Japanese

This course examines a few English texts written in late-medieval England (i.e. from the fourteenth to the fifteenth centuries), in order to have a rough idea about what kind of literary culture lay the ground for Renaissance literature in England. Students read, in modern English translation, the following texts: Geoffrey Chaucer's "The Canterbury Tales", William Langland's "Piers Plowman", John Gower's "Confessio Amantis", "Sir Gawain and the Green Knight", "The Book of Margery Kempe", and Sir Thomas Malory's "Le Morte Darthur". Although the very basics of Middle English grammar are covered at the beginning of the course, we do NOT do word-for-word translation; rather, class activities include: a brief lecture on the historical and literary context in which the texts in question were produced; discussion of these works, which are supposed to have been read before the class, based on a set of questions raised by the instructor; and introduction to some important scholarly works on these texts or medieval literature in general. The list of works read during the course is subject to change.

This course teaches basic Japanese grammar to engage in a simple everyday communication. Assessment: Attendance, Class Participation, Homework, Small Test, Final Exam Textbooks: Minna no Nihongo Shokyu Main Textbook Second Edition 3A Corporation Minna no Nihongo Shokyu Translation and Grammatical Notes-English Second Edition 3A Corporation

This course covers integral connection between movement, skill and personality. This category includes games such as tennis, badminton and table tennis. This course focuses on table tennis, and includes basic table tennis exercises, a review of types of play styles, as well as free play time.

This lecture looks at the Japanese society in the 19th century and focuses on social groups formed at the time, and through this, attempts to analyze the society we live in today. By looking back on history, and how individuals came together to form a society, this class aims to get a better understanding of the current world.

Level 5 Japanese, equivalent to JLPK N1. This course teaches skills needed to read academic texts, write reports, listen to lectures, and make presentations. - Understand the primary conclusions of texts containing clear points of view. - Can write clear, detailed texts on a variety of subjects, synthesizing and evaluating information and arguments from a number of sources. - Understand standard spoken language, live or broadcast, on current topics and articulate one's point of view. Give clear, systematic presentations, while adding relevant details.

This course is for students with little or no Japanese language. The course includes the skills of speaking, listening, reading, and writing using them in practical situations. The purpose is to equip the learner with the ability to be able to use Japanese outside of the classroom as soon as possible. Topics: how to introduce yourself and ask some questions to a person you have met for the first time such as what his/her name is, where he/she is from and what his/her interests are; ask about where a building is in the university; order food from the cafeteria; talk about when, where,what you do on a typical day; ask what someone did on the weekend; invite your friend to go sightseeing in the city.

This course teaches grammar and vocabulary needed to read articles and essays on familiar topics of interest and write reports on them, attend classes, and express their own opinions, toward mastering the Japanese reading and writing skills that lead from intermediate to upper-intermediate level.

This course covers the role and issues of Japan's social security (medical insurance, long-term care insurance, etc.) and the ongoing trend of declining birthrate and aging society from the perspective of economics (evidence and logic). Taking up the medical insurance market issues (market failures) such as reverse selection and moral hazard, this course asks why the government needs to operate medical insurance as social insurance. The role insurer should play (insurer function) in order to optimize medical expenses and ensure quality is also considered.