International Christian University

This is an advanced Japanese course for students who have completed Japanese VI or the equivalent of fourth year level at UC and is comparable to fifth year level of study. It prepares students to effectively participate in university classes taught in Japanese and to successfully participate in discussions and complete their assignments. Students acquire mastery of the language and are introduced to new kanji.

Media affects how we perceive the world and people. With media becoming so prevalent and powerful in our society, and with student access to computers and the Internet expanding so fast in homes and schools, "media literacy" is becoming the basic form of literacy to provide lifelong empowerment to both the student and the citizen. This course provides students with the opportunity to learn a variety of analytical approaches they can use to understand and interpret media, including traditional media (e.g., TV, radio, print, billboard, etc.) and social media (e.g.,video sharing platforms), in the context of education. Your products may be shared to a certain audience for feedback. Participation in class such as asserting your ideas and presenting in English in front of the class is mandatory.

This course is for students who are participating in the "Japanese as a Foreign Language Program." It teaches reading, writing, and usage of vocabulary and kanji in the first half of intermediate-level Japanese.  Prerequisite: “J3:JAPANESE” or equivalent.

The course provides lectures on reading, writing, and usage of vocabulary and kanji. Students are expected to participate in research and give individual or group presentations to increase their knowledge of kanji vocabulary and to promote their learning. There will be weekly check assignments on vocabulary and kanji.

This is an introductory course for media and communication studies. It provides an overview of major theories concerning media and communication in order to analyze our everyday communications. Theories of interpersonal communication, persuasion, and mediated communication will be included.

This is an intermediate elementary Japanese language course. It is a continuation of Japanese I at ICU. It provides a firm foundation of communicative skills in both spoken and written Japanese. Upon completion of this course students should have a mastery of additional basic grammatical structures, vocabulary, and 102 additional kanji with new readings.

This advanced intermediate Japanese language course is a continuation of Japanese V and is the equivalent level of UC fifth year language study. It prepares students for advanced-level courses by establishing a solid base for students to fully utilize Japanese in academic as well as social contexts. Students learn skills necessary for academic life, such as listening, speaking, reading, and writing. New kanji are introduced, as well as new vocabulary expressions and grammatical structures.

Studying history does not mean merely memorizing historical trivia or accumulating knowledge as an intellectual competition. It means gaining an understanding of the past by learning how to scrutinize historical documents.

This course explores the Edo period, Japan’s early modern era. Many cultural and social phenomena emerged during this period and remain relevant today. At the same time, many aspects of early modern Japan, including its politics, society, and people's values and behaviors, are profoundly different from those of the modern era. This course examines a selection of sources to gain an understanding of Edo-period Japan. In addition, it also discusses recent scholarly trends in the field of early modern Japanese history.

This course instructs on Korean language and culture in order to communicate with Korean people.  It covers Beginning Korean language skills: the Korean Alphabet (hangul); pronunciation, as well as reading, writing and speaking in a variety of situations. The course also introduces Korean traditional culture and the recent Korean wave, including K-pop or K-drama.

By the end of this course, students are expected: 
1. To know how to read and write Hangul (Korean Alphabet) as well as practice correct pronunciation.
2. To have acquired basic grammar as well as the basic sentence structure.
3. To have acquired basic conversation skills in ordinary situations such as self-introduction, shopping, and ordering in restaurants, etc.
4. To have acquired basic writing skills: emails, letters, and diary, etc.
5. To have acquired the socio-cultural knowledge to understand communication in a variety of settings in a Korean society.

In recent years, there has been growing interest in sign language along with increasing social awareness that sign language is a real language worthy of systematic study. This course is a general education survey course introduces students to the many different social and communicative aspects of signing found around the world in deaf and non-deaf communities. Even hearing communities such as aboriginal and monastic ones have found the need to communicate visually when, for whatever reason, speech cannot be used.

By the end of this course, students are expected to: Learning Goals:
1) Have acquired insight into a different visual world of communication.

2) Have increased awareness of changes in attitudes regarding disability, identity, and culture.

3) Have a better understanding of educational and social welfare practices affecting the deaf in Japan and around the world.

This course provides a survey of environmental policy from the perspective of economics. Topics include principles of environmental economics, air pollution, and waste management. It focuses on the application of economic concepts to the analysis of environmental policy and the consequences of economic behavior on the environment. The main aim of the course is to learn how basic economic concepts can be applied to the analysis of economic and social incentives concerning individual and collective decision-making in the context of the environment. Prerequisite: Principle of Microeconomics.