MLO 2: Culture
Outcomes:
2.1. Students develop a comprehensive understanding, appreciation and knowledge of Japanese culture: perspectives (ideas, beliefs, attitudes, values, philosophies), practices (patterns of social interactions) and products (both tangible and intangible, for example, art, history, literature, music).
2.2. Students develop analytical and critical thinking in areas, such as how Japan’s cultural background influences modern Japanese life, how to compare their own culture with the Japanese culture, or how Japanese culture relates to other world cultures in an age of global inter-relatedness.
Courses Taken:
JAPN 300: Introduction to Advanced Communication
JAPN 302: History of Japan
JAPN 309: Japanese Literature in Translation
JAPN 311: Social Issues in Japan
Japan Seen in Real Time
History of U.S.-Japan Relations
Reflective Narrative:
2.1. Both language courses and cultural courses taught in English contributed to the completion of this MLO. Within the English-taught culture classes we studied about many concepts and issues within Japan that were unique to the country. As an island nation Japan spent a lot of time developing on its own without much foreign influence, so many of the traditions and products from Japan up until the 19th Century are distinctly Japanese with some influences coming from the original source, China. As modernization and westernization quickly approached upon Japan, however, many of the ways the Japanese had known for centuries began to be altered by the tides of time.
Literature played a large part in allowing historians to uncover the past of the Japanese, giving snapshots into the way Japanese had acted in their relative time periods. We obtained a wealth of information from literature, such as how the Japanese saw women within society to how cultural icons were changed in order to suit the needs of the culture in a specific era.
Culture related classes taught in Japanese also provided a substantial education into cultural practices. We not only learned how to use formal language appropriately in day-to-day situations, but we also learned how to identify the relationships where it would be necessary to utilize different levels of speech.
2.2. Understanding historical Japan is vital in comprehending the path Japan has followed into the modern age. Compared to other modern nations, Japan's evolution was a sudden change which came after the upheaval of the government and assistance from western countries. Consequently, violent shifts in technology and culture also resulted in new problems for the modernizing island. One key issue comes in the form of language acquisition through the education system. In America....
2.1. Students develop a comprehensive understanding, appreciation and knowledge of Japanese culture: perspectives (ideas, beliefs, attitudes, values, philosophies), practices (patterns of social interactions) and products (both tangible and intangible, for example, art, history, literature, music).
2.2. Students develop analytical and critical thinking in areas, such as how Japan’s cultural background influences modern Japanese life, how to compare their own culture with the Japanese culture, or how Japanese culture relates to other world cultures in an age of global inter-relatedness.
Courses Taken:
JAPN 300: Introduction to Advanced Communication
JAPN 302: History of Japan
JAPN 309: Japanese Literature in Translation
JAPN 311: Social Issues in Japan
Japan Seen in Real Time
History of U.S.-Japan Relations
Reflective Narrative:
2.1. Both language courses and cultural courses taught in English contributed to the completion of this MLO. Within the English-taught culture classes we studied about many concepts and issues within Japan that were unique to the country. As an island nation Japan spent a lot of time developing on its own without much foreign influence, so many of the traditions and products from Japan up until the 19th Century are distinctly Japanese with some influences coming from the original source, China. As modernization and westernization quickly approached upon Japan, however, many of the ways the Japanese had known for centuries began to be altered by the tides of time.
Literature played a large part in allowing historians to uncover the past of the Japanese, giving snapshots into the way Japanese had acted in their relative time periods. We obtained a wealth of information from literature, such as how the Japanese saw women within society to how cultural icons were changed in order to suit the needs of the culture in a specific era.
Culture related classes taught in Japanese also provided a substantial education into cultural practices. We not only learned how to use formal language appropriately in day-to-day situations, but we also learned how to identify the relationships where it would be necessary to utilize different levels of speech.
2.2. Understanding historical Japan is vital in comprehending the path Japan has followed into the modern age. Compared to other modern nations, Japan's evolution was a sudden change which came after the upheaval of the government and assistance from western countries. Consequently, violent shifts in technology and culture also resulted in new problems for the modernizing island. One key issue comes in the form of language acquisition through the education system. In America....