All Courses
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JS3223 Japan and the Asia-Pacific Region [2220]
This seminar aims to develop students’ understanding of Japan's external relations with other nations in the Asia-Pacific region. The topics include Japan’s political, economic and security relations with the neighboring states, Japan’s regional engagement and institution-building, cross-border migration, territorial disputes, and contentious historical issues, among others. On successful completion of the module, students should be able to: (a) identify, understand, and discuss – orally and in writing – major contemporary issues in Japanese external relations; (b) place them in a modern historical context; and (c) analyze them with theoretical frameworks and concepts from international relations.
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JS4207/JS4207HM Readings in Modern Japanese [2220]
This module aims to develop a reasonable level of fluency in reading such contemporary Japanese materials as academic writing, dialogues involving colloquial speech, and sophisticated analyses of Japanese culture, society, and current affairs. Attention will also be given to developing various reading related skills depending on the purpose of reading: i.e., close reading, rapid reading, summarizing, and translation. The module will also involve practice in using a library search engine to find relevant literature of particular interest. The goal of the module is for you to be able to find and use relevant Japanese materials for your honor’s thesis or a term paper.