International Christian University

This course introduces intercultural communication. It reviews core theories and research in intercultural communication and examines various issues that arise when encountering differences with others, fostering an understanding of the opportunities and challenges involved in intercultural communication. 

This course aims to develop students' understanding of short fiction writing. More specifically, the course focuses on the core concepts of fiction writing such as theme and plot. In addition, students produce a piece of fiction using original characters and viewpoints. The course goal is to develop students' ability to express their ideas through creative use of language.  

This course is open to ELA students who have completed their freshman ELA requirements and non-native English-speaking JLP track students who wish to further develop their English language skills. 

This course focuses on the basic knowledge of biological phenomena and the principles underlying the life of all living organisms. It covers basic concepts of microbiology, plant biology and animal biology. 

This course uses film to examine the cultural translation of famous stories in different times and cultural settings by looking at how shifts in the narrative, images, dialogue, and translation foreground different ideas. The course looks at the expression of cultural translation in movies and the flow of translation; particularly, how a single story changes as times and cultures change. 
 
Why do some stories travel internationally, while others seem less inclined to relocate? What cultural differences are revealed--and what challenges arise--in the process of translating culturally specific texts for new audiences? How does this traffic of ideas, images, narratives and media affect the ways we understand and relate to each other across cultures? 
 
Through the medium of film, this course introduces students to two important aspects of cultural translation: 1) cultural translation as “a way for minority subjects to claim a degree of agency within a majority culture” (Hodgson, 2018), and 2) cultural translation as a process of “negotiating cultural differences” (Bachmann-Medick, 2006) that involves adapting or rewriting texts to foreground issues relevant to their new audiences (see Bahrawi 2016). 
 
Through a series of case studies ranging from Italian adaptations of Japanese Westerns to Disney fairy tales and the gothic excesses of Toho Studios' vampire films, students will discover the extent to which cultural contexts and formal demands affect the translation of a variety of film elements: from images and dialogue to tropes and narratives.

This class provides a forum for students to discuss issues of education, development, and globalization. Seminars will be held with various development organizations. The colloquium theme will vary and include such topics as globalization of Asian models of educational development, democratization and education, etc.

This course consists of two parts: 1) analysis of compositional methods and musical languages of historical masterpieces, and 2) practical training in harmony and counterpoint. At the end of the course, students are encouraged to compose a musical piece in any style using any compositional technique. Prerequisites: completion of the Basic Study of Music II or equivalent knowledge and skills.  

This course covers processing principles of data types other than text format that are used to create multimedia contents like three dimensional solid body with various tools for the multimedia. 

The course covers the following topics:

• 3DCG
• Stereoscopic 3D
• 360degree video
• Virtual Reality
• Augmented Reality

This course introduces the basic issues associated with contemporary globalization. While the focus is on contemporary issues, the course begins by examining challenges of development in the context of the history of the past two centuries. And while the course conceives globalization as a process driven by economic and technological forces, it recognizes distinct and significant social, political, and cultural manifestations and consequences. Thus, it analyzes the most important social, cultural, and political factors interacting with the dynamic forces of the world economy.

This course prepares students to participate in university lectures taught in Japanese. By studying various topics, students will acquire the Japanese language proficiency (listening, reading, discussion, and writing) required for university lectures and autonomous learning skills to improve these skills further. The target level is CEFR B2.2. Prerequisite: “J6: Japanese” or equivalent. Three class hours/week. 

By the end of this course, students will be able to:

• Listen and comprehend long conversations, lectures, discussions, and media messages if an argument's structure and point are clear.
• Understand lengthy and abstract text in their familiar field, provided they can use a dictionary occasionally.
• Conduct discussion, presentation, etc., neither making mistakes that lead to misunderstanding nor causing strain or inconvenience to the listener.

This course introduces the different schools of theories that enables one to understand any kind of narrative. Using a selection of prose extracts and poetry, the course teaches methods of reading and analyzing texts in class. By the end of the course, students are expected to reach a general conclusion about possible interpretations of the text, supported by concrete evidence.