Japan

This course studies the major political and social transformations that have affected China, Japan and Korea from the 19th century and the present day. The survey begins with an overview of these societies respective histories prior to 1800, and then shifts to looking at the impact of western imperialism on east Asia. The class then examines Japanese imperialism, and cultural interactions between Asia and Europe/North America, WWII, and the emergence of east Asian economic and political influence up to the 1980s.

This course builds upon the concepts studied in INTRODUCTION TO ECONOMICS A and introduces business strategies. The course covers cost calculations, market structures, firms' decision making, supply chains and such other topics. 

Prerequisite: INTRODUCTION TO ECONOMICS A.

This course improves lower advanced level listening, speaking, reading, and writing skills. It introduces the 50 most important sentence patterns for advanced level students and reviews the important sentence patterns from the intermediate level. Students acquire a command of practical Japanese necessary for daily communication and for study and research in a Japanese university. They master 8000 basic words and 1500 basic kanji. 

This workshop provides a firm grounding in cultural, social, historical, and practical aspects of art in contemporary Japan. The course provides engagement in diverse activities both in and outside of class – workshops, field trips and research - within the multicultural student body. 

This course provides opportunities for both international and domestic students to develop a better understanding of Miyagi's traditional culture through learning about the Sendai Tanabata festival. Students will not only learn about the historical background of the festival, but also design and create Tanabata decorations.

The course aims to provide:          
1. Fundamental knowledge of the Sendai Tanabata festival.
2. An understanding of Miyagi's traditional culture, by studying the historical background of the Sendai Tanabata festival and its meaning to local community and businesses.
3. Effective engagement in interpersonal communication as well the exchange of information and opinion.

This course explores the knowledge required to be healthy for entire life. (Safety, Diseases, Nutrition, Sleep, Mental Health etc.) The aim of this course is to provide students with information about human health and security that is based on current scientific evidence. The course will inform students about health and security to assist them in developing healthy habits, reducing their risks for illness and injury, and maximizing their academic and human potential at ICU.

 

This course focuses on words in Japanese and English -- how these words are made, where new words come from, how the meanings and sounds of words change over time, and how individual words fit into the overall system of a language. This course introduces the basics of morphology-- the way words are built from parts such as roots and affixes. It also considers some of the other interesting aspects of words, including etymology (the history of words); patterns of semantic change; phonological aspects of words (such as stress in English and pitch accent and rendaku in Japanese), and recent trends in word creation, including the rise of blends, acronyms and use of characters in electronic communication.