: GER:DB-Hum, WAY-A-II
Instructors:
Ludvik, C. (PI)
OSPKYOTO 19: Zazen: A Practicum in Zen Meditation
Zen teaching through practice and experience. Condensed practicum course where students receive zazen training and experience monastic life in Myoshinji, the largest Zen complex in Japan, under the guidance of Rev. Daiko Matsuyama, Deputy Head Priest of Taizo-in temple. Over one week, regular early morning zazen training sessions on site in Taizo-in temple plus visit to World Cultural Heritage site Ryoanji with a private viewing and workshop. Other aspects of monastic life such as temple cleaning, and learning how to rake and care for the dry gardens at Taizo-in. Course culminates in an overnight zazen training session in Myoshinji's magnificent Hatto Dharma Hall. Enrollment limited.
Terms: Aut
| Units: 1
Instructors:
Matsuyama, D. (PI)
OSPKYOTO 20A: Social Sculpture Independent Study
Immediacy of the body as material and sculpture in order to investigate private and social spaces in Kyoto. Investigate the body as material and develop site specific performances enacted for: Private/Domestic and Public Space; Constructed Space and Physical Space; Ecological Systems; and generate both Individual & Collaborative based Actions, Interventions, & Events. Develop 1-3 social sculpture performances over the course of the quarter using at these two of the strategies investigated each week. Weekly meetings to review process. Outside work tailored to student interest.
Terms: Aut
| Units: 1-2
Instructors:
Berlier, T. (PI)
OSPKYOTO 20B: Zen in Contemporary Art Independent Study
Use of Zen practice in art making from traditional to contemporary. Comparisons of Eastern and Western Art: spirit versus form; an object seen for what it is versus fitting it into man-made symmetries. The job of the Zen artist is to suggest the essence, the eternal qualities of the object, fully understanding the inner nature of the aesthetic object, its Buddha nature. Weekly meetings to review process. Outside work tailored to student interest.
Terms: Aut
| Units: 1-2
Instructors:
Berlier, T. (PI)
OSPKYOTO 21: Japanese Woodworking & Contemporary Sculpture
Explore sculpture, woodworking, and work directly with local artists and crafts persons. Introduction to both traditional and non-traditional approaches to Japanese woodworking and contemporary sculpture production through working with model making, traditional woodworking techniques and experimental materials. Conceptual and technical skills, and safe and appropriate use of tools emphasized. Impact of material and technique upon form and content, and the physical and expressive possibilities of diverse materials explored. Historical and contemporary methods of woodworking provide a theoretical basis for studio work
Terms: Aut
| Units: 4
| UG Reqs: WAY-CE
Instructors:
Berlier, T. (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: Aut, Spr
| Units: 5
| UG Reqs: Language
OSPKYOTO 23K: Second-Year Japanese Language, Culture, and Communication, Third Quarter
Formerly
OSPKYOTO 19K). 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 22 or
OSPKYOTO 22K if taken 2012-13 or later (
JAPANLNG 18 if taken 2011-12 or earlier)
Terms: Spr
| Units: 5
Instructors:
Kawahara, Y. (PI)
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