International Christian University

This course focuses on British poetry written in traditional forms from 1770 - 1850, as well as some modern and contemporary poetry. It introduces the major writers of the Romantic period: William Blake, William Wordsworth, Samuel Taylor Coleridge, George Gordon (Lord Byron), Percy Bysshe Shelley and Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley, and John Keats.  Works from other Romantic period authors including Charles Lamb, William Hazlitt, Thomas De Quincey, and Jane Austen will also be covered. 

Students will be expected to read poetry from the British Romantic period and show their understanding of the text and contexts by writing their own translations/imitations. The course covers traditional English poetic forms such as quatrains, the sonnet, the Spenserian stanza, ottava rima, the English ode, and others. 

Officially, there are no prerequisites for this course; however, History of English Literature I (LIT106) (Anglo-Saxon - 1800) and History of English Literature II (LIT107) (1800 - Contemporary) are *strongly* recommended. GEH024 World of English Literature ('Lyric to Lyrics') is also recommended for a basic understanding of English poetic form. (For visiting students, the course requires some background knowledge of English poetry and the Romantic period, for example a 100-level survey literature course.) In the past, students who have not taken LIT106 and LIT107 first sometimes struggled with LIT226. 

Why are social media platforms such as YouTube and Instagram popular globally? How have these platforms increasingly become part of the material basis of our daily experiences, and what are the consequences of such developments? This course introduces key theories and research in media studies. It examines a range of issues concerning the changing media landscape in which we live in at the local and global levels. Special emphasis is placed on the implications of social media for contemporary society; the emergence and consequence of celebrity culture, and the reinvention and reposition of “traditional” media in post-network context. 

Sociologists are interested in the systematic study of social life and social transformation. This includes various topics of analysis that include socialization; culture; race and ethnicity; sex and gender; marriage and family; religion; deviance; inequality, and globalization. The course introduces the fundamentals of sociology, including research topics, issues, theories, and methodologies. Beyond the core sociological concepts, this course encourages a better understanding of our world; what it means to be a member of society and being tolerant of our differences.

This course is for students learning Japanese as their mother tongue, first language, or heritage language. Through this course, students will acquire the foundation of Kanji learning and master reading and writing of about 600 Kanji and expand their vocabulary. Those who have completed " Japanese 6" may take this course with the approval of the JLP director.  

This course presents the origin, development and methodology of the different approaches to the study of human social behavior. It also explores the processes of social behavior; social attitudes; patterns of interpersonal relationships, psychological structure, and the functions of various groups.

Phonetics deals with the sounds of the spoken languages of the world. This course addresses the following questions: In human speech, how are sounds produced and perceived? How can they best be described and represented? How can one assess them better or differently through using computers? The course also includes practice in the production of a variety of sounds from different types of languages. 

This course covers topics in phonetics, including but not limited to acoustic phonetics, articulatory phonetics and auditory phonetics. The course also introduces and analyzes segments and suprasegments of world languages with respect to theories of phonetics sciences. 

Course Prerequisite: Introduction to Linguistics I and II, or consent of the instructor.