REGULAR CLASS ATTENDANCE, PARTICIPATION IN DISCUSSION and ON -TIME SUBMISSION OF ASSIGNMENTS ARE BASIC COURSE REQUIREMENTS as is the completion of the reading assigned in the accompanying class schedule.    

Assigned reading for the course includes Donald Richie's The Image Factory: Fads and Fashions in Japan; Stephen Addiss' How to Look at Japanese Art; Nelly Delay's The Art and Culture of Japan; and the collection of articles and excerpts on file in the Cleveland State University library (accessible through Electronic Reserve) or linked to the course web site.  

In addition the class will be asked to complete a writing skills assessment survey and three research assignments:  

• an analytical examination of an aspect of contemporary Japanese popular culture;
  
• an interpretive essay discussing - in two parts (descriptive and analytical) -- an aspect of contemporary Japanese life in historical perspective;
   
• a project (including a written personality profile and a series of public opinion survey questions) requiring each student to assume a contemporary Japanese personality appropriate to a role-playing exercise concluding the course of study. 

There will be periodic quizzes on the assigned reading but no other examinations required in the course.

SYLLABUS: INTRODUCTION | ASSUMPTIONS AND EXPECTATIONS | OBJECTIVES |   REQUIREMENTS | EVALUATION CRITERIA