8. COURSE OUTLINE

Courses in Fall Semester, 2002

(October 7, 2002 - February 24, 2003)

02f-01 Innovative Japanese Technologies in 3M-based Engineering  
Yoji SHIBUTANI, et al. (Faculty of Engineering)
This course studies innovative Japanese technologies that have drastically changed the world in the principal engineering fields: Mechanical, Materials, and Manufacturing (3M-based) Engineering. This series of lectures provided by six professors is also concerned with the basic principles and backgrounds of their respective fields.
 
02f-02 The Contemporary Issues in Japanese Education
Yoko NORITA (Faculty of Human Sciences)
The course is designed to give students an understanding of the current issues in Japanese Education, and ranges from higher education to the secondary and elementary levels. It will begin with an introduction to the Japanese education system and move on to consider issues at the forefront, such as: what problems schools are facing and trying to solve; and what assumptions they make about how schools, teaching and learning work.
 
02f-03 Media and Communications in Japan 
Sachihiko KONDO (International Student Center)
This lecture is primarily designed for students who wish to study critical readings on news stories. Several aspects of the mass media will be studied, such as newspapers, broadcast (TV), magazine journalism, the Internet and so on. Students will be asked to formulate ideas about the contribution of the media to the maintenance of 'democratic' societies, and the problems it faces.
 
02f-04 Japanese Contemporary Law and Politics
Satoshi WATANABE, et al. (Faculty of Law)
Lectures on various aspects of law and politics in contemporary Japan. This course is designed to provide basic information essential to understanding the Japanese legal and political systems. The course will be taught by members of the Faculty of Law. A detailed syllabus will be distributed at the first meeting.
 
02f-05 Selected Topics in Mathematics
Makoto NAMBA, et al. (Graduate School of Science)
In modern mathematics, there are 3 major branches: algebra, geometry and analysis. Algebra includes arithmetic. In this course, we choose some interesting topics mainly from old and modern arithmetic and geometry, and give lectures on these. In the study or research of mathematics, calculation and logic are important, but the most important thing is the conception of ideas. In this course, we introduce wonderful ideas by past mathematicians.
 
02f-06 Linguistic and Cultural Diversity in Japan
Ikuo NAKAMURA, et al. (Faculty of Letters)
The purpose of this course is to outline the linguistic and cultural diversity of Japan and invalidate the long-established myth that Japan is a homogeneous community. The course will be divided into two parts. The first part will focus on various subcultures in Japan, including such topics as Japanese geography, gender, minorities, religions and university students. The second part will try to elucidate the characteristics of the Japanese language among the languages over the world, paying attention to the internal variation at the same time.
 
02f-07 Technical Japanese A: Part I - A Range of Current Science Topics in Plain and Simple Japanese -
Hideko KITAHAMA (International Student Center and Graduate School of Engineering)
The International Student Center will offer a "Technical Japanese Program" to overseas students who expect to acquire a proficiency in and knowledge of technical Japanese. The Technical Japanese A course is especially intended for students who have studied basic science or engineering. The objective of this course is to equip students with the basic skills required for reading technical papers written in Japanese and for communicating with scientists and engineers in Japanese research and industrial settings.
 
02f-08 Technical Japanese B: Part I - A Variety of Current Social and Cultural Topics in Plain and Simple Japanese-
Masae YASUDA (International Student Center)
The International Student Center will offer a "Technical Japanese Program" to overseas students who expect to attain a sufficient degree of proficiency in technical Japanese. The Technical Japanese B course is especially intended for students who have studied basic social science or culture. The objective of this course is to equip students with the basic skills required for reading technical papers written in Japanese and for communicating with public officers and company employees in municipal offices and companies.
 
02f-09 Japan-Southeast Asia Relations
Kenichi NISHIMURA (Faculty of Law)
Southeast Asia and Japan have been in close contact partly because of their geographical proximity. However, the relationship between the two has not always been smooth. In this course, we will discuss the history of the contact between Southeast Asia and Japan as well as the perceptions of both and their effects on each other.
 
02f-10 Introduction to Pharmaceutical Sciences - Medicine of Today and Tomorrow -
Tsutomu NISHIHARA, et al (Graduate School of Pharmaceutical Sciences)
This course gives foreign students an introduction to chemical, biological, and environmental pharmaceutical sciences and their recent progress in Japan. This course includes lectures, technical tours and discussions with teachers and students in the Graduate School of Pharmaceutical Sciences.
 
02f-11 Introduction of Advanced Electrical Engineering
Sadatoshi KUMAGAI, et al. (Graduate School of Engineering)
The twentieth century was a century of Electricity. The twenty-first century can be seen as a still more advanced century of Electricity from the aspect of nano-scale electronics, photonics, tela-bit communications, and peta-watt energy generation and distribution. This course is designated to introduce state-of-the-art electrical engineering to undergraduates including non-engineering students in order to understand the recent advancements of various fields of electrical engineering, and to realize the possibility of future development of society in the twenty-first century.
 
02f-J1 Elementary Japanese: a
Koji NAMBA, et al. (International Student Center)
Elementary Japanese is intended for students who have little or no background in the Japanese language. Students will be able to handle daily conversations, have a basic understanding of sentence structure and vocabulary, and become familiar with hiragana, katakana and simple kanji upon completion of this course.
 
02f-J2 Intermediate Japanese: a
Akiko NAKAYAMA, et al. (International Student Center)
Intermediate Japanese is intended for students who have studied Japanese for a year or two at the college or university level. The objectives are to expand the student's repertoire of collocations for daily communications in both spoken and written Japanese. Furthermore students will become familiar with advanced structures, and to be fluent in comprehending texts written in hiragana, katakana and kanji approx. 500.
 
02f-J3 Advanced Japanese: a
Yoko MIMAKI, et al. (International Student Center)
Advanced Japanese is intended for students who have studied Japanese for more than two years at the colleges or university level. The objectives are to expand the student's repertoire of collocations for daily and academic communications in both spoken and written Japanese, to become familiar with more complicated structures, and to be fluent in comprehending texts written in hiragana, katakana and kanji more than 1,500.
 
02f-Ind Independent Study
Independent Study is one of the unique features of OUSSEP. Students can propose a study topic and be assigned to a supervising professor in an appropriate faculty. Students may study a particular subject that is not found in the International Exchange Subjects (Individual Study) or conduct a research project on a particular theme (Independent Research). The study usually continues for two semesters. Refer to "Guide to Independent Study", found at the end of the OUSSEP Syllabus, for further details.
 

   
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Courses in Spring Semester, 2003

(April 7, 2003 - July 25, 2003)

03s-01 Introduction to Health Service and Medical Care in Japan
Kanehisa MORIMOTO, et al. (Graduate School of Medicine)
Japan has achieved tremendous improvements in life expectancy during the last 50 years and leads the international life expectancy tables. This course will provide an overview of the systems of health service and medical care in this country, with special reference to the rapid aging of the population, trends of epidemiology of major diseases, and characteristics of the life style of people in Japan.
 
03s-02 Approaches to Understanding Cultures
Tomoko ARIKAWA (International Student Center)
This course studies "culture" from various perspectives, using the issues and problems of the past and present in Japan and in other countries. This course aims to help broaden the understanding of "culture" and help students become better prepared for interacting with people of different backgrounds. Each class will be conducted through lectures and discussion. Students are expected to participate actively in each class and share views and experiences with each other.
03s-03 Informatics and Mathematical Science
Toshinobu KASHIWABARA, et al. (Graduate School of Engineering Science)
Computers are used everywhere in everyday life, consciously or unconsciously. This course will provide an introduction to information and computer sciences and mathematical science, which deal with, among other things, how to make computer systems, how to use computer systems, and how to evaluate the systems. The main purpose of the course is to give fundamental or basic material and an understanding rather than to give skills in using current computer systems.
 
03s-04 Polymers in Daily Life and Sciences
Sadahito AOSHIMA, et al. (Graduate School of Science)
Polymers, both naturally occurring and synthetic, are among the materials most frequently encountered in everyday life. Advances in polymer research have contributed to the phenomenal growth of today's high tech age. This course will present an introduction to polymer science and a brief overview of modern polymer technologies. The main objective of this course is to introduce students, who have little or no chemistry background at a college level but wish to acquire some familiarity with polymers, to basic polymer science including polymer syntheses, structures, and properties.
 
03s-05 A Comparative Introduction to Western Literature and Linguistics
Takao KASHIWAGI, et al. (Graduate School of Letters)
In this course students are encouraged to understand how Western literature and Linguistics have been absorbed in the Japanese cultural background. Topics to be discussed will include: the influence of European novels on Japanese literature, Japanese interpretation of Shakespeare, the reception of European culture, and contrastive study between Japanese and English.
 
03s-06 The Similarities and Differences of Japan and USA Management
Takayuki ASADA (Graduate School of Economics)
A detailed syllabus will be announced later.
 
03s-07 Technical Japanese A: Part II - A Practical Japanese Course for Understanding Scientific and Technological Issues -
Hideko KITAHAMA (International Student Center and Graduate School of Engineering)
This course is a continuation of Technical Japanese A: Part I. It will provide the students with opportunities to actually practice their language skills acquired in Technical Japanese: A Part I. They will read several papers on current topics or science and will visit scientists and engineers at industrial and research institutions.
 
03s-08 Technical Japanese B: Part II - A Practical Japanese Course for Understanding Social and Cultural Issues -
Masae YASUDA (International Student Center)
This course is a continuation of Technical Japanese B: Part I. It will provide the students with opportunities to actually practice their language skills acquired in Technical Japanese B: Part I. Students will read several papers in Japanese on current topics relating to social and cultural issues.
 
03s-09 Japan: Society and Ideology
Sachihiko KONDO (International Student Center)
This lecture explores the relationship between the modern Japanese social structure and the modern Japanese ideology, which determines the life of ordinary democratic minded people. Through detailed examinations of Japanese history, culture, religion, language, media and up-to-date social issues, students will formulate ideas on how 'ideology' has worked to support modern 'democracy'. Those who wish to discuss 'democracy', 'conservatism', 'egalitarianism', 'liberalism', 'freedom', 'Constitutional monarchy' and modern Japanese history are all welcome.
 
03s-10 Introduction to Molecular Science - Chemistry and Human Life -
Masakatsu NOMURA, et al. (Faculty of Engineering)
Most of the things we use in our daily life are very different form the materials of natural states. Life itself involves a very intricate sequence of chemical changes of matter. Chemistry would also contribute a lot to solving the global problems of vital importance with which we are confronted, such as our environment, food, resources, energies, and diseases etc., by way of controlling chemical reactions. This course is focused on several important topics of chemistry that relate closely to the human life.
 
03s-J1 Elementary Japanese: b
Koji NAMBA, et al. (International Student Center)
This course is a continuation of 02f-J1.
 
03s-J2 Intermediate Japanese: b
Akiko NAKAYAMA, et al. (International Student Center)
This course is a continuation of 02f-J2.
 
03s-J3 Advanced Japanese: b
Yoko MIMAKI, et al. (International Student Center)
This course is a continuation of 02f-J3.
 
03s-Ind Independent Study
Refer to 02f-Ind.
 
 
Courses offered in each semester and the class schedule may change without notice.

Class Schedule

Osaka University Short-term Student Exchange Program 2002-2003

Fall Semester, 2002
CAMPUS Suita Campus Toyonaka Campus   Toyonaka Campus Suita Campus
DAY / TIME Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday
1 8:50
-
10:20
Elementary Japanese
Intermediate Japanese
Advanced Japanese
Elementary Japanese
Intermediate Japanese
Advanced Japanese
Independent Study
&
Field Trips
Selected Topics
in Mathematics
Elementary Japanese
Intermediate Japanese
Advanced Japanese
2 10:30
-
12:00
(OUSSEP Assembly*) Media and
Communications
in Japan
Linguistic and Cultural
Diversity in Japan
Japan-Southeast Asia
Relations
3 13:00
-
14:30
Innovative Japanese
Technologies in
3M-based Engineering
Japanese
Contemporary Law
and Politics
Technical Japanese A
Technical Japanese B
Introduction to
Pharmaceutical
Sciences
4 14:40
 -
16:10
The Contemporary
Issues in Japanese
Education 
    Introduction to
Advanced Electrical
Engineering
 
   

*Refer to "The Class of OUSSEP" .

Spring Semester, 2003
CAMPUS Suita Campus Toyonaka Campus   Toyonaka Campus Suita Campus
DAY / TIME Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday
1 8:50
-
10:20
Elementary Japanese
Intermediate Japanese
Advanced Japanese
Elementary Japanese
Intermediate Japanese
Advanced Japanese
Independent Study
&
Field Trips
A Comparative
Introduction to
Western Literature and
Linguistics
Elementary Japanese
Intermediate Japanese
Advanced Japanese
2 10:30
-
12:00
 Introduction to Health
Service and Medical
Care in Japan
Informatics and
Mathematical Science
The Similarities and
Differences of Japan
and USA Management
Japan: Society
and Ideology
3 13:00
-
14:30
Approaches to
Understanding
Cultures
Polymers in Daily Life
and Sciences
Technical Japanese A
Technical Japanese B
Introduction to
Molecular Science
 
4 14:40
 -
16:10
       
 

Footnote: The classes meet for two days a week at both the Suita and the Toyonaka Campuses. Wednesday is reserved for Independent Study and field trips. Independent Study may take place at either Campus.


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