Type | Course Code | Course Title / Description | Units |
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Required | JASP5001 |
Theory Research Methods
This core courses is designed to prepare students to conduct postgraduate research in Japanese studies. It introduces key conceptual and methodological approaches from different disciplines. Students are encouraged to critically evaluate various approaches and consider how they may be integrated for their particular research projects. The course teachesthe analytical skills and methodological tools that will allow students to develop and execute a research project. These skills include research design, data collection, analysis and developing writing strategies.
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3 |
JASP5010 |
Special Topics in Japanese Popular Culture
This course introduces existing literature, approaches, sources and issues in the
study of Japanese popular culture in Japan, Asia and the world. Issues in cultural globalization, hybridity, cultural colonialism, orientalism, postmodernism, Japanization, Asianization and localization will be discussed. Ethnographical survey and fieldwork‐based projects are also used as parts of the methodological training. Specific topics such as sushi, video games or television dramas are chosen for in‐depth investigation according to the academic interest of students |
3 | |
JASP5020 |
Special Topics in Sino‐Japanese Relations
This study introduces basic primary sources and secondary references about
Sino‐Japanese relations from past to present. Japanese, Chinese and English sources are used. Some knowledge of reading Japanese and Chinese is required. Students are trained to make use of primary and secondary materials for research in this area. Students will do a project or research paper on a selective topic in Sino‐Japanese relations (including Japan‐Hong Kong and Japan‐Taiwan). |
3 | |
JASP5030 |
Special Topics in the Anthropology of Japan
This course explores methods and approaches used by anthropologists in
studying Japan. The course provides students with an anthropological framework for research on Japan. It introduces village studies, urban studies, and recent studies of popular culture, gender and mass society. The course will also introduce theoretical approaches and concepts used by anthropologists studying Japan. Students will be encouraged to focus on a particular aspect of Japanese society using selected anthropological approaches. |
3 | |
JASP5031 |
Special Topics in Gender Studies of Japan
This course introduces approaches to studies of gender in Japan. The focus will
be primarily on sociological and anthropological studies of gender. The course takes a historical perspective, encouraging students to consider how and why ideological constructions of gender have changed over time in specific social, political and economic contexts. It considers the relationship between social ideals, institutional structures and everyday experiences of gender. The course also examines current gender relations and roles in a variety of arenas of life such as families, corporations, communities, political groups, schools and in the mass media. |
3 | |
JASP5041 |
Special Topics in the Japanese Political Economy
This course investigates major debates as related to the Japanese political
economy in the global age. It is designed to enhance a theoretical and empirical understanding of the Japanese political economy and business at advanced level. It incorporates the necessary tools for a critical analysis of the existing political‐economic system by familiarizing students with advanced theories, research design and methodology. By taking this course, students will gain an in‐depth knowledge of Japanese politics, economics and business utilizing appropriate approaches and analytical tools. |
3 | |
JASP5051 |
Special Topics in Cross Linguistic Research
Selected linguistic differences between Japanese and other languages including
English will be introduced in this course. Cross‐linguistic variation in phonology, syntax and semantics will be analyzed to compare languages from the perspective of Language Typology and Universal Grammar. |
3 | |
JASP5052 |
Special Topics in Linguistic Research and Japanese Language Teaching
This course examines different issues in linguistic research that is particularly
applicable to foreign language teaching and learning. Focus is put on the interface of theoretical analysis and their implications for Japanese language teaching and learning as a foreign language. |
3 | |
JASP5060 |
Special Topics in Japanese Studies (multiple taking allowed)
This course will focus on specific topics in Japanese studies that are not covered
in the regular offering. These topics will reflect academic needs/interests and faculty expertise. |
3 | |
JASP5070 |
Special Research Topics in Japanese Studies (multiple taking allowed)
This course will focus on specific research topics in Japanese studies that are not
covered in the regular course offering. These topics will reflect students’ academic needs/interests and faculty expertise. |
3 | |
JASP5811 |
Japan‐China Intellectual and Cultural Exchange in the Early Modern Period
This course is designed to examine the introduction and localization of Chinese
culture in Tokugawa Japan (1603‐1868) through reading of primary sources and important academic writings in English, Japanese and Chinese. Issues such as the redefinition and appropriation of Confucian concepts, the interaction between Chinese learning and nativist learning, Chinese legends in Tokugawa Japan and the uses of Chinese terminology in Tokugawa historiography will be investigated through close reading of Tokugawa texts and small‐group discussion. |
3 | |
JASAP5813 |
Japanese Culture and Society in Regional and Global Perspective
This course examines the development of research and theory that approach
Japanese society and culture from regional and global perspectives. The course considers changes in Japanese society and culture in relation to the regional and global context. It explores the commonalities and differences between the experiences of industrialization, urbanization, and globalization in Japan and other regions and areas, in particular China and Hong Kong. It also investigates how theoretical and methodological approaches have changed over time in examining Japanese society and culture due to improvementsin comparative research approaches. |
3 | |
JASP8003 |
Thesis Research
In this course, student is required to meet with his/her supervisor who provides
necessary guidance and supervision to write up a thesis and monitors the student’s academic progress. |
3 | |
JASP8006 |
Thesis Research
In this course, student is required to meet with his/her supervisor who provides
necessary guidance and supervision to write up a thesis and monitors the student’s academic progress. |
6 | |
JASP8012 |
Thesis Research
In this course, student is required to meet with his/her supervisor who provides
necessary guidance and supervision to write up a thesis and monitors the student’s academic progress. |
12 |
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