The first day in a laboratory
(October 3, 2005 - February 17, 2006)
| 05f-01 | Japan In and Out: Introduction to Contemporary Japanese Culture and Society |
| Mayumi ISHIKAWA (School of Human Sciences) | |
| This course will look into aspects of Japanese culture and
society in three parts. The first will deal with the Japanese social
structure including family and kinship and examine some key concepts
such as seniority, verticality and the sense of shame. The second part
will focus on contemporary issues and discuss topics such as changing
family, food ways and ostensible homogeneity. The last part will offer
an insight into the Japanese society by reviewing its history of contact
with outside world, in particular Southeast Asia and Pacific region. |
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| 05f-02 | Innovative Japanese Technologies in 3M-based Engineering |
| Tomoyuki KAKESHITA, et al. (School 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 given by six professors is also concerned with the basic principles and backgrounds of their respective fields. | |
| 05f-03 | Current Topics in Modern Physics |
| Yutaka HOSOTANI, Kensaku MATSUTA, Keith SLEVIN, and Setsuko TAJIMA (School of Science) | |
| This course provides an introduction to basic notion and
technique in modern physics. First, magnetic, electronic, and transport
properties of matter are explained, including the phenomenon of superconductivity.
Secondly the nuclear magnetic resonance technique is introduced to explore
the world of atoms and nuclei. Students will conduct simple experiments
as well. Thirdly, students are guided to particle physics of quarks
and leptons, with which the history of the universe is clarified. |
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| 05f-04 | Current Science and Engineering Topics in Japanese -Technical Japanese A: Part I- |
| 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. This 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 scientific and technological papers written in
Japanese and for communicating with scientists and engineers in Japanese
research and industrial settings. |
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| 05f-05 | Current Social and Cultural Topics in Japanese -Technical Japanese B: Part I- |
| Kenichi NISHIMURA (International Student Center) | |
| This course is designed to provide an opportunity for students to acquire sufficient Japanese language proficiency in the field of social sciences. The objective of this course is to equip students with the basic skills required for reading newspaper articles and technical reports written in Japanese. The topic of this course is "Recent Social and Cultural Issues in Japan". This course is for students who have taken Japanese courses and are more or less in the intermediate level for the reason that the medium of instruction as well as reading materials are all in Japanese. | |
| 05f-06 | Invitation to Mechanical Science and Bioengineering Lecturers |
| Masahiko HIRAO, et al. (Graduate School of Engineering Science) | |
| This course provides an introduction to mechanical science and bioengineering including the latest outstanding outcome in this field. This field specializes a study of mechanical or dynamical gfunctionh of man-made objects and/or nature including human bodies. Subjects to be introduced are categorized into Nonlinear Mechanics, Mechanical Engineering, and Bioengineering. | |
| 05f-07 | Linguistic and Cultural Diversity in Japan |
| Ikuo NAKAMURA, et al. (School of Lettersj | |
| 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. |
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| 05f-08 | Japanese Literature, Modern and Contemporary |
| Andrew MURAKAMI-SMITH (Faculty of Language and Culture) | |
| This course is a survey of Japanese short fiction since 1868. Students will read two short stories each week. Lectures will provide background information on Japanese history, language and literature before 1868, on the authors, and on the schools of modern Japanese literature. Students will make group presentations summarizing and responding to literary criticism on the works read. The group presentations will also serve as a point of departure for class discussions. A final paper will be due at the end of the semester. | |
| 05f-09 | Japanese Legal & Political System and Legal & Political Culture |
| Koichi SETOYAMA (School of Law) | |
| What is law? Why do we have to keep the law? What is Liberty,
Equality or Justice in law? All of the answers to these questions vary
according to the country and times. Legal and political systems are
closely reflected by the legal culture and legal consciousness of the
citizens of each country. The primary objective of this course is to
provide a framework to understand the characteristics of the Japanese
legal and political system and culture by looking into the contemporary
legal and political issues in a comparison between Japan and other countries. |
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| 05f-10 | Media and Communications in Japan |
| Sachihiko KONDO (International Student Center) | |
| This lecture is designed for students who wish to study
critical readings on news stories (i.e. media literacy). In this series
of lectures, not only theories of communication, but also the history
of mass media in modern (Japanese) society will be discussed. In so
doing, several aspects of the mass media will be studied, such as newspapers,
broadcast (TV), magazine journalism, and so on. Also students are expected
to make brief presentations concerning the media in their own countries.
Based on lectures, presentations and discussions, students will be asked
to formulate ideas about the contribution of the media to the maintenance
of edemocraticf societies, and the problems the media faces. |
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| 05f-11 | Introduction to Pharmaceutical Sciences |
| Katsuji TANI, et al.(Graduate School of Pharmaceutical Sciences) | |
| This course provides an introduction to pharmaceutical sciences
from chemical, biological and environmental perspectives and includes
a review of recent advances in Japan. This course consists of lectures,
demonstration of experiments and discussions with teachers and graduate
students. |
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| 05f-J1 | Japanese: JA100 |
| Koichi NISHIGUCHI, et al. (International Student Center) | |
| JA100 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 structures, grammar, and vocabulary, and become familiar with hiragana, katakana, and simple kanji upon completion of this course. | |
| 05f-J2 | Japanese: JA200 |
| Koichi NISHIGUCHI, et al. (International Student Center) | |
| JA200 is designed to teach the basic skills necessary for
successful communication in both the spoken and written language in
campus situations. Students will master basic grammar and vocabulary,
and develop all four language skills. About 250 kanji will be introduced
during the course. |
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| 05f-J3 | Japanese: JA300 |
| Koichi NISHIGUCHI and Koji NAMBA (International Student Center) | |
| JA300 is intended for students who have studied Japanese
for a year or two at college or university level. The objective is to
develop their four language skills further building on the foundation
of their Japanese abilities which they have acquired. |
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| 05f-J4 | Japanese: JA400 |
| Hiromi YOSHIMURA and Yoko MIMAKI (International Student Center) | |
| JA400 is intended for students who have studied Japanese for more than two years at college or university level. The objective is to develop their communicative fluency in all four language skills further building on the foundation of their Japanese skills which they have acquired. | |
| 05f-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 gGuide to Independent Studyh, found at the end of the OUSSEP Syllabus, for further details. | |
The first day in a laboratory
(April 12, 2006 - August 7, 2006)
| 06s-01 | Introduction to Health Service and Medical Care in Japan |
| Ryoji MATOBA, 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 systems of health service and medical care in this country, with special reference to rapid aging of the population, trends of epidemiology of lifestyle-related diseases, and characteristics of life style of the people in Japan. | |
| 06s-02 | Introduction to Global Architecture - Nature & Human Activity and Sustainable Development |
| Toshio YAMANAKA, et al. (Graduate School of Engineering) | |
| The 21st Century will be an era of Global partnership, and
all nations and organizations in the world have to make best effort
for sustainable development. In order to enable this sustainable development,
the effect of human activities on nature should be predicted with enough
understanding of the global environment and the human culture. The topics
of this course are technology and design concept for the sustainable
development. For example, biotechnology, resources, transport system,
structures, human and atmosphere for sustainable develop will be presented. |
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| 06s-03 | The Modern Japanese Economy |
| Masaru SASAKI (Graduate School of Economics) | |
| The main objective of this course is to provide analytical explanations about the theory of economics and applications to the Japanese economy. The quantitative analysis using the data will be applied to understand the structure of the Japanese economy and its current problems. Among topics discussed in lectures are: the nature and function of the market, inflation and deflation, fiscal and monetary policies, international trade, labor economics, and the Japanese economy in the 90s and 00s. | |
| 06s-04 | Technical Communication for Understanding Scientific and Technological Issues -Technical Japanese A: Part II- |
| Hideko KITAHAMA (International Student Center and Graduate School of Engineering) | |
| This course is a continuation of gCurrent Science and Engineering Topics in Japanese ?Technical Japanese A: Part I-h. Its main theme is gCurrent Energy and Environmental Issues in Japanh, in the fields of science and technology. Students will read several Japanese literatures on the abovementioned issue, and will visit scientists and engineers at industrial and research institutions. It will provide students with opportunities to actually practice Japanese communication skills acquired in gCurrent Science and Engineering Topics in Japanese ?Technical Japanese A: Part I-h. | |
| 06s-05 | Technical Communication for Understanding Social and Cultural Issues -Technical Japanese B: Part II- |
| Kenichi NISHIMURA (International Student Center) | |
| The main theme of this course is gCurrent Political Issues
in Japanh, such as political reform, decentralization, social welfare
and environmental policy. In order to develop the skills acquired in
gTechnical Japanese B: Part Ih, students will have opportunities to
read Japanese literature on the abovementioned issues. |
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| 06s-06 | A Comparative Introduction to Western Literature and Language |
| Akira TAMAI, et al (Graduate School of Letters) | |
| In this course students are encouraged to understand how Western literature and language 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. | |
| 06s-07 | Approaches to Understanding Cultures |
| Tomoko ARIKAWA (International Student Center) | |
| This course studies "culture" from various perspectives, using the issues and problems mainly in Japan. 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. | |
| 06s-08 | Chemistry and Human Life |
| Michio MURATA et al.(School of Science) | |
| This course will relate to the chemical substances and chemistry-based topics, which include inorganic materials and biomolecules. The current frontiers in molecular sciences will be introduced for students with no chemistry background. | |
| 06s-09 | Japan: Society and Ideology |
| Sachihiko KONDO (International Student Center) | |
| This class 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 eideologyf has worked
to support modern edemocracyf. Those who wish to discuss edemocracyf,
econservatismf, eegalitarianismf, eliberalismf, efreedomf, eConstitutional
monarchyf and modern Japanese history are all welcome. |
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| 06s-10 | Introduction to Materials Chemistry |
| Susumu KUWABATA, et al. (Graduate School of Engineering) | |
| Materials are composed of elements but their characters and functions are not simply determined by characters of the elements. Materials chemistry is a scientific field in which we are doing clarification of functions of materials from chemical viewpoints and creation of new materials having desired functions by chemical techniques. In this class, we would like to explain how materials exhibit their functions in molecular or atomic scale. By introducing several examples, we would like students to begin to think functions of materials they are using everyday in chemical viewpoints. This is the purpose of this class. | |
| 06s-J1 | Japanese: JA200 |
| Koichi NISHIGUCHI, et al. (International Student Center) | |
| This course is a continuation of JA100 in the previous semester.
JA200 is designed to teach the basic skills necessary for successful
communication in both the spoken and written language in campus situations.
Students will master basic grammar and vocabulary, and develop all four
language skills. About 250 kanji will be introduced during the course. |
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| 06s-J2 | Japanese: JA300 |
| Koichi NISHIGUCHI, et al. (International Student Center) | |
| This course is a continuation of JA200 in the previous
semester. JA300 is intended for students who have studied Japanese for
a year or two at college or university level. The objective is to develop
their four language skills further building on the foundation of their
Japanese abilities which they have acquired. |
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| 06s-J3 | Japanese: JA400 |
| Koichi NISHIGUCHI and Koji NAMBA (International Student Center) | |
| This course is a continuation of JA300 in the previous semester. JA400 is intended for students who have studied Japanese for more than two years at college or university level. The objective is to develop their communicative fluency in all four language skills further building on the foundation of their Japanese skills which they have acquired. | |
| 06s-J4 | Japanese: JA500 |
| Hiromi YOSHIMURA and Yoko MIMAKI (International Student Center) | |
| JA500 is intended for post-advanced students to develop
academic language skills in all four areas of speaking, listening, reading
and writing. The overall content of JA500 is a combination of JG500,
JW500 and JC500. Students enrolled in the OUSSEP program who wish to
take JA500 are required to take all these three classes. |
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| 06s-Ind | Independent Study |
| Refer to 05f-Ind . |
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| Courses offered in each semester and the class schedule may change without notice. |
| CAMPUS | Suita Campus | Toyonaka Campus | Toyonaka Campus | Suita Campus | ||
| DAY / TIME | Monday | Tuesday | Wednesday | Thursday | Friday | |
| 1 | 8:50 - 10:20 |
Japanese:
JA100 Japanese: JA200 Japanese: JA300 Japanese: JA400 |
Japanese:
JA100 Japanese: JA200 Japanese: JA300 |
Independent
Study & Field Trips |
Japanese:
JA200 Japanese: JA400 |
Japanese:
JA100 Japanese: JA300 Japanese: JA400 |
| 2 | 10:30 - 12:00 |
Japan In and Out -Introduction to Contemporary Japanese Culture and Society- |
Current Topics in Modern Physics |
Linguistic and Cultural Diversity in Japan |
Media and Communications in Japan |
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| 3 | 13:00 - 14:30 |
OUSSEP
Assembly
|
Current Science
and Engineering Topics in Japanese -Technical Japanese A: Part I- -------- Current Social and Cultural Topics in Japanese -Technical Japanese B: Part I- |
Japanese Literature, Modern and Contemporary |
Introduction to Pharmaceutical Sciences |
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| 4 | 14:40 - 16:10 |
Innovative Japanese Technologies
in 3M-based Engineering |
Invitation to Mechanical Science
and Bioengineering Lectures |
Japanese Legal & Political
System and Legal & Political Culture |
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| CAMPUS | Suita Campus | Toyonaka Campus | Toyonaka Campus | Suita Campus | ||
| DAY / TIME | Monday | Tuesday | Wednesday | Thursday | Friday | |
| 1 | 8:50 - 10:20 |
Japanese: JA200 Japanese: JA300 Japanese: JA400 |
Japanese: JA200 Japanese: JA300 Japanese: JA400 Japanese: JA500 |
Independent Study & Field Trips |
Japanese: JA300 Japanese: JA500 |
Japanese: JA200 Japanese: JA400 |
| 2 | 10:30 - 12:00 |
Introduction to Health Service and Medical Care in Japan |
The Modern Japanese Economy | A Comparative
Introduction to Western Literature and Language |
Japan: Society and Ideology | |
| 3 | 13:00 - 14:30 |
OUSSEP
Assembly
|
Technical Communication for
Understanding Scientific and Technological Issues -Technical Japanese A: Part II- Technical Communication for Understanding Social |
Approaches to Understanding Cultures |
Introduction to Materials Chemistry |
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| 4 | 14:40 - 16:10 |
Introduction to Global Architecture
-Nature & Human Activity and Sustainable Development? |
Chemistry and Human Life |
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| 5 | 16:20 - 17:50 |
Japanese: JA500 | ||||
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.