CONTEMPORARY JAPAN
IN HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVE
SYLLABUS
INTRODUCTION
This syllabus represents a
course of study designed to introduce contemporary Japanese culture and
civilization to an audience encountering the formal study of Japan for
the first time.
An analytical examination
of the various component parts comprising life in Japan today will be
conducted against an historical backdrop and (implicitly) in comparison
with contemporary American culture and society; both visual and written
resources will be used as source material for our exploration.
Students should expect to
emerge from the course with both an historical understanding of the roots
of contemporary Japan and an appreciation of the complexity of modem Japanese
life and culture.
SYLLABUS:
INTRODUCTION | ASSUMPTIONS
AND EXPECTATIONS |
OBJECTIVES | REQUIREMENTS |
EVALUATION CRITERIA