Keio University

The course is an introduction to mathematical statistics, fundamental to econometrics and related areas.

This course is for students who have studied half of the basic composition course. It will helps develop listening and speaking skills in preparation for basic level conversations. This course is based on the composition and composition patterns studied in the course, ESSENTIAL JAPANESE 4M. It is recommended that this course is taken together with ESSENTIAL JAPANESE 4M.

Textbook: "University Japanese: Beginner's Tomodachi Vol. 2" edited by the Japanese Language Education Center for International Students, Tokyo University of Foreign Studies. 

This course is designed for students who have experience studying Japanese at the intermediate level. Aiming to facilitate a mastery of reading and writing skills, the course covers writing of intermediate kanji; reading sentences, and writing one's own compositions.

This course examines Japanese short fiction in the modern period, by focusing on texts containing encounters between representatives of Japan and what lies beyond its shores. These encounters are not confined to meetings between individuals but also includes a "meeting of minds" when the protagonist or the text itself can be seen to have engaged with something from beyond Japan. 

All texts are discussed on the basis of their English-language translations and the language of discussion is English. However, the original Japanese texts are available and native speakers of Japanese are particularly encouraged to use their knowledge of the original language to contribute to the discussion.

This course studies short stories depicting different aspects of the postwar period (roughly from 1945 until 1968) to provide an insight into the postwar period as a whole: how it shaped Japanese society at the time and how that process of shaping still bears upon the present. One short story at a time is studied. The texts will be made available to the class a week in advance on the Keio website, and all students will be expected to have read the relevant story before each class and to come prepared with comments and questions. All texts will be discussed on the basis of their English-language translations and the language of discussion will be English. However, the original Japanese texts will also be made available and native speakers of Japanese are particularly encouraged to use their knowledge of the original language to contribute to the discussion.