Japan

This course examines the history of social movements in Japan from the 1940s to the 1990s. By focusing on the formation and transformation of “good citizenship” in the political discourse of postwar Japan, and by introducing several key Japanese intellectuals’ discourses on democracy and modernity, the class discusses how political ideas have affected the social process, especially in the attempt of re-establishing the relationship between the private sphere and the public sphere.

This is an Advanced Social Psychology course, with the purpose of selecting important themes in social psychology and critically examining research conceptualization, design, and methodology on the specialized topics through class readings and discussion.

This course aims to deepen student understanding of various social-psychological issues (interpersonal relationships, social influence, etc.); provide guidance in critical reading of important articles, and improve awareness and mastery of social-psychological issues and research methods.

This is a Japanese language course for non-JLP students designed for students learning Japanese for the first time. The aim of the course is to obtain oral communication skills utilizing basic vocabulary and sentence structure as well as enhance basic listening and speaking skills. The course design is based on sentence structures and grammatical patterns learned in the class “Essential Japanese 1M-1 & 1M-2”.  It is recommended to take “Essential Japanese 1M-1 & 1M-2” together with this course.